| 7. A management server for monitoring a plurality of disk array devices connected through a network to at least one host for
running a plurality of applications and each disk array device having a plurality of physical disks and a plurality of logical
volumes relating to said physical disks and for communicating management information to said host and said disk array devices,
said management server being connected to said host and said disk array devices, said management server comprising:
a physical disk error detecting unit configured to detect an error in a physical disk of said physical disks, wherein said
management server stores the management information including a corresponding relationship among identification of each of
said applications, identification of at least one logical volume used by said each application, and identification of at least
one of said physical disks corresponding to said at least one logical volume, and
an application detecting unit configured, when said physical disk error detecting unit of said disk array device identifies
an error in said physical disk, to detect said application using a logical volume corresponding to said physical disk with
said error according to said corresponding relationship stored in said management server.
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