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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2012
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Naoshi Maniwa, Tokyo, JP;
Takato Kusama, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Computer system providing to a host computer a virtual logical volume that is associated with a logical pool configured from storage areas respectively provided by first and second storage apparatuses, and dynamically assigns a storage area from the logical volume to the virtual logical volume, a host computer and the first storage apparatus are connected via a first path configuring an access path, and, when a ratio of an access volume used by a second path connecting the first and second storage apparatuses exceeds a predetermined ratio, it is determined that a problem with the access path from the host computer to virtual logical volume, a third path connecting the host computer and the second storage apparatus is identified as a change destination of the access path, and the identified third path is changed to a part of the access path from the host computer to the virtual logical volume.