Patent ID: 8434078
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A deployment method for a server system that comprises a storage system having logical disks storing disk images to be masters and a plurality of servers connected to the storage system via a network, the deployment method comprising the steps of: holding, by a deploy management module, disk image information to manage identifiers of the logical disks in the storage system, identifiers for identifying the disk images stored in the logical disks, and capacities the logical disks and management information on the number of disk images to manage the number of disk images; referring to, by the deploy management module, the disk image information and the management information on the number of disk images upon receipt of a command requesting deployment of a specified disk image to obtain the number of specific disk images from the disk image information; copying, by the deploy management module, the specific disk image to a free area of the storage system in a case where the obtained number of the specific disk images is smaller than the value in the management information on the number of disk images; and updating, by the deploy management module, the disk image information in a case where at least one of the disk images held in a plurality of areas in the storage system is copied to the free area.