DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND DR COST CALCULATION SUPPORT METHOD
Upon acquiring target business specifying information for specifying a target business, disaster recovery (DR) operation phase determination processing of calculating an operation phase is executed based on copy configuration information for managing a pair configuration of a target business use volume and a copy volume and a copy status table for managing a copy status in the target business use volume and the copy volume, a disaster pattern corresponding to a disaster situation of a volume of a disaster target having been damaged is calculated in accordance with an operation phase calculated by the DR operation phase determination unit, and a cloud use fee is calculated for each disaster pattern from a failure occurrence to completion of system recovery of a use site where a use volume is created.
1 . A disaster recovery (DR) cost calculation support method in a data management apparatus that generates information regarding a disaster of a volume, wherein
the data management apparatus includes a storage device and a processor,
the storage device stores
copy configuration information for storing, in association with each other, business specifying information for specifying business, information of a use volume used in business, and information of a copy volume constituting a pair of a use volume and a backup or DR, and
cloud cost information for storing, in association with each other, a site in a cloud environment and information regarding a cost required for using a volume of the site in the cloud environment, and
the processor executes,
upon acquiring target business specifying information for specifying a target business,
DR operation phase determination processing of calculating an operation phase of an operation of a cloud DR copy volume of a cloud site with respect to a target business use volume based on information of a copy volume with respect to a target business use volume used in a target business with reference to the copy configuration information, support pattern calculation processing of calculating a disaster pattern that can occur in a volume of a disaster target in accordance with an operation phase calculated by the DR operation phase determination unit, and calculating a set of volume copies of the volume of the disaster target and a copy volume storing data to be recovered and copied to the volume of the disaster target in a support to a calculated disaster pattern, and disaster support cost calculation processing of calculating, using the cloud cost information, a use fee of a DR site in the cloud environment from occurrence of a failure in the disaster pattern calculated by the support pattern calculation unit to completion of system recovery of a use site where a use volume is created.
2 . The DR cost calculation support method according to claim 1 , wherein the disaster support cost calculation processing includes processing of calculating a sum of an operation fee of a DR site in the cloud environment during the recovery time and a data reading cost required for reading data from the cloud DR copy volume as a use fee of a DR site in the cloud environment during the recovery time.
3 . The DR cost calculation support method according to claim 1 , wherein
the storage unit further stores main site disaster support pattern information in which a disaster situation of a volume in a use site where the use volume is created is associated with presence or absence of use of a DR site in the cloud environment for the data recovery, and
the support pattern calculation processing includes, using the main site disaster support pattern information, processing of calculating a set of volume copies of a volume of the disaster target and a copy volume storing data to be recovered to a volume of a disaster target in a support to the disaster pattern.
4 . The DR cost calculation support method according to claim 1 , wherein when the operation phase calculated by the DR operation phase determination unit is pre-operation, the support pattern calculation processing includes calculating a disaster pattern in a state where the cloud DR copy volume of a DR site in the cloud environment is being temporarily used.
5 . The DR cost calculation support method according to claim 1 , wherein
the DR operation phase determination processing includes processing of determining whether or not there is a volume of the disaster target having been damaged among the use volume and a copy volume of the use volume, and
when it is determined that there is a volume of the disaster target having been damaged among the use volume and a copy volume of the use volume, the support pattern calculation processing includes calculating a set of volume copies of a volume of the disaster target having been damaged and a copy volume storing data to be recovered and copied to a volume of a disaster target in data recovery for a volume of the disaster target among the use volume and a copy volume of the use volume.
6 . The DR cost calculation support method according to claim 1 , wherein the disaster support cost calculation processing includes processing of outputting a use fee of a DR site in the cloud environment from a failure occurrence in a set of the volume copy calculated by the support pattern calculation unit to completion of system recovery of a use site where a use volume is created.
7 . The DR cost calculation support method according to claim 1 , wherein information on a use volume used in the business in the copy configuration information includes use volume group specifying information for specifying a use volume group including a plurality of use volumes used in the business.
8 . The DR cost calculation support method according to claim 1 , wherein the use volume is at least one volume of a volume created in a site in an on-premises environment and a volume created in a site in a cloud environment.
9 . A data management apparatus that generates information regarding a disaster of a volume, the data management apparatus comprising a storage unit, a DR operation phase determination unit, a support pattern calculation unit, and a disaster support cost calculation unit, wherein
the storage unit stores
copy configuration information for storing, in association with each other, business specifying information for specifying business, information of a use volume used in business, and information of a copy volume constituting a pair of a use volume and a backup or DR, and
cloud cost information for storing, in association with each other, a site in a cloud environment and information regarding a cost required for using a volume of the site in the cloud environment,
the DR operation phase determination unit executes,
upon acquiring target business specifying information for specifying a target business, DR operation phase determination processing of calculating an operation phase of an operation of a cloud DR copy volume of a cloud site with respect to a target business use volume based on information of a copy volume with respect to a target business use volume used in a target business with reference to the copy configuration information,
the support pattern calculation unit executes support pattern calculation processing of calculating a disaster pattern that can occur in a volume of a disaster target in accordance with an operation phase calculated by the DR operation phase determination unit, and calculating a set of volume copies of the volume of the disaster target and a copy volume storing data to be recovered and copied to the volume of the disaster target in a support to a calculated disaster pattern, and
the disaster support cost calculation unit executes disaster support cost calculation processing of calculating, using the cloud cost information, a use fee of a DR site in the cloud environment from occurrence of a failure in the disaster pattern calculated by the support pattern calculation unit to completion of system recovery of a use site where a use volume is created.