JP2009211273A - File exchange device and file exchange method in information communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the file exchange device of an information communication system for efficiently performing a file exchange of an information communication system. <P>SOLUTION: The file exchange device 140 includes: a network element server equipped with an act system device 114 having an act system current file 116 and a stand-by system device 112 having a stand-by system current file 116; and an element management server equipped with an act system current file for management and a stand-by system current file for management and a file management device. In this case, the file exchange device 140 has a new schemer formation device 142 for forming a new schemer; a new file formation device for a network element server for forming an act system new file and a stand-by system new file in the network element server; and a new file formation device for an element management server for forming an act system new file for management and a stand-by system new file for management in the element management server. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a file exchange device and a file exchange method for an information communication system.

  In general, the service content of a subscriber who subscribes to an information communication service is managed in a database for each subscriber by the information communication system. The information communication system is generally composed of a network element server (NES), an element management server (EMS), and a service management server (SMS: Service Management Server). NES is a server that provides information communication services to customers. The EMS is a server that manages files related to NES services. The SMS is a server that is positioned above the EMS, performs input / output management of data related to the service, and performs a test operation of the network service.

  Such an information communication system is required to continue system operation without interrupting a contractor's service when a file update is requested. For example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 disclose a method of shortening the interruption of service due to file replacement by making a system redundant.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a program exchange device for an exchange system composed of a 0 system and a 1 system. In such an apparatus, when a program update request is generated, the program update process is performed in the 1 system while the 0 system remains in the service execution state. Thereafter, the system is switched between the 0 system and the 1 system, and the program update process in the 0 system is performed while the 1 system remains in the service execution state. Thereby, the interruption of the service due to the program update can be shortened.

  Similarly, Patent Document 2 discloses a file change method for a digital private branch exchange equipped with a control unit for an active system and a standby system. In this configuration as well, when a new function is requested by the user, the operating system is maintained in the active system, the standby control program is updated, and the active program is updated after the control program is updated. The control data of the system is transferred to the standby system, and the active system and the standby system are switched. Thereby, interruption of system operation at the time of program exchange can be shortened.

  Thus, also in the information communication system described above, NES is usually redundantly configured (clustered) with two systems, for example, a standby system apparatus and an act system apparatus, in order to prevent service interruption. Also, before updating a file, it is usually required to perform a test operation of a new service system based on the updated file (hereinafter referred to as a new file). For this reason, when replacing files, for example, a system for a new service based on a new file on an act device while maintaining system operation based on a file before update (hereinafter referred to as an active file) on a standby device. Is operated on a trial basis (hereinafter referred to as new file provisional operation). Thereafter, when it is determined that the system is to be operated based on the new file, the active file on the standby system is updated to the new file. As a result, the file can be replaced through the new file temporary operation without interrupting the service.

  Further, in general, in file replacement in an information communication system, for example, when a new file abnormality occurs, it is necessary to maintain system operation based on the current file. For this reason, the EMS manages replicas (master files) and data such as service data on the EMS as the working schema constituting the working file. Thereby, for example, even when an Act system device failure, a new file abnormality, etc. occur, the system operation can be maintained based on the current file, and the service can be continued. In other words, even when a new file is in temporary operation, EMS manages the current schema, so that when a new file abnormality occurs, the system operation is maintained based on the current file configured by the current schema. Is possible.

  However, even during provisional operation of new files, not only the provision of services to existing contractors, but also the updating of data related to services (hereinafter referred to as service data) such as addition, change, suspension, and resumption of services is required. There are many cases.

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  However, in the conventional information communication system, during temporary operation of a new file, as described above, the EMS includes only the current schema and does not include the new schema constituting the new file. Therefore, during temporary operation of a new file, update of service data related to the new service of the new file is restricted, or update of the service data stored after the replacement of the file is completed after temporarily storing service data update requests Had to resume.

  In addition, when new service data is requested to be added to the new schema that constitutes the new file during the temporary operation of the new file, the new file in the ACT system device cannot be updated through the EMS having only the working schema. . Therefore, the system cannot be tested on the basis of a new file for the latest service required.

  Furthermore, in the case of file replacement, NES under SMS / EMS does not only operate NES that is temporarily operating a new file, but also performs system operation based on the NES that is still operating the system based on the current file and the new file. Includes NES to perform. Therefore, when there is a request for updating service data related to a service that is currently in operation during the replacement of these files, it is necessary to update the service data from among these NESs to the NES that is the update request destination. At this time, the EMS has data for checking the consistency between the transaction data and the schema so that data corruption due to erroneous update does not occur for the update transaction to the NES generated by SMS. However, because the entire system is a single table, the current data does not exist when the EMS is replaced with a new file and rewritten with a new schema. For this reason, when there is at least one NES that operates the system based on the current file under the EMS, data that can support both the new schema and the current schema is required. As a result, it becomes necessary to investigate and create the difference information of the current schema with respect to the new schema.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved information communication system capable of efficiently exchanging files of the information communication system. To provide a file exchange apparatus and a file exchange method.

