JP2008217499A - Configuration management testing method and program for server system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately confirm, in an operation terminal, configuration information of a server system, as to a configuration management testing method and program by the operation terminal of the server system provided with a plurality of partitions and server system control parts. <P>SOLUTION: This configuration management testing method/program is constituted to acquire the configuration information before change, from a server system, to analyze configuration change information for the server system, to generate an expected value including changed information, based on an analytical result of the configuration information before change and an analytical result of the configuration change information, to set the configuration change information to the server system, to acquire the configuration information after change from the server system, to be analyzed, and to compare the expected value including the generated change information with the analytical result of the configuration information after change, acquired from the server system to output a comparison result. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a server system configuration management test method and program used in a large-scale social system (a system such as a bank or a public office).

  A large-scale server system that centrally holds a large amount of data and processes data is used in banks and public offices, and FIG. 6 shows an example of the hardware configuration of a large-scale server system. In the figure, 80 is a server system, 81-0 to 81-2 are partitions # 0 to # 2, and 82-0 to 82-3 are system boards # 0 to # 3, 83- each comprising a CPU and a memory. 0 to 83-3 are I / O units # 0 to # 3 and 84, each composed of a disk (DISK) and PCI (parallel computer interface), and system configuration information between the system board and the I / O unit. A crossbar 85 connected in accordance with (including partition information) is a server system management unit that performs control and management of the entire server system, and includes a CPU, memory, and firmware. Reference numeral 86 denotes an operation terminal (configured by a personal computer) for performing control management of the server system 80 from the outside.

  In the server system 80 of FIG. 6, the partition # 0 (81-0) is composed of a system board # 0 and an I / O unit # 0, and the partition # 1 (81-1) is composed of system boards # 1 and # 2. The partition # 2 is composed of a system board # 3 and an I / O unit # 3. Such a server system 80 sets system configuration information in the server system management unit 85 of the server system 80 when the system is first started up. However, confirming that the set configuration information is correctly set in the server system cannot be easily performed as described below.

  FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional example when a configuration change of the server system is set. In the figure, reference numerals 80, 81, 85 to 87 are the same as those of the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 860 in the operation terminal 86 is a remote monitoring protocol used to access each partition 81-0-2 and browse the partition information (Telnet: remote operation of the server from the terminal on the TCP / IP network). Protocol (or program)) 861 is a proxy server (Proxy) that relays and manages access to the server system management unit 85 of the server system 80, and 862 is an HTTP ( Browser (Browser) 88 for browsing necessary information by accessing by Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol), retrieving and displaying in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) language, 88 including input of keyboard and mouse of operation terminal 86 Device, 89 is server system setting information, 90 is It is a radical 113.

  A. of FIG. When the server system setting information 89 for setting the server system configuration is input from the input device 88, it is set in the server system management unit 85 via the browser 862 and the proxy server 861. The contents of the server system setting information 89 at this time are that the partitions # 0 to # 2 are integrated with the partitions # 1 and # 2 to form a new partition # 1. When this setting information is input to the server system 80, B. As shown in the figure, new partitions # 0 and # 1 are formed by the conventional technique and set in the server system management unit 85.

  Thereafter, the server system configuration information 89 ′ set in the server system management unit 85 is retrieved in the HTML data format based on the http protocol by the access using the browser 862 from the operation terminal 86 and displayed on the display unit 90. On the other hand, the information of the partition whose configuration is changed by the setting information corresponds to the case where one of the selected partitions 81 # 0 and # 1 in the server system 80 is accessed by the Telnet protocol. Partition information is extracted from the partition to be used. At this time, the data read by the telnet is displayed in a text format. In this way, even if the operation terminal 86 accesses the partition and retrieves the partition information by accessing the partition and the information set in the server system management unit 85 of the server system 80, the two are in different data formats. The comparison of whether or not configuration information has been set cannot be immediately determined by visual confirmation by the person in charge, and the determination may be incorrect, so it is set in the server system according to the input configuration information. The test (confirmation) was not possible.

