Patent ID: 9578098
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A management system for managing a storage system configured to comprise one or more volumes which belong to a storage level pool and a server computer coupled to the storage system and configured to execute a computer program, wherein the storage system is configured to supply a storage level virtual volume that is associated with the storage level pool, wherein an or all areas of the storage level virtual volume are areas to which area in the one or more volumes which belong to the storage level pool are not allocated, and wherein the server computer is configured to manage a server level pool to which the storage level virtual volume belongs and is configured to supply a server level virtual volume that is associated with the server level pool, the management system comprising: a communication interface device configured to communicate with the storage system and the server computer; a storage device; and a processor coupled to the communication interface device and the storage device, and wherein the processor is configured to: (A) acquire the storage level pool information that includes the information of a capacity of the storage level pool from the storage system and store the storage level pool information that has been acquired to the storage device; (B) acquire the server level pool information that includes the information of a capacity of the server level pool from the server computer and store the server level pool information that has been acquired to the storage device; (C) determine a first risk degree that indicates a risk of a depletion of a free capacity of the storage level pool based on the storage level pool information; (D) determine a second risk degree that indicates a risk of a depletion of a free capacity of the server level pool based on the server level pool information; and (E) display the information that is associated with the first risk degree that indicate a risk of a depletion of a free capacity of the storage level pool and the second risk degree that indicate a risk of a depletion of a free capacity of the server level pool.