  In order to solve the above problems, according to an aspect of the present invention, an act system device that provides an information communication service to a customer based on an act system active file configured based on an active schema and the act system current file A network element server (NES) having a standby system device having a corresponding standby system active file, a management act system file corresponding to the act system current file, and a management standby system corresponding to the standby system file A file exchange apparatus of an information communication system comprising a system management file and an element management server (EMS) including a file management apparatus for managing each file, and a new schema formation apparatus for forming a new schema; In the NES, the act device is connected to the act. In addition to the active file, an act system new file configured based on the new schema is formed, and a standby system new file configured based on the new schema is added to the standby system device in addition to the standby system active file. In the network element server new file forming apparatus to be formed and the element management server, in addition to the management act system active file, a management act system new file corresponding to the act system new file is formed and the management A file exchange for an information communication system, comprising: a new file forming device for an element management server that forms a management standby system new file corresponding to the standby system new file in addition to the standby system current file An apparatus is provided.

  With such a configuration, even during file replacement of the information communication system, the EMS includes the management update standby system new file and the management act system new file in addition to the management standby system active file and the management act system active file. Can do. The file management apparatus can manage each of the current files and each of the new files. As a result, the file management apparatus can manage the working schema constituting each of the working files and the new schema constituting each of the new files.

  Here, the file is constituted by a schema or the like, and means, for example, a collection of program files, data files, and the like. A schema is a structure definition of a database. For example, in the case of a relational database, it means a definition of the data type of each item of a table, the relationship with other tables, and the like.

  The file exchange device of the information communication system may further include a service management server (SMS), the service management server managing the current schema of the element management server, and the element management server. And a new schema management device for managing the new schema.

  With this configuration, the SMS can manage the current schema and the new schema provided in the EMS. As a result, when the service data related to the working schema is updated, the working schema management apparatus can refer to the working schema included in the EMS. On the other hand, when there is a service data update request related to the new schema, the SMS can refer to the new schema included in the EMS.

  The file management device can also operate in a new file temporary operation mode of the information communication system, and in the new file temporary operation mode, provides an information communication service to a customer based on a standby active file in the standby device. In the act system apparatus, a test operation of the information communication system can be executed based on the act system new file.

  Accordingly, the file exchange apparatus of the information communication system according to a certain aspect of the present invention can execute the test operation of the new file system while continuing the information communication service to the customer at the time of file exchange. As a result, it is possible to realize the file replacement of the information communication system without interrupting the service to the customer.

  The file management apparatus further includes the standby system active file of the standby system apparatus, the act system active file of the act system apparatus, and the management standby system of the element management server after completion of the new file temporary operation mode. It is also possible to delete the current file and the management act system active file, and provide an information communication service to the customer based on the act system new file of the act system device.

  As a result, the act system apparatus includes only the act system new file, and the standby system apparatus includes only the standby system new file. As a result, the information communication system can provide the customer with a new service after file replacement based on the new file of the act system device.

  The file exchange device of the information communication system may further include an update work management device, and the update work management device is configured to use the standby system current file of the standby system device and the standby system new file based on the current schema. A file, the act system active file and the act system new file of the act system device, the management standby system current file and the management standby system new file and the management act system current file of the element management server, and The management act system new file can also be updated.

  With this configuration, when there is a request for updating service data related to a service currently in operation, regardless of whether or not the information communication system is performing file replacement, each of the NES and EMS current services is based on the current schema. Files and each new file can be updated.

  The update work management device is further configured to, based on the new schema, the standby system new file of the standby system device, the act system new file of the act system device, and the management standby system new file of the element management server. The file and the management act system new file can be updated.

  As a result, even when there is a service data update request for a new file in the new file temporary operation mode, only the new files of NES and EMS can be updated based on the new schema.

  In order to solve the above problems, according to an aspect of the present invention, an act system device that provides an information communication service to a customer based on an act system active file configured based on an active schema and the act system current file A network element server comprising a standby device having a corresponding standby active file, a management act active file corresponding to the act active file, and a management standby active file corresponding to the standby active file And an element management server comprising a file management device for managing each file, and a file exchange method for an information communication system, wherein a new schema is formed by a new schema formation device, and a new network element server By the file forming device, the net In the key element server, in addition to the act system active file, the act system server forms an act system new file configured based on the new schema, and adds to the standby system device the standby system active file. A standby new file configured based on the new schema is formed, and the new file forming device for element management server supports the new act file in addition to the management active file in the element management server. And a management standby system new file corresponding to the standby system new file in addition to the management standby system current file. An exchange method can be provided.

