Patent ID: 9594526
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A storage management device that takes over, when a failure occurs in a first storage device, an operation performed in the first storage device to a second storage device, the storage management device comprising a memory and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor executing a process including: determining, when an error occurs in a copy that is instructed to a first storage area for which the copy is not taken over to the second storage device when a failure occurs in the first storage device, whether a takeover from the first storage device to the second storage device has been performed; converting, when it is determined at the determining that the takeover has been performed, a first copy source identifier and a first copy destination identifier for identifying a copy source and a copy destination, respectively, in the first storage device to a second copy source identifier and a second copy destination identifier for identifying a copy source and a copy destination, respectively, in the second storage device; and instructing a second storage area for which the copy is not taken over to the first storage device when a failure occurs in the second storage device, to perform the copy by using the second copy source identifier and the second copy destination identifier.