Patent ID: 9648104
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A configuration information acquisition method, comprising: receiving a request from a host computer; acquiring, from one or more storage apparatuses, configuration information about one or more resource from a plurality of resources, based on the request; determining a priority for the request based on whether a user is operating an arbitrary screen of the host computer; on a condition the request is determined to be a priority, performing a longitudinal acquisition process to receive the configuration information corresponding to the request from the one or more storage apparatuses; on a condition the request is not determined to be a priority, performing a transverse acquisition process to receive the configuration information corresponding to the request from the one or more storage apparatuses; and incorporating the received configuration information into configuration management information for managing configuration information on resources managed by the one or more storage apparatuses; wherein the transverse process includes: wherein the longitudinal process includes: