Patent ID: 7426624
Filing Date: 2008-09-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer program product for grouping a plurality of storage resources provided by a storage system into storage groups, said computer program product comprising: a computer program which causes a management server to execute processing for grouping the plurality of storage resources provided by said storage system into storage groups; and a computer-readable storage medium having the computer program tangibly embodied thereon, wherein the computer program causes said management server to perform the steps of: obtaining storage resource configuration information set for each of a number of logical partitions in the storage system; and transmitting said storage resource configuration information to an administrator who manages one or more of the storage groups, and who reviews said transmitted storage resource configuration information, grouping the storage resources into storage groups such that a storage resource group configuration individually set for the logical partitions in the storage system matches a group configuration of the storage resources constituting the storage groups; and wherein the storage resource configuration information is transmitted from the storage system to the management server, and then transmitted to the administrator, wherein the storage resource configuration information in the management server is changed in response to the approval by the administrator, and wherein the approval is based on the transmitted storage resource configuration information.