Patent ID: 7188149
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A storage operating control system, comprising: an external storage device having storage data, storage operating data to manage a volume configuration and/or volume movement of said storage data, and a service processor for operating said storage operating data; a host computer coupled with said external storage device via a first connection; and a storage management server coupled with said host computer via a second connection and said service processor via a third connection, wherein said storage management server executes a storage operating data server program to manage said storage operating data via said third connection, wherein said host computer does not read/write said storage operating data directly from/to said external storage device, and instead executes an application program associated with said storage operating data server program so as to read/write said storage operating data indirectly from/to said external storage device through said storage management server and said third connection in order to manage the volume configuration and/or volume movement of said storage data, and wherein said host computer commands reads/writes of said storage data from/to said external storage device through said first connection, and wherein said storage management server is adapted to acknowledge said volume configuration and/or volume movement operation back to said host computer before said volume configuration and/or volume movement operation has completed, so as to enable turn-off of said host computer during at least a portion of said volume configuration and/or volume movement operation.