Patent ID: 7693879
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a first server; a plurality of second servers; a plurality of second storage subsystems, each of said plurality of second storage subsystems having a second storage volume, as a duplication source volume, to store data sent from corresponding one of said plurality of second storage servers; and a first storage subsystem having a plurality of first storage volumes which include a plurality of duplication destination volumes, each of the plurality of first storage volumes stores replicated data of data stored into said second storage volume, wherein said first server sends a request to each of the plurality of second servers for requesting each of the plurality of second servers to inhibit update of said second storage volume, and accesses said plurality of first storage volumes to which data transfer from said plurality of second storage subsystems is suspended by said request, wherein each of the plurality of second servers sends a request to the corresponding one of said plurality of second storage subsystems for requesting the corresponding one of said plurality of second storage subsystems to stop data transfer to said first storage subsystem in response to said request sent from said first server, and sends a response that indicates the transfer between said first storage subsystem and said second storage subsystems is stopped to said first server, wherein said first storage subsystem further includes: a plurality of snapshot volumes, wherein data stored in the snapshot volumes are reflected by data stored in said plurality of duplication destination volumes, wherein said first server sends a synchronization request to said first storage subsystem: wherein said first storage system, upon receiving said synchronization request, executes a synchronization process that reflects data stored in said plurality of duplication destination volumes to data stored in said plurality of snapshot volumes, and after said synchronization process, sends a request of release of a freeze to said first server, and wherein after receiving said request of release of the freeze to said first server, said first server sends a resynchronization request to each of the plurality of second servers for requesting each of the plurality of second servers to transfer data from said plurality of second storage subsystems to said first storage subsystem.