JP2699760B2 - Dynamic management display device for system resource management error cause information - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dynamic management display device for system resource management abnormality cause information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a system resource management control program in an information processing system has a function of providing various information related to system resource management to an operator in addition to main functions such as allocation and release of system resources. However, the functions of the conventional system resource management control program are only to output the system resource statistical information to a system file or the like, or to display the current usage status and the cumulative status of the system resources. .

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional information processing system, when an operator wants to obtain useful information related to system resource management, he edits a system file to which system resource statistical information is output. It is necessary to output and display the current usage and cumulative status of system resources during system operation to estimate the status of system resources.If a system resource error occurs, the cause of the error can be grasped. There has been a problem that it is difficult and cannot be dealt with immediately.

[0004] The present invention has been proposed in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a system resource management error cause information which can easily and promptly grasp the cause of an error when a system resource error occurs. To provide a dynamic management display device.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided an information processing system for managing system resources by a system resource management control program, the system comprising a plurality of abnormal cause information entries. A resource management abnormality cause information storage area, and, when the occurrence of a system resource abnormality is detected during the control of the system resource management control program, information indicating the status of the abnormality of the generated system resource and the cause of the abnormality. New error cause information entry in the management error cause information storage area
"Detailed information on error status" and "Detailed information on error cause"
Stored at the time the system resource management control program the system error recovery resources in the control has been detected, the information indicating the status of the recovery Zhou abnormality of the system resources status
Wherein the abnormality cause information entry storing information indicating a
System resource management error cause information management means stored in the "detailed error status information" section, and stored in the error cause information entry of the system resource management error cause information storage area in response to the system resource management error cause information display request System resource management error cause information display means for displaying information on a display device.

[0006]

According to the dynamic management and display device for system resource management abnormality cause information of the present invention, when the occurrence of system resource abnormality is detected during the control of the system resource management control program, the system resource management abnormality cause is displayed. The information management means stores the information indicating the status of the occurrence of the abnormality of the system resources and the cause thereof in the "error status detail information" and the new abnormality cause information entry in the system resource management abnormality cause information storage area.
And "Detailed information on cause of error" . Further, when the recovery of the abnormality of the system resources is detected during the control of the system resource management control program, the system resource management abnormality cause information management means stores information indicating the recovery status,
Wherein the abnormality cause information entry storing information indicating the abnormality of the status of the system resources "abnormal situation More Information"
Store in the location . Then, when a system resource management error cause information display request is received from an operator or the like, the system resource management error cause information display means displays information stored in the error cause information entry of the system resource management error cause information storage area. Display on the device.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a main block diagram showing an embodiment of an information processing system to which a system resource management abnormality cause information dynamic management display device of the present invention is applied.

In FIG. 1, a system resource management unit 1 is provided, for example, in a system area of a virtual storage, and includes a system resource management abnormality cause information storage area 2, a system resource management abnormality cause information management unit 3, a system resource management abnormality And cause information display means 4.

The input / output device 5 is used for inputting a system resource management abnormality cause information display request RQ and displaying system resource management abnormality cause information, and is constituted by, for example, a center console.

The system resource management error cause information is C
The output may be performed on a screen such as an RT or a printer.

On the other hand, the system resources 6 include a main storage device 61, a central processing unit 62, and a disk device 6 in the system.
3, system resources such as jobs 6A to 6X.

The system resource management control program 7
Is a control program for managing the system resources 6.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the system resource management abnormality cause information storage area 2. The system resource management error cause information storage area 2 includes error cause information entries 2A to 2X, and each of the error cause information entries 2A to 2X.
X is the abnormality information number 2A1-2X1 and abnormality occurrence time 2A2
2X2, abnormal recovery time 2A3-2X3, detailed abnormal situation information 2A4-2X4, and detailed abnormal cause information 2A5-2X5
And

FIG. 3 shows a processing example of the system resource management abnormality cause information management means 3. The system resource management error cause information management means 3 is given control from the system resource management control program 7 when an error occurs and recovers from an error in the system resources. Steps α1 to αn and information updating steps β1 to βn at the time of system resource abnormality recovery are included.

