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Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 23, 2012
Applicant:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kaoru Kawamata, Hadano, JP;

Takeshi Fukue, Hiratsuka, JP;

Mitsuaki Watanabe, Sagamihara, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2013.01); G06F 11/2038 (2013.01); G06F 11/2046 (2013.01); G06F 11/2092 (2013.01); G06F 11/2094 (2013.01); G06F 11/2097 (2013.01); G06F 11/2089 (2013.01);
Abstract

If simultaneous replacement main system and standby system of a management module was necessary due to a failure, fault or other problem in a structure containing redundant management modules, then the management information retained in the management module will be lost. A computer system contains an external storage device that is outside the manager module. This external storage device stores the same information as the management information held by the main system management module, and after replacing the management modules the management information held in the external storage device is restored in the management module. A switch is further included between the external storage device and the management module, and controlling this switch from the management module allows the plurality of management modules to exclusively access the external memory device.


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