JP2000207372A - Method and system for operation management - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method for operation management by which an operation management function can be expanded/changed flexibly and the execution module of the function can be reutilized, and then, it is not required to generate the operation management function each time. SOLUTION: The information on the hardware or software constituting a computer system is collected and the event notifying condition for notifying the collected information as an event is held. When it becomes necessary to notify the event as a result of checking the event notifying condition, the event is transmitted as an event message by adding the event identifier corresponding to the information to the message. After receiving the event message, the operation management function module corresponding to the event identifier added to the event message is selected from an event list 107 and activated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an operation management method and an operation management system for software and hardware in a computer, and more particularly to an operation management method suitable for a distributed system in which a plurality of computers are connected via a network. And an operation management system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a distributed system, it is possible to determine whether hardware such as computers and sensors constituting the system, applications and operating systems operating in the computers are operating correctly, and to determine whether or not such hardware is faulty. When an error occurs, it is important to perform a failure recovery operation and to manage the operation of the system so that resources such as the remaining CPU in the distributed system can be used effectively. With the recent increase in the scale of distributed systems, the role of system operation management has been increasing.

A conventional operation management system is, for example, an ISO /
IEC 10040 "Information Technology-Open Systems I
17 shows an overall view of a conventional operation management system. In FIG. 17, a management target computer 2000 and a management computer 2010 are connected by a network 10.

The managed computer 2000 comprises a managed object 109, a managed means 2001, and a communication processing means 2002. The management target 109 is, for example, an operating system running on the management target computer 2000, an application, and a source code of the application.
The managed unit 2001 collects operation management information from the management target 109, and performs operations such as stopping and starting the management target 109. The operation management information is, for example, status information such as the survival and mode of the management target 109, and configuration management information such as the name and version of the software. Communication processing means 20
02 exchanges messages with other computers via the network 10.

On the other hand, the management-side computer 2010 includes a communication processing unit.
2002, management means 2003, and management data storage means 2004. The management means 2003 cooperates with the managed means 2001 via the communication processing means 2002 to collect operation management information of the management target 109, and to manage the management target 10 in accordance with the collected information.
Give instructions for 9 operations. If necessary, the management data storage unit 2004 stores the collected operation management information, the operation result of the management target, and the like.

Next, the operation of the above-described conventional operation management system will be described. Management means 20 of management computer 2010
03 is the managed computer 2000 through the communication processing means 2002
Make a request to Communication processing means 2002 of managed computer 2000
Receives the request, passes the request to the managed unit 2001, and the managed unit 2001 collects operation management information from the management target 109 and operates the management target 109 in response to the request. The managed unit 2001 uses the communication processing unit 2002 of the managed computer 2000 to transmit the collected operation management information and operation results to the management computer 2010. The management means 2003 of the management computer 2010 receives the information through the communication processing means 2002,
Necessary information is stored in the management data storage means 2004.

[0007]

In the conventional operation management system described above, the managed means of the managed computer 2000
2001 is closely related to the management means 2003 of the management computer 2010.
If 2003 is rewritten, the managed means 2001 must also be modified accordingly. In particular, when a large number of managed computers are present on a network in a large-scale distributed system, it is very difficult to update the managed means of each managed computer.

When the information provided by the managed means 2001 is to be used by another operation management function (for example, when the operation management of the managed computer 2000 is to be performed using another management computer), Due to the close relationship between the management means 2001 and the management means 2003, it is not easy to change for that,
It is necessary to build in each target application, and there is a problem that the development amount and the development cost increase.

An object of the present invention is to provide an operation management system and a method thereof that can flexibly expand / change the operation management function. It is another object of the present invention to provide an operation management system and a method thereof, in which an execution module of an operation management function can be reused and an operation management function need not be created each time.

[0010]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an operation management method for a computer system, comprising: a step of collecting information on components constituting the computer system; An event notification condition for determining whether or not to notify as an event is prepared in advance, and it is checked whether or not the event notification condition is satisfied based on the collected information. Adding an event identifier according to the information to the information and transmitting the event message as an event message; receiving the event message; and referring to an event list indicating the correspondence between the event identifier and the operation management function module, Step of selecting and starting the operation management module corresponding to the event identifier included in the message Characterized by comprising a.

The present invention also relates to an operation management method for a computer system, comprising: a step of collecting information on components constituting the computer system; and a step of activating an operation management function module for the collected information. A start condition for determining the start condition is prepared in advance, and it is checked whether or not the start condition is satisfied based on the collected information. If the start condition is satisfied, the operation management function operation according to the established start condition is performed. Selecting and activating the management module.

The computer system may be a distributed system in which a plurality of computers are connected via a network.

Further, the present invention relates to an operation management system for a computer system, comprising: an information collection means for collecting information on the components constituting the computer system; and a method for determining whether or not to notify the collected information as an event. An event notification condition storing means for storing an event notification condition for determining, and checking whether or not the event notification condition is satisfied based on the collected information; if the event notification condition is satisfied, an event identifier corresponding to the collected information To the information, and an event transmitting unit for transmitting the event as an event message; an event list storing unit for storing an event list indicating a correspondence relationship between the event identifier and the operation management function module; and an event transmitted from the event transmitting unit. Event receiving means for receiving a message, with reference to the event list, Serial select operation management module corresponding to the event identifier included in the event message received in the event reception means, characterized by comprising a management module activation means for activating.

The event transmitting means and the event receiving means may be provided in one computer or may be provided in separate computers via a network.

Further, the present invention relates to an operation management system for a computer system, comprising: an information collection means for collecting information on components constituting the computer system; and an operation management function module for activating the collected information. A storage unit for storing a start condition for determining whether or not to execute, and checking whether or not the start condition is satisfied based on the collected information. And a starting unit for selecting and starting the management function operation management module.

The operation management function module is held in a computer different from the computer provided with the operation management module starting means, and the operation management module starting means includes:
The operation management function module may be remotely activated.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an operation management system for a computer system, comprising: an information collection unit for collecting information of components constituting the computer system; and a system for determining whether to notify the collected information as an event. An event notification condition storing means for storing an event notification condition for determining, and checking whether or not the event notification condition is satisfied based on the collected information; if the event notification condition is satisfied, an event identifier corresponding to the collected information And an event transmitting means for transmitting the information as an event message.

Further, an event receiving means for receiving the event message, an event list storing means for storing an event list indicating a correspondence relationship between an event identifier included in the event message and an operation management function module, and the event list is referred to. And an operation management module starting means for selecting and starting an operation management module corresponding to an event identifier included in the event message received by the event receiving means.

In the present invention, the computer system comprises:
A distributed system in which a plurality of computers are connected via a network may be used.

According to the present invention, the relationship between the information collecting means and the operation management function module is reduced. That is, in the present invention, the operation management information is collected by the information collection unit as much as possible, and which operation management function is used for the collected operation management information is determined by an event identifier associated with the operation management information, It is defined by associating it with an operation management function module that is activated when an identifier is received.

Further, even when a new operation management function is added, operation management information used by the new operation management function is registered in an event notification condition (stored in an event transmission list in an embodiment of the invention described later), The function can be extended only by defining the corresponding event identifier and defining the correspondence between the event identifier and the operation management function module in the event list. If such an operation management function module is prepared in advance, the operation management function of the system can be expanded only by selecting a function without creating a program for the operation management function module.

[0022]

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

First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, a method for performing operation management in a single computer without using a network is described. The computer 100 includes an information collection unit 101, a collection information database 102, an event transmission unit 103, an event transmission list 104, an event reception unit 105, an event scheduler 106, an event list 107, an operation management function module group 108, and a management target group 109. Have.

The information collecting means 101 is a means for collecting information necessary for operation management from application programs, program source codes, drivers, operating systems (OS), and the like. Information collection means 10
In step 1, all information that can be collected from the management target group 109 is collected. Information necessary for operation management includes, for example, operating status information such as whether the application program is running or stopped, and if it is running, whether it is alive or dead, version information of the program source code, storage location information , Driver operating status and version information, OS name and version information, and the like. The information collecting means 101 transmits the information to an application program interface (AP) provided for confirming a state provided by the OS or the application.
This information is collected by using I) or from information reported by a survival report function embedded in an application or the like in advance.

FIG. 2 shows the collected information database 102 of FIG.
An example of the embodiment will be described. In FIG. 2, each object of the management target group 109 is managed in a table. For example, the applications in the management target group 109 are managed as an application management table 300, and the items include a name 301, life and death 302, an operation state 303, a memory usage rate 304,
A usage rate 305 and a process identification number (PID) 306 are shown. In addition, the software configuration management table 310, O
There are an S management table 320, a driver management table 330, an input / output (I / O) management table 340, and the like. Here, an example in which a table is provided for each management target in the database 102 has been described, but a method of creating a file for each management target to store information or storing the information in a memory may be adopted. Good.

The event transmitting unit 103 shown in FIG. 1 responds to the operation management information collected by the information collecting unit 101 when the transmission conditions of an event transmission list 104 described later are satisfied.
Send an event message as shown by. The event message includes an event identifier 201 for identifying an event which is a number such as a number or a character string, and data 202 indicating collected operation management information. As a transmission destination, there is a case where the message is transmitted as a message to the event receiving means 105 in the own node of FIG. 1 or the network.

The timing of event transmission by the event transmitting unit 103 may be determined when the information collection unit 101 notifies that the operation management information has been collected, or by reading data stored in the collection information database 102, and Event transmission is performed at a timing such as when there is a change. In this embodiment, how to transmit an event is defined in the event transmission list 104. FIG. 3 shows an example of the event transmission list 104.
Here, the event transmission list 104 is managed in a table, and the items include a management target classification 501, a management target name 502, an event transmission item 503, whether or not to perform event transmission 504, and an event Transmission conditions 50 that define whether transmission is performed periodically or when data changes
5, and an event identifier 506 to be added to the event message. For example, for an item whose classification 501 is “app”, name 502 is “apl-2”, and item 503 is “active”, the use status 504 is “Yes”, the transmission condition 505 is “Change”, and the event identifier 506 is “ Since this is “15”, this indicates that when the operating state of the application having the name “apl-2” changes, the event message is transmitted with the event identifier numbered “15”. As the items 503 of the event transmission list, all items that can be collected by the information collection unit 101 are provided.

The event receiving means 105 of FIG. 1 receives the event message transmitted from the event transmitting means 103 and passes it to the event scheduler 106. When the event message passed from the event receiving unit 105 is an event registered in the event list 107, the event scheduler 106 performs operation management in the operation management function module group 108 registered in the event list 107. Activate the function. If an event that is not registered in the event list 107 is passed, no processing is performed.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the event list 107.
Here, the event list 107 shows an example in which an event 400 indicating an event identifier serving as a start condition and a start module 401 indicating a path name of a module to be started corresponding to the event are stored in a table format. I have. The event 400 of the activation condition may be only one, may wait for a plurality of events by and, and may wait for a plurality of events by or. For example, in FIG. 4, the event identifier is "1
When both an event message having an event of “5” and an event message having an event of “16” are present (and), the function module “c: \ bin \ kill.exe” is used. Indicates that it will start.

The operation management function module group 108 in FIG.
It is logical and is a generic term for each functional module that performs the operation management function. Each functional module may be an executable file or a file written in a script language.

Next, the flow of operation management processing according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, information is collected by the information collecting means 101 from the management targets in the management target group 109 in FIG. 1 (step 550). The timing of information collection depends on the type of the information collection means 101 or the type of information to be collected, and may be collected periodically at predetermined time intervals or only when there is a change in the management target. The collected information is the collected information database 10 of FIG.
Write to 2 (step 551). Information collection means 101
Passes the collected information to the event transmitting means 103 as it is (step 552). The event transmission unit 103 refers to the event transmission list 104 and determines whether the passed information needs to be transmitted as an event message (step 553). If it is registered to send as an event message, the event send list 10
The event identification number 506 stored in 4 is added to the collected information and transmitted as an event message (FIG. 5) (step 554). The transmitted event message is received by the event receiving means 105 and passed to the event scheduler 106 (step 555). The event scheduler 106 checks whether the event list 107 (FIG. 4) has registered the event identifier assigned to the received event message (step 556). The event identifier is registered in the event list 107 as a start condition of the operation management function module, and if the start condition is satisfied, the function module registered in the event list 107 is started.

As described above, in the present embodiment,
Since the start of the processing of the operation management function is connected to the information collection means 101 by an event, the relationship between the operation management function module group 108 and the information collection means 101 becomes loose, and only the operation management function is performed. It is easy to extend and change functions,
Further, there is an advantage that the same operation management function module can be used even if the management target changes.

In this embodiment, the information collecting means 101
Collects all information that can be collected, whether or not it is used. Then, in order to use necessary information, the event is registered in the event transmission list 104, and the operation management function registered in the event list 107 is started. As a result, even when newly expanding or updating the operation management function, there is no need to develop information collection means, and it is sufficient to concentrate on the development of the logic of the operation management function, which describes how to perform operation management. , The development load can be reduced. When a new operation management function is added, the function can be extended only by adding an event registration and operation management function module. Further, by performing the coordination at the event, the operation management function module can be reused in another system.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the first embodiment, the information collection and the execution of the operation management function in a single computer have been described. However, in the second embodiment, the computer from which the information is collected and the computer that executes the operation management function are different. An example of a system configuration taking into account the case will be described. Note that the same numbers as those in the first embodiment indicate the same ones.

The computer 100 of FIG. 7 has the same configuration as that of FIG. 1 for explaining the first embodiment. The control group 109 inside or outside the computer 100 is omitted. Calculator 600
Is an event receiving means 105, an event scheduler 106,
Event list 107 and operation management function module group 108
It has. Network between computer 100 and computer 600
Connected via 10.

Here, a case is considered where the operation management of the management target existing on the computer 100 is performed from the computer 600. The event transmitting means 103 in the computer 100 of FIG. 7 transmits the event message not only in the own computer but also on the network 10 unlike the case of the first embodiment. As a transmission method, there is a method of performing broadcast communication so that all computers connected to the network 10 can receive without specifying a destination, a method of performing message communication by specifying a destination in the event transmission unit 103, and the like. take. Management computer
At 600, an event message flowing through the network 10 is received by the event receiving means 105.

The flow of processing in the computer 600 will be described with reference to FIG. The event message flowing through the network 10 is received by the event receiving means 105 and passed to the event scheduler 106 (step 655). The event scheduler 106 checks whether or not the event list 107 has registered the event identifier assigned to the received event message (step 656). The event identifier is registered as a start condition of the operation management function module in the event list 107. If the event identifier meets the start condition, the function module corresponding to the start condition registered in the event list 107 is started (step 65
7).

As described above, in the second embodiment,
The information to be managed on the computer 100 is transferred to the network 10
The configuration used as operation management information in the computer 600 connected via the. With such a configuration, the same operation management information can be transferred to different computers.
Can be used. For example, calculator 100
The survival information of the application above is sent as an event message, the operation management function module that performs survival monitoring is executed on the computer 100, and the log is collected on the computer 600 using the same event message and is sent to the database. Management such as writing can be performed. In this way, a flexible operation management system can be constructed such that the same event message can be used in the operation management functions on a plurality of computers.
In addition, since information from a plurality of managed computers can be collected through a network and the operation management function can be executed, it is possible to perform load distribution and realize operation management over the entire system.

Next, the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
An embodiment will be described. The same numbers as those in the above embodiment indicate the same ones.

The computer 700 shown in FIG. 9 is connected to the network 10 and has an information collecting means 101, a collected information database 102,
An event transmission unit 103 and an event transmission list 104 are provided. That is, the computer 700 has a configuration in which only the means for collecting the operation management information and transmitting it as an event message is retained, and the functional module for executing the operation management function is not retained. Note that a control group inside or outside the computer 700 is omitted.

FIG. 10 shows the flow of processing in the computer 700. First, information is collected from the management target by the information collecting means 101 (step 750). The timing of information collection depends on the type of the information collection means 101 or the type of information to be collected, and may be collected periodically at predetermined time intervals or only when there is a change in the management target. The collected information is written into the collected information database 102 (step 751). The information collecting means 101 passes the collected information to the event transmitting means 103 as it is (step 752). The event transmission means 103 refers to the event transmission list 104 and determines whether or not the passed information needs to be transmitted as an event message (step 753). If registered as an event message, the event identification number stored in the event transmission list is added to the collected information and transmitted as an event message (step 754).

In this embodiment, the computer 700
As in the first embodiment, all operation management information that can be collected from a management target is collected and transmitted as an event. Then, as shown in FIG. 7 of the second embodiment, operation management of the system is performed by cooperating with a computer such as a computer 600 that receives an event message flowing through the network 10 and executes an operation management function. Such a configuration of the computer 700 is particularly suitable for a case where the computer 700 is incorporated in a small control device such as a sensor or an actuator to perform operation management of the control device. For example, all operation management information that can be collected by the information
If it is sent to 10, an event required by the operation management function module and the operation management function module are added to the computer that performs operation management without making any change to the computer to be managed. It is possible to extend / change the operation management function only by using this function.

Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The same numbers as those in the above embodiment indicate the same ones.

In FIG. 11, a computer 800 includes an information collecting means 101, a collected information database 102, and an event transmitting means.
103, event transmission list 104, event receiving means 105,
An event scheduler 106, an event list 107, and a remote activation unit 801 are provided. Also, the calculator 900
It is connected to the computer 800 via the network 10 and holds the operation management module group 108. The control group inside or outside the computer 800 is omitted.

The remote activation means 801 remotely activates the operation management function module to be activated in response to the event that has occurred, that is, activates the operation management function module in the computer 900 connected via the network 10. . This activation is realized using, for example, a remote procedure call in a system using UNIX.

FIG. 12 shows the flow of processing in the computer 800. First, information is collected from the management target by the information collecting means 101 (step 850). The timing of information collection depends on the type of the information collection means 101 or the type of information to be collected, and may be collected periodically at predetermined time intervals or only when there is a change in the management target. The collected information is written into the collected information database 102 (step 851). The information collecting means 101 passes the collected information to the event transmitting means 103 as it is (step 852). The event transmission unit 103 refers to the event transmission list 104 and determines whether it is necessary to transmit the passed information as an event message (step
853). If it is registered to be transmitted as an event message, the event identification number stored in the event transmission list 104 is added to the collected information and transmitted as an event message (step 854).
The transmitted event message is sent to the event receiving means 10
5 and passed to the event scheduler 106 (step 855). The event scheduler 106 checks whether or not the event list 107 has registered the event identifier assigned to the received event message (step 856). Event identifier is event list 107
Is registered as a start condition of the operation management function module, and if the start condition is satisfied, the remote start unit 801 is registered.
Thus, the function module registered in the event list 107 is remotely activated (step 857).

Next, a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The same numbers as those in the above embodiment indicate the same ones.

In FIG. 13, a computer 1000 includes an information collecting means 101, a collected information database 102, and an event transmitting means.
103, event transmission list 104, event receiving means 105,
The system includes an event scheduler 106, an event list 107, an operation management function module group 108, a report item registration unit 1001, an event registration unit 1002, and a function group registration unit 1003. The control group inside or outside the computer 1000 is omitted.

The report item registration unit 1001 adds or modifies the event transmission list 104 as described with reference to FIG. 3, registers new operation management information to be notified as an event, or cancels event notification. It is a means for doing. The event registration unit 1002 is a unit for adding / modifying the event list 107 as described with reference to FIG. 4, and for registering / deleting / changing an event for starting the operation management function module. Further, the function group registration unit 1003 registers a function module in the operation management function module group 108 so that event driving can be performed.

Report item registration means 1001, event registration means
Consider a case where a new operation management function, for example, a function of collecting a live signal from an application and performing live monitoring, is added using the function group registration unit 1003 and the function group registration unit 1003. First, the report item registration unit 1001 registers a survival signal, which is information to be transmitted as an event message, and an event identifier to be attached to the event message. As described in the first embodiment, since the information collecting unit 101 collects all information that can be collected, it is not necessary to develop a new program for collecting information, and the information to be transmitted as an event message is not required. To the event transmission list 104 (Fig. 3)
All you have to do is register. Next, in order to link the operation management function and the event message, the event registration means 1002 stores, in the event list 107 (FIG. 4), an event identifier assigned to the event message indicating a survival signal and the event identifier corresponding to the event. The path name of the operation management function module to be started is registered. Furthermore, function group registration means
According to 1003, the entity of the program of the operation management function module is installed as the operation management function module group 108.

As described above, according to the fifth embodiment, if the operation management function module is prepared in advance, the operation management function can be added or changed to the system only by a simple registration operation. it can. Also, since the operation management function module has a sparse relationship with the information collection means,
The operation management function module can be used in another system.

Next, the sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
An embodiment will be described. This embodiment is different from the first to fifth embodiments in that the operation management function module is not started by event driving but is started directly in accordance with collected information. The same numbers as those in the above embodiment indicate the same ones.

FIG. 14 shows a system configuration of the sixth embodiment. The computer 1100 includes an information collection unit 101, a collection information database 102, a start unit 1101, a start condition list 1102,
And an operation management function module group 108. The control group inside or outside the computer 1000 is omitted.

FIG. 15 shows an example of the form of the activation condition list 1102. Here, the start conditions are managed in a table, and the items include a management target classification 1201, a name 1202,
Item 1203, start condition 1204, start method 1205, and argument 1206
It is composed of For example, the classification 1201 is "app",
For items whose name 1202 is "apl-1" and item 1203 is "CPU usage", the start condition 1204 is ">90%", the start method 1205 is "c: \ bin \ sys \ shutdown.exe", and the arguments 1206 is "passwd"
Therefore, when the CPU usage of the application named "apl-1" exceeds 90%, "pass:" is set as an argument and the operation management function module "c: \ bin" \ sys \ shutdown.exe ".

The flow of the operation management process according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, information is collected from the management target by the information collecting means 101 (step 1250). The timing of information collection depends on the type of the information collection means 101 or the type of information to be collected, and may be collected periodically at predetermined time intervals or only when there is a change in the management target. The collected information is written into the collected information database 102 (Step 1251). Further, the information collecting means 101 passes the collected information to the starting means 1101 as it is (step 1252). The activation unit 1101 refers to the activation condition list 1102 and checks whether the passed information is registered (step 1253). If it has been registered, it is checked whether the start condition 1204 is satisfied (step 125
Four). If the start condition 1204 is satisfied, the function module registered with the start method 1205 and the argument 1206 corresponding thereto is started (step 1255).

[0057]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, since the activation of the processing of the operation management function is connected to the information collection means by an event, the relationship between the information collection means is reduced. There is a merit that it is easy to extend or change only the operation management function, or that the same operation management function module can be used even if the operation management target changes.

Further, according to the present invention, all information that can be collected by the information collecting means can be collected regardless of whether or not the information is used. Even when the operation management function is newly extended or updated, the information collection can be performed. There is no need to develop means,
What is necessary is just to concentrate on the development of the logic of the operation management function, which is how to perform the operation management, and the development load can be reduced.

Further, according to the present invention, since the same event message can be used by the operation management functions on a plurality of computers, a flexible operation management system can be constructed. Furthermore, since information from a plurality of computers to be managed can be collected via the network and the operation management function can be executed, load management can be performed and operation management over the entire system can be realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an operation management system according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a collection information database according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of an event transmission list in the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of an event list in the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of an event message according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a processing flowchart of operation management in the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an overall configuration diagram of an operation management system according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a processing flowchart of operation management in the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an overall configuration diagram of an operation management system according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a processing flow of operation management in the third embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an overall configuration diagram of an operation management system according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a processing flowchart of operation management in the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an overall configuration diagram of an operation management system according to a fifth embodiment.

FIG. 14 is an overall configuration diagram of an operation management system according to a sixth embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a configuration diagram of an activation condition list according to a sixth embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a processing flowchart of operation management in the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a conventional operation management system.

[Explanation of symbols]

10… Network, 100,600,700,800,900,1000,1100,12
00: Computer, 101: Information collection means, 102: Collection information database, 103: Event transmission means, 104: Event transmission list, 105: Event reception means, 106: Event scheduler, 107: Event list, 108: Operation management function module Group, 109: management target group, 801: remote start means, 10
01… Report item registration means, 1002… Event registration means, 1003
... Function group registration means, 1101 ... Start means, 1102 ... Start condition list, 2000 ... Managed computer, 2010 ... Management computer, 20
01: managed means, 2002: communication processing means, 2003: management means, 2004: storage means.

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Shigenori Kaneko 5-2-1, Omika-cho, Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki F-term in Omika Plant, Hitachi, Ltd. F-term (reference) 5B045 BB03 BB04 BB48 BB49 GG02 JJ08

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. An operation management method for a computer system, comprising: a step of collecting information on components constituting the computer system; and an event notification condition for determining whether to notify the collected information as an event. Prepare in advance,
Checking whether or not the event notification condition is satisfied based on the collected information; and if so, assigning an event identifier corresponding to the collected information to the information and transmitting the event as an event message; Receiving the message, referring to an event list indicating the correspondence between the event identifier and the operation management function module, selecting the operation management module corresponding to the event identifier included in the received event message, and activating the operation management module. An operation management method characterized in that: 2. An operation management method for a computer system, comprising: a step of collecting information on components constituting the computer system; and a step of determining whether to start an operation management function module based on the collected information. In advance, a start condition is prepared in advance, and it is checked whether or not the start condition is satisfied with respect to the collected information. If the start condition is satisfied, the operation management function operation management module according to the satisfied start condition is executed. Selected,
Activating the operation management method. 3. The operation management method according to claim 1, wherein the computer system is a distributed system in which a plurality of computers are connected via a network. 4. An operation management system for a computer system, comprising: an information collection unit for collecting information on constituent elements constituting the computer system; and determining whether to notify the collected information as an event. An event notification condition storage unit that stores the event notification condition, and checks whether or not the event notification condition is satisfied based on the collected information. If the event notification condition is satisfied, an event identifier corresponding to the collected information is added to the information. And an event list storing means for storing an event list indicating a correspondence between an event identifier and an operation management function module; and receiving an event message transmitted from the event transmitting means. An event receiving unit that performs the event by referring to the event list Operation management system selects an operation management module that corresponds to the event identifier included in the received event message in signal means, characterized by comprising a management module activation means for activating. 5. The operation management according to claim 4, wherein said event transmitting means and said event receiving means are provided in one computer or provided in separate computers via a network. system. 6. An operation management system for a computer system, comprising: an information collection unit for collecting information of components constituting the computer system; and an operation management module for activating the operation management function module for the collected information. Storage means for storing a start condition for determining whether the start condition is satisfied with respect to the collected information. If the start condition is satisfied, an operation management function operation corresponding to the satisfied start condition is performed. An operation management system comprising: a start unit for selecting and starting a management module. 7. The operation management function module is held in a computer different from the computer provided with the operation management module activation means, and the operation management module activation means comprises:
The operation management system according to claim 4, wherein the operation management function module is remotely activated. 8. An operation management system for a computer system, comprising: an information collection unit for collecting information on constituent elements constituting the computer system; and determining whether to notify the collected information as an event. An event notification condition storage unit that stores the event notification condition, and checks whether or not the event notification condition is satisfied based on the collected information. If the event notification condition is satisfied, an event identifier corresponding to the collected information is added to the information. And an event transmitting means for transmitting the event as an event message. 9. An event receiving means for receiving the event message according to claim 8, an event list storing means for storing an event list indicating a correspondence between an event identifier included in the event message and an operation management function module, An operation management system comprising: an operation management module starting unit that selects and starts an operation management module corresponding to an event identifier included in an event message received by the event receiving unit with reference to a list. 10. The computer system is a distributed system in which a plurality of computers are connected by a network.
10. The operation management system according to any one of items 1 to 9.