  The information communication system can further include a service management server. In this case, the file exchange method of the information communication system manages the working schema of the element management server in the service management server, and the element The new schema of the management server can also be managed.

  The file exchange method of the information communication system further provides an information communication service to a customer based on a standby system active file in the standby apparatus when the file exchange apparatus operates in a new file temporary operation mode, and the act It is also possible to execute a test operation of the information communication system based on the new act system file in the system apparatus.

  The file exchange method of the information communication system further includes, by the file exchange device, after the completion of the new file temporary operation mode, the standby system active file of the standby system device, the act system active file of the act system device, The management standby system active file and the management act system active file of the element management server may be deleted, and an information communication service may be provided to the customer based on the act system new file of the act system device.

  The file exchange method of the information communication system further includes an update work management device, based on the working schema, the standby working file and the standby new file of the standby device, and the act system of the act device. Updates the current file and the new act file, and the management standby current file and the management standby new file and the management act current file and the management act new file of the element management server. You can also

  The file exchange method of the information communication system further includes an update work management device based on the new schema, the standby system new file of the standby system device, the act system new file of the act system device, and the element The management standby new file and the management act new file of the management server can be updated.

  By providing such a file exchange method for an information communication system, it is possible to obtain the same effect as when the file exchange apparatus for the information communication system is provided.

  In addition, in order to check the consistency between transaction data and schema in order to prevent data corruption due to erroneous update for update transactions to NES generated by SMS, the data provided in EMS is under EMS. As long as there is at least one NES that performs system operation based on the current file, it is retained on the EMS. Therefore, immediately before the EMS is replaced with a new file and rewritten with the new schema, the current schema is saved and the data corresponding to the new file and the current file are completely separated, thereby examining the difference information of the current schema with respect to the new schema. It is possible to save the time and effort of making.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a new and improved file exchange apparatus and file exchange method for an information communication system capable of efficiently performing file exchange in an information communication system.

  Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in this specification and drawing, about the component which has the substantially same function structure, duplication description is abbreviate | omitted by attaching | subjecting the same code | symbol.

(1) Configuration of Information Communication System FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an information communication system 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention. An information communication system 100 shown in FIG. 1 includes a network element server (NES) 110, an element management server 130 (EMS: Element Management Server), and a service management server 150 (SMS: Service Management Server). . The NES 110 is a server that provides information communication services to customers. For example, the NES 110 is a network device such as an exchange or a transmission device that forms a physical network. The EMS 130 is a server that manages files related to the services of the NES 110. The SMS 150 is a server that is positioned above the EMS 130 and that performs input / output management of service-related data and the like, and executes network service test operations and the like. For example, it manages services such as data services such as IP telephone, video, and broadband.

The NES 110 is redundantly configured (clustered) into a standby (SBY) system device 112 and an act (ACT) system device 114 in order to prevent interruption of service to the user.
The act system device 114 includes an act system working file 116 configured based on a working schema 180 (not shown in FIG. 1) for providing an information communication service to a customer. On the other hand, the standby system device 112 includes a standby system active file 118 corresponding to the act system active file 116. Further, the NES 110 stores the file of the standby system device 112 in the memory of the act system device 114 immediately after the switch of the act system in which the system that has been the act until now becomes the standby and the system that was the other standby becomes the act. A known memory synchronization mechanism (not shown) is provided to periodically take over the memory from the act system to the standby system after the takeover and memory takeover are completed.

  The EMS 130 includes a management act system active file 132 corresponding to the act system current file 116, and a management standby system active file 134 corresponding to the standby system current file 118. The EMS 130 further includes a file management apparatus 140 that manages updating, deletion, and the like of each file of the NES 110 and EMS 130 and manages a schema that configures each file of the EMS 130. As shown in FIG. 2, the file management apparatus 140 further includes a new schema forming apparatus 142, a new file forming apparatus 144 for a network element server, a new file forming apparatus 146 for an element management server, and an update work management apparatus 148. Can be provided.

  The new schema forming apparatus 142 generates a new schema 182 (not shown in FIG. 1) that constitutes the updated file when the file of the information communication system 100 is replaced. When the information communication system 100 replaces files, the network element server new file forming device 144 is configured to act on the act system device 114 based on the new schema 182 in addition to the act system current file 116. A new file 120 is formed. The network element server new file forming apparatus 144 further forms a standby system new file 122 configured based on the new schema 182 in addition to the standby system current file 118 in the standby system apparatus 112. When the information communication system 100 performs file replacement, the element management server new file forming apparatus 146 sends a management act system new file corresponding to the act system new file 120 to the EMS 130 in addition to the management act system current file 132. A file 136 is formed, and a management standby system new file 138 corresponding to the standby system new file 122 is formed in addition to the management standby system current file 134. The update work management device 148 updates each file of the EMS 130 and the NES 110 based on the current schema 180 or the new schema 182 when there is a service data update request related to the current schema 180 or the new schema 182 constituting each current file. Execute. This update operation will be described in detail later.