On the other hand, a technology has been proposed as a prior art that aims to save and simplify network management time by eliminating the need for network administrators to learn different programs for managed network devices ( Patent Document 1). The proposed technology manages configuration information stored in a database by a network management server, and uses each network device (printer, scanner, copy, etc.) connected to the network for device usage status, status, A network interface device that collects and holds information such as jobs is individually provided. When polling is received from the network management server in a normal operation state, data held by each network interface device responds. As a result, the network management server constantly updates the device configuration information of the network, and provides a part of the device configuration information that is held in response to a request from the administrator. .
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-200299

  As described above, even if the configuration information in the system is set in the conventional large-scale server system, it is not possible to easily check (test) whether the input setting information is set correctly in the system. There was a problem. In addition, even if the server system partition is set, it cannot be easily confirmed.

  The technique of the above-mentioned patent document 1 collects and holds information such as the usage status, status, and job of the network device by the network management server in the operating state, and provides information to be held in response to a request from the administrator. Therefore, it is not necessary for the administrator to learn about each network device, and the purpose of simply performing confirmation (testing) when the configuration information of the server system is set cannot be realized.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a server system configuration management test method and program that can be accurately confirmed on an operation terminal when server system configuration information is set.

  FIG. 1 shows a first principle configuration of the present invention. In this configuration, the expected value is generated by obtaining the difference between the configuration information before the change of the server system and the configuration information after the change, and after setting the configuration change information to the server system, the server system management information is extracted and expected. Check whether the configuration information is set correctly by comparing the values.

  In FIG. 1, 1 is an operation terminal, 10 is a configuration management test unit, 10a is configuration information acquisition / analysis means before change, 10b is configuration change information analysis means, 10c is expected value generation means, 10d is configuration change means, and 10e is configuration. The change information acquisition analysis means 10f is a comparison means for comparing the outputs of the expected value generation means 10c and the configuration change acquisition analysis means 10e. 11 is an access unit that accesses the server system 2, 12 is a browsing display unit, 13 is an input / output unit, 2 is a server system, 20 is a plurality of partitions that divide processing functions of the server system 2, 21 is a server system management unit, A network 3 connects the server system 2 and the operation terminal 1.

  When the operator of the operation terminal 1 activates the configuration management test unit 10, the configuration information before change is acquired and analyzed via the access unit 11. On the other hand, configuration change information (including partition change) of the server system 2 is input from the input / output unit 13 to the configuration management test unit 10, or a file (not shown) in which configuration change information is recorded is supplied. Then, it is analyzed by the configuration change information analyzing means 10b. When the analysis is performed, the expected value generation unit 10c generates the expected configuration information after the configuration change from the configuration information before the change and the configuration change information. The generated expected value is sent to the server system 2 by the configuration changing means 10d via the access unit 11 and the network 3, and set in the server system management unit 21 to change the configuration information. When the change by the configuration change unit 10d is performed, the configuration change information acquisition analysis unit 10e accesses the server system 2 via the access unit 11, acquires the configuration information set in the server system management unit 21, and performs analysis. The set change information and the expected value generated by the expected value generating means 10c are compared by the comparing means 10f, and the result is output to the input / output section 13 by the browsing display section 12. The comparison result represents a confirmation (test) result of whether or not the change information is set in the server system 2 according to the input change information.

  With this first principle configuration, when a configuration change is made, the change information based on the configuration information before the configuration change is compared with the configuration information of the server system after the configuration change. It is possible to test (confirm) whether the configuration information has been changed.

