JP2009199210A - Communication system and information collection apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately associate fixed asset information with S/W asset information about IT assets. <P>SOLUTION: In performing inventory control, an asset management PC 10 requests an RFID tag 30 to send asset information via an RFID reader/writer device 20, the RFID tag then receives S/W asset information from the IT asset 40 and sends fixed asset information stored in advance in a fixed asset information storage memory 33 as well as the received S/W asset information to the asset management PC 10, the asset management PC 10 in turn sends the fixed asset information and S/W asset information associatively to an IT asset management server 50, and the IT asset management server 50 manages the fixed asset information and S/W asset information associatively. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technology for managing IT (Information Technology) assets and the like using IC (Integrated Circuit) tags such as RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) tags.

Management of IT resources such as PCs (Personal Computers) is not limited to conventional management of fixed asset information, but S / W (Software) installed in IT resources and H / W used by IT resources Management of resource asset information including (Hard Wear) is also required.
Traditionally, these managements have been carried out in separate systems.
Such an example is described in Patent Document 1.
JP 2006-139359 A

However, in the conventional method, it was necessary to carry out inventory of each asset separately.
Further, in resource asset management such as S / W, it is necessary to manage with the fixed asset number of the fixed asset information as a key. However, this information must be input by the user. In some cases, asset information was not strictly linked.

  One of the main objects of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the main object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism capable of accurately associating fixed asset information and resource asset information. To do.

A communication system according to the present invention includes:
An IC (Integrated Circuit) tag;
A communication system having an information collection device that communicates with the IC tag,
The IC tag is
Connected to an information device, and transmits fixed asset information including identification information of the information device, and transmits resource information indicating a resource used by the information device for information processing,
The information collecting device
Fixed asset information and resource information are received from the IC tag.

  According to the present invention, the resource information is collected together with the collection of the fixed asset information, so that the fixed asset information and the resource information can be accurately associated with each other.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
In the present embodiment, fixed asset management and resource asset management can be performed simultaneously by connecting resource tags and IT assets to read resource information via RFID tags when taking inventory of fixed assets. It is.
Further, the resource information associated with the fixed asset can be managed by directly connecting the RFID tag storing the fixed asset information and the IT resource.
A resource means a resource used for information processing in an IT resource that is an information device. The resource includes an S / W installed in the IT resource and a CPU (Central Processing) installed in the IT resource. Unit), H / W such as a memory, a magnetic disk device, and a communication card, and parameters such as a communication address set in an IT resource.
The resource information is information indicating these S / W, H / W, and parameter attributes.
The resource information indicates, for example, S / W name, version, vendor name, license number, update date, etc. for S / W, and for H / W, for example, CPU, memory, magnetic disk, The model number of the communication card, the operating frequency of the CPU, the memory, the storage capacity of the magnetic disk device, the MAC (Media Access Control) address of the communication card, etc. are shown, and the parameters (IP (Internet Protocol) set in the IT resource) are shown. Address, e-mail address, etc. are shown.
Hereinafter, S / W will be described as an example of resource, and S / W asset information will be described as an example of resource information.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the asset management system according to the first embodiment.
The asset management PC 10 performs fixed asset information stored in the RFID tag 30 connected to the IT resource 40 and S / W asset information stored in the IT asset via the RFID reader / writer device 20 at the time of inventory. And the read fixed asset information and S / W asset information are associated with each other and transmitted to the IT resource management server 50. More specifically, the fixed asset number (fixed asset identification information) included in the fixed asset information is associated with the S / W asset information.
Further, the asset management PC 10 instructs to update information in the fixed asset information DB 51 and the S / W asset information DB 52 of the IT asset management server 50.
The asset management PC 10 is an example of an information collection device.

In the asset management PC 10, the RFID reader / writer control unit 13 controls the RFID reader / writer device 20 to read fixed asset information and S / W asset information via the RFID tag 30. The RFID reader / writer control unit 13 is an example of a tag communication unit.
The IT asset management unit 12 acquires fixed asset information and S / W asset information using the RFID reader / writer control unit 13 and collates with the fixed asset information DB and the S / W asset information DB of the IT asset management server 50. Implement inventory management of actual fixed asset information and S / W asset information.
The display unit 11 displays the inventory status of fixed assets and S / W assets.
The information storage unit 14 temporarily stores the fixed asset information and the S / W asset information acquired from the RFID tag 30 in association with each other, and stores various control information.
The network communication unit 15 communicates with the IT resource management server 50 through the network 60.

  The RFID reader / writer device 20 is connected to the fixed asset management PC 10 by communication means such as a LAN (Local Area Network), RS232C, USB (Universal Serial Bus), and the RFID tag 30 according to a command from the RFID reader / writer control unit 13. Read and write data.

