JPH05120078A - Dynamic management display device for system resource management abnormality cause information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily and quickly grasp the cause of abnormality in the case that the abnormality of a system resource occurs. CONSTITUTION:When the occurrence or the recovery of the abnormality of the system resource is detected in the course of the control of a system resource management control program, a system resource management abnormality cause information managing means 3 stores system resource management abnormality cause information in a system resource management abnormality cause information storage area 2, and manages it. Then, when a system resource management abnormality cause information display request RQ from an operator, etc., is received through an input/output device 5, a system resource management abnormality cause information display means 4 refers to the system resource management abnormality cause information storage area 2, and displays the system resource management abnormality cause information on the input/ output device 5.

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, in a system resource management control program in an information processing system, in addition to main functions such as allocation and release of system resources, a function of providing various information concerning system resource management to an operator side. However, its function in the conventional system resource management control program is to output the system resource statistical information to a system file, etc., and only display the current system resource usage status and cumulative status. ..

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional information processing system, when the operator wants to obtain useful information relating to system resource management, the system file in which the system resource statistical information is output is edited. When the system resource is abnormal, it is necessary to output it or to display the current usage status and cumulative status of the system resource during system operation to estimate the system resource status. There was a problem that it was difficult and could not be dealt with immediately.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide system resource management error cause information in which when a system resource error occurs, the cause of the error can be grasped easily and quickly. It is to provide a dynamic management display device.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is an information processing system that manages system resources by a system resource management control program, and a system for storing abnormality cause information of system resource management. The resource management error cause information storage area and the system resource management error cause information management area are managed in the system resource management error cause information storage area when the occurrence or recovery of the system resource error is detected during the control of the system resource management control program. System resource management error cause information management means and system resource management for displaying the system resource management error cause information obtained by referring to the system resource management error cause information storage area in response to a system resource management error cause information display request It has an abnormality cause information display means.

[0006]

In the dynamic management display device for the system resource management error cause information of the present invention, the cause of the system resource management error is detected when the occurrence or recovery of the system resource error is detected during the control of the system resource management control program. The information management means stores and manages the system resource management error cause information storage in the system resource management error cause information storage area, and displays the system resource management error cause information when receiving a system resource management error cause information display request from an operator or the like. The means displays the system resource management error cause information on the display device with reference to the system resource management error cause information storage area.

[0007]

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

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

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

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

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

On the other hand, the system resources 6 are the main storage device 61, the central processing unit 62, and the 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 that manages 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 the respective error cause information entries 2A to 2X.
X is the abnormality information number 2A1 to 2X1 and the abnormality occurrence time 2A2
2X2, abnormal recovery time 2A3 to 2X3, detailed abnormal condition information 2A4 to 2X4, and detailed abnormal cause information 2A5 to 2X5
Includes 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 a system resource error occurs and recovers, and a system resource status judging step 31 and information storage when a system resource error occurs It includes steps α1 to αn and information updating steps β1 to βn at the time of system resource abnormality recovery.

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

Next, the operation of the information processing system of the present embodiment thus constructed will be described. It should be noted that here, for example, the job 6A waits for the main storage device 61 to become available due to the event detailed in the sub-steps 32 to 39 of FIG. 3, that is, the overload of the main storage device 61 of the system resource 6. An example of processing of an event in which an abnormal management state occurs and then the abnormal status is recovered will be described.

First, an abnormal state in which the job 6A waits for the main storage device 61 to become empty due to an overload of the main storage device 61 of the system resource 6 is detected.
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
As shown in FIG. 3, it is determined which of the system resources 6 has caused what kind of abnormal state or has recovered (step 31). In this case, it is determined that the main storage device 61 of the system resource 6 is overloaded and an abnormality of waiting for the main storage device 61 of the job 6A has occurred, and the process proceeds to step α1 and the job number 6A of the job 6A is determined.
1 and the system resource number 611 of the main storage device 61 of the system resource 6 and the error information number indicating that the job 6A is waiting for the free space of the main storage device 61 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 in the system resource management abnormality cause information storage area 2 shown in FIG. 2 (sub-step 32).

Next, the abnormality occurrence time in which the job 6A waits for the main memory 61 to become free is set in the abnormality occurrence time 2N2 of the abnormality cause information entry 2N in the system resource management abnormality cause information storage area 2 (substep 33). Similarly, the usage status information of the main storage device 61 of the system resource 6 when the job 6A waits for the main storage device 61 to become empty is used as the abnormality of 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 when the job 6A waits for the main storage device 61 to become empty, the name of the job that uses a large amount of the main storage device 61 and the cause of the abnormal occurrence are considered. The used main memory amount of the job is set in the detailed error cause information 2N5 of the error cause information entry 2N in the system resource management error cause information storage area 2 (subs -Up 35), and the process ends. As a result, the control returns to the system resource management control program 7 again.

After that, the main memory 61 of the system resource 6
When the system resource management control program 7 detects the recovery of the abnormal state of waiting for the free space of the main storage device 61 of the job 6A, the control is passed to the system resource management error cause information management means 3 again.

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

Then, the abnormality cause information entry 2 in the system resource management abnormality cause information storage area 2 is used as the abnormality information number indicating that the waiting for free space in the main storage device 61 of the job 6A has been resolved.
Set to N 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 set to the system resource management error cause information storage area 2
Is set to the abnormality recovery time 2N3 of the abnormality cause information entry 2N (substep 38), and the abnormality recovery detailed information of the waiting wait for the main storage device 61 of the job 6A due to the overload recovery of the main storage device 61 of the system resource 6 is set. It is set in the error status detailed information 2N4 of the error cause information entry 2N in the system resource management error cause information storage area 2 (sub-step 3
9), the process ends. As a result, the control returns to the system resource management control program 7 again.

As described above, the system resource management error cause information storage area 2 at the time of occurrence and recovery of the system resource error
The abnormal cause information entries 2A to 2X are recorded and updated.

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

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

If the system resource management error cause information display request RQ is a request to display the status of a particular system resource, such as a request to display the status of the job 6A, the system resource management error cause information is displayed. In the abnormality cause information entries 2A to 2X in the storage area 2, the contents of the abnormality cause information entry having the job number 6A1 of the job 6A that has not been abnormally recovered are displayed (step 43), and the process is ended.

On the other hand, when the system resource management error cause information display request RQ is a request to display 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 the history of a specific system resource, such as a request to display the history of the job 6A, the system resource management error cause information is displayed. The contents of the abnormality cause information entries having the job number 6A1 of the job 6A among the abnormality cause information entries 2A to 2X in the storage area 2 are displayed in the order of occurrence of abnormality (step 45), and the process is terminated.

[0030]

As described above, in the dynamic management display device for the 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, the system resource management error cause information is registered in the system resource management error cause information storage area, and the system resource management error cause information is displayed from an operator or the like. In response to the request, the system resource management error cause information storage area is referred to so that the system resource management error cause information is displayed on the center console, etc. It is possible to promptly obtain the information on the cause of the abnormality related to the system resource, and it is possible to efficiently perform the action on the system resource.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

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

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing an example of system resource management abnormality cause information display means in FIG. 1.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... System resource management section 2 ... System resource management error cause information storage area 3 ... System resource management error cause information management means 4 ... System resource management error cause information display means 5 ... Input / output device 6 ... System resource 7 ... System resource management Control program RQ: Request to display system resource management error cause information

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an information processing system that manages system resources by a system resource management control program, a system resource management error cause information storage area for storing error cause information of system resource management, and control of the system resource management control program. System resource management error cause information management means for managing the system resource management error cause information in the system resource management error cause information storage area when an occurrence or recovery of a system resource error is detected, and system resource management error cause information A system resource management error cause information display means for displaying the system resource management error cause information obtained by referring to the system resource management error cause information storage area in response to a display request, on a display device. Dynamic management display device for error cause information.