A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and system are presented for
establishing redundant computer resources. According to one embodiment,
in a system including a plurality of processor devices and a plurality of
storage devices, the processor devices, the storage devices and the
management server being connected via a network, the method comprises
storing device information relating to the processor devices and the
storage devices and topology information relating to topology of the
network, identifying at least one primary computer resource, selecting at
least one secondary computer resource suitable to serve as a redundant
resource corresponding to the at least one primary computer resource
based on the device information and the topology information, and
assigning the at least one secondary computer resource as a redundant
resource corresponding to the at least one primary computer resource.