FIG. 4 shows a processing example of the system resource management abnormality cause information display means 4. The system resource management abnormality cause information display means 4 receives a system resource management abnormality cause information display request R from an input / output device 5 such as a center console.
This is called when Q occurs, and is a step 41 for judging the contents of a request for displaying system resource management abnormality cause information, and a step 42, 43 for displaying system resource management abnormality cause information status.
And system resource management error cause information history display step 4
4,45.

Next, the operation of the information processing system of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described. It should be noted that, here, due to the event described in detail in sub-steps 32 to 39 in FIG. 3, that is, due to the overload of the main storage device 61 of the system resource 6, for example, the job resource 6A waits for the main storage device 61 to become available. A description will be given of an example of processing of an event in which a management abnormal state occurs and thereafter the abnormal state is recovered.

First, an abnormal state in which the job 6A waits for the main storage 61 to be vacant due to the overload of the main storage 61 of the system resources 6 is notified of by the system resource management control program 7.
Is detected, the system resource management control program 7 transfers control to the system resource management abnormality cause information management means 3.

System resource management error cause information management means 3
Determines, as shown in FIG. 3, what kind of abnormal state has occurred in which resource of the system resources 6 or whether it has been recovered (step 31). In this case, it is determined that the abnormality of waiting for the main storage device 61 of the job 6A to be idle due to the overload of the main storage device 61 of the system resources 6 has occurred, and the process proceeds to step α1, where the job number 6A of the job 6A
1, the system resource number 611 of the main storage device 61 of the system resource 6, and the abnormality information number indicating that the job 6A is waiting for the main storage device 61 to be idle due to the overload of the main storage device 61 of the system resource 6. Is set to the abnormality information number 2N1 of the abnormality cause information entry 2N which is a new entry of the system resource management abnormality cause information storage area 2 shown in FIG. 2 (substep 32).

Next, the abnormality occurrence time during which the job 6A waits for the main storage device 61 to be vacant is set to the abnormality occurrence time 2N2 of the abnormality cause information entry 2N of the system resource management abnormality cause information storage area 2 (substep 33). Similarly, when the job 6A waits for a free space in the main storage device 61, the use status information of the main storage device 61 of the system resources 6 is changed to the abnormality cause information entry 2N of the system resource management abnormality cause information storage area 2. It is set in the detailed situation information 2N4 (sub-step 34), and the name of the job that uses a large amount of the main storage device 61, which is considered to be the cause of the occurrence of an abnormality when the job 6A waits for the main storage device 61 to be vacant, is displayed. The main memory used by the job is set in the detailed cause information 2N5 of the abnormal cause information entry 2N of the system resource management abnormal cause information storage area 2 (sub -Up 35), and the process ends. As a result, control returns to the system resource management control program 7 again.

Thereafter, the main storage device 61 of the system resource 6
When the system resource management control program 7 detects that the overload of the job 6A has been recovered and the system resource management control program 7 has recovered from the abnormal state of waiting for the main storage device 61 to become empty for the job 6A, the control is transferred to the system resource management abnormality cause information management means 3 again.

System resource management abnormality cause information management means 3
Determines, as shown in FIG. 3, in which resource of the system resource 6 an abnormal state has occurred or has been recovered (step 31). In this case, it is determined that the waiting state of the main storage device 61 of the job 6A has been recovered, and the process proceeds to step β1, where the waiting state of the main storage device 61 due to the overload of the main storage device 61 of the system resources 6 of the job 6A. An error cause information entry 2N in the system resource management error cause information storage area 2 having the error information number indicating that the error information number has been obtained (substep 36).

Then, the abnormality information number indicating that the idle waiting of the main storage device 61 of the job 6A has been resolved is entered in the abnormality cause information entry 2 of the system resource management abnormality cause information storage area 2.
N is set to the abnormal information number 2N1 (substep 3
7) Similarly, the abnormal recovery time of waiting for the free space of the main storage device 61 of the job 6A due to the recovery of the overload of the main storage device 61 of the system resource 6 is changed to the system resource management abnormality cause information storage area 2.
Is set to the abnormal recovery time 2N3 of the abnormal cause information entry 2N (substep 38), and the abnormal recovery detailed information of waiting for the free space of the main storage device 61 of the job 6A due to the recovery of the overload of the main storage device 61 of the system resource 6 is set. It is set in the abnormal situation detailed information 2N4 of the abnormal cause information entry 2N of the system resource management abnormal cause information storage area 2 (substep 3
9), end the processing. As a result, control returns to the system resource management control program 7 again.

As described above, at the time of occurrence and recovery of the system resource abnormality, the system resource management abnormality cause information storage area 2
Are recorded and updated.

The system resource management error cause information display request RQ is sent from the input / output device 5 such as the center console.
Is input, the system resource management abnormality cause information display means 4 is activated, and as shown in FIG. 4, whether the system resource management abnormality cause information display request RQ requests the status display or the history display , Or a request to display a specific system resource, or a request to display all system resources (step 41).

If the system resource management error cause information display request RQ is a request to display the status of all system resources, the error cause information entries 2A to 2X in the system resource management error cause information storage area 2 The contents of all the error cause information entries that have not been recovered from the error are displayed (step 42).

If the system resource management error cause information display request RQ is a request to display the status of a specific system resource, for example, a request to display the status of the job 6A, the system resource management error cause information is displayed. The contents of the abnormal cause information entry having the job number 6A1 of the job 6A which has not been recovered from the abnormal cause information entries 2A to 2X of the storage area 2 are displayed (step 43), and the process is terminated.

On the other hand, if the system resource management error cause information display request RQ is a request for displaying the history of all system resources, the error cause information entries 2A to 2X in the system resource management error cause information storage area 2 are generated. The contents of all error cause information entries are displayed in order (step 4
4).

If the system resource management error cause information display request RQ is a request to display a history of a specific system resource, for example, a request to display the history of the job 6A, the system resource management error cause information is displayed. The contents of the error cause information entries having the job number 6A1 of the job 6A among the error cause information entries 2A to 2X in the storage area 2 are displayed in the order of occurrence of the errors (step 45), and the processing is terminated.

[0030]

As described above, in the dynamic management and display device for system resource management abnormality cause information of the present invention,
When an abnormal state of a system resource is detected during control of the system resource management control program, information including the status and the cause is stored in a new error cause information entry of the new error cause information entry in the system resource management error cause information storage area. "And" Different
The details stored in the error cause information entry in the system resource management error cause information storage area are stored in the center console or the like in response to a system resource management error cause information display request from an operator or the like. Since the information is displayed, the system operation at that point in time can promptly obtain information on the cause of the error related to the abnormal system resource as system resource management control, and can efficiently treat system resources. The effect is as follows. Further, when the abnormality of the recovery of the system resources is detected, information indicating the status of the recovery, the "abnormal situation details of the abnormality cause information entry storing information indicating the abnormality of the situation of the system resources "
You. At this time, refer to the section of
Information that indicates the cause of the error is still stored.
ing. For this reason, it can be managed in association with the generated abnormality of the cause and the circumstances of its recovery. Therefore, for example, by looking at the information stored in the abnormality cause information entry, it can be immediately recognized whether or not the occurred abnormality has already been recovered.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an information processing system to which a system resource management abnormality cause information dynamic management display device of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a system resource management abnormality cause information storage area in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a system resource management abnormality cause information management unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram illustrating an example of a system resource management abnormality cause information display unit in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... System resource management part 2 ... System resource management abnormality cause information storage area 3 ... System resource management abnormality cause information management means 4 ... System resource management abnormality cause information display means 5 ... I / O device 6 ... System resources 7 ... System resource management Control program RQ: System resource management error cause information display request

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An information processing system which manages system resources by a system resource management control program, comprising: a system resource management error cause information storage area comprising a plurality of error cause information entries; When the occurrence of an error in the system resources is detected during the operation, the information indicating the status of the error of the generated system resources and the cause thereof are stored in the new error cause information entry in the system resource management error cause information storage area. Situation detailed information "and" Abnormal source
Stored in the location of the cause detailed information ", when said abnormality recovery system resources detected during the control of the system resource management control program, the information indicating the status of the recovery, the abnormality of the situation of the system resources System resource management error cause information management means for storing the error status information entry in the "error status detail information" portion of the error cause information entry storing the information indicating the error, and the system resource management error cause information display request. Dynamic management of system resource management abnormality cause information, characterized by comprising: system resource management abnormality cause information display means for displaying information stored in an abnormality cause information entry in a resource management abnormality cause information storage area on a display device. Display device.