JP2005316680A - Provisioning system in construction of service provision system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To flexibly and rapidly add service having high needs to a service provision system by autonomous provisioning. <P>SOLUTION: This provisioning system includes a service provision server 1 and a service file provision server 11, and is connected via a network such as a LAN or the Internet. The network is generally connected with client terminals 21a, b, etc. for performing processing requirement of service provision. The service provision server 1 performs various kinds of service provision by performing data processing according to requirement from a user terminal (the client terminal) 21, the service provision server itself, a second service provision server connected to the service provision server in parallel, or the like. The service file provision server is a server distributing a file of various kinds of data or an application for the service provision, to the service provision server. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to the field of autonomous computing (autonomic computing) in a computer system, and more particularly to provisioning in the construction of a service providing system.

In a computer system, a server is an important position in the system configuration of services provided to users (mainly client computers), and its software configuration is complicated. Until now, building a server software system has relied heavily on software vendors (system vendors) such as those who have actually built a server.
However, it is possible to simplify the construction work by analyzing the know-how of experienced persons who have constructed these server systems, creating a knowledge DB, and referring to the aforementioned knowledge DB in the initial system construction. Is possible.

As a prior art in the field of autonomous computing, a technique related to a method and system for diagnosing and self-repairing a server failure in a server farm has been disclosed (see Patent Document 1).
JP 2004-110790 A

However, with the advent of new technologies and products, the system is evolving day by day. In addition, user needs often change day by day due to system user business expansion or business change. Therefore, it is necessary to respond flexibly and quickly to changes in the system configuration. Further, in a distributed open system, a great amount of man-hours is often required for changing the system configuration such as application identification, centralized management, and service addition.
However, in the prior art, since only know-how of server system construction has been accumulated, there has been a problem that it is not possible to respond flexibly and quickly.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a provisioning system in the construction of a service providing system that flexibly and quickly adds a function service with high needs to a system by autonomous provisioning. .

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention described in claim 1 includes a service providing server that provides a service and a service file providing server that distributes a function service file to the service providing server, which are networked. A provisioning system for constructing a service providing system connected via a monitoring means for monitoring a service usage status in the service providing server; and a notification means for notifying the service file providing server of the usage status A data knowledge registration means for registering the usage status notified by the notification means as data knowledge, a knowledge registration means for analyzing the data knowledge and registering as knowledge to provide a new service, and referring to a policy. New at a specified timing And having a distribution unit for distributing the service file to the service providing server, a, and installation means for installing the distributed file by the distribution unit.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the network includes a client terminal that requests a service.

  The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the monitoring means has a failure monitoring means for monitoring the occurrence of a malfunction of the service application.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the monitoring means includes load status monitoring means for monitoring a load status such as a CPU usage rate, a memory usage rate, and a disk usage rate.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the monitoring means includes sign monitoring means for monitoring occurrence of service application malfunctions, CPU usage rate, memory usage rate, and disk usage rate, and making a sign from these statuses. It is characterized by that.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the distribution means distributes a new service file when a condition regarding a load status of the server and the network is set in the policy and a predetermined condition is satisfied. Features.

  The invention according to claim 7 is characterized in that the installation means judges the load status of the service providing server and performs installation in an optimal situation.

  According to the present invention, as will be apparent from the following description, it is possible to flexibly and quickly cope with man-hour reduction such as system construction for system administrators and developers and realization of stable operation of the system.

Hereinafter, a configuration example and an operation example of a provisioning system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Note that the configuration examples are not limited to the configurations shown below, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. The same applies to the operation example.

(Configuration example)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overview of a provisioning system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The provisioning system includes a service providing server 1 and a service file providing server 11 as shown in the figure, and is connected via a network such as a LAN or the Internet. In addition, a client terminal 21 for making a service provision processing request is generally connected to the network.
The service providing server 1 performs various data processing in accordance with requests from the user terminal (client terminal) 21, the service providing server itself, or a second service providing server connected in parallel to the service providing server. For example, a business application that provides various services, extracts a desired data by referring to a database, a Web server, or a database, and outputs a predetermined result is an example of service provision.
The service file providing server is a server that distributes service providing applications and various data files to the service providing server.
Below, the more detailed structure of the service provision server 1 and the service file provision server 11 is shown.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating the internal configuration of the service providing server and the service file providing server.
The service providing server 1 receives the functional application (service application) file transmitted from the service file providing server 11 and installs the file in the service providing server. The AP receiving unit 2 stores the functional application file. 3 and a service execution unit 4 that executes a function application file stored in the AP storage unit 3 as a service.
As a specific operation in the service execution unit 4, for example, in a computer system, a service application file (program) recorded on a magnetic storage medium (magnetic disk or the like) is expanded in a memory, and the CPU executes the program. There is movement.

The service providing server 1 also has a usage status monitoring unit 5 that monitors the status of the service being executed by the service execution unit 4 and notifies the service file providing server 11 of the monitoring status, and records the service operation Monitor items such as log and application process monitoring.
Further, as monitoring items, for example, fault monitoring for monitoring the occurrence of a malfunction of a service application program (service stoppage, etc.), the load status such as CPU usage rate, memory usage rate, disk usage rate, etc. of the service providing server 1 There are load monitoring to be monitored, predictive server monitoring based on the failure monitoring and load monitoring, and the like.

