JP2000090026A - Job monitoring system/device/method and record medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the load of the job processing of a client and to monitor the load and the transition of respective jobs by means of a server. SOLUTION: The server 100 of the job monitoring system starts a job monitoring processing when it receives the notice of job starts, a job error or job termination from a client 200. An operation situation monitoring processing part 107 inputs the monitoring time of the respective jobs of the client 200, when a time notice is not given from the client even if it passes the time or it passes monitoring time even if the time notice is given, deals it as a job fault and informs an operator or a server manager to the effect.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a business monitoring apparatus in a client / server computer system (computer network system), and more particularly to a business (job) performed by a plurality of clients located at remote locations.
Monitoring system with a server.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a computer system having a client / server configuration is operated, business processing is executed by a client, and monitoring processing for detecting an abnormality of the client is performed between the client and the server.

An example of a conventional monitoring process is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-33.
4437 and JP-A-9-167126.

In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 7-334337, a monitoring server sends a response request message to a client, and the client responds to the response request message. The monitoring server performs a monitoring process according to the response from the client.

In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 9-167126, a server requests various information of a client, and the client sends information in response to the request. The server performs a monitoring process according to the acquired information.

[0006]

In recent years, there are cases in which a client performs a heavy-duty business process. in this case,
In the conventional computer system, it is necessary for the client to execute a business process with a high load and to execute the monitoring process described above. For this reason, there is a possibility that the processing efficiency of the business process is reduced in the client.

[0007] It is an object of the present invention to provide a business monitoring apparatus and a method capable of reducing the load of business processing on a client and monitoring the load and transition of business processing on a server.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a business monitoring system according to a first aspect of the present invention comprises:
A job monitoring system applied to a computer system having a client / server configuration, wherein the server monitors a load of a job of the client in the server, wherein the client transmits a processing time to the server for each processed job. Time transmitting means, wherein the server comprises:
Storage means for storing the monitoring time for each task to be processed by the client; processing time receiving means for receiving the processing time transmitted from the processing time transmitting means; and monitoring means stored in the storage means. A monitoring unit that monitors a load of the task processed on the client using a time and a processing time received by the processing time receiving unit.

According to such a business monitoring system, it is not necessary for the client to perform special business monitoring.
It is possible to reduce the load on the business process of the client and monitor the load and the transition of the business process on the server.

In order to achieve the above object, a business monitoring device according to a second aspect of the present invention is applied to a computer system having a client / server configuration, and is a business monitoring device realized on the server. Storage means for storing the monitoring time for each task to be processed by the client; input means for inputting the processing time for each task processed by the client transmitted from the client; and storage in the storage means Monitoring means for monitoring the load of the task processed on the client using the monitored time and the processing time input to the input means.

According to such a task monitoring device, it is not necessary for the client to perform special task monitoring, and the load of the task processing of the client can be reduced, and the load and transition of the task processing can be monitored by the server. .

The computer system includes, for example, a U
NIX is an OS (Operating System). The monitoring time stored in the storage unit may be a start time and an end time for each task.

The monitoring means outputs a warning signal when the processing time input to the input means has passed the monitoring time or when the processing time has not been input to the input means even after the monitoring time has passed. May be configured. According to this configuration, in the state where the business is stopped due to the forgetting of the operator's operation, even if the event seems to be normal for the system, a failure is detected by monitoring the business time,
The administrator is notified of this.

To achieve the above object, a business monitoring method according to a third aspect of the present invention has a client / server configuration, and the server stores a monitoring time for each business to be processed by the client. Applied to a computer system having a storage unit to perform, the input step of inputting the processing time for each task processed by the client, transmitted from the client to the server, and the monitoring time stored in the storage unit And a monitoring step of monitoring the load of the task processed on the client using the processing time input in the input step.

[0015] In order to achieve the above object, a recording medium according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is a program which is executed on the server of a computer system having a client / server configuration and monitors a load of a business of the client. A recording function for recording the monitoring time in advance for each task to be processed by the server by the client; and a storage function for storing the monitoring time in the client and transmitted from the client to the server. Using the input function for inputting the processing time for each of the tasks performed, the monitoring time stored in advance according to the storage function, and the processing time input according to the input function, the task performed on the client. And a program for realizing a monitoring function of monitoring the load of the computer.

[0016]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a computer system having a client / server configuration to which a task monitoring device according to the present invention is applied. Although only one client is shown here for the sake of simplicity, a plurality of clients provided at remote locations can be actually connected to the server. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a task monitoring process between a client and a server in the computer system shown in FIG.

Further, the computer system having the client / server configuration described here uses UNIX under an OS (Ope).
rating System).

Next, the configuration of the computer system shown in FIG. 1 will be described.

The server 100 and the client 200
Connected via a communication line. At the client, for example, the business process of the store is handled by the operator.

