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Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010

Filed:

Jan. 09, 2008
Applicants:

Nobuhiro Maki, Yokohama, JP;

Kenta Ninose, Yokohama, JP;

Katsuhisa Miyata, Yokohama, JP;

Inventors:

Nobuhiro Maki, Yokohama, JP;

Kenta Ninose, Yokohama, JP;

Katsuhisa Miyata, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A first storage system misrepresents an identifier of the storage system and an identifier of a volume and provides the host computer with a first volume. A second storage system misrepresents an identifier of the storage system and an identifier of a second volume as being identical to those misrepresented by the first storage system and provides the host computer with a second volume. A management computer acquires, upon detection of a failure in an access, a status of copying, a status of the first storage system, and a status of the second storage system and controls an access from the host computer with reference to the plurality of acquired statuses. Accordingly, even when a fault occurs in one of the two storage systems, a network that connects the two storage systems, or the like, the host computer can access to latest data.


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