JP2005275908A - Notification system and method with expiration date, computer and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem wherein it is very troublesome to prevent an event intentionally generated from not being notified to a monitoring device as the setting and canceling must be performed several times in evaluation at introduction of a computer system, and to change the notifying destination of the event generation to a terminal and the like of an evaluator in evaluation. <P>SOLUTION: This notification system with expiration date includes a monitored device 1 and the monitoring devices 2, 3 communicatively connected with the monitored device 1 to receive the notification, and the monitored device 1 comprises a notification definition information storage 11 defining the period of notification and the notification destination corresponding to the period by event discrimination or by each group with respect to a fault event and an operating state event, and a notification processing means 12 for deciding the notification/restraint and the notification destination monitoring device in accordance with the period of generation in reference to the notification definition information when the event is generated, and notifying the monitoring device of the generated event information in a case of no restraint. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a notification system and method, a computer, and a program in which a computer or the like notifies an event such as a failure occurrence or operating status to a monitoring device, and in particular, can report the occurrence of an event according to the time of occurrence. The present invention relates to a notification system and method with a validity period, a computer, and a program that can automatically change the destination.

  Conventionally, when a computer system is introduced or added, an evaluation period is provided before the actual operation is started to perform system evaluation.

  In addition, such a computer system usually has a function of notifying an external monitoring device of an operation status or a failure occurrence state.

  In the system evaluation of the introduction of the computer system having the notification function described above, a failure detection function, a data protection function at the time of failure, etc. are evaluated by intentionally giving a condition that causes a failure.

  This intentionally generated event need not be reported to the administrator for maintenance. In particular, when an apparatus or the like is added to or partially replaced with the system, and the communication is connected to an existing monitoring device for evaluation online, the existing device is connected to the existing monitoring device and operated. So it may have an adverse effect.

  As a failure notification system, the monitoring computer monitors the status of the monitored computer, monitors whether there is a failure in the monitored computer, and determines that there is a failure. A monitoring information reporting system that automatically notifies a subject of distribution is disclosed (see Patent Document 1).

JP2003-122598A (first page)

  In order not to report the event that occurred intentionally, the setting is made so that the relevant event is excluded from the notification target at the start of the evaluation period, and those events are changed to report at the start of operation. doing.

  Accordingly, there are problems that setting and canceling for evaluation are several times and time-consuming, and that setting mistakes are also induced.

  In addition, although the above-described monitoring information reporting system distributes the notification destination according to the failure content, it does not distribute the notification destination according to the period or date, and does not solve the problem.

  A notification system with a first effective period of the present invention includes a monitoring target device and a monitoring device that is connected to the monitoring device and receives a notification. The monitoring target device is a notification target for a failure event or an operation status event. When the event occurs, refer to the notification definition information storage that defines the start date as event identification or for each group, and determines the notification / suppression according to the time of occurrence. If there is no event information, a report processing means for reporting the generated event information to the monitoring device is provided.

  The second effective period notification system of the present invention includes a monitoring target device and a plurality of monitoring devices that are connected to the monitoring target and receive the notification. The monitoring target device reports a failure event or an operation status event. If the event occurs, refer to the notification definition information storage when the event occurs, and the notification definition information storage that defines the target period and the notification destination corresponding to the period. It is characterized by comprising: a notification processing means for determining a suppression and a notification destination monitoring device, and notifying the monitoring device of event information that has occurred unless it is suppression.

  The first computer of the present invention includes a notification definition information storage in which a start date to be notified for a failure event or an operation status event is defined for each event or a group thereof, and when the event occurs, the notification Reference information storage is referred to, and notification / suppression is determined according to the time of occurrence, and notification processing means for notifying event information that has occurred if not suppressed to communication-connected devices is provided.

  The second computer of the present invention includes a notification definition information storage that defines a period to be notified and a notification destination corresponding to the period for a failure event or an operation status event for each event or a group thereof, A report processing unit that refers to the report definition information storage when it occurs, determines a report / suppression and a report destination according to the generation time, and reports event information that has occurred to the report destination apparatus if it is not suppressed It is characterized by.

  In the first program of the present invention, when a failure event or an operation status event occurs, a start date to be notified of these events is referred to as event identification or to a notification definition information storage in which each group is defined in advance. Then, the computer is caused to execute a procedure for determining reporting / suppression according to the time of occurrence and a procedure for reporting event information that has occurred unless it is inhibited to a communication-connected device.

  When a failure event or an operation status event occurs, the second program of the present invention is configured to report the period to be notified and the report destination corresponding to the period for each event, or for each group. Referring to the definition information storage, execute the procedure to determine the report / suppression and report destination according to the time of occurrence, and the procedure to report the event information that occurred if it was not suppressed to the communication-connected report destination device It is characterized by making it.

  The first notification method with a valid period according to the present invention is that when a failure event or an operation status event occurs, a start date to be notified of these events is defined for each event, or for each of the groups. The information storage is referred to, and includes a procedure for determining notification / suppression according to the time of occurrence, and a procedure for notifying the event information that has been generated to a communication-connected device.