The client 200 has a communication processing unit 101 for performing communication processing with the server 100 and a business processing unit 202 for performing business processing. The client 200 notifies the server of time at the start and end of the business.

The server 100 includes a communication processing unit 101, a notification information registration processing unit 102, and an operation status list output processing unit 10.
3. Master update processing unit 104, monitoring condition change processing unit 10
5. Monitoring condition temporary change processing unit 106, operation status monitoring processing unit 107, printer 108, and display / input unit 109
Having. The server 100 further includes a storage device (not shown). The storage device includes an operation status file (for the current day), an operation status file (for the previous day), a monitoring master file 112, a control file 113, a monitoring condition file 114, A monitoring condition temporary change file 115, a message file 116, and the like are stored.

The communication processing unit 101 includes a client 200
, And sends the notification to the notification information registration processing unit 102. The notification information registration processing unit 102 generates data in accordance with various notifications transmitted from the communication processing unit 101, and stores the data in the operation status file 110. The data stored in the operation status file 110 is always displayed on the monitor 109. Note that the stored various notifications are stored in the operation status file 111 as the previous day when one day's work is completed.

The operation status list output processing unit 103 prints and outputs the data stored in the operation status files 110 and 111 from the printer 108 in accordance with an instruction input from the operator.

The master update processing unit 104 monitors the information stored in the control file 113, the monitoring condition file 114, and the monitoring condition stored in the monitoring condition temporary change file 115 (monitoring time or temporarily changed monitoring condition). In accordance with (time), a file to which the monitoring condition regarding the client is added is created or updated, and this file is stored in the monitoring master file 112.

At this time, if the monitoring time temporarily changed for each task is stored in the monitoring condition temporary change file 115, the master update processing unit 104 uses the temporarily changed monitoring time. Creates a file with priority and monitoring conditions.

The monitoring condition change processing unit 105 inputs the monitoring time of each service of the client, which is input via the display / input unit 109, and stores the monitoring time in the monitoring condition file 114 as the monitoring time during normal business. .

The monitoring condition temporary change processing unit 106 displays / displays not the monitoring time during the normal operation but the monitoring time temporarily changed due to occurrence of some event or power failure.
It is input from the input unit 109 and is stored in the monitoring condition temporary change file as the temporarily changed monitoring time.

The operation status monitoring processing unit 107 performs a monitoring process with reference to the client-related file stored in the monitoring master file 112. The monitoring process here is mainly classified into a monitoring process related to a business time and a monitoring process related to a business error notification.

The operation status monitoring processing unit 107 inputs the monitoring time of each task of the client 200, and if there is no time notification from the client after this time, or
If the monitoring time has passed even though the time notification is given, it is treated as a business failure and the operator or server administrator is notified of this. The operation status monitoring processing unit 107 reads out an appropriate message from the messages stored in the message file 116 and displays it on the display / input unit 109. The operation status monitoring processing unit 107 performs notification by a warning sound such as a buzzer in addition to notification by a message.

When a business error is notified from the client 200, the operation status monitoring processing unit 107
Even if any operation is being performed on the server 0, an error message is displayed on the display / input unit 109 and an alarm is sounded to notify the operator or the server administrator of the business error in real time.

Next, the operation of the task monitoring device will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the operation of the client 200 will be described. When starting the processing of each task (job), the client 200 communicates with the server 10 via a communication line.
0 is notified of the work start (step S1). Thereafter, the client 200 performs the business process to be processed (step S2).

In the business process, when the business process is not completed normally (step S3, NO), the client 200 notifies the server 100 of a business error via the communication line (step S4).

When the business process has been completed normally, a notification of the business completion is sent to the server 100 via the communication line (step S5). Thereafter, when there is a job to be further processed, the process returns to step S1 to execute the job process again, and when there is no job to be processed, the operation of the client ends (step S6).

As described above, the various notification processes in steps S1 to S5 are executed for each job executed by the client, that is, for each job. The job may be a unit of one day's job processed by each client or may be a unit of more detailed process, and can be appropriately changed depending on the type of job to be applied.

Next, the operation of the server 100 will be described.

The server 100 starts a business monitoring process upon receiving a business start, business error, or business completion notification from the client 200.

First, when the notification received by the communication processing unit 101 is a notification of business start or business end,
Business time registration processing is performed (step S11). If the received notification is a business error, a message indicating the business failure and the business error is displayed on the display / input device 109, or a warning sound is issued (step S).
12, NO).

The notification information is stored in the operation status file 11
0 (step S13).

If the received notification is not a business error notification, the operation status monitoring processing unit 107 determines whether or not the notified time has passed the monitoring time of the corresponding business stored in the monitoring master file 112. to decide. If it has passed, it is treated as a business failure and the operator or server administrator is notified of this. In addition, even if the monitoring time of the monitored task stored in the monitoring master file 112 has passed and the client performing the monitored task has not received a time notification (step S15, NO), the operating status monitoring processing unit 107 Or notify the server administrator of this fact. If no abnormality is detected in such a time monitoring process, the monitoring process of the server 100 ends.
The server 100 performs the above-described monitoring process in response to the notification from the client 200.

