JPH0231246A - System monitor device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To quickly decide the working state of a system in a system monitor state by displaying the working state of the system with use of patterns and characters and changing the colors when a fault occurs. CONSTITUTION:A working state display control means 1 always displays the situation of an information processing system on a picture display device 2 in the characters and the multi-color patterns based on the working state data of the information processing systems 3-5 which are monitored. When a device forming the information processing system has a fault, the display color of the faulty device shown on the device 2 is changed and blinked. At the same time, a message showing the fault contents is displayed. In addition, a buzzer 52 is actuated for warning.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a system configuration within an information processing system.

The present invention relates to a system monitoring device that displays operating status on an image display device.

[Conventional technology]

Generally, in an information processing system, an operator needs to know the operating status of the information processing system in order to operate the information processing system appropriately.

For this reason, the operating status of the information processing system has conventionally been communicated to the operator in the following manner.

(1) CRT on the system console every time the operating status of each device constituting the information processing system is changed.

The operating status is communicated to the operator by outputting the operating status as a message to a printer or the like.

(2) The operating status is communicated to the operator by lighting the panel lamp of the monitoring device, which is equipped with a panel lamp that indicates the connection status of each device that makes up the information processing system, each time the operating status changes. .

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, the conventional example described above has the following problems.

In conventional example (1), the operating status is output as a message to the system console's CRT, printer, etc., so detailed information on the operating status of each device can be obtained, but the information on the operating status is limited to that point in time. Since it only shows the temporary operating status of the information processing system, it is not possible to obtain the current operating status of the entire information processing system without using messages of past operating status as clues. Therefore, there is a drawback that it is difficult for the operator to grasp the operating status of the entire system. Furthermore, when a failure occurs in the information processing system, it is necessary to immediately and accurately grasp the failure situation, so the operator must constantly pay attention to the CRT, etc., which increases the burden on the operator.

On the other hand, in conventional example (2), where the operating status is displayed using the panel lamp of the monitoring device, the connection status of each device is continuously displayed by lighting the panel lamp, so conventional example (1)
), it is possible to know a certain degree of the operating status of the current system as a whole.

However, it has the disadvantage that detailed information about the operating status cannot be obtained. In addition, in order to immediately and accurately grasp the occurrence of a failure, the operator must always pay close attention to the panel lamp of the monitoring device, which has the disadvantage of increasing the burden on the operator, similar to the conventional example (1). Furthermore, since the failure situation must be judged with little failure information, there is also the drawback that the operator is required to have a high degree of judgment.

The present invention was made in view of these circumstances, and
The purpose is to provide a system monitoring method that can significantly reduce the burden on operators who monitor information processing systems.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an image display device capable of displaying characters and multicolored figures in a system monitoring device of an information processing system, a buzzer, and an information processing system to be monitored. The status of the information processing system is constantly displayed on the image display device in the form of characters and multicolored graphics based on the operating status data notified from the system, and when a failure occurs in the device, the status of the information processing system is displayed on the image display device at all times. It has an operation status display control means that changes the color of the display corresponding to the failure generating device by blinking once, displays a message indicating the content of the failure, and sounds the buzzer.

[Effect]

The operating status display control means constantly displays the status of the information processing system on the image display device using characters and multicolored graphics based on operating status data notified from the information processing system to be monitored.

When a fault occurs in a device constituting the information processing system, the color of the display corresponding to the faulty device displayed on the image display device is changed to two blinks, and a message indicating the details of the fault is displayed, and a buzzer is activated. sound.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is an operating status display control device, 2 is an image display device, 3.4 is a central processing unit, 5 is a magnetic tape device, a magnetic disk device, an external device, The 0 operation status display control device l, which is a device group consisting of terminal devices and the like and controlled by the central processing unit 3.4, is
Operating status table receiving means 6 and health notification confirmation means 7
, an operation status display control means 8, and timers 50 and 51. Further, 52 is a buzzer.

An information processing system consists of two central processing units, one of which is the active system and the other central processing unit is the standby system, and the active and standby central processing units have the following operating modes depending on their operation. There is.

First, the operational central processing unit has an operational mode in which it processes information sent through an external device within the device group 5 that receives operational data from the outside. Next, in the standby central processing unit, there is a standby mode in which it stands by in case a failure occurs in the active central processing unit, a batch mode in which it processes jobs in batches,
There is a depack mode that depacks developed programs. In addition, the operation mode of the information processing system includes duplex when the standby central processing unit is operating in standby mode, when operating in batch mode or depack mode, and when health notifications (described later) are sent at regular intervals. There is a simplex in case of no reception. The information processing system is basically operated in a duplex format.

The status displayed on the image display device 2 is controlled by the operating status display control device 1 based on operating status data and health notifications transmitted from the active and standby central processing units 3.4.

