JP2003308261A - Integrated monitor system, its method, integrated monitor server, and computer program for integrated monitor server - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide integrated monitor system, method and server allowing a management device to easily collect management information acquired by a plurality of monitoring devices and capable of reducing management costs and a computer program for the integrated monitor server. <P>SOLUTION: The integrated monitor system is constituted of connecting monitoring devices A<SB>11</SB>to A<SB>1</SB>N, A<SB>21</SB>to A<SB>2</SB>N, management devices B1, B2 and the integrated monitor server S through a network. The server S is allowed to automatically perform operation for collecting management information from the monitoring devices A to collect the management information from respective monitoring devices A and unitarily manage the collected information. The management devices B1, B2 can acquire the management information of all the monitoring devices A by accessing only the server S without individually accessing each monitoring device A. Consequently the management information of these monitoring devices A can be easily collected by the management devices B1, B2 and the management cost can be reduced. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an integrated monitoring system for remotely monitoring the operation of information equipment such as so-called rack mount type servers and routers housed in a rack.
The present invention relates to an integrated monitoring method, an integrated monitoring server, and a computer program for the integrated monitoring server.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, power supplied from a commercial power supply or an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to each information device and a temperature inside the rack are housed in a rack together with information devices such as a rack mount type server and a router. A monitoring device that acquires management information for managing the operation of information devices such as humidity and humidity and monitors the operation of information devices, and management information that is acquired by each monitoring device that is connected to multiple monitoring devices via a network. There is provided a monitoring system including a management device that acquires the information via a network.

[0003]

By the way, in recent years, the number of information devices has continued to increase with the development of networks such as the Internet and LAN, and the burden on the administrator who manages the operation of these many information devices is also increased. It is on the rise. In particular, in a facility called a data center where a customer stores an information equipment system for the Internet equipped with a Web server, a mail server, a router, etc., and provides a service for connecting to the Internet with a high-speed line, each information stored by the customer The above monitoring device is installed for each device system, and the management device connected to each monitoring device via the network acquires management information from each monitoring device and analyzes the acquired management information to analyze the operation of each information device system. Although it is monitored and managed, there is a problem that the management cost rises as the number of target information equipment systems increases. That is, in the conventional monitoring system, it is difficult to centrally manage the management information because the management device must individually acquire the management information from each monitoring device.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is an integrated monitoring system in which management information acquired by a plurality of monitoring devices can be easily collected by the management device and the management cost can be reduced. An object is to provide an integrated monitoring method, an integrated monitoring server, and a computer program for the integrated monitoring server.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 is stored in a rack together with one or more information devices and acquires management information for managing the operation of the information devices. And a monitoring device that monitors the operation of information equipment, and is connected to multiple monitoring devices via a network.
An integrated monitoring server that collects management information acquired by each monitoring device through a network, and a management device that is connected to the integrated monitoring server through the network and that acquires management information of a plurality of monitoring devices collected by the integrated monitoring server through the network The integrated monitoring server collects the management information acquired by multiple monitoring devices and manages them centrally, and the management device only accesses the integrated monitoring server without accessing each monitoring device. By doing so, the management information of all the monitoring devices can be acquired. as a result,
The management information acquired by the plurality of monitoring devices can be easily collected by the management device, and the management cost can be reduced.

The invention of claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 1, the integrated monitoring server comprises a management information processing means for processing the collected management information. Conventionally, the management device is provided for each monitoring device. The processing of the management information, which has been performed in step 1, can be collectively performed by the integrated monitoring server, and the labor of processing in the management device can be omitted, and the management cost can be further reduced.

The invention of claim 3 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 2, the integrated monitoring server comprises mail sending means for sending the processed management information by electronic mail through a network. Has the same effect as.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the invention, the integrated monitoring server selects mail management means for receiving an electronic mail through the network and selection of desired management information based on the content of the received mail. Means for returning the management information selected by the selecting means to the sender of the received mail by the mail sending means,
By transmitting a command to the integrated monitoring server using a so-called command mail, desired management information can be acquired by an arbitrary terminal, which improves usability for the administrator.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the invention, the integrated monitoring server provides a program for displaying the management information as a graph by application software on an arbitrary computer to the management device or the network through the network together with the management information. It is characterized by having a transmitting means for transmitting to a predetermined connected terminal, the management information can be displayed in a graph by executing the program by the application software on the computer that has received the management information. The work for displaying the information in a graph can be omitted and the efficiency can be improved.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the integrated monitoring server includes a communication status monitoring means for monitoring a communication status with each monitoring device, and one of the monitoring devices by the communication status monitoring means. When an abnormality is detected in the communication of, the management device or a predetermined terminal connected to the network through the network is provided with an abnormality occurrence notifying means for notifying the occurrence of the abnormality The occurrence can be known at an early stage, and the time required to recover from the abnormality can be shortened.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the monitoring device is housed in the same rack according to the command receiving means for receiving the control command through the network and the command received by the command receiving means. The integrated monitoring server has a control means for turning on / off the power of the information device, and the integrated monitoring server sends a command to the monitoring device through the network, and a schedule for sending the command to each monitoring device. And a schedule management unit for managing the schedule, and the integrated monitoring server can centrally perform the schedule management of the on / off control of the power supply of the information equipment by the monitoring device, so that the management efficiency can be improved.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention of claim 8 obtains management information for managing the operation of the information equipment by a monitoring device housed in a rack together with one or more information equipment, The management information acquired by each monitoring device is collected via the network by the integrated monitoring server connected to multiple monitoring devices via the network, and is collected by the integrated monitoring server by the management device connected to the integrated monitoring server via the network. The management information of multiple monitoring devices is acquired through the network.The integrated monitoring server collects the management information acquired by multiple monitoring devices for centralized management. Even if it is not necessary, the management information of all the monitoring devices can be acquired by accessing only the integrated monitoring server.
As a result, the management information acquired by the plurality of monitoring devices can be easily collected by the management device, and the management cost can be reduced.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 9 is stored in a rack together with one or a plurality of information devices, acquires management information for managing the operation of the information devices, and operates the information devices. Management information collecting means connected via a network to a plurality of monitoring devices for monitoring, and collecting management information acquired by each monitoring device through the network,
The management information collecting means includes management means for storing and managing management information of a plurality of monitoring devices in a database, and management information providing means for providing the management information stored in the database to the management device through a network. The management information acquired by multiple monitoring devices is collected and managed centrally by the integrated monitoring server, and the management device can access only the integrated monitoring server without accessing individual monitoring devices. With, it is possible to acquire the management information of all the monitoring devices. As a result, the management information acquired by the plurality of monitoring devices can be easily collected by the management device, and the management cost can be reduced.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, a computer is stored in a rack together with one or a plurality of information devices to acquire management information for managing the operation of the information devices, and the information is acquired. Management information collecting means for collecting the management information obtained by a plurality of monitoring devices for monitoring the operation of the device through a network, management for storing management information of the plurality of monitoring devices collected by the management information collecting means in a database Means, the management information stored in the database is made to function as a management information providing means for providing the management information to the management device through the network, and the management information acquired by the plurality of monitoring devices is collected by the integrated monitoring server and centralized. All monitoring devices can be managed by accessing only the integrated monitoring server without managing individual monitoring devices. It is possible to obtain the management information. As a result, the management information acquired by the plurality of monitoring devices can be easily collected by the management device, and the management cost can be reduced.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

The integrated monitoring system of this embodiment is shown in FIG.
As shown in the system configuration diagram, one or more information devices M
It is stored in the rack 100 together with the operation of the information device M.
Operation of information device M by acquiring management information for managing
Monitoring device A for monitoring₁₁~ A _1N, A_{twenty one}~ A_2NAnd multiple
Monitoring device A₁₁~ A_1N, A_{twenty one}~ A_2NAnd IP network
(Hereinafter, abbreviated as “network”),
Each monitoring device A₁₁~ A_1N, A_{twenty one}~ A_2NManagement information obtained by
An integrated monitoring server S that collects
It is connected to the integrated monitoring server S via a network and
Multiple monitoring devices A collected by the combined monitoring server S₁₁~ A_1N，
A_{twenty one}~ A_2NThe management information of the network through the network
Management devices B1 and B2 are provided. The information device M is, for example,
For example, rack mount type file server, Web server
A mail server, a mail server, etc., as shown in FIG.
Fixed to the frame 103 and stored in the rack body 101
To be done. Note that such a rack 100 is conventionally known.
Rack body that is formed into a rectangular parallelepiped by processing a metal plate
101 and the front opening of the rack body 101 can be opened and closed freely.
Inside the rack body 101 and the flat door 102 that closes
Mount that is arranged to fix the information device M as described above
And a frame 103. And the monitoring device A₁₁
~ A_1N, A_{twenty one}~ A_2NIs a rack mount housing
It is fixed to the mount frame 103 together with the information device M.
It is set and stored in the rack body 101. Where to monitor
Device A₁₁~ A_1N, A_{twenty one}~ A_2NIs basically one rack 1
00 are stored one by one and are stored in the same rack 100.
Monitor the operation of multiple information devices M stored
In the illustrated system configuration example, the router is connected to the router R1.
N monitoring devices A₁₁~ A_1NHas one LAN (hereinafter,
(Called "domain D1"), and is connected to another router R2.
N monitoring devices A to be connected_{twenty one}~ A_2NIs another LAN (or later
Below, it is referred to as "domain D2"). In addition,
2N monitoring devices A in total₁₁~ A_1N, A_{twenty one}~ A_2NAre all the same
Since it has one configuration, each monitoring device A ₁₁
~ A_1N, A_{twenty one}~ A_2NOmit the subscript when not distinguishing
And is referred to as "monitoring device A".

As shown in FIG. 2, the monitoring device A is a rack 1
Temperature sensor I / F unit 11 for connecting a temperature sensor 16 for detecting the temperature inside 00 and a humidity sensor I / F unit 12 for connecting a humidity sensor 17 for detecting the humidity inside the rack 100.
An outlet device I / F unit 13 for connecting an outlet device 18 having a plurality of outlets for connecting the power plug of the information device M, a network I / F unit 14 for connecting to the network through the routers R1 and R2, and a temperature A control unit 10 that acquires management information for managing the operation of the information device M through the sensor I / F unit 11, the humidity sensor I / F unit 12, and the outlet device I / F unit 13, and stores the acquired management information and the like. And a storage unit 15 for storing the data.
The temperature sensor 16 and the humidity sensor 17 are well known in the related art, and are arranged at appropriate places in the rack 100 to detect the temperature and humidity in the rack 100 and to show signals (temperature detection signal and Humidity detection signal) monitoring device A
Output to. Further, the outlet device 18 is connected to a commercial power source or an uninterruptible power supply device to supply power to the information equipment M through a plurality of outlets, and is inserted in a power supply path from the commercial power source or the uninterruptible power supply device to each outlet. The relayed relay, the measuring means for measuring the power supplied to the information equipment M for each outlet, and the outlet device I / F section 13 of the monitoring device A for data transmission, and the supplied power measured by the measuring means. Send measurement data and monitor A
Data transmission means for receiving command data from the monitoring device A and control means for controlling ON / OFF of the relay based on the command data from the monitoring device A received by the data transmission means.

The temperature sensor I / F unit 11 and the humidity sensor I / F unit 12 take in the temperature detection signal and the humidity detection signal output from the temperature sensor 16 and the humidity sensor 17, respectively, and perform signal amplification and A / D conversion. Control unit 1
Output to 0. Further, the outlet device I / F unit 13 performs data transmission with the outlet device 18 as described above, receives measurement data of electric power sent from the outlet device 18, and sends command data to the outlet device 18. Is to be sent. That is, in the present embodiment, on / off control of power supply to the information device M can be performed by transmitting command data from the monitoring device A to the outlet device 18, and the control unit 10 and the network I / F unit 14 can control the power supply. It constitutes a command receiving means and a control means.

On the other hand, the control unit 10 has a microcomputer as a main constituent element, and a temperature sensor I / F unit 11,
Periodically monitoring information (temperature, humidity, electric power measurement values and their measured times, etc.) for monitoring the operating environment of the information equipment M through the humidity sensor I / F unit 12 and the outlet device I / F unit 13. And is stored in the storage unit 15. In addition, a TCP (Transmissinon Control Protocol) is stored in the storage unit 15 including a rewritable nonvolatile memory.
ol), IP (Internet Protocol), UDP (User Data)
gram Protocol), SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Pr)
otocol), HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protoco)
l), SNMP (Simple Network ManagementProtoco
l), ICMP (Internet Control Message Protoco
l), TCP / POP (Post Office Protocol), etc.
A protocol stack for IP communication is stored, and the control unit 10 controls the network I / F unit 14 to communicate with the management devices B1 and B2, the integrated monitoring server S, or any terminal connected to the network via the network. You can communicate with. Then, by executing the program for the SNMP agent in the control unit 10, the management information for the operation management of the information device M from the monitoring device A that is the SNMP agent in the integrated monitoring server S that functions as the SNMP manager as described later. (Monitoring information accumulated in the storage unit 15 and information such as on / off control of the outlet device 18 by the monitoring device A) can be easily acquired via the network. Note that a method of acquiring information using SNMP is well known in the art, and therefore description thereof will be omitted.

The integrated monitoring server S is a mother board and a CP.
A general-purpose computer having hardware such as U, memory, and hard disk housed in a housing executes a program for the integrated monitoring server by the CPU, so that the control unit 1, the database 3, the database management unit 4 as shown in FIG. , The management information processing unit 5, the communication status monitoring unit 6, the abnormality occurrence notifying unit 7, and the command creating unit 8. The database 3 has various data stored in the hard disk as constituent elements, and the database management unit 4 writes and reads data to and from the database 3 and searches and rearranges the data. The network I / F unit 2 controls hardware such as a LAN controller by a driver, and transmits / receives signals through the network.

The control unit 1 is the control unit 1 of the monitoring device A.
0, TCP, IP, UDP, SMTP, HTT
A protocol stack for TCP / IP communication such as P, SNMP, ICMP, and POP is mounted, and is connected via the network I / F unit 2 to the monitoring device A, the management devices B1 and B2, and any terminal connected to the network. Communicate with.

Here, private IP addresses are assigned to the monitoring devices A _{11 to} A _1N , the integrated monitoring server S, and the management device B2 belonging to the domain D1 shown in FIG. 1, and the integrated monitoring server S and the domain D1 are assigned. A private I is used between the monitoring devices A _{11 to} A _1N and the management device B2 to which the monitoring device belongs.
Communication can be performed by the P address. Further, the integrated monitoring server S router R1 to the global IP address is assigned in set to the default gateway, as well also configure the router R2 to the global IP address is assigned to the default gateway in the monitoring device A ₂₁ to A _2N Routers R1 and R2 are NAT (Network Ad
dress translation) or IP masquerade function to perform address translation between global IP address and private IP address
The P address can be shared by the integrated monitoring server S having only a private IP address, the monitoring device A, and the management device B2. Here, in order for the integrated monitoring server S to communicate with the monitoring devices A _{21 to} A _2N belonging to another domain D2, or the management device B1 that does not have a global IP address, or any terminal, a so-called “router crossing” is required. . Therefore, in this embodiment, the routers R1 to R3 have static N
The integrated monitoring server S can be installed by installing the AT or static IP masquerade function and performing the above "router crossing".
And monitoring devices A _{21 to} A _2N , management device B 1 or global I
It enables communication with any terminal that does not have a P address. Here, the static NAT or the static IP masquerade is well known in the related art, and therefore the description thereof is omitted. The integrated monitoring server S, the monitoring device A, and the management device B2
It is also possible to assign a global IP address to each of the routers. In this case, it is not necessary to consider the above "router traversal", and the routers R1 to R3 are equipped with a static NAT or static IP masquerade function. You don't even have to.

The command creating section 8 turns on the command (management information request command) for transmitting the management information held by the monitoring device A to the integrated monitoring server S and the power supply to the information device M to the monitoring device A. Or create a command to turn it off (on / off control command) and
The data is transmitted to the monitoring device A via the network via the / F unit 2. Here, the timing and frequency of transmitting the management information request command are registered in the database 3 in advance as setting information, and the command creating unit 8 is based on this setting information.
Periodically sends a management information request command.

In the monitoring device A which has received the management information request command, the control section 10 carries out the management information transmission process in response to the management information request command. That is, the control unit 10 transmits the management information read from the storage unit 15 to the integrated monitoring server S via the network via the network I / F unit 14. Then, in the integrated monitoring server S, when the management information transmitted from the monitoring device A is received, the received management information is sent to the database management unit 4 via the control unit 1 and written in the database 3 by the database management unit 4. . In this way, the integrated monitoring server S collects the management information held by all the monitoring devices A by periodically transmitting the management information request command from the integrated monitoring server S to each monitoring device A. In addition, the collected management information is used for the individual monitoring devices A _{11 to} A _1N , A
It is stored in the database 3 with an index for identifying _{21 to} A _{2 N.} When collecting the management information from the monitoring device A, it is possible to easily collect the management information from each monitoring device A that functions as an SNMP agent via the network by causing the control unit 1 to function as an SNMP manager. .

On the other hand, the management devices B1 and B2 are general-purpose computers such as personal computers, and have operating systems (WINDOWS (R) and UNIX of Microsoft Corp.) equipped with the same protocol stack as the control unit 1 of the integrated monitoring server S. (R), etc., and operates on the operating system
The management information collected by the integrated monitoring server S can be acquired via the network by executing the program for the P manager or the like. That is, in the integrated monitoring server S, when the management information transmission request is received from the management devices B1 and B2 via the network, the control unit 1 transmits the management information read from the database 3 by the database management unit 4 to the network I / F unit 2. Via the network to the management apparatuses B1 and B2, and the control unit 1, the database management unit 4, and the network I / F unit 2 constitute a management information providing unit.

Thus, conventionally, the management devices B1 and B2 access the individual monitoring devices A to acquire the management information held by the monitoring devices A. Therefore, the management information is acquired as the number of the monitoring devices A increases. The time and effort to do so also increased the management cost. On the other hand, in the present embodiment,
As described above, the integrated monitoring server S automatically performs the operation of collecting management information from the monitoring device A,
The management information of all monitoring devices A is collected by the integrated monitoring server S and centrally managed, and the management devices B1 and B2 access only the integrated monitoring server S without accessing the individual monitoring devices A. Management information can be obtained. As a result, compared to the above-mentioned conventional example, the management information of the plurality of monitoring devices A can be easily collected by the management devices B1 and B2, and the management cost can be reduced.

Here, the integrated monitoring server S has a management information processing unit 5 for processing the collected management information. The management information processing unit 5 refers to setting information for processing (information for instructing processing content) registered in the database 3, and time and monitoring content (temperature, humidity, electric power, etc.) for each individual monitoring device A. ) Or the contents of control or abnormality (abnormal increase of temperature or humidity, abnormal increase or decrease of electric power, etc.) as a key, and the database management unit 4 uses the database 3
And the data read out by the database management unit 4 are collected for each key and sorted in time series, by monitoring content,
The management information for each control content or abnormality content is processed (primary processing), and the management information for this primary processing is summarized in daily, weekly, or monthly format for daily reports, weekly reports, monthly reports, etc. Secondly processed. Further, the management information processing unit 5 can acquire or browse the management information obtained by the primary processing and the secondary processing from the management devices B1 and B2 using a WEB browser, or an HTML format or general-purpose spreadsheet software (for example, Microsoft Corporation). Excel (R) etc.)
Is converted into a CSV (Comma Separated Value) format that can be processed by the, and the converted management information is stored in the database 3 by the database management unit 4. Management device B1, B2
Then, using the WEB browser, the HTML format and CSV
The format management information can be acquired from the integrated monitoring server S.

By providing the integrated monitoring server S with the management information processing unit 5 for processing the collected management information, the management information B, which is conventionally managed by the management devices B1 and B2 for each monitoring device A, is stored. The processing can be collectively performed by the integrated monitoring server 2, the labor of the processing in the management devices B1 and B2 can be omitted, and the management cost can be further reduced.

Since the management information processing unit 5 grasps the data array and attributes of the management information converted into CSV format, a simple program for displaying the management information in a graph by general-purpose spreadsheet software ( A so-called macro) can be easily created. Therefore, when the management information is transmitted from the integrated monitoring server S together with the program for displaying the graph, for example, the management device B
By executing the above-mentioned program with the spreadsheet software executed in 1 and B2, it becomes possible to easily display the management information in the form of a graph, and the administrator can save the work of displaying the management information in the form of a graph and improve the efficiency. It is a thing. Note that such a spreadsheet program may be registered in the database 3 in advance and read out as needed.

By the way, it is also possible that the management devices B1 and B2 use electronic mail as means for acquiring management information from the integrated monitoring server S. That is, the control unit 1 of the integrated monitoring server S implements SMTP, and management information (management information before processing or primary processing or secondary processing is executed by executing software for client of e-mail (so-called mailer)). ) Is transmitted to the management devices B1 and B2 by electronic mail. That is, in this embodiment, the control unit 1 serves as a mail transmitting unit. Here, the timing and frequency of sending the e-mail, or the mail addresses of the management devices B1 and B2 are registered in the database 3 in advance as setting information, and the control unit 1 periodically updates the management information based on this setting information. Send by email.

Further, the control unit 1 of the integrated monitoring server S is a PO
Since P is installed, the command mail transmitted from the management devices B1 and B2 or any terminal connectable to the network can be received by executing the mailer. Command mail is well known in the art, and the command that you want the receiving computer to execute is the S
It is described in UBJECT or the text. A command consists of a combination of a main command and a subcommand, and is described in the following format, for example. SEND IP: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX TEMP 2001-12-1 The main command described in the first line indicates an operation command to the receiving computer (integrated monitoring server S in this embodiment), and the third line. The eye subcommand indicates specific contents. The above example is a command "transmit the data of the temperature measurement value on December 1, 2001 of the monitoring device whose IP address is XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX".

When the control unit 1 of the integrated monitoring server S receives the above-mentioned command mail, it reads necessary management information from the database 3 through the database management unit 4 according to the command and uses the read management information as an attached file. Reply the email to the sender of the command email. That is, in this embodiment, the control unit 1 serves as a mail receiving unit and a selecting unit.

If command mail is used, any terminal (for example, a portable notebook computer or PDA) having a function of connecting to a network and a function of sending mail can be used instead of the management devices B1 and B2. As a result, the administrator can send a command to the integrated monitoring server S to acquire desired management information, which improves usability for the administrator.

By the way, the integrated monitoring server S is provided with a communication status monitoring unit 6 for monitoring the communication status with each monitoring device A. In the communication status monitoring unit 6, whether or not the monitoring device A is connected to the network and is functioning normally by, for example, periodically transmitting a ping command to each monitoring device A and executing a sequence called an ICMP echo. Have confirmed. When the communication status monitoring unit 6 detects that one of the monitoring devices A is not functioning normally, the abnormality occurrence notification unit 7 causes the management device B1,
B2 or a predetermined terminal connected to the network is notified of the abnormality occurrence. In addition, an SNMP trap or an electronic mail is used to notify the abnormality occurrence by the abnormality occurrence notification unit 7. Since the integrated monitoring server S is provided with the communication status monitoring unit 6 and the abnormality occurrence notifying unit 7 as described above, the administrator can know the occurrence of the abnormality at an early stage, and the time required to recover from the abnormality can be shortened. it can.

By the way, as described above, the command creating section 8
Can create an on / off control command for turning on or off the power supply to the information device M to the monitoring apparatus A and send it to the monitoring apparatus A. Here, for example, if a schedule for transmitting a command to turn on or off the power supply at a regular time is registered in the database 3 and managed by the database management unit 4, the schedule of the power on / off control of the information device M by the monitoring device A is scheduled. Since the integrated monitoring server S can centrally perform management, there is an advantage that management efficiency can be improved.

[0036]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a monitoring device which is housed in a rack together with one or more information devices, acquires management information for managing the operation of the information device, and monitors the operation of the information device. , An integrated monitoring server connected to a plurality of monitoring devices via a network and collecting management information acquired by each monitoring device via a network, and a plurality of integrated monitoring servers connected to the integrated monitoring server via a network and collected by the integrated monitoring server. Since it has a management device that acquires the management information of the monitoring device through the network, the integrated monitoring server collects the management information acquired by multiple monitoring devices and manages it centrally, and the management device accesses each monitoring device. It is possible to acquire the management information of all monitoring devices by accessing only the integrated monitoring server without doing so. Distribution is an effect that it is possible to easily reduce the management cost can be collected by the management device.

According to a second aspect of the invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the integrated monitoring server is provided with a management information processing means for processing the collected management information. The management information can be processed collectively by the integrated monitoring server, and the work of the management device can be saved, and the management cost can be further reduced.

According to the invention of claim 3, in the invention of claim 2, the integrated monitoring server has a mail transmitting means for transmitting the processed management information by electronic mail through a network. Therefore, the same as the invention of claim 2, Produce an effect.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the invention, the integrated monitoring server selects mail management means for receiving an electronic mail through the network and selection of desired management information based on the content of the received mail. Since the management information selected by the selecting means is returned to the sender of the received mail by the mail sending means, desired management information can be obtained by sending a command to the integrated monitoring server using a so-called command mail. It is possible to obtain it with any terminal, which has the effect of improving usability for the administrator.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the invention, the integrated monitoring server provides a program for displaying the management information as a graph by application software on an arbitrary computer to the management device or the network through the network together with the management information. Since the transmission means for transmitting to the predetermined terminal connected is provided, the management information can be displayed as a graph by executing the program by the application software on the computer which has received the management information.
For the administrator, there is an effect that the work for displaying the management information in a graph can be omitted and the efficiency can be improved.

According to a sixth aspect of the invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the integrated monitoring server includes a communication status monitoring means for monitoring a communication status with each monitoring device, and one of the monitoring devices by the communication status monitoring means. Since it has an abnormality occurrence notification means for notifying an abnormality occurrence to the management device or a predetermined terminal connected to the network through the network when it detects that an abnormality has occurred in the communication, Therefore, it is possible to shorten the time required to recover from the abnormality.

According to a seventh aspect of the invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the monitoring device is housed in the same rack according to the command receiving means for receiving the control command through the network and the command received by the command receiving means. The integrated monitoring server has a control means for turning on / off the power of the information device, and the integrated monitoring server sends a command to the monitoring device through the network, and a schedule for sending the command to each monitoring device. Since the integrated monitoring server centrally manages the schedule for the on / off control of the power supply of the information equipment by the monitoring device, there is an effect that the management efficiency can be improved.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, management information for managing the operation of the information equipment is acquired by the monitoring equipment housed in the rack together with one or a plurality of information equipment, and the management information is transmitted via the plurality of monitoring equipments and the network. The management information acquired by each monitoring device is collected via the network by the integrated monitoring server connected via the network, and the management information of multiple monitoring devices collected by the integrated monitoring server is collected by the management device connected to the integrated monitoring server via the network. Since the information is acquired through the network, the management information acquired by multiple monitoring devices can be collected and centrally managed by the integrated monitoring server, and the management device can access only the integrated monitoring server without accessing individual monitoring devices. The management information of all the monitoring devices can be acquired with, and the management information acquired by multiple monitoring devices can be easily acquired by the management device. There is an effect that it is possible to reduce the management cost can be focused.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a plurality of monitoring devices which are housed in a rack together with one or more information devices and which obtain management information for managing the operation of the information devices and monitor the operation of the information devices. A management information collecting unit that is connected via a network and collects the management information acquired by each monitoring device through the network and a management that stores and manages the management information of a plurality of monitoring devices collected by the management information collecting unit in a database. Means and management information providing means for providing the management information stored in the database to the management device through the network, the management information acquired by the plurality of monitoring devices is collected by the integrated monitoring server and is centrally managed. However, the management device does not need to access individual monitoring devices, but only the integrated monitoring server can be accessed to obtain management information for all monitoring devices. Rukoto can, there is an effect that management information acquired by a plurality of monitoring devices can be achieved easily reduced administrative costs can collect by the management device.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, a computer is
Management that collects the management information acquired by a plurality of monitoring devices that are stored in a rack together with a plurality of information devices and manages the operation of the information devices to monitor the operation of the information devices through the network Information collecting means, management means for storing and managing management information of a plurality of monitoring devices collected by the management information collecting means in a database, and management information providing means for providing the management information stored in the database to the management device through a network Since the integrated monitoring server collects the management information acquired by multiple monitoring devices and manages them centrally, the management device can access only the integrated monitoring server without accessing each monitoring device. The management information of all monitoring devices can be acquired, and the management information acquired by multiple monitoring devices can be easily managed by the management device. And it can be collected there is an effect that it is possible to reduce the management cost.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a monitoring device in the above.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an integrated monitoring server in the above.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a rack accommodating the monitoring device of the above.

[Explanation of symbols]

A _{11 to} A _1N , A _{21 to} A _2N monitoring device B1, B2 management device S integrated monitoring server R1, R2 router

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A monitoring device, which is housed in a rack together with one or more information devices, acquires management information for managing the operation of the information devices and monitors the operation of the information devices, and a plurality of monitoring devices and a network. An integrated monitoring server that is connected via the network and collects management information acquired by each monitoring device through the network, and a management information of multiple monitoring devices that is connected by the integrated monitoring server and is connected via the network to the network. An integrated monitoring system, comprising: 2. The integrated monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the integrated monitoring server includes management information processing means for processing the collected management information. 3. The integrated monitoring system according to claim 2, wherein the integrated monitoring server comprises a mail transmitting means for transmitting the processed management information by electronic mail through a network. 4. The integrated monitoring server comprises a mail receiving means for receiving an electronic mail through a network, and a selecting means for selecting desired management information based on the content of the received mail, and the management selected by the selecting means. 4. The integrated monitoring system according to claim 3, wherein the information is returned to the sender of the received mail by mail sending means. 5. The integrated monitoring server has a transmission means for transmitting a program for displaying management information in a graph by application software on an arbitrary computer to the management apparatus or a predetermined terminal connected to the network through the network together with the management information. The integrated monitoring system according to claim 2, further comprising: 6. The integrated monitoring server detects an abnormality in communication with any of the monitoring devices by the communication status monitoring means for monitoring the communication status with each monitoring device, and the communication status monitoring means. The integrated monitoring system according to claim 1, further comprising: an abnormality occurrence notification unit that notifies an abnormality occurrence to a management device or a predetermined terminal connected to the network through the network. 7. The monitoring device includes a command receiving means for receiving a control command through a network, and a control means for turning on / off the power of information equipment housed in the same rack according to the command received by the command receiving means. The integrated monitoring server comprises command transmitting means for transmitting a command to the monitoring device through the network, and schedule managing means for managing the schedule when transmitting the command to each monitoring device. The integrated monitoring system according to claim 1, which is characterized in that. 8. An integrated system in which a monitoring device housed in a rack together with one or more information devices obtains management information for managing the operation of the information devices and is connected to the plurality of monitoring devices via a network. Collecting the management information acquired by each monitoring device by the monitoring server via the network, and acquiring the management information of multiple monitoring devices collected by the integrated monitoring server by the management device connected to the integrated monitoring server via the network via the network. Integrated monitoring method characterized by. 9. A plurality of monitoring devices, which are housed in a rack together with one or more information devices and which acquire management information for managing the operation of the information devices and monitor the operation of the information devices, are connected via a network. The management information collecting means for collecting the management information acquired by each monitoring device through the network, the management means for storing and managing the management information of the plurality of monitoring devices collected by the management information collecting means in the database, and the database An integrated monitoring server comprising: management information providing means for providing stored management information to a management device through a network. 10. A computer is housed in a rack together with one or more information devices, and management information for managing the operation of the information devices is acquired by a plurality of monitoring devices for monitoring the operation of the information devices. Management information collecting means for collecting the management information through the network, management means for storing and managing the management information of the plurality of monitoring devices collected by the management information collecting means in the database, management information stored in the database through the network A computer program for an integrated monitoring server, characterized by causing it to function as management information providing means provided to a management device.