Patent ID: 7093035

Claim:
A computer system comprising: a computer having first resources that include a first processor and a first memory; a storage system coupled to said computer having second resources that include physical disks storing data used by said computer, a second memory, and a second processor controlling an access to said physical disks; a first information for managing said first resources a second information for managing said second resources a third information for managing a relation between a virtual computer configured on said computer and a virtual storage system configured on said storage system; wherein said first resources are configured to be partitioned into a plurality of first partitions, each first partition including a part of resources of each of said first processor and said first memory, logically, and each of said first partitions is configured to run as a virtual computer; wherein said storage second resources are configured to be partitioned into a plurality of second partitions, each second partition including a part of resources of each of said physical disks, said second memory, and said second processor, logically, each of said second partitions is configured to run as virtual storage system; and wherein each virtual computer is configured to access a virtual storage system related to said virtual computer according to said third information.