Patent ID: 7447863
Filing Date: 2008-11-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A storage resource management system including a storage apparatus having one or more pieces of a plurality of volumes and a management computer connectable with said storage apparatus via a network; wherein: said management computer comprises a storage unit for storing thereinto both volume characteristic information in which identification information of a volume of said plurality of volumes corresponds to a characteristic value of said volume, and use field sort volume information in which a use field of said volume corresponds to a condition of a characteristic value of a volume suitable for said use field, wherein said management computer acquires the characteristic value of said volume from said volume characteristic information based upon the identification information of said volume, said management computer acquires the use field of said volume in which said acquired characteristic value of said volume satisfies the condition of the characteristic value of the volume suitable for said use field from said use field sort volume information, and in the case that the acquired use field of said volume is a single use field, said management computer stores said single use field and the identification information of said volume in correspondence with each other into said storage unit; and wherein said management computer is further comprises a processing unit by which when the acquired use fields of said volume are plural use fields, said processing unit selects one use field from said plural use fields, and stores said selected one use field and the identification information of said volume in correspondence with each other in said storage unit.