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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2005
Kazuhito Suishu, Odawara, JP;
Keiichi Kaiya, Hadano, JP;
Ryusuke Ito, Odawara, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd,, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention manages the information of storage apparatuses inside a single storage apparatus in an integrated fashion, under a heterogeneous storage environment in which a variety of storage apparatuses are distributed and deployed on a plurality of sub-networks. A wide-area network comprises a plurality of sub-networks, and a plurality of storage apparatuses are disposed on the respective sub-networks. A storage apparatus, which constitutes the connection source, issues query commands and collects storage information from respective external storage apparatuses based on conditions input from a user. When external resources matching the user-desired conditions are extracted, these external resources are displayed on a management terminal. When the user selects a desired external resource, this external resource is connected to a virtual intermediate volume and provided to a host.