US 7,321,927 B2
Controlling method, computer system, and processing program of booting up a computer
Takao Nakajima, Yokohama (Japan); Yoshifumi Takamoto, Kokubunji (Japan); Kouji Masuda, Yokohama (Japan); and Keisuke Hatasaki, Kawasaki (Japan)
Assigned to Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Mar. 03, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/366,560.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-357118 (JP), filed on Dec. 12, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2007/0136447 A1, Jun. 14, 2007
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 709—221  [709/223] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer system having computers executing programs, a management computer managing said computers, and a storage system which can be accessed from said computers via a network,
wherein said management computer comprises:
storage means storing network identity information of said network which is allocated to said computers, business application identity information indicating said programs, and area identity information indicating areas in said storage system in which said programs are stored, with linking them to one another,
control means for sending to said computers said network identity information and said area identity information corresponding to said business application identity information, in order to boot programs indicated by said business application identity information, in response to entry of a boot request including said business application identity information.