Patent ID: 8510445
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system management method for managing an Information Technology (IT) system, the IT system comprising a plurality of managed devices and a management apparatus that manages the plurality of managed devices, wherein the plurality of managed devices include physical servers, Internet Protocol (IP) switches, Storage Area Network (SAN) switches, and storage devices, the method comprising: (1) acquiring, by the management apparatus, configuration information for recognizing configurations of the managed devices, and (2) determining, by the management apparatus, configuration candidate patterns which indicate connecting configuration candidates between the plurality of managed devices for realizing a requested system configuration; and (3) determining, from the configuration candidate patterns, a configuration pattern using at least the following value about each configuration candidate pattern; (3a) a first variance of a used IP network bandwidth at a first part where an IP network bandwidth surplus is the smallest in an IP network part of each configuration candidate pattern; and (3b) a second variance of a used SAN bandwidth at a second part where a SAN bandwidth surplus is the smallest in a SAN part of each configuration candidate pattern.