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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2009
Applicants:
Koichi Murayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Masayasu Asano, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Koichi Murayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Masayasu Asano, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A management system, which manages a plurality of storage systems, in a case where belonging to a storage system having a first function constitutes a condition for allocating a plurality of volumes to a host device, retrieves the storage system having the first function from among the plurality of storage systems, selects one or more unallocated logical volumes included in the retrieved storage system, acquires a logical volume capacity included in the selected logical volumes and notifies an output device of the acquired capacity as the capacity allocatable to the host device.