Patent ID: 7930380
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer system, comprising: a first storage system including devices that are various components required for storing data transmitted from a host computer; a second storage system that is coupled to the first storage system via a network, and includes devices that are various components required for storing data transmitted from the first storage system; and a management apparatus that is coupled to the first and second storage systems via a network, and manages the first and second storage systems, wherein the management apparatus includes: a storage unit for storing configuration information, model information, performance information, threshold recalculation policy information and threshold values used for performance management regarding the devices in the first and second storage systems coupled to the management apparatus; and a setting unit that adopts and sets, when internal management information and data are copied from the first storage system to the second storage system, the threshold values assigned to the devices in the first storage systems as a basis to determine threshold values assigned to the devices in the second storage systems; wherein the management apparatus: checks by referencing the model information, whether there is any change in a model between a source device in a migration source storage system and a destination device in a migration destination storage system; when there is a change in the model, refers to the threshold recalculation policy information to determine whether the threshold value needs to be recalculated; when the threshold value needs to be recalculated, determines from the threshold recalculation policy information, a performance value to be used as a recalculation policy for obtaining a recalculated ratio when the threshold value is changed in accordance with a performance of the destination device: refers to the performance information to determine whether the performance value has been designated for the destination device; checks whether the management apparatus stores the performance value for the destination device: and when the management apparatus stores the performance value, recalculates the threshold value using the recalculation policy from the threshold recalculation policy information.