The RFID tag 30 (IC tag) is connected to the IT resource 40 by communication means such as USB, RS232C, and transmits fixed asset information and S / W asset information to the asset management PC 10 via the RFID reader / writer device 20. .
In the RFID tag 30, the RFID communication unit 31 communicates with the RFID reader / writer device 20.
Fixed asset information is written in the fixed asset information storage memory 33 in advance.
The S / W asset information storage memory 32 temporarily stores the S / W asset information read from the IT resource 40.
The IT resource communication unit 34 reads S / W asset information (license information and the like) installed in the IT resource 40 from the IT resource 40.

The IT resource 40 is an information device such as a PC.
In the IT resource 40, the RFID tag communication unit 43 communicates with the RFID tag 30.
The S / W asset management unit 41 reads S / W asset information from the S / W asset information storage DB 42 according to an instruction from the RFID tag 30 and transmits it to the RFID tag 30 via the RFID tag communication unit 43, or IT resources The S / W information installed in 40 is maintained.
The S / W asset information storage DB (Database) 42 stores S / W asset information.

The IT resource management server 50 manages fixed asset information and S / W asset information.
The IT resource management server 50 is an example of a device management apparatus.
In the IT resource management server 50, the fixed asset information DB 51 stores fixed asset information of a plurality of IT resources 40.
The S / W asset information DB 52 stores S / W asset information of a plurality of IT resources 40.
In the IT resource management server 50, the fixed asset information and the S / W asset information of the same IT resource 40 are stored in the fixed asset information DB 51 and the S / W asset information DB 52 in association with each other.
The communication unit 53 communicates with the asset management PC 10 via the network 60.

FIG. 3 shows information stored in the fixed asset information DB 51 of the IT resource management server 50.
In the fixed asset information DB 51, fixed asset information of a plurality of IT resources 40 is stored as shown in FIG.
FIG. 5 shows an example of fixed asset information of the IT resource 40 stored in the fixed asset information storage memory 33 of the RFID tag 30. The fixed asset information includes a fixed asset number which is IT asset identification information. In the asset management PC 10, at least the fixed asset number and the S / W asset information among the information included in the fixed asset information are associated with each other and transmitted to the IT asset management server 50. Further, the execution flag shown in FIG. 5 indicates whether or not inventory is performed.
Fixed asset information illustrated in FIG. 5 is provided from a plurality of RFID tags 30 to the IT resource management server 50 via the asset management PC 10, and the IT asset management server 50 fixes the fixed asset information shown in the fixed asset information in FIG. Compare the asset number and tag ID with the fixed asset number and tag ID shown in each record of the fixed asset information DB 51, extract matching records, and update the inventory confirmation date, inventory checker, etc. for the extracted records Is done. The inventory checker can be identified from the IP address of the asset management PC 10 or the like.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the S / W asset information of the IT resource 40 stored in the S / W asset information storage memory 32 of the RFID tag 30.
The S / W asset information shown in FIG. 4 is stored in the S / W asset information DB 52 in association with the fixed asset number included in the fixed asset information.
That is, the S / W asset information illustrated in FIG. 4 is provided from the plurality of RFID tags 30 to the IT asset management server 50 via the asset management PC 10 and is classified for each IT resource in the S / W asset information DB 52. S / W asset information is managed.

Next, the operation of the asset management system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
Asset management processing is started in accordance with a user instruction, and the IT asset management unit 12 of the asset management PC 10 relays the RFID reader / writer control unit 13 and the RFID reader / writer device 20 to instruct the RFID tag 30 to read asset information. Be notified. (S10).
Next, the RFID tag 30 that receives a read instruction from the RFID reader / writer device 20 via the RFID communication unit 31 reads the information in the fixed asset information storage memory 33 held in the tag, and at the same time, the IT resource. Via the communication unit 34, the IT resource 40 is instructed to read S / W asset information. (S30).
This S / W asset information reading process can be realized by the method described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-317071, for example.
Specifically, a command for instructing the IT resource 40 to transmit S / W asset information is held in the RFID tag 30, and when the read instruction is received from the RFID reader / writer device 20, the command is transferred to the IT resource. The information is transmitted from the communication unit 34 to the IT resource 40.

The IT resource 40 instructed to read the S / W asset information reads the S / W asset information from the S / W asset information storage DB 42 by the S / W asset management unit 41, and the RFID tag communication unit 43 performs the S / W asset information. Asset information is transmitted to the RFID tag 30 (S40).
In the IT resource 40, the S / W asset management unit 41 confirms the S / W asset and updates it to the latest state when the periodic update is performed or when the IT resource 40 is started, and the latest information is stored in the S / W asset information storage DB 42. S / W asset information is stored.
When the S / W asset information read process is instructed from the RFID tag 30, the S / W asset management unit 41 may investigate the S / W asset status and update the latest information.