As described above, the operation status file is generated based on the data of the start and end times of the work notified from the client to the server, and is displayed on the display / input unit 109. Further, a monitoring master file to which monitoring conditions are added is generated from the operating status file, and by monitoring this, a business failure or the like is notified to the operator. Also,
The monitoring target time of each business of each client (when there are multiple clients) is input on the server, and if the time has passed or the status has not been notified, it is treated as a business failure,
Notified to server administrator.

In the above-described embodiment, the display / input unit 10
From step 9, it is also possible to set to start the monitoring process or perform automatic printing at a predetermined time. The notification to the server administrator may be a sound effect or a visual effect such as a light.

Since the file to be monitored takes into account the disk capacity load, the files for the current day (the operation status file 110) and the previous day (the operation status file 11) are used.
Although only 1) is described, the data is stored in the file in units of one day, so that the extension of the storage period of the monitoring file can be easily changed by copying. In addition, it is possible to easily set the purpose without depending on the type of the work, and also change the number of the work, the name, etc. by changing the data of the file.

With such a computer system,
Multiple clients can be managed collectively on the screen of the display device, etc. In addition, if a failure occurs, even if the administrator is working away from the server, a warning sound (buzzer) sounds Since the error notification is performed, the server administrator does not miss the error notification and can take prompt action.

Normally, events considered as failures in the computer system include program abnormalities, data abnormalities, and operator operation errors. According to the invention,
Even if the system seems to be normal while the business is stopped due to operator forgetting operation,
A failure is detected by monitoring the business time, and the administrator is notified of the failure.

Further, in this computer system, the client only sends various notifications to the server, and the monitoring process relating to the time is performed on the server side. Thereby, the processing load on the client is reduced, and the business processing efficiency is improved.

Further, by knowing the start time and the elapsed time for each task of each client, the server can determine which processing in the task has a high load. For this reason, problems and improvements that occur during system construction can be achieved.

[0049]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the load of the business process of the client and to monitor the load and the transition of each business by the server.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a computer system to which a task monitoring device according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a process of a client and a server of the computer system and a relationship between the processes.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 100 server 101 communication processing unit 102 notification information registration processing unit 103 operation status list output processing unit 104 master update processing unit 105 monitoring condition change processing unit 106 monitoring condition temporary change processing unit 107 operation status monitoring processing unit 108 printer 109 display / input unit 110 Operation status file (for the current day) 111 Operation status file (for the previous day) 112 Monitoring master file 113 Control file 114 Monitoring condition file 115 Monitoring condition temporary change file 116 Message file 200 Client 201 Communication processing unit 202 Business processing unit

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A business monitoring system applied to a computer system having a client / server configuration, wherein the server monitors the load of the business of the client in the server, wherein the client sets a processing time for each processed business. A processing time transmitting unit that transmits the processing time to the server, wherein the server stores, for each task to be processed by the client, a monitoring time thereof, and receives the processing time transmitted from the processing time transmitting unit. A processing time receiving means, a monitoring time stored in the storage means, and a monitoring means for monitoring, using the processing time received by the processing time receiving means, a load of the task processed on the client. A business monitoring system comprising: 2. A business monitoring apparatus applied to a computer system having a client / server configuration and realized on the server, comprising: storage means for storing a monitoring time for each business to be processed by the client. Input means for inputting a processing time for each job processed by the client, which is transmitted from the client; monitoring time stored in the storage means; and processing time input to the input means. And a monitoring means for monitoring a load of the business processed on the client. 3. The business monitoring system according to claim 2, wherein said monitoring means includes means for outputting a warning signal when the processing time input to said input means has passed said monitoring time. apparatus. 4. The business monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the monitoring time stored in the storage means is a start and end time of each business. 5. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said monitoring means includes means for outputting a warning signal when a processing time is not input to said input means even after said monitoring time.
The business monitoring device according to any one of the above items. 6. A business monitoring method applied to a computer system having a client / server configuration and having a storage unit for storing a monitoring time for each business in which the server is to be processed by the client, An input step of inputting a processing time for each job processed by the client transmitted from the client to the server; a monitoring time stored in the storage unit; and a processing time input by the input step. And a monitoring step of monitoring a load of the task processed on the client. 7. A recording medium which is executed on the server of a computer system having a client / server configuration and records a program for monitoring a work load of the client, wherein the server is processed by the client. For each task to be performed, a storage function for storing the monitoring time in advance, an input function for inputting a processing time for each task processed by the client transmitted from the client to the server, A monitoring time stored in advance,
Using the processing time input according to the input function,
A computer-readable recording medium for recording a program for realizing a monitoring function for monitoring a load of the job processed on the client.