Control method for information processing system, information processing system, and program
US8074098B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 24, 2009 |
| Grant date | Dec 6, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 5, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/2046
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to ensure, in an information processing system including a plurality of server apparatuses coupled to one another, reliability and availability thereof when failover is executed. In an information processing system, which includes a plurality of server apparatuses coupled to one another, and a management server coupled to the server apparatuses, and is configured to, when detecting occurrence of a failure in an active server apparatus of the server apparatuses, execute failover from the active server apparatus to a standby server apparatus of the server apparatuses after turning on a power supply of the standby server apparatus whose power supply having been turned off, the management server is enabled to: acquire information on the standby server apparatus after turning on the power supply of the standby server apparatus; turn off the power supply of the standby server apparatus after acquiring the information; and, based on the acquired information, judge whether or not failover to the standby server apparatus can be executed. Additionally, an acquisition method of the information can be selected in accordance with an allocated status of the …
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