EP2483776A2 - Procédé et dispositif pour vérifier la configuration d'un système informatique - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif pour vérifier la configuration d'un système informatique

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EP2483776A2
EP2483776A2 EP10772960A EP10772960A EP2483776A2 EP 2483776 A2 EP2483776 A2 EP 2483776A2 EP 10772960 A EP10772960 A EP 10772960A EP 10772960 A EP10772960 A EP 10772960A EP 2483776 A2 EP2483776 A2 EP 2483776A2
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function
configuration
computer system
rules
services
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Christian Stich
Marcel Dix
Mikael Rudin
Sylvia Maczey
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ABB Technology AG
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/44—Arrangements for executing specific programs
    • G06F9/445—Program loading or initiating
    • G06F9/44505—Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files

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  • the invention relates to a method and a device for checking the configuration of a computer system.
  • Constraints or restrictive rules of functions among each other Sometimes functions are mutually exclusive on the same computer or on the entire computer system. Some restrictions may be related to the number of times a particular function must be present in a computer system.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of specifying a method and a device with which a computer system can be easily and reliably checked for its configuration.
  • the above object is achieved by a method having the features of claim 1. Thereafter, the method for verifying the configuration includes a
  • the method according to this invention comprises two steps.
  • the first step involves querying functions associated with the computer system, particularly a distributed computer system.
  • the second step involves that Check if the found functions have a given rule of
  • Services and operations are compared to services and operations that necessarily have to run on one or more computers to perform a function.
  • the recorded services and processes can be compared with already known services and processes. It can be determined beyond doubt whether a particular function is currently being executed by the computer system, in particular a distributed computer system.
  • Functional Description lists all the services and operations that must run on one or more of the computers of the distributed or networked computer system to perform the function.
  • the functional description can be accessed at any time.
  • the functional description is advantageously stored in a permanent memory of a device for carrying out the method described here.
  • the current configuration is determined after detecting the function, after which it is checked whether the detected function is in accordance with the rules of the configuration.
  • the method described herein describes a process for searching a computer network to identify the functions of a distributed or networked computer system and to compare the identified configuration with rules of configuration. Therefore, an actual state is always compared with a desired state.
  • the rules of the configuration relating to the function are advantageously listed in a functional description assigned to this function.
  • the functional description therefore contains all the rules of the configuration or coherence (coherence rules) which relate to the respective function.
  • the functional description is advantageously written in XML format.
  • Each function executable by the distributed or networked computer system is described in an XML function description associated with it.
  • the XML format is a common standard format and easily accessible to professionals.
  • a functional description is created for each function. For each function that can be executed by the computer system, this results in a function description that is typical for the function and that can be accessed.
  • all data relating to the function such as associated services and processes as well as rules of the configuration, are stored.
  • rules of exclusion are advantageously used as rules of the configuration. These rules state that some
  • rules of dependency are advantageously used as rules of the configuration. These rules determine that the assignment of a function to a node or computer is the assignment of certain others Functions implies, either on the same node or computer or anywhere else within the network or within the computer system.
  • rules of cardinality are advantageously used as rules of the configuration. These rules limit the number of times a function occurs within the network or computer system.
  • violations of the rules of the configuration are displayed. This immediately alerts monitoring personnel to possible errors in the computer system.
  • violations of the rules of the configuration are automatically remedied. As a result, errors can be prevented as quickly as possible.
  • a device for checking the configuration of a computer system which comprises a hardware which detects a function executed by the computers of the computer system or the computer system and which checks whether the detected
  • the device carries out all method steps of the method described here individually or in combination.
  • the method described in this invention first identifies the functions associated with each network node by comparing its operations and services with the processes and services included in the network
  • the first type of input data includes the current configuration resulting from performing the first step of the method.
  • the second type of input data includes the list of constraints formulated as rules for the different functions.
  • a special rule component uses the two types of input data to apply these rules to the
  • FIG. 1 A schematic representation of a diagram for carrying out the
  • the first step is performed by first acquiring, in block 2, the services and processes running on the computers 1.
  • the services and procedures that necessarily have to run on one or more computers 1 to perform a function are in one
  • the detected services and operations are compared with the services and operations that necessarily have to run on one or more computers 1 to perform a function. This is also done in block 2.
  • Sequences a specific function is uniquely identified.
  • the identified function or functions determine the current state of the configuration of the computer system.
  • the method now includes the further step of verifying that the detected function violates a rule of configuring the computer system. This is shown schematically in block 6.
  • the current configuration of the computer system will after detecting the
  • An arrangement not shown, comprises the computer 1 and a device for checking the configuration of a computer system, which has hardware which detects a function which is performed by the computers of the
  • Computer system or computer system is executed, and checks whether the detected function violates a rule of the configuration of the computer system.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Software Systems (AREA)
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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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  • Test And Diagnosis Of Digital Computers (AREA)
  • Stored Programmes (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé pour vérifier la configuration d'un système informatique, comprenant les opérations suivantes : détection d'une fonction qui est exécutée par les ordinateurs (1) du système informatique ou par le système informatique, et vérification de si la fonction détectée déroge à une règle de la configuration du système informatique, ledit procédé permettant de vérifier sans problème et de manière fiable un système informatique quant à sa configuration. L'invention a également pour objet un dispositif pour vérifier la configuration d'un système informatique, comprenant un matériel informatique qui détecte une fonction qui est exécutée par les ordinateurs (1) du système informatique ou par le système informatique, et vérifie si la fonction détectée déroge à une règle de la configuration du système informatique.
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