摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stout system for transmitting a heartbeat signal and executing a transmitting and receiving method inside a clustered multi-site system. SOLUTION: The present invention is directed to a heartbeat apparatus via a remote mirroring link for a multi-site and a method for using the heartbeat apparatus. Information is registered in a configuration table, wherein the configuration table stores host ID information and volume ID information. The configuration table is configured, access requests from a host are verified, host activity is recorded, and additional records are created in the configuration table when a match is found between the access records and the registered information. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |