KR100382229B1 - Method of remote server management using internet - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a remote server management method using the Internet, by remotely managing a remote server connected to the Internet through a remote management system, it is possible to build a 24-hour monitoring system for a remote server, and quickly The present invention relates to a method for managing a remote server using the Internet to enable a response.

In order to achieve the above object, a remote server management method using the Internet of the present invention comprises a remote server registration module for receiving a variety of registration information for the remote server to register with the database server; A remote server network checking module for checking a network state for the registered remote server; A remote server hardware and software check module for checking a hardware operating state of the remote server and an operating state of application software; And a checkpoint storage and checkpoint transmission module for storing checklists of the remote server received by the checkout module and transmitting the checkpoints back to the remote server, a remote server administrator, and a local server manager. .

Description

How to manage a remote server using the Internet {METHOD OF REMOTE SERVER MANAGEMENT USING INTERNET}

The present invention relates to a remote server management method using the Internet, by remotely managing a remote server connected to the Internet through a remote management system, it is possible to build a 24-hour monitoring system for a remote server, and quickly The present invention relates to a method for managing a remote server using the Internet to enable a response.

The use of web servers is increasing day by day due to the increase in the number of Internet users and the increase of information service providers using the Internet. In particular, small and medium-sized companies manage web servers due to the increase of own web server by the expansion of UNIX-based workstations as well as low-cost NT servers (computers based on Microsoft's Window NT operating system). There is a separate administrative staff for In the Internet-based information service provider, the reality is that continuous and stable server management has a significant impact on the company's success.

Therefore, since most of the web servers are connected to the Internet and have a characteristic of server operation to provide 24 hours of continuous and stable service, the web server faces a situation in which a separate management system is required for server management. However, in the case of small and medium-sized companies that can not stay in the server management personnel 24 hours, there is a problem that can not be immediately dealt with if there is no way to check when the system failure occurs at any time from work to work before the next day.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a remote server management method for a plurality of remote servers connected to the Internet.

In order to achieve the above object, the remote server management method using the Internet of the present invention is a remote server management method using the Internet made up of a plurality of remote servers and web servers connected through the Internet, the various registration information for the remote server Remote server registration module for receiving the registration to the database server; A remote server network checking module for checking a network state for the registered remote server; A remote server hardware and software check module for checking a hardware operating state of the remote server and an operating state of application software; And a checkpoint storage and checkpoint transmission module for storing checklists of the remote server received by the checkout module and transmitting the checkpoints back to the remote server, a remote server administrator, and a local server manager. .

In the above-described configuration, in order to transmit the error information of the check contents storage and check contents transmission module, it is preferable to have a separate database server that records the error information transmitted from the remote server. It is desirable to have an automatic originating server for redundant transmission using a telephone network or a wireless communication network.

1 is a network diagram illustrating a remote server management method using the Internet of the present invention;

2 is a view showing the structure of a database in a database server of the present invention;

3 is a diagram illustrating a remote server management module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

10: web server 12: remote server management program

20: database server 22: remote server information DB

24: Check result information DB 26: Error reception information DB

30: automatic outgoing server 40, 42: remote server

50: PSTN 60: wireless communication means

70: remote management system

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of a remote server management method using the Internet of the present invention. The present invention relates to a server monitoring system in the field of NMS (Network Management System), a means of monitoring the status of a remote system, TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol), a ping that is a general communication network protocol : Packet INternet Groper (MTP) is used to find and manage management information such as host, router, network, and Simple Network Management Protocol Device (SNMP device) automatically or manually through MIS (Management Information Server). In order to diagnose the network state of the remote system by reading this information, FIG. 1 is a network diagram illustrating a remote server management method using the Internet of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, the remote management system 70 of the remote server management method using the Internet of the present invention, a plurality of remote servers 40, 42 and the web server 10 is connected to the Internet which is a typical electronic network It is done. In addition, the web server 10 records and records the error information transmitted from the database server 20 and the remote servers 40 and 42 capable of recording the check result information returned from the remote servers 40 and 42. An automatic origination server 30 capable of transmitting the error information back to the remote server and the remote server manager using the Internet, the Public Standard Telephone Network (PSTN) 50, and a wireless communication network is connected.

In addition, the web server 10 is equipped with a remote server management program 12 for controlling each step module is responsible for the data interface between the database server 20 and the automatic originating server 30. In addition, the remote server 40, 42 may be an Internet Service Provider (ISP) company that provides various services to Internet users by connecting to the Internet, and may also be an internal management server operated by a small company or a standby company. There will be.

The remote servers 40 and 42 may be UNIX-based workstations (SUNs), Windows NT-based personal computers (HPs), and the like, which may be connected to the Internet. In addition, the web server 20 includes an operating system that supports a GUI (Graphic User Interface) function such as LINUX and Windows series, and a web browser capable of reading and displaying a web document linked to the web server 20 (eg, Microsoft Corporation). Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, etc.) should be installed as basic software.

In addition, the management program 22 that can implement the process of the present invention in the web document is JavaScript (JAVA SCRIPT), C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE), ASP (ACTIVE SERVER PAGE), CGI (COMMON GATEWAY INTERFACE), PERL (Practical) Extraction and Report Language) is preferable.

2 is a diagram showing the types of data recorded in the database server 20 and the types of data recorded in the automatic origination server 30, respectively. As shown in FIG. 2, the database server 20 includes a remote server information DB 22 for recording the identity of a remote server connected to the Internet from the remote server management program 12 of the web server 10; Sends a remote server check packet using various protocols necessary for the check of the communication network, and uses the received packet to return the communication status of the communication network and the operating status of the hardware information and application software information of the remote server 40,42. Local server check result information DB 24 for receiving and recording the check result of the error and the error reception for recording the identity of the remote server 40, 42 where an error occurred and various error information generated at the remote server 40, 42 It is preferable that the information DB 26 be constructed. The above-described check result information DB 24 includes, for example, the URL of the remote server, the check time, network traffic information indicating the current transfer rate with respect to the maximum transfer rate, the processing load of the remote server CPUs 40 and 42, the utilization rate of the memory or the hard drive. Information such as disk utilization may be recorded. In the error reception information DB 26, for example, the URL of the remote server, various failure occurrence times, and the contents of the failure occurrence (network error or hardware error, etc.) are recorded. The error reception information DB 26 may be usefully used as an analysis data for post management of each remote server 40 or 42 by using the stored data after a certain period of time.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a remote server management module of a remote server management method using the Internet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Unless otherwise specified, all processes described in the following processes are mainly performed by the web server 10. Be informed that it will be performed. When the remote server management module is executed from the web server 10, the remote server management program 12 includes: a remote server registration module that receives various registration information about the remote server and registers it with a database server; A remote server network checking module for checking a network state of the registered remote server (40, 42); A remote server hardware and software check module for checking a hardware operating state and an operating state of application software for the remote server (40, 42); The check contents of the remote servers 40 and 42 received by the check module are stored in the caking result information DB 24 or the error reception information DB 26, and the check contents are again stored in the remote servers 40 and 42, remote. It controls the checksum storage and checkout transmission module which are sent to the server administrator and the local server administrator.

When the external user accesses the home page, in step S100, it is determined whether the remote server registration module is called. If the call is made, the process proceeds to step S102 to provide a remote server registration form, and in step S104. The transmitted data is stored in the remote server information DB 22 of the database server 20. This remote server registration form allows you to enter the hardware IP address of the remote server (40, 42), OS, application software information, remote server administrator information, remote server administrator's wired / wireless telephone number, and other information. Therefore, it is desirable to be able to send data that corresponds to the hardware type of different servers. In other words, computer operating system, for example, UNIX based SUN system and Windows system based NT server have different configuration of check packet for hardware or application software because resources are different in each system. Herein, the packet refers to a bundle of data used in data transmission, and each packet has not only data of a certain size but also information such as a data destination, address, or control code.

In the next step S106, the remote server hardware information such as the remote server IP address in the remote server information DB 22 is retrieved to check the network for the corresponding remote server at predetermined time intervals. Ping (Packet INternet Groper) or TCP / IP-based standardized protocols and non-standardized protocols can be used to check the status of such communication networks. Among these, the ping checks the operation state of the communication network by sending a packet to the counterpart host using the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP). That is, the network state of the remote server 40 or 42 to be managed may be checked by transmitting a packet including the remote server IP address to the registered remote server 40 and 42 at regular intervals to determine whether an ACK is received. On the other hand, as is well known within the standardization protocol TCP / IP, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), TELNET, Domain Name System (DNS), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Post Office Protocol (POP), HTTP There is a sub-protocol such as (Hypertext Transfer Protocol). In the present invention, the status of a remote server is checked by analyzing the data returned after sending a status check packet according to each protocol. In the case of the FTP server check in the remote server 40, 42, the web server 10 transmits the IP address of the remote server 40, 42 and the port number of the FTP server. If there is a code to be checked, for example, if when in the Table 1 below, 200 times and 300 beondae code is returned determined to be normal, and the return code of 500 beondae determines that failure. Similarly, in the case of the HTTP server check, the web server 10 checks the code returned by transmitting the IP address of the remote server 40 and 42 and the port number of the HTTP server. In this case, the 200 and 300 codes Is returned, it is normal. If 500 codes are returned, it is determined to be a failure.

The network state of the remote servers 40 and 42 checked as described above is determined. In step S108, when a normal code is returned, the process proceeds to step S110 to check the returned details of the remote servers 40 and 42. The check result information is input to the DB 24, and in step S112, hardware and application software for the corresponding remote server 40 or 42 are checked. The check of the hardware and application software of the remote server 40, 42 is performed by the web ping program module provided in the remote server management program 12 of the present invention. Of course, using the MIB (Management Information Base) of SNMP, it is possible to check the hardware status, that is, to check the failure of disk, memory, CPU board, etc. of remote server system, and to determine the offline failure such as determining the overload status of communication network traffic to the remote server. You can check it. In addition, the checked various data are recorded in the check result information DB 24 and the error reception information DB 34, and may be usefully used as analysis data according to management of each remote server later.

In the next step S114, if the normal code is received by judging the code returned as the result of the check, the check content is input to the check result information DB 24 in step S116, and the process proceeds to step S118 to schedule The automatic source server 30 is instructed so that the check information data input during the period can be transmitted to the remote server 40, 42, the remote server administrator and the local system administrator. It is desirable to characterize the transmission of the inspection data in a variable manner to suit the situation and situation of the company that operates the remote server, and to appropriately respond to the various inspection requirements of each server operator.

The automatic origination server 30 receiving the transmission command extracts and transmits the data to be transmitted to the corresponding remote server 40, 42, the remote server manager and the local system manager from the database server 20 in step S120. Return to S100). That is, the remote server information DB 22 in the database server 20 and the search result information DB 24 are retrieved to transmit the remote server inspection data to be transmitted to the corresponding remote server 40, 42, the remote server administrator and the local system administrator. Extraction and transmission to the corresponding remote server (40, 42), remote server administrator and local system administrator through the Internet, PSTN (50) and wireless communication network, in particular the Internet, and returns to step (S100) to repeat the above process.

On the other hand, if the normal signal is not received in the step (S108) it means that the network status of the remote server (40, 42) is bad, so go to step (S122) and the identity (IP address) of the remote server received the error ) And the error contents are stored in the error reception information DB 34 of the database server 20, and in step S124, it is determined whether the error information is transmitted, and the remote server 40, 42 and the remote server manager and the local server manager. Immediately instructs the originating server to send error information content to be sent to

The determination of whether the error information is transmitted may be made by an algorithm determined by the system administrator of the present invention. For example, in case of a bad communication state of the network, it may include a case of packet data loss in a temporary communication transmission. Therefore, the packet data is continuously returned even after the reference time is continuously checked after a constant reference time of a bad communication state. In this case, the error information transmission command may be determined.

In the next step S126, the automatic origination server 30 transmits error information data to be transmitted to the corresponding remote server 40, 42, the remote server manager and the local system manager from the error reception information DB 26 of the database server 20. Extract and send to step S100. That is, the error information to be transmitted is extracted from the error reception information DB 34 of the database server 20 and registered in advance in the database server 20 to the corresponding remote server 40, 42, a remote server administrator, and a local system administrator. Emergency communication network, for example, using the Internet and the PSTN (50) and the wireless communication network in the form of a voice message through the ARS or a text message via SMS all available, such as the Internet, landline, wireless communication means (60) The transmission is duplicated to each communication means. In this case, if the normal signal is not received in the step S114, it means that the hardware of the corresponding remote server 40 or 42 is bad or the error of the application software. Do this.

The check result information and the error reception information for each of these remote servers are divided into a separate database for storing the identity and the contents of the remote server, and the analysis information and the error reception for the operation of the remote server according to the check result are received. It is desirable to be able to properly use as a data providing a variety of services for the management information of the remote server according to.

The remote server management method using the Internet of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and can be implemented in various modifications within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. Table 1 FTP RETURN CODE- Positive Preliminary Reply 120 Service will be ready shortly 125 Data connection open; data transfer will start shortly 150 File status is OK; data connectio will be open shortly- Positive Completion Reply 200 Command OK 211 System status or help reply 212 Directory status 213 File status 214 Help message 215 Naming the system type 220 Service ready 221 Service closing 225 Data connection open 226 Closing data connection 227 Entering passive mode 230 User login OK 250 request file action OK- Positive Intermediate Reply 331 User name OK; password is needed 332 Need account for logging 350 The file action is pending; more information needed- Transient Negative Completion Reply 425 Cannot open data connection 426 Connection closed; transfer aborted 450 File action not taken; file not available 451 Action aborted; local error 452 Action aborted; insuffcient storage- Permanent Negative Completion Reply 500 Syntax error; unrecognized command 501 Systax error in parameters or arguments 502 Command not implemented 503 Bad sequence of commands 504 Command parameter not implemented 530 User not logged in 532 Need account for storing file 550 Actio is not done; file unavailable 552 Requested actio aborted; exceeded storage allocation 553 Requested actio not taken; file name not allowed <Table 2> HTTP RETURN CODE- Informational 100 Continue 101 Switching- Success 200 OK 201 Created 202 Accepted 204 Not content- Redirection 301 Mulitiple choices 302 Moved permanently 304 Moved iemporarily- Client Error 400 Bad request 401 Unauthorized 403 Forbidden 404 Not Found 405 Method not allowed 406 Not acceptable- Server Error 500 Internal server error 501 Not implemented 503 Service unabailable

According to the remote server management method using the Internet of the present invention as described above, it is possible to monitor the registered remote server for 24 hours, no need for separate system monitoring personnel, it is possible to determine the online failure and offline failure Of course, by using a variety of wired and wireless communication means to notify the failure, there is an advantage that can be quickly responded to the failure.

In addition, there is an advantage that can provide information on the system operation method, such as analysis data for the efficient management of the remote server system based on the various check result information and error reception information.

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In the remote server management method for managing a plurality of managed servers through the Internet, Registering predetermined information on the managed server; Checking the registered managed server by a managed server checking module; And transmitting the check result through the internet when the managed server is normal according to the checked result, and transmitting the check result through the registered emergency communication means when the managed server is abnormal. Remote server management method using the Internet. The method of claim 1, The managed server checking module includes a step of checking a network of the managed server. delete delete