The RFID tag 30 temporarily stores the S / W asset information received from the IT resource 40 in the S / W asset information storage memory 32, and then transmits the fixed asset information and the S / W asset information via the RFID reader / writer device 20. To the asset management PC 10 (step 31).
In addition, a method of transmitting directly to the asset management PC 10 without storing it in the S / W asset information storage memory 32 is also conceivable. In this case, the S / W asset information is temporarily stored in the reception buffer of the IT resource communication unit 34, and the RFID communication unit 31 transmits the S / W asset information from the reception buffer.

The fixed asset management PC 10 that has received the fixed asset information and the S / W asset information temporarily stores the fixed asset information and the S / W asset information in the information storage unit 14 in association with each other, and also stores the network communication unit 15. However, the fixed asset information and the S / W asset information are associated with each other and transmitted to the IT resource management server 50 to instruct update processing (step 11).
In the IT asset management server 50, the communication unit 53 receives the fixed asset information and the S / W asset information and, according to the update instruction, the corresponding fixed asset information and the S / W information in the fixed asset information DB 51 and the S / W asset information DB 52. Asset information is updated (step 50).

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, S / W information is collected simultaneously with the collection of fixed asset information, and the two are associated with each other and transmitted to the IT asset management server. Can be associated with each other accurately.

  In the above description, the fixed asset information shown in FIG. 5 is stored in the RFID tag 30 and is transmitted to the IT asset management server 50 via the asset management PC 10. For example, the fixed asset number, Along with the tag ID and execution flag, the product name, model name, manufacturing company, serial number, installation location, and management department information shown in each record of FIG. 3 are stored in the RFID tag 30, and IT assets are received via the asset management PC 10. It may be transmitted to the management server 50.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the following components are provided, and fixed asset information and S / W asset information are read according to the request of the asset management PC when performing fixed asset inventory, and the fixed asset information DB of the IT asset management server An asset management system that performs inventory of fixed assets and S / W assets by comparing with the S / W asset information DB has been described.
(A) An RFID communication unit that communicates with an RFID reader / writer, a fixed asset information storage memory that stores fixed asset information of an IT resource, and an IT resource that is connected via USB, RS232C, or the like, and that is stored in the IT resource RFID tag with IT asset communication unit that reads / W fixed asset information and transmits to RFID reader / writer using RFID communication unit,
(B) IT having an S / W asset information storage DB for storing information on various S / Ws installed in IT resources and an S / W asset management unit for managing / updating / deleting / creating S / W asset information Assets,
(C) An RFID reader / writer device that reads and writes data from an RFID tag and transmits / receives the information to / from the asset management PC via a communication means such as a LAN, RS232C, or USB,
(D) An RFID reader / writer control unit that controls the RFID reader / writer device to read and write data from the RFID tag and an RFID reader / writer control unit and the fixed asset information and S / An asset management PC having an IT asset management unit 12 for managing W asset information and a display unit for displaying such information,
(E) An IT asset management server having a fixed asset information DB that stores fixed asset information of a plurality of IT assets and an S / W asset information DB that stores S / W asset information of a plurality of IT assets.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the method shown in the first embodiment, the RFID tag 30 requests the IT resource 40 to output S / W asset information when a read processing request is received from the asset management PC 10. In this case, the RFID tag 30 cannot acquire the S / W asset information unless the IT resource 40 is turned on.
However, the IT resource 40 may be turned off at the time of inventory.
Therefore, in this embodiment, every time there is a change in the S / W asset, prior to the inventory, the difference information indicating the difference before and after the change of the S / W asset in which the IT resource 40 has been changed to the RFID tag 30 ( An example of outputting (difference resource information) will be described.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the asset management system according to the present embodiment.
A configuration example of the asset management system according to the present embodiment is as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 6, when the S / W asset management unit 41 of the IT resource 40 detects a change in the S / W asset (S41), it extracts the difference before and after the change, generates difference information indicating the difference, and generates an RFID tag. The difference information is output to the RFID tag 30 via the communication unit 43 (S42).
In the RFID tag 30, the IT asset communication unit 34 receives the difference information and stores it in the S / W asset information storage memory 32.
When there is a request from the asset management PC 10 during inventory (S10), the RFID tag 30 stores the fixed asset information stored in the fixed asset information storage memory 33 and the S / W asset information storage memory 32. The RFID communication unit 31 transmits the difference information thus obtained to the asset management PC 10 via the RFID reader / writer device 20 (S31).
The subsequent processing is the same as in the first embodiment.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, every time there is a change in the S / W asset, difference information is output from the IT resource 40 to the RFID tag 30, and the RFID tag 30 stores the difference information. Sometimes it is not necessary to request the IT resource 40 to output S / W asset information, and the S / W asset information can be provided to the asset management PC 10 even when the IT resource is turned off at the time of inventory.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the S / W asset management unit of the IT resource extracts the difference from the previous S / W asset information and stores the information in the RFID tag in a state where the IT resource is turned on. The asset management system provided with the located S / W asset information storage memory has been described.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
In the present embodiment, an example will be described in which the IT asset installation position is managed by reading the identification information of the equipment where the IT asset is installed together with the fixed asset information and S / W asset information of the IT resource. .

