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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2004
Yasuyuki Mimatsu, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichi Shimooka, Yokohama, JP;
Masayuki Yamamoto, Sagamihara, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Access restriction information that an old storage device has is transferred to a new storage device. A management serverobtains a port management TLthat the old storage devicehas, through a LANwhich is separated from a Fiber Channel network which is utilized for data communication. Also, through the LAN, a port list TLis obtained from the new storage device. And, then, on the basis of the port list TL, a port of the new storage device, which is utilized for an access to a volume of the old storage device, is selected. And, on the basis of the port management TL, on a port of the selected new storage device, it is set up that access restriction information of a port of the old storage deviceto which a volume, of which the port is utilized for an access, is assigned.