Patent ID: 7146462

Claim:
A storage system management method for a computer system including a host computer, a storage sub-system having one or more volumes, a disk control unit provided in the storage sub-system for controlling operation of the storage sub-system, and a management computer for managing configuration of the storage sub-system, the method comprising: registering, by the host computer, a volume identifier, a physical address, and a group identifier of the storage sub-system in a disk management table in the disk control units as a result of grouping of volumes in the storage sub-system according to a use purpose; obtaining, by the disk control unit, a physical address of a volume belonging to a same group as a group identifier input from the management computer from the disk management table, and notifying information described in a volume list of a volume allocated at the physical address to the management computer; displaying, by the management computer, the information thus notified; storing, by the management computer, information stored in the disk management table together with a disk control unit identifier from respective disk control units to a storage device accessible by the management computer; deciding, by the management computer, a disk control unit to which a volume corresponding to a requested group or a volume identifier belongs, according to information stored in an accessible storage device, and requesting the disk control unit thus decided to acquire information on a volume list concerning a volume belonging to the requested group or volume identifier; and notifying, by the disk control unit thus requested, information described in a volume list of a volume identical to a group or a volume identifier specified by the management computer to the management computer.