Patent ID: 7426517

Claim:
A processing method for use in the operation of a storage managing server that is connected to a storage device and a storage managing terminal, said processing method comprising the steps of: receiving, by the storage managing server, a first request, requesting download of a manager program, issued from said storage managing terminal, said manager program to be used by said storage managing terminal for executing processing on the storage managing server, and a second request for executing processing including conducting communication of constructional information, which includes volume information defining characteristics of a plurality of volumes included in said storage device, between said storage device and the storage managing server, said constructional information being used for managing said volumes included in said storage device; and starting, by the storage managing server, processing, which includes at least sending a request to said storage device requesting constructional information, with respect to said second request, and receiving the constructional information transmitted from said storage device in response to the request, before the storage managing server transmits a response to said first request to said storage managing terminal, wherein the storage managing server, before transmitting a response to said first request including downloading the manager program to said storage managing terminal, transmits the constructional information transmitted from said storage device to the storage managing terminal, wherein the storage managing terminal, before downloading the manager program from the storage managing server, but after receiving the constructional information from the storage managing server, starts processing which includes displaying a constructional information display operation screen on a display device including the received constructional information, and wherein said storage device includes said volumes each of which stores data sent from host computers via a network.