The operating status table is transmitted from the central processing unit at regular intervals or when the operating status is changed.
This operating status table includes the device number (for example, 1.2) that indicates the central processing unit that is the source of the operating status table, the operating mode of the central processing unit that is the same (the operating mode of the central processing unit that is the source, and the status information of each device in the information processing system). in use, not in use, faulty),
and detailed failure information at the time of failure as a string. Therefore, when the status of a device changes, the string of data in the table corresponding to that device changes.
, a working status table will be sent to you.

A health notification is a message transmitted from the central processing unit at regular intervals, and upon receipt of this message, it is confirmed that the central processing unit 3.4 is operating normally, and the device number, etc. Contains information on.

The operating status table receiving means 6 receives the operating status table sent from the active or standby central processing unit, and displays this operating status table on the operating status display control means 8.
This is a way to start this by passing it to .

The health notification confirmation means 7 uses a timer 50. which is provided corresponding to the central processing unit 3. This is a means for checking that health notifications are sent from the central processing units 3 and 4 at regular intervals by a timer 51 provided corresponding to the central processing unit 4, and when a failure occurs in one of the central processing units. When this is detected, the operation status display control means 8 is activated.

The operating status display control means 8 includes the operating status table receiving means 6. According to the contents of the operating status table that is started by the health notification confirmation stage 7 and passed from the operation status table receiving means 6 and the notification content from the health notification confirmation means 7,
It controls the display of the image display device 2.

FIG. 4 is an example of the contents of the operation status display screen of the information processing system displayed on the image display device 2, which shows the connection status between each device 2 that constitutes the information processing system, and the operation status of each device. It is. In the figure, 10.11 is the display of the central processing units 3 and 4, 12 to 31 are the displays of each device constituting the device group 5, of which 12 is the display of the external device, and 13 to 16 is the display of the magnetic disk device. display, 17-20
is the display of the magnetic tape device, and 21 to 31 are the displays of the terminal device. Furthermore, 40 is an area for displaying the operation mode of the information processing system, 41 is an area for displaying the operating mode of the central processing unit 3, 42 is an area for displaying the operating mode of the central processing unit 4, and 43 is an area for displaying the operating mode of the central processing unit 4. This area displays detailed failure information (message) that is issued when a failure occurs. Note that in the initial state, the display 10. of the central processing unit 3 is displayed. Display 11 of the central processing unit 4 Displays 12 to 31 of each device included in the device group 5 are all displayed in black indicating that they are unused under the control of the operating status display control means 8, and there are no displays in areas 40 to 43. is also not displayed.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing of the operating status display control means 8 when the operating status table is received, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing of the health notification confirmation means 7. Hereinafter, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to each figure.

First, the operation when receiving the operating status table from the central processing unit will be explained. When the operating status table is sent from the central processing unit 3 or the central processing unit 4,
The operating status table receiving means 6 receives this. The operation status table receiving means 6 passes the received operation status table to the operation status display control means 8 and activates it.

The activated operating status display control means 8 determines whether or not the operating mode in the operating status table received from the central processing unit 3 or 4 is the operational mode, as shown in FIG. 31).

If the operation mode is "operation mode", the central processing unit that is the source of the operation status table is regarded as the operation system, and the source device number in the operation status table is set to ``1'' in step S2.
If it is determined that this is the case, the process proceeds to step S3, where the display 10 of the central processing unit 3 shown in FIG. Displayed in area 41. Also,
When the device number is determined to be r2J in step S2, the process proceeds to step S5, and the display 11 of the central processing unit 4 is displayed in green, and the "operation mode" is displayed in the area 42 in step S6.

On the other hand, in step Sl, if the operation mode is other than the operation mode,
That is, when it is determined that the mode is standby mode, batch mode, or depack mode, the central processing unit that is the source is regarded as a standby system, and in order to display the operation mode of the information processing system in area 40, the information processing system in the operation status table is Determine whether the operation mode is "standby mode". When the "standby mode" is set, the operation mode of the information processing system is assumed to be duplex, and "duplex" is displayed in the area 40 in step S8. Further, when it is determined in step S7 that the mode is other than standby mode, that is, batch mode or depack mode, the operation mode is regarded as simplex, and "simplex" is displayed in area 40 in step S9. In order to know the originating central processing unit, the device number in the operating status table is determined in step SIO. When the device number is "1", step S
Proceeding from IO to step 311, the display IO of the central processing unit 3 is displayed in yellow, and in step S12, the operating mode set in the operating status table is displayed in the area 41. Further, when it is determined that the device number is "2" in step SlO, the process advances from step 310 to step S13, where the display 11 of the central processing unit 4 is displayed in yellow, and step S
At L4, the operating mode set in the operating status table is displayed in area 42.

Next, in step S15, each device (external device included in device group 5 in FIG. 1, magnetic disk device).

Current operating status data (magnetic tape devices, terminal devices)
That is, the display corresponding to each device displayed on the image display device 2) is compared with the operating status data of each device in the currently received operating status table, and the next process is performed based on the comparison result.