  FIG. 2 shows a second principle configuration of the present invention. In this configuration, the configuration information setting for the partition information is confirmed. In FIG. 2, reference numerals 1, 10 to 13, 2, 20, 21, and 3 are the same as those of the same reference numerals in FIG. In the configuration management test unit 10, 10 f is a comparison unit, 10 g is a partition information acquisition unit, 10 h is a data conversion unit, 10 i is a basic configuration information analysis unit, 10 j is an expected value generation unit, and 10 k is a configuration information acquisition analysis unit.

  The partition information acquisition unit 10g of the configuration management test unit 10 of the operation terminal 1 accesses the server system 2 through the remote communication unit 14 and acquires information on the partition 20. The acquired information is a code used by the remote communication unit 14 and is different from the code used by the access unit 11 and the browsing display unit 12, and is converted into the code of the browsing display unit 12 by the data conversion unit 10 h. On the other hand, the basic configuration information analyzing means 10i analyzes the basic configuration information of the server system 2 prepared in advance, and supplies the analyzed basic configuration information and the partition information input from the data conversion means 10h to the expected value generating means 10j. Then, the partition information is merged with the basic configuration information, and an expected value of the configuration information including the partition information of the server system 2 is generated. Subsequently, the configuration information acquisition / analysis means 10k accesses the server system management unit 21 of the server system 2 from the access unit 11 to acquire and analyze the configuration information of the server system. Next, the comparison unit 10f compares the expected value of the configuration information including the partition information from the expected value generation unit 10j with the configuration information acquired from the server system 2. In particular, the partition system information and the partition information about the partition information are compared. It is possible to check (test) whether the partition setting is correct by outputting whether the information of 20 matches or not.

  With this second principle configuration, it is possible to easily test from the operation terminal whether the setting information including the configuration change of the partition information is reliably set in the server system.

  According to the present invention, when configuration information including a configuration change of a system configuration of a large-scale server system is set, information comparison can be automated when checking and testing the setting information, thereby reducing test time. And confirmation accuracy can be improved.

  FIG. 3 shows a hardware configuration of the embodiment. In the figure, 1 is an operation terminal, 100 is a processing device including a CPU and a memory, 101 is a hard disk, 102 is a keyboard, 103 is a display, and 104 is a printer. In the processing device 100, software such as 100a is a proxy server, 100b is a configuration management test program according to the present invention, 100c is a browser which is browsing software for accessing a network server, and 100d is telnet for accessing a remote server. Stored. 2 is a server system, 20 (# 0 to # 2) is three partitions, 21 is a server system management unit, and 3 is a LAN connecting the server system 2 and the operation terminal 1.

  FIG. 4 is a processing flow for performing a test based on information comparison before and after the configuration change. This processing corresponds to the first principle configuration of the present invention shown in FIG. 1, and in the configuration shown in FIG. 3, the contents of the configuration change are previously input from the keyboard 102 (or as a file) to the configuration management test program 100b. And executed by the CPU and the program stored in the memory 100 by the interaction with the server system 2.

  First, a configuration information screen (HTML) before the configuration change is acquired from the server system management unit (21 in FIG. 3) via the browser 100c (S1 in FIG. 4), and the configuration information before the configuration change is analyzed (S2 in FIG. 3). ). Next, the configuration change information (text format) input to the configuration management test program 100b is analyzed (S3 in FIG. 3). Here, the configuration information after the configuration change is predicted from the analysis result of the configuration information before the change obtained in step S2 and the analysis result of the configuration change information obtained in step S3, and the expected configuration information is generated. Then, according to the generated configuration change information, the server system management unit 21 is controlled via the browser 100c to change the configuration of the server system (S5). Next, a configuration information screen (HTML format) after the configuration change is acquired from the server system management unit 21 (S6 in FIG. 4), and the acquired configuration change information screen after the configuration change is analyzed (S7). The changed configuration information is compared with the configuration information generated as the expected value (S8), and the comparison result is output (S9).

  FIG. 5 is a processing flow for performing a test by comparing partition information and configuration information, and this processing flow corresponds to the second principle configuration of the present invention shown in FIG.

