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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2009
Tsunehiko Baba, Hachioji, JP;
Yutaka Nakamura, Fujisawa, JP;
Tsunehiko Baba, Hachioji, JP;
Yutaka Nakamura, Fujisawa, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A failover method for a computer system having a clustering configuration, in which among a plurality of computers having the clustering configuration, any one of computers, when detecting a malfunction of a system including a certain computer, transmits a detection of the system malfunction to computers configuring the other systems, and the any one of computers, when detecting the malfunction of the system including the certain computer and receiving malfunction notifications of the system including the certain computer from the computers configuring the other systems, issues a reset request to the certain computer.