Patent ID: 9075542
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a computer system that includes a host computer and a first storage system comprising a plurality of logical storage systems, each of the plurality of logical storage systems including at least one logical volume, a logical storage system identifier, at least one logical volume identifier of the at least one logical volume, and at least one enclosure logical volume identifier of the at least one logical volume, comprising the steps of: providing a first logical storage system identifier to the computer, the computer recognizing the first logical storage system with the first logical storage system identifier; providing a first logical volume and a first logical volume identifier of the first logical volume, wherein the first logical volume identifier is a unique identification in the first logical storage systems and is used to uniquely recognize the first logical volume in the first logical storage system by the host computer; receiving a write request designating the first logical volume identified using the first logical volume identifier from the host computer; acquiring a first enclosure logical volume identifier of the first logical volume on the basis of an association between the first logical volume identifier and the first enclosure logical volume identifier, the first enclosure logical volume identifier being a unique identification in the plurality of logical storage systems in the first storage system and being used to uniquely identify the first logical volume in the plurality of logical storage systems in the first storage system by the first storage system; and writing write data of the write request into the first logical volume identified by the first enclosure logical volume identifier.