Patent ID: 8161256
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A remote copy system, comprising: one or more host computers; a first storage apparatus coupled to the host computer for conducting a read/write of data upon an instruction from the host computer; and a second storage apparatus coupled to the first storage apparatus for performing a remote copy in which the data received from the first storage apparatus is stored, wherein at least one of the first storage apparatus and the second storage apparatus holds, in a storage part thereof, path information used when performing the remote copy of the data therebetween, and wherein the host computer references the path information in the storage part; determines whether or not a path required for conducting an operation instructed by a user exists, based on at least one of a type of the remote copy and a direction of the path; and, if the required path does not exist, displays, on a display part, that the required path does not exist and why the required path, which has been searched based on at least one of the type of the remote copy and the direction of the path, does not exist.