  In the second notification method with a valid period of the present invention, when a failure event or an operation status event occurs, the period to be reported and the report destination corresponding to the period are identified for each event or each group. Refers to the predefined report definition information storage, determines the report / suppression and report destination according to the time of occurrence, and reports the event information that occurred if it is not suppressed to the communication-connected report destination device. It is characterized by including.

  According to the present invention, by setting a notification expiration date for a notification target, even if it is desired to change the notification target event depending on its status, such as the evaluation period and operation period at the time of system introduction, the notification setting is set to each time This eliminates the need for setting, and reduces setting effort and errors.

  Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a first embodiment of a notification system with a validity period according to the present invention.

  Referring to FIG. 1, a notification system with a validity period is connected to a monitoring target apparatus 1 that wants to monitor an occurrence event and a network 100 such as an intranet, and reports that an event such as a failure has occurred and its contents. It includes a monitoring device 2 and a monitoring device 3 that receive it.

  The monitoring target device 1 is an information processing device that operates under program control, and is a server device, a general-purpose computer, or the like.

  The monitoring target device 1 includes an event management unit 13, a notification processing unit 12, and a notification definition information storage 11.

  The message definition information storage 11 is held in the auxiliary storage device of the monitoring target device 1, but its contents are loaded onto the memory at startup.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the report definition information storage 11 includes event identification information indicating an event to be reported, report destination information that is identification information of the monitoring device 2 or the monitoring device 3 that is a notification destination, and an effective notification of a failure. Has a valid start date and expiry date for the period.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the event management unit 13 grasps the operating status of the monitoring target apparatus 1 and the occurrence status of the failure, and passes the generated event information to the notification processing unit 12.

  Upon receiving the event information, the notification processing unit 12 refers to the notification definition information on the memory, determines whether to report or suppresses, and performs processing for reporting to the monitoring devices 2 and 3.

  The event management unit 13 and the notification processing unit 12 are preferably realized by a program of the monitoring target device 1.

  The monitoring device 2 is a device that monitors an event such as a failure of the monitoring target device 1 or an existing device (not shown). The monitoring device 3 is an evaluator's terminal that evaluates the monitoring target device 1.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a setting example of the message definition information storage. As shown in FIG. 4, the evaluation start date at the time of introduction of the monitoring target device 1 is A, the operation start date is B, and 20 years after the operation start is C.

  Next, the operation of the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  Referring to FIG. 5, when an event occurs in monitoring target apparatus 1, notification processing means 12 checks whether the event is registered in the notification definition information (steps A1 and A2 in FIG. 5).

  If the event has been registered, it is checked whether the event occurrence date (obtained from the calendar clock with the date information at that time) is within the valid period from the valid start date (step A3).

  If it is within the range, the monitoring device identification described in the notification destination information of the notification definition information is acquired, converted into a communication address in the address table, and the failure content (event identification and details) is sent to the monitoring device. (Step A4).

  For example, when a new system is introduced, the monitoring device 2 notifies the maintenance manager of a failure intentionally generated during the evaluation in the evaluation period (A to B in FIG. 4) before starting operation, for example, disk disconnection. However, after the operation is started (between BCs in FIG. 4), the monitoring device 2 is notified.

  In this case, as shown in FIG. 2, the notification definition information storage 11 sets a disk failure or I / O failure code that accompanies evaluation such as disk disconnection as event identification, and identifies the monitoring device 2 as notification destination information. Information, B (operation start date) as the effective start date, and a sufficiently long expiration date C) such as 20 years after the start of operation are set as the expiration date.

  During the evaluation period (between AB), the occurrence of a failure associated with the evaluation is recorded in the report definition information, so it is provisionally determined to be a report target (steps A1 and A2 in FIG. 5).

  Next, it is checked whether or not it is within the range of the expiration date from the effective start date (step A3). However, during the evaluation period, it is out of the effective period, and it is still determined that it is not subject to notification, and no notification is made.

  When a corresponding disk failure or I / O failure occurs after the start of operation (between BCs), since it is recorded in the notification definition information, it is temporarily determined to be a notification target (steps A1 and A2).

  Next, it is checked whether the date information at that time is within the valid period from the effective start date of the disk failure or I / O failure (step A3). It is judged as a target.

  The identification information of the monitoring device 2 is read from the notification destination information, the communication address thereof is acquired from the address table, and the notification processing is performed on the monitoring device 2 (step A4 in FIG. 5).

  As another example, a disk failure or I / O failure is reported after the start of operation, and memory corruption is reported only to the monitoring device 2 that notifies the maintenance manager after the start of operation, and the evaluation period before the start of operation An example in which only the monitoring device 3 that notifies the evaluator is notified will be described.

  In this case, as shown in FIG. 2, the notification definition information storage 11 is set from a disk failure code to a memory destruction code.

  A memory destruction code is set in the event identification field, the identification information of the monitoring device 2 as report destination information, the operation start date (B in FIG. 4) as the effective start date, and the expiration date as 20 years after the start of operation. In addition to setting a time limit (C in FIG. 5), the identification information of the monitoring device 3 as report destination information, the evaluation start date (A in FIG. 4) as the effective start date, and the operation start date (B in FIG. 4) as the effective date Set the previous day.

  When the memory destruction occurs during the evaluation period, since it is recorded in the notification definition information storage 11, it is provisionally determined to be a notification target (steps A1 and A2 in FIG. 5).

  Next, it is checked whether or not it is within the validity period from the effective start date (step A3). During the evaluation period (between AB in FIG. 4), it is within the effective period of the notification to the monitoring device 3, and is determined to be the notification target. Is done. The identification information of the monitoring device 3 is read from the report destination information, and report processing is performed (step A4).

  When a memory destruction failure occurs after the operation is started (between BCs in FIG. 4), since it is recorded in the notification definition information storage 11, it is temporarily determined to be a notification target (steps A1 and A2 in FIG. 2).

  Next, it is checked whether or not it is within the validity period from the effective start date (step A3), but after the start of operation (between BCs in FIG. 4), it is within the effective period of the notification to the monitoring device 2 and is determined to be the notification target. Is done. The identification information of the monitoring device 2 is read from the report destination information, and report processing is performed (step A4).

  As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, by setting a notification expiration date for a notification target and setting all of them at the beginning, a notification is made according to the state of the evaluation period, operation period, etc. at the time of system introduction. Even if you want to change the target event and notification destination, you do not need to set each notification setting, reducing the setting effort and mistakes.

  Next, a second embodiment will be described. In the notification system with a validity period of the present embodiment, only the monitoring device 2 is on the monitoring side.

  Further, the notification definition information storage 11 includes only the event identification and the effective start date of the notification. A disk failure code and an I / O failure code are grouped, and an operation start date (B in FIG. 4) is set as a valid start.

  When an event occurs, the monitoring target device 1 refers to the notification definition information, registers the event identification, and reports if the date at that time is after the effective start date.

The block diagram which showed the whole structure of 1st Embodiment of the notification system with an effective period of this invention. The figure which showed the example of a setting of the report definition information storage 11. FIG. The figure which showed the example of the address table. The figure which showed the evaluation period at the time of introduction of the monitoring object apparatus 1, and an operation period. The flowchart which showed operation | movement of this invention.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Monitoring object apparatus 11 Report definition information storage 12 Report processing means 13 Event management means 2, 3 Monitoring apparatus 100 Network

Claims (8)

Including a monitoring target device and a monitoring device that is connected to this device and receives a report,
The device to be monitored is a notification definition information storage that defines a start date to be notified of a failure event or an operation status event for each event identification or group, and
When the event occurs, the notification definition information storage is referred to, and notification / suppression is determined according to the generation time, and if it is not suppression, notification processing means for notifying the event information that has occurred is provided to the monitoring device. A featured notification system with a valid period. Including a device to be monitored and a plurality of monitoring devices that are connected to the device and receive notifications,
The monitoring target device, for failure events and operational status events, a period to be reported and a report destination corresponding to the period, event identification, or report definition information storage defined for each group,
When the event occurs, referring to the notification definition information storage, according to the time of occurrence, decides the notification / suppression and a notification destination monitoring device, and if not, notification processing means for notifying the monitoring device of the event information that has occurred A notification system with a validity period, characterized by comprising: For failure events and operational status events, notification definition information storage that defines the start date to be notified for event identification or each group, and
When the event occurs, the notification definition information storage is referred to, notification / suppression is determined according to the generation time, and if it is not suppression, the event processing unit that notifies the communication-connected device of the event information that has occurred is provided. A computer characterized by that. For fault events and operational status events, report definition information storage that defines the period to be reported and the report destination corresponding to the period for each event identification or group,
When the event occurs, the notification definition information storage is referred to, and notification / suppression and a notification destination are determined according to the generation time. A computer characterized by comprising. When a failure event or an operation status event occurs, the event start date is referred to for the event identification, or the notification definition information storage predefined for each group is referred to, and the notification / A procedure for deciding on deterrence,
A program for causing a computer to execute a procedure for reporting event information that has occurred unless it is suppressed to a communication-connected device. When a failure event or an operation status event occurs, refer to the notification definition information storage for each event, or the notification definition information storage defined in advance for each group for the period to be notified and the notification destination corresponding to the period. According to the procedure to decide the report / determination and report destination,
A program for causing a computer to execute a procedure for reporting event information that has occurred unless it is suppressed to a communication destination communication destination device. When a failure event or an operation status event occurs, the event start date is referred to for the event identification, or the notification definition information storage predefined for each group is referred to, and the notification / A procedure for deciding on deterrence,
A notification method with a validity period, comprising: a procedure for reporting event information that has occurred unless it is suppressed to a communication-connected device. When a failure event or an operation status event occurs, refer to the notification definition information storage for each event, or the notification definition information storage defined in advance for each group for the period to be notified and the notification destination corresponding to the period. According to the procedure to decide the report / determination and report destination,
A notification method with a validity period, comprising: a procedure for reporting event information that has not been suppressed to a communication-connected report destination device.

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