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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2006
Takahiro Fujita, Fujisawa, JP;
Kyoko Mikami, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuichi Yagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to limit host computers permitted to control a storage area from host computers, provided is a storage management computer coupled to one or more host computers for providing services and one or more storage systems, in which the storage management computer judges whether the host computer is permitted to control the storage area based on data indicating the configuration information of the storage system and service management information for managing the services provided by the host computers, and in case of which it is judged that the host computer is permitted to control the storage area, the storage management computer sets access control data to permit the host computer to control the storage area.