  First, partition information is acquired from the partition 20 in the server system by executing a command for instructing acquisition via Telnet (100d in FIG. 3) (S1 in FIG. 5). Next, the basic configuration information screen of the server system (2 in FIG. 3) (information that depends on the number of implementations such as CPU and memory is removed from the HTML displayed by the server system management unit, and is always fixed information independent of the number of implementations. (HTML including only) is analyzed (S2 in FIG. 5). This analysis result is used as a base when generating an expected value to be described later.

  Next, the analysis result of the basic configuration information screen and the partition information acquired in step S1 are merged to generate expected configuration information (S3 in FIG. 5). Subsequently, a configuration information screen (HTML) is acquired from the server system management unit (21 in FIG. 3) (S4 in FIG. 5). The acquired configuration change information screen is analyzed (S5), the analyzed configuration information is compared with the configuration information of the expected value generated in Step S3 (S6), and the comparison result is output (S7). As a comparison result, “match” or “mismatch” is output.

It is a figure which shows the 1st principle structure of this invention. It is a figure which shows the 2nd principle structure of this invention. It is a hardware block diagram of the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the processing flow which performs the test by the information comparison before and behind a structure change. It is a figure which shows the processing flow which performs the test by the comparison of partition information and structure information. It is a figure which shows the hardware structural example of a large-scale server system. It is explanatory drawing of the prior art example in the case of setting a configuration change of a server system.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Operation terminal 10 Configuration management test part 10a Pre-change configuration information acquisition analysis means 10b Configuration change information analysis means 10c Expected value generation means 10d Configuration change means 10e Configuration change information acquisition analysis means 10f Comparison means 11 Access part 12 Browse display part 13 In Output unit 2 Server system 20 Partition 21 Server system management unit 3 Network

Claims (4)

A configuration management test method using a server system operation terminal having a plurality of partitions and a server system management unit,
Obtaining pre-change configuration information from the server system from the server system;
Analyzing configuration change information for the server system,
Generating an expected value including change information from the analysis result of the configuration information before change and the analysis result of the configuration change information;
Setting the configuration change information in the server system;
Obtain and analyze the configuration information after the configuration change from the server system,
Compare the expected value including the generated change information with the analysis result of the configuration information after the configuration change obtained from the server system, and output a comparison result.
A configuration management test method for a server system. A configuration management test method using a server system operation terminal having a plurality of partitions and a server system management unit,
The operation terminal is
Means for obtaining partition information from the server system;
Means for analyzing basic configuration information of the server system;
Means for generating an expected value by merging the acquired partition information and the analysis result of the basic configuration information;
Means for acquiring and analyzing configuration information from the server system management unit;
Means for comparing the generated expected value with the analysis result of the acquired configuration information;
The partition information setting information is tested based on the comparison result.
A configuration management test method using an operation terminal connected to a server system. An operating terminal computer connected to a server system with multiple partitions and a server system management unit
Means for acquiring and analyzing pre-change configuration information from the server system;
Means for analyzing configuration change information input to the operation terminal;
Means for generating an expected value including change information from the analysis result of the configuration information before change and the analysis result of the configuration change information;
Means for setting the inputted configuration change information in the server system;
Means for acquiring and analyzing the configuration information after the configuration change from the server system;
Means for comparing the expected value including the change information generated by the means for generating the expected value with the analysis result of the configuration information after the configuration change acquired from the server system, and outputting a comparison result;
A program characterized by making it function. An operating terminal computer connected to a server system with multiple partitions and a server system management unit
Means for obtaining partition information from the server system;
Means for analyzing basic configuration information of the server system;
Means for generating an expected value by merging the acquired partition information and the analysis result of the basic configuration information;
Means for acquiring and analyzing configuration information from the server system management unit;
Means for comparing the generated expected value with the analysis result of the acquired configuration information and outputting a comparison result;
A program characterized by making it function.

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