(1) When there is no change in the state of device i (in the case of 315-a) In this case, there is no need to change the state displayed on the image display device 2, so no processing is performed and step S2
Proceed to step 3.

(2) When device i changes to being used (S l 5b case) In this case, it depends on whether device l is being used by the active central processing unit or the standby central processing unit. Since the display color of device i is different, in step 519, it is determined whether "operation mode" is set in the operation mode setting field in the received operation status table, and if "operation mode" is set. (YES in S19), in step S20, display device 1 in green, and in step S2
Proceed to step 3.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S19 that the mode is other than the operation mode, device i is displayed in yellow in step S21, and the process proceeds to step 323.

(3) When device l changes to unused (in case of S15-0) In this case, in step 322, device i is displayed in black, and the process proceeds to step S23.

(4) When peripheral device i becomes a failure (S15-d) In this case, the failure device 1 is displayed in red and blinks for a certain period of time (S16).

In order to more reliably notify the operator that a failure has occurred, the buzzer 52 is sounded in step SL7.
In step 318, detailed failure information in the operating status table is displayed in area 43, and the process proceeds to step 323.

Next, in step S23, it is determined whether or not the processing of all the devices has been completed. If the processing of all the devices has not been completed, the process returns to step S15 and continues until the processing of all the devices has been completed. Repeat the actions described above.

Next, control of the display state on the image display device 2 based on health notification confirmation will be explained. As shown in FIG. 3, when the health notification confirmation means 7 identifies that the health notification has been received in step S30, the health notification confirmation means 7 checks the health notification in step 531 in order to know the central processing unit that is the source of the health notification. Determine the device number. When the device number is rlJ,
Proceeding from step S31 to step S32, the timer 50 provided corresponding to the central processing unit 3 is cleared,
When the device number is "2", the process advances from step S31 to step S33, where the timer 51 provided corresponding to the central processing unit 4 is cleared, and the process returns to step S330.

If the central processing unit 3.4 is normal, timers 50゜51 will not time up, but if a failure occurs and the health notification is no longer issued, timer 50゜5゛1 will not be cleared and will time up. Become. When the health notification confirmation means 7 identifies that the timer 50 has timed up in step S34, it assumes that some kind of failure has occurred in the central processing unit 3 and that it is no longer possible to send a health notification, and in step 335, it sets the device number to "1". is passed to the operating status display control means 8 to start it. Also, step S3
When it is determined in step 6 that the timer 51 is performing time amplification, it is assumed that a failure has occurred in the central processing unit 4, and
In step S37, the device number "2" is passed to the operating status display control means 8 to start it up.

The activated operating status display control means 8 causes the display 10 or 11 of the central processing unit in FIG. 4, which corresponds to the device number received from the health notification confirmation means 7, to be displayed in red and blink for a certain period of time. Also, since one of the central processing units has failed, the display of the operation mode is changed from duplex to simplex. That is, "Simplex" is displayed in area 40. Then, the buzzer 52 is sounded to notify the operator that a failure has occurred.

Note that in the above embodiments, the display colors are divided on the operating status display control device l side based on the status information in the operating status table sent from the central processing unit, but it is also possible to specify the display color in the status information itself. You may also include it.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the system monitoring device of the present invention visually displays the system status indicating each device constituting the information processing system, their connection status, and operating status using five characters in multicolored graphics on the image display device. When a fault occurs, the color of the display corresponding to the faulty device changes and blinks, and a buzzer notifies the operator.Furthermore, a message indicating detailed information about the fault is displayed on the image display device, so the operator can You can easily understand the current status of the entire information processing system just by looking at the content displayed on the device, and you can easily know when a failure has occurred by the sound of the buzzer, so it is necessary to constantly monitor the display content. It also disappears.

The fault location can be easily known by changing the display color and blinking once, and the detailed fault information can be known by a message. As described above, according to the present invention, the burden on the operator who monitors the information processing system can be significantly reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an example of processing by the operation status display control means 8 when receiving an operation status table, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an example of processing by the health notification confirmation means 7. , FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the operating status display screen displayed on the image display Viitz. In the figure, 1...Operating status display control device 2...Image display device 3.4...Central processing unit 5...Device group 6...Operating status table receiving means 7...Health notification confirmation Means 8...Operation status display control means O...Display 1 of central processing unit 3...Display 2 of central processing unit 4...Displays 3 to 16 of external devices...Display 7 of magnetic disk device ~20...
Magnetic tape device display 1-31...terminal device display 0-43...display area 0.51...timer 2...buzzer

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A system monitoring device for an information processing system, comprising: an image display device capable of displaying characters and multicolored figures; a buzzer; and an operation notification from an information processing system to be monitored. Based on the status data, the status of the information processing system is constantly displayed on the image display device in the form of characters and multicolored figures, and when a failure occurs in a device, it corresponds to the failure occurring device displayed on the image display device. 1. A system monitoring device comprising an operating status display control means for changing the color of a display, causing the display to blink, displaying a message indicating the content of the failure, and sounding the buzzer.