FIG. 7 shows a configuration example of the asset management system according to the present embodiment.
The asset management PC 10, the RFID reader / writer device 20, the RFID tag 30, the IT resource 40, and the network 60 are the same as those shown in FIG.
In the present embodiment, a location information DB 54 that stores location information is added to the IT resource management server 50.

The rack 70 is a shelf on which the IT resource 40 is installed, and is an example of equipment.
In the rack 70, IT resources are arranged, and an RFID tag 71 (equipment IC tag) in which identification information of the rack 70 is stored is attached. In the present embodiment, position information is used as rack identification information.
The IT resource 40 is displayed outside the rack 70 for the reason of drawing, but the IT resource 40 is also arranged in the rack 70.
The IT resources 73, 75, and 77 have the same internal configuration as the IT resource 40, and the RFID tags 72, 74, and 76 also have the same internal configuration as the RFID tag 30.
In the following, an example in which the fixed asset information and S / W asset information of the IT resource 40 is read from the RFID tag 30 will be described. However, the other IT resources 73, 75, and 77 also have their RFID tags 72, 74, and 76. The fixed asset information and the S / W asset information are read from.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the asset management PC 10 reads the fixed asset information and the S / W asset information of the IT resource 40 from the RFID tag 30 by the procedure shown in the first embodiment ( Together with S10, S30, S40, S31), the RFID reader / writer device 20 communicates with the RFID tag 71 of the rack 70 in which the IT resource 40 is arranged to read the position information (S70), and the fixed asset information The S / W asset information and the location information are stored in the information storage unit 14 in association with each other, and the network communication unit 15 transmits the fixed asset information, the S / W asset information, and the location information to the IT asset management server 50. (S11), the IT resource management server 50 stores the fixed asset information, the S / W asset information, and the position information in association with each other (S50).

  As described above, in this embodiment, an RFID tag is attached to a facility where an IT resource is arranged, and position information is read from the RFID tag, thereby using the position information together with the fixed asset information and the S / W asset information. Assets can be managed.

  In FIG. 8, fixed asset information and S / W asset information are acquired by the procedure of the first embodiment, but fixed asset information and S / W asset information are acquired by the procedure of the second embodiment. You may make it do.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
In the first embodiment, the RFID tag 30 requests the IT resource 40 to output S / W asset information. However, in this embodiment, the asset management PC 10 controls the IT resource 40 with the S / W while controlling the flag. An example of requesting output of W asset information will be described.

FIG. 9 shows an example of information stored in the fixed asset information storage memory 33 according to the present embodiment.
The fixed asset number, tag ID, and execution flag are the same as those shown in FIG.
The output request flag is a flag that the asset management PC 10 requests the IT resource 40 to output S / W asset information.
The readable flag is a flag for notifying that the IT resource 40 has output the S / W asset information to the RFID tag 30.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, the IT asset management unit 12 of the asset management PC 10 controls the RFID reader / writer device 20 via the RFID reader / writer control unit 13 to control the RFID tag 30. The S / W asset information output request is transmitted (S10), and the output request flag provided in the fixed asset information storage memory 33 of the RFID tag 30 is turned on (S32).

The S / W asset management unit 41 of the IT resource 40 checks the value of the output request flag in the fixed asset information storage memory 33 at regular intervals, and if the output request flag is on, the S / W asset information The S / W asset information stored in the storage DB 42 is output to the RFID tag 30 (S40), and the value of the readable flag in the fixed asset information storage memory 33 is turned on (S33).
In the RFID tag 30, S / W asset information output from the IT resource 40 is stored in the S / W asset information storage memory 32.

In the asset management PC 10, after the output request flag is set to ON, the value of the readable flag is checked at regular intervals, and when it is detected that the readable flag is ON, the fixed asset information and S / W An asset information transmission request is transmitted to the RFID tag 30 (S12).
The RFID tag 30 transmits the fixed asset information stored in advance in the fixed asset information storage memory 33 and the S / W asset information stored in the S / W asset information storage memory 32 (S31).
The asset management PC 10 receives the fixed asset information and the S / W asset information, turns off the output request flag and the readable flag, and thereafter performs the same processing as in the first embodiment.

  As described above, the fixed asset information and the S / W asset information can be read together by controlling the flag value, and the fixed asset information and the S / W asset information can be correctly associated with each other.

Embodiment 5 FIG.
In the third embodiment, the S / W asset information is output from the IT resource 40 to the RFID tag 30 at a time. However, in this embodiment, the partial S / W constituting a part of the S / W asset information is shown. An example in which W asset information (partial resource information) is divided into a plurality of times and output from the IT resource 40 to the RFID tag 30 will be described.

FIG. 11 shows an example of information stored in the fixed asset information storage memory 33 according to the present embodiment.
The fixed asset number, tag ID, and execution flag are the same as those shown in FIG.
The output request flag and the readable flag are the same as those shown in FIG.
The completion flag is a flag for notifying that the last partial S / W asset information has been output, that is, that the entire output of the S / W asset information has been completed.

  In the present embodiment, the IT asset management unit 12 of the asset management PC 10 controls the RFID reader / writer device 20 via the RFID reader / writer control unit 13 to store the S / W asset information on the RFID tag 30. An output request is transmitted, and the output request flag provided in the fixed asset information storage memory 33 of the RFID tag 30 is turned on.

The S / W asset management unit 41 of the IT resource 40 checks the values of the output request flag and the readable flag in the fixed asset information storage memory 33 at regular intervals, and the output request flag is on and the readable flag is off. If so, the S / W asset information stored in the S / W asset information storage DB 42 is divided, and the partial S / W asset information constituting a part of the S / W asset information is output to the RFID tag 30. Then, the value of the readable flag in the fixed asset information storage memory 33 is rewritten to ON.
In the RFID tag 30, the partial S / W asset information output from the IT resource 40 is stored in the S / W asset information storage memory 32.
If it is not the last partial S / W asset information, the IT resource 40 keeps the completion flag off.

The asset management PC 10 checks the values of the readable flag and the completion flag at regular intervals after the output request flag is set to ON, and if it detects that the readable flag is ON, A transmission request for partial S / W asset information is transmitted to the RFID tag 30.
The RFID tag 30 transmits the fixed asset information stored in advance in the fixed asset information storage memory 33 and the partial S / W asset information stored in the S / W asset information storage memory 32.
The asset management PC 10 receives the fixed asset information and the partial S / W asset information. If the completion flag is off, the subsequent partial S / W asset information exists, so the readable flag is turned off. At the same time, the output request flag remains on.

The S / W asset management unit 41 of the IT resource 40 detects that the output request flag is on and the readable flag is off, and outputs the next partial S / W asset information to the RFID tag 30 and is fixed. The value of the readable flag in the asset information storage memory 33 is rewritten to ON. In the RFID tag 30, the partial S / W asset information output from the IT resource 40 is stored in the S / W asset information storage memory 32.
If it is the last partial S / W asset information, the IT resource 40 turns on the completion flag.

The asset management PC 10 detects that the readable flag is on, and transmits a partial S / W asset information transmission request to the RFID tag 30.
The RFID tag 30 transmits partial S / W asset information stored in the S / W asset information storage memory 32.
The asset management PC 10 receives the partial S / W asset information, and if the completion flag is on, the reception of all the partial S / W asset information is complete, so the output request flag, the readable flag, and the completion Turn off all flags.
Since the S / W asset information has been acquired at this stage, the asset management PC 10 transmits the fixed asset information and the S / W asset information to the IT asset management server 50 as in the first embodiment.

  Thus, even when the S / W asset information is divided and transmitted, the fixed asset information and the S / W asset information can be correctly associated.

Embodiment 6 FIG.
In the first to fifth embodiments, the asset management PC 10 reads both the fixed asset information and the S / W asset information, and transmits both the fixed asset information and the S / W asset information to the IT asset management server 50. However, in the present embodiment, the fixed asset information is read by the asset management PC 10 and transmitted to the IT resource management server 50, and the S / W asset information is transmitted by the IT resource 40 to the IT asset management server 50. explain.

FIG. 12 shows a configuration example of the asset management system according to the present embodiment.
The asset management PC 10, the RFID reader / writer device 20, the RFID tag 30, the IT resource management server 50, and the network 60 are the same as those shown in FIG.
In the present embodiment, a network communication unit 44 that communicates with the IT resource management server 50 via the network 60 is added to the IT resource 40.

FIG. 13 shows an example of information stored in the fixed asset information storage memory 33 according to the present embodiment.
The fixed asset number, tag ID, and execution flag are the same as those shown in FIG.
The network transmission instruction flag is a flag that instructs the asset management PC 10 to transmit the S / W asset information to the IT resource management server 50 to the IT resource 40.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 14, the IT resource management unit 12 of the asset management PC 10 controls the RFID reader / writer device 20 via the RFID reader / writer control unit 13 to control the RFID tag 30. Then, an instruction to turn on the network transmission instruction flag is sent together with the output request for fixed asset information (S10), and the network transmission instruction flag provided in the fixed asset information storage memory 33 of the RFID tag 30 is turned on. (S34).

  As in the first embodiment, the RFID tag 30 transmits the fixed asset information stored in the fixed asset information storage memory 33 to the asset management PC 10 (S31), and the asset management PC 10 receives the received fixed asset information. The information is transmitted to the IT resource management server 50 via the network 60 (S11).

  On the other hand, the S / W asset management unit 41 of the IT resource 40 checks the value of the network transmission instruction flag in the fixed asset information storage memory 33 at regular intervals, and if the network transmission instruction flag is on, the S The S / W asset information stored in the / W asset information storage DB 42 and the fixed asset number of the IT resource 40 (same as the fixed asset number included in the fixed asset information) are transferred from the network communication unit 44 to the IT via the network 60. It transmits to the asset management server 50 (S40).

  The IT asset management server 50 receives the fixed asset information from the asset management PC 10, receives the S / W asset information and the fixed asset number from the IT resource 40, and updates the contents of the fixed asset information DB 51 based on the fixed asset information. At the same time, the S / W asset information is associated with the fixed asset number and stored in the S / W asset information DB 52 (S50).

  Thus, in this embodiment, since the S / W asset information is transmitted from the IT resource 40 to the IT resource management server 50, the RFID tag 30 stores only the fixed asset information, and the RFID having a small storage capacity. A tag 30 can be used.

  Also in the present embodiment, as in the third embodiment, the asset management PC 10 reads the rack position information from the RFID tag attached to the rack, and uses the IT asset management for the rack position information together with the fixed asset information. You may make it transmit to the server 50. FIG.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, it has been described that the IT resource receives an inventory execution instruction via the RFID tag when performing the inventory and performs S / W asset inventory via the LAN / wireless LAN.

Finally, a hardware configuration example of the asset management PC 10, the IT resource 40, and the IT resource management server 50 described in the first to sixth embodiments will be described.
FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of hardware resources of the asset management PC 10, the IT resource 40, and the IT resource management server 50 described in the first to sixth embodiments.
The configuration in FIG. 15 is merely an example of the hardware configuration of the asset management PC 10, IT resource 40, and IT resource management server 50. The hardware configuration is not limited to the configuration illustrated in FIG. 15, and other configurations may be used.

In FIG. 15, the asset management PC 10, the IT resource 40, and the IT resource management server 50 are a CPU 911 (also called a central processing unit, a central processing unit, a processing unit, a processing unit, a microprocessor, a microcomputer, and a processor) that executes a program. It has.
The CPU 911 is connected to, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 913, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 914, a communication board 915, a display device 901, a keyboard 902, a mouse 903, and a magnetic disk device 920 via a bus 912. Control hardware devices.
Further, the CPU 911 may be connected to an FDD 904 (Flexible Disk Drive), a compact disk device 905 (CDD), a printer device 906, and a scanner device 907. Further, instead of the magnetic disk device 920, a storage device such as an optical disk device or a memory card (registered trademark) read / write device may be used.
In the asset management PC 10, the CPU 911 is connected to the RFID reader / writer device 20, and in the IT resource 40, the CPU 911 is connected to the RFID tag 30.

The RAM 914 is an example of a volatile memory. The storage media of the ROM 913, the FDD 904, the CDD 905, and the magnetic disk device 920 are an example of a nonvolatile memory. These are examples of the storage device.
A communication board 915, a keyboard 902, a mouse 903, a scanner device 907, an FDD 904, and the like are examples of input devices.
The communication board 915, the display device 901, the printer device 906, and the like are examples of output devices.

  The communication board 915 is connected to the network as shown in FIGS. For example, the communication board 915 may be connected to a LAN (local area network), the Internet, a WAN (wide area network), or the like.

The magnetic disk device 920 stores an operating system 921 (OS), a window system 922, a program group 923, and a file group 924.
The programs in the program group 923 are executed by the CPU 911 using the operating system 921 and the window system 922.

The RAM 914 temporarily stores at least part of the operating system 921 program and application programs to be executed by the CPU 911.
The RAM 914 stores various data necessary for processing by the CPU 911.

The ROM 913 stores a BIOS (Basic Input Output System) program, and the magnetic disk device 920 stores a boot program.
When the asset management PC 10, the IT resource 40, and the IT resource management server 50 are activated, the BIOS program in the ROM 913 and the boot program for the magnetic disk device 920 are executed, and the operating system 921 is activated by the BIOS program and the boot program.

  The program group 923 stores a program for executing the function described as “˜unit” in the description of the first to sixth embodiments. The program is read and executed by the CPU 911.

In the file group 924, in the description of the first to sixth embodiments, “determination of”, “comparison of”, “evaluation of”, “update of”, “setting of”, “registration of” ”,“ Selection of ”,“ Reading of ”, etc. Information, data, signal values, variable values, and parameters indicating the results of processing are indicated as items of“ ˜file ”and“ ˜database ”. It is remembered.
The “˜file” and “˜database” are stored in a recording medium such as a disk or a memory. Information, data, signal values, variable values, and parameters stored in a storage medium such as a disk or memory are read out to the main memory or cache memory by the CPU 911 via a read / write circuit, and extracted, searched, referenced, compared, and calculated. Used for CPU operations such as calculation, processing, editing, output, printing, and display.
Information, data, signal values, variable values, and parameters are stored in the main memory, registers, cache memory, and buffers during the CPU operations of extraction, search, reference, comparison, calculation, processing, editing, output, printing, and display. It is temporarily stored in a memory or the like.
The arrows in the flowcharts described in the first to sixth embodiments mainly indicate input / output of data and signals. The data and signal values are the RAM 914 memory, the FDD 904 flexible disk, the CDD 905 compact disk, and the magnetic field. Recording is performed on a recording medium such as a magnetic disk of the disk device 920, other optical disks, mini disks, DVDs, and the like. Data and signals are transmitted online via a bus 912, signal lines, cables, or other transmission media.

  In addition, what is described as “to part” in the description of the first to sixth embodiments may be “to circuit”, “to device”, “to device”, and “to step”, It may be “˜procedure” or “˜processing”. That is, what is described as “˜unit” may be realized by firmware stored in the ROM 913. Alternatively, it may be implemented only by software, only hardware such as elements, devices, substrates, wirings, etc., or a combination of software and hardware, and further a combination of firmware. Firmware and software are stored as programs in a recording medium such as a magnetic disk, a flexible disk, an optical disk, a compact disk, a mini disk, and a DVD. The program is read by the CPU 911 and executed by the CPU 911. That is, the program causes the computer to function as “to part” in the first to sixth embodiments. Alternatively, the computer executes the procedure and method of “to unit” in the first to sixth embodiments.

  As described above, the asset management PC 10, the IT resource 40, and the IT resource management server 50 described in the first to sixth embodiments include a CPU that is a processing device, a memory that is a storage device, a magnetic disk, and the like, a keyboard that is an input device, a mouse, and a communication device. A computer including a board, a display device as an output device, a communication board, etc., and realizing the functions indicated as “-unit” using the processing device, storage device, input device, and output device as described above It is.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an asset management system according to a first embodiment. The flowchart figure which shows the process example in the asset management system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. The figure which shows the example of the information in fixed asset information DB which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. The figure which shows the example of the information in the S / W asset information storage memory which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. The figure which shows the example of the information in the fixed asset information storage memory which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. The flowchart figure which shows the process example in the asset management system which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. The figure which shows the structural example of the asset management system which concerns on Embodiment 3. FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a processing example in the asset management system according to the third embodiment. The figure which shows the example of the information in the fixed asset information storage memory which concerns on Embodiment 4. FIG. The flowchart figure which shows the process example in the asset management system which concerns on Embodiment 4. FIG. The figure which shows the example of the information in the fixed asset information storage memory which concerns on Embodiment 5. FIG. The figure which shows the structural example of the asset management system which concerns on Embodiment 6. FIG. The figure which shows the example of the information in the fixed asset information storage memory which concerns on Embodiment 6. FIG. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an example of processing in the asset management system according to the sixth embodiment. The figure which shows the hardware structural example of PC for asset management concerning Embodiment 1-6, IT resource, and IT resource management server.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Asset management PC, 11 Display part, 12 IT asset management part, 13 RFID reader / writer control part, 14 Information storage part, 15 Network communication part, 20 RFID reader / writer apparatus, 30 RFID tag, 31 RFID communication part, 32 S / W asset information storage memory, 33 Fixed asset information storage memory, 34 IT asset communication unit, 40 IT resource, 41 S / W asset management unit, 42 S / W asset information storage DB, 43 RFID tag communication unit, 50 IT asset management server, 51 fixed asset information DB, 52 S / W asset information DB, 53 communication unit, 54 location information DB, 60 network.

Claims (14)

An IC (Integrated Circuit) tag;
A communication system having an information collection device that communicates with the IC tag,
The IC tag is
Connected to an information device, and transmits fixed asset information including identification information of the information device, and transmits resource information indicating a resource used by the information device for information processing,
The information collecting device
A communication system, wherein fixed asset information and resource information are received from the IC tag. The information collecting device
It is connected to a device management device that is used to manage information devices as fixed assets and to manage resources used by information devices.
The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the fixed asset information and the resource information received from the IC tag are associated with each other and transmitted to the device management apparatus. The information collecting device
While receiving the fixed asset information and resource information of the information device from the IC tag,
From the equipment IC tag attached to the equipment where the information equipment is arranged, the identification information of the equipment where the information equipment is arranged is received,
The communication system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the fixed asset information, resource information, and facility identification information of the information device are associated with each other. The IC tag is
Fixed asset information is stored in advance,
Every time a change occurs in a resource used for information processing in the information device, difference resource information indicating a difference before and after the resource change is input from the information device,
The communication system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the stored fixed asset information and difference resource information input from the information device are transmitted. The information collecting device
Send a request for sending fixed asset information and resource information to the IC tag,
The IC tag is
Fixed asset information is stored in advance,
When receiving a transmission request from the information collection device, request the resource information output to the information device and input the resource information output from the information device,
The communication system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the stored fixed asset information and the resource information input from the information device are transmitted. The information collecting device
An output request for resource information is transmitted to the IC tag, the output request flag provided in the IC tag is turned on, and the IC tag is provided at a predetermined timing after the output request flag is set on. When the value of the readable flag is confirmed and when it is detected that the readable flag is turned on, a transmission request for fixed asset information and resource information is transmitted to the IC tag, and the IC tag Receive fixed asset information and resource information from
The IC tag is
Fixed asset information is stored in advance,
The resource information output from the information device that has detected that the output request flag is turned on is input, the readable flag is turned on by the information device, and the readable flag is turned on. 4. The stored fixed asset information and the resource information input from the information device are transmitted in accordance with a transmission request from the information collection device that has detected that the information is collected. Communications system. The information collecting device
An output request for resource information is transmitted to the IC tag, the output request flag provided in the IC tag is turned on, and the IC tag is provided at a predetermined timing after the output request flag is set on. When the value of the readable flag is confirmed and when it is detected that the readable flag is turned on, a transmission request for fixed asset information and resource information is transmitted to the IC tag, and the IC tag Receive fixed asset information and partial resource information that constitutes part of resource information from
The IC tag is
Fixed asset information is stored in advance,
The partial resource information output from the information device that has detected that the output request flag is turned on is input, the readable flag is turned on by the information device, and the readable flag is turned on. 4. The stored fixed asset information and the partial resource information input from the information device are transmitted in accordance with a transmission request from the information collecting device that has detected that the information is collected. The communication system described. The information collecting device
Sending the output request to the IC tag and turning on the output request flag until it is detected that a completion flag provided in the IC tag is turned on;
The IC tag is
4. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein when the last partial resource information is input from the information device, the readable flag and the completion flag are turned on by the information device. . An information device to which an IC (Integrated Circuit) tag is connected, and an information collection device that communicates with the IC tag, wherein the information device and the information collection device manage the information device as a fixed asset and A communication system connected to a device management apparatus used to manage resources used by information devices for information processing,
The information collecting device
The fixed asset information including the identification information of the information device is received from the IC tag and the received fixed asset information is transmitted to the device management apparatus, and the information device is transmitted to the information device via the IC tag. Instructing the device management apparatus to transmit resource information indicating a resource used by the information device for information processing,
The information device is
A communication system, wherein an instruction from the information collection device is input via the IC tag, and resource information is transmitted to the device management device based on the instruction from the information processing device. The information device is
The communication system according to claim 9, wherein identification information and resource information of the information device are transmitted to the device management apparatus. The information collecting device
The fixed asset information of the information device is received from the IC tag, and the identification information of the facility where the information device is disposed is received from the facility IC tag attached to the facility where the information device is disposed. The communication system according to claim 9, wherein fixed asset information and facility identification information are transmitted to the device management apparatus. Resources that communicate with an IC (Integrated Circuit) tag connected to the information device, receive fixed asset information including identification information of the information device from the IC tag, and are used by the information device for information processing A tag communication unit that receives the resource information indicated by the IC tag;
An information collection device comprising: an information storage unit that stores fixed asset information and resource information received by the tag communication unit in association with each other. The tag communication unit is
While receiving the fixed asset information and resource information of the information device from the IC tag,
From the equipment IC tag attached to the equipment where the information equipment is arranged, the identification information of the equipment where the information equipment is arranged is received,
The information storage unit
13. The information collecting apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the fixed asset information, resource information, and facility identification information of the information device are stored in association with each other. The information collecting device
It is connected to a device management device that is used to manage information devices as fixed assets and to manage resources used by information devices.
The information collection device according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the fixed asset information and the resource information received from the IC tag are associated with each other and transmitted to the device management device.

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