  It is most preferable that the file reception / installation unit 2 and the usage status monitoring unit 5 operate resident as applications as in the execution of the service.

  The service file providing server 11 includes a monitoring status registration unit 14 for registering the service monitoring status notified from the service providing server 1 in the first knowledge database 12 and the monitoring status registered in the first knowledge database 12. Analyzing the data, grasping the function status of the service providing server 1 and the service file providing server 11, determining whether there is a function to be provided, and registering it in the second knowledge database 13 as knowledge; And a determination unit 17 that provides a new functional service (provides a file) to the service providing server 1 according to a policy 16 registered in advance.

(Operation example)
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the operation of monitoring / analysis / distribution in the provisioning system of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an operation of installing a service file in the provisioning system of the present invention.
The provisioning system according to the present invention constructs an autonomous software configuration by performing the following operation control.

  In FIG. 3, as the initial operation control, the service providing server 1 has the usage status monitoring application resident and monitors the usage status of the provided service (step S <b> 1).

  A history of monitoring by the usage status monitoring application is notified to the service file providing server 11 (step S2), and the monitoring status registration unit 14 of the service file providing server 11 that has received the notification records the first knowledge database as data knowledge. 12 (step S3).

  The analysis unit 15 analyzes the data knowledge registered in the first knowledge DB (step S4), grasps the service status of the service providing server 1 and the service file providing server 11, and determines whether there is a service to be provided. Then, it is registered in the second knowledge database 13 as knowledge (step S5).

  The determination unit 17 refers to the policy 16 registered in advance, and distributes a new service file to the service providing server 1. The policy 16 stores conditions for determining the load status of the server and the network. With reference to these conditions, flow control is performed to distribute files at the optimum time (step S6). .

  In the installation operation shown in FIG. 4, as an initial operation, the service providing server 1 has an application having a file reception / installation function resident and activated (step S11).

When the service providing server 1 receives a new provided service file (step S12), the service providing server 1 determines whether or not it is the optimum timing for installation. For example, the load status of the service providing server is checked, and it is determined whether it is the optimum timing for installation (step S13).
If it is the optimum timing for installation (step S13 / Yes), the file is installed (step S14).

Further, when the timing is not optimal for installation, for example, when the load on the server is large (Step S13 / No), the installation is not performed, and it is determined whether or not the installation is possible. For example, it may be determined whether installation is possible after a predetermined time has elapsed due to a timer operation.
Alternatively, there is a method in which the installation is performed at a timing when the load on the server is reduced by using the predictive monitoring function of the service providing server, instead of determining whether or not the installation is possible.

  Through the process described above, a new service is autonomously added to the service providing server.

As described above, it is possible to flexibly and promptly cope with the reduction of man-hours such as system construction of system managers and developers and the realization of stable operation of the system. In particular, the present invention is more effective for a large-scale system (a large number of application distribution destinations), a system in which user needs are frequently changed, and the system configuration is continuously changed.
In addition, the function service desired by the user can be quickly added to the server of the distributed open system without the server administrator being aware of it.

It is the figure which showed the outline | summary of the provisioning system which is one Example of this invention. It is the functional block diagram which showed the internal structure of the service provision server and the service file provision server. It is the figure which showed the operation | movement of monitoring, analysis, and distribution in the provisioning system of this invention. It is the figure which showed the operation | movement of the installation of the service file in the provisioning system of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Service providing server 2 File reception / installation section 3 Application storage section (AP storage section)
4 Service Execution Unit 5 Usage Status Monitoring Unit 6 Monitoring Item 11 Service File Providing Server 12 Knowledge Database (First)
13 Knowledge Database (2nd)
14 Monitoring Status Registration Unit 15 Knowledge Analysis Unit 16 Policy 17 Determination Unit 21 Client Terminal

Claims (7)

A service providing server for providing the service;
A service file providing server for distributing functional service files to the service providing server,
These are provisioning systems in the construction of a service providing system connected via a network,
Monitoring means for monitoring a service usage status in the service providing server;
Notification means for notifying the usage status to the service file providing server;
Data knowledge registration means for registering the usage status notified by the notification means as data knowledge;
Analyzing the data knowledge and registering as knowledge to provide a new service;
Distribution means for referring to a policy and distributing a new service file to the service providing server at a predetermined timing;
A provisioning system for constructing a service providing system, comprising: an installation unit configured to install a file distributed by the distribution unit.   The provisioning system for constructing a service providing system according to claim 1, wherein the network includes a client terminal that requests a service.   3. The provisioning system according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring unit includes a failure monitoring unit that monitors occurrence of an operation failure of a service application.   The provisioning system for constructing a service providing system according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring unit includes a load status monitoring unit that monitors a load status such as a CPU usage rate, a memory usage rate, and a disk usage rate. .   2. The monitoring means includes predictive monitoring means for monitoring occurrences of service application malfunctions, CPU usage rates, memory usage rates, and disk usage rates, and performing predictions based on these statuses. Or a provisioning system in the construction of the service providing system according to 2;   6. The distribution unit according to claim 1, wherein a condition regarding a load status of the server and the network is set in the policy, and a file of a new service is distributed when a predetermined condition is satisfied. A provisioning system for constructing the service providing system according to any one of the above.   The provisioning system for constructing a service provision system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the installation unit determines a load situation of the service provision server and performs installation in an optimum situation. .

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