Patent ID: 6957364
Filing Date: 2005-10-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computing system in which a plurality of OSs run on hardware of one computer, said computing system comprising: management agents that are respectively executed on the OSs, to manage said OSs; a partitioning control unit that holds partition configuration information indicating a relation between each OS and the hardware, and controls allocation of the hardware to each OS; and a hardware data collection unit that collects data on said hardware; wherein: said computing system uses said partition configuration information to perform hardware management for each OS; said computing system further comprising management consoles for performing data collection, failure data reception, and control of said computer on which a plurality of OSs run, wherein, when said hardware data collection unit detects an occurrence of a failure in a piece of the hardware, the hardware data collection unit notifies the failure data to said partitioning control unit; said partitioning control unit notifies said failure data to management agents corresponding to OSs allocated with said piece of the hardware in Which the failure has occurred; and said management agents notified of said failure data, in turn, notify said failure data to said management consoles.