Patent ID: 8392679

Claim:
A computer system, comprising: a storage unit which stores: application management information indicating respective applications included in each federated application environment of a plurality of federated application environments existing in the computer system, where the respective applications are determined constituents of said each federated application environment due to the respective applications effecting a plurality of associatively operated applications; and backup policy management information indicating, for said each federated application environment of the plurality of federated application environments, both: a volume group corresponding to said each federated application environment; and a backup policy denoting a type of backup function to be carried out in the volume group, where the backup policy is selectable from a plurality of different types of backup functions; and a configuration unit, which determines a specified plurality of applications constituting a specified federated application environment by referencing to the application management information, and which sends an indication for assigning to a same volume group, a plurality of first logical volumes allocated to the specified plurality of applications, and a plurality of second logical volumes constituting the backup targets for data stored in the plurality of first logical volumes, to one or more storage systems including at least one of: the plurality of first logical volumes and the plurality of second logical volumes; and a backup unit determining how data is to be backed up from the plurality of first logical volumes to the plurality of second logical volumes in a subject volume group, based on the backup policy indicated in the backup policy management information, for the subject volume.