Patent ID: 7509331
Filing Date: 2009-03-24
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A server computer for identifying a job which is affected by a fault at a location existing on a data mapping path in a computer system having a computing device for executing jobs and a storage device including physical disk units, said data mapping path comprising a particular database table accessed by a particular job, a file for storing said particular database table, a logical disk unit for storing said file, and said physical disk units for distributively storing data on said logical disk unit, based on data mapping information related to said data mapping path, said data mapping information including an identifier of an interface situated on said data mapping path for interfacing one device to another, said server computer comprising: collection means for collecting part of said data mapping information from each of the devices which hold corresponding information on said data mapping path from said job to said physical disk units through said particular database table, said file, and said logical disk unit; integration means for integrating said data mapping information on a job-by-job basis for storage in a management information table; and identifying means for identifying a job affected by a fault with reference to said management information table for displaying the affected job upon receipt of a fault report about any of said physical disk units from said storage device.