  In this embodiment, the file management apparatus 140 includes a new schema forming apparatus 142, a new file forming apparatus 144 for a network element server, a new file forming apparatus 146 for an element management server, and an update work management apparatus 148. However, the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the new schema forming device 142, the new file forming device 144 for the network element server, the new file forming device 146 for the element management server, and the update work management device 148 can be configured independently of the file management device 140. is there. Furthermore, the network element server new file forming apparatus 144 can naturally be configured in the network element server 110.

  The SMS 150 includes a service data input / output management device 152 that performs input / output management of data related to services of the information communication system 100, for example, service data such as service addition, change, and temporary suspension / resumption of service use. Here, the data means a database record, a field value setting value, and the like. The SMS 150 includes a working schema management device 154 that manages the working schema 180 that constitutes the management act system active file 132 and the management standby system working file 134 of the EMS 130. Further, the SMS 150 includes a new schema management device 156 that manages the new schema 182 constituting the management act system new file 136 and the management standby system new file 138 of the EMS 130.

  Service data in the information communication system 100 according to the present embodiment is updated by applying a database management system (DBMS: Database Management System) of a client / server model, which is a known technique in database update. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the DBMS client 52 that the EMS 130 can provide for the update transaction 50 from the SMS 150 is converted into an SQL statement through the schema check mechanism, and the DBMS server 54 of the EMS 130 and the DBMS server of the NE 110. 58. Thereafter, the DBMS servers 54 and 58 update the database 56 on the EMS 130 and the database 60 on the NES 110, respectively.

  With this configuration, when the information communication system 100 performs file replacement, the file management apparatus 140 can operate in the new file temporary operation mode. In the new file temporary operation mode, the standby system device 112 maintains provision of services to the customer based on the standby system active file 118, while the act system device 114 operates based on the act system new file 120. Execute the test operation. When the new file temporary operation mode ends and it is determined that the system operation is performed based on the new file, the file management device 140 determines that the standby system active file 118 of the standby system device 112 and the act system active file of the act system device 114 116 is deleted, and the information communication service is provided to the customer based on the act new file 120 of the act device 114. As a result, the file can be replaced through a test operation of the system using the new file without interrupting the service.

  FIG. 3 is a partial conceptual diagram of a general network configuration to which the information communication system 100 according to the present embodiment is applied. As shown in FIG. 3, there are usually a plurality of NESs 110 under the control of the EMS 130, and each NES 110 provides a service to each user terminal 162 via the service network 160. Therefore, when the information communication system 100 performs the file replacement, the NES 110a that is operating the system based on the act system active file 116a before the file replacement, the NES 110b that is in the new file temporary operation mode during the file replacement, The NES 110c that operates the system based on the new act system file 120c after the file replacement is mixed. In FIG. 3, for convenience of explanation, three NESs 110a, 110b, and 110c are shown, but the information communication system 100 of the present embodiment can naturally be applied to many more NESs. Understood.

  As described above, in the information communication system 100 according to the present embodiment, when performing file replacement, the EMS 130 causes the active schema that configures the management standby active files 134a and 134b and the management act active files 132a and 132b. In addition to 180, the management standby system new files 138b and 138c and the management act system new files 136b and 136c are provided. Further, the file management apparatus 140 manages the current schema 180 and the new schema 182. On the other hand, in the conventional information communication system, since EMS managed only the working schema constituting the file before the file replacement, various problems occurred. Hereinafter, problems in the conventional information communication system will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 9 shows a block diagram of a conventional information communication system 80. The information communication system 80 includes an NES 82, an EMS 84, and an SMS 86, similarly to the information communication system 100 that is one of the embodiments of the present invention. Although the detailed configuration will be omitted because it is duplicated, when performing file replacement of the information communication system 80, the conventional EMS 84 uses only the management standby active file 88 and the management act active file 90 before the file update. to manage. Further, the SMS 86 includes a working schema management device 92 that manages only the working schema constituting the management standby system working file 88 and the management act system working file 90.

  Furthermore, the conventional information communication system 80 executes a test operation of the system using a new file, as with the information communication system 100, when performing file replacement. That is, the standby system device 98 maintains service provision to the customer based on the standby system active file 76, while the act system device 78 executes the test operation of the information communication system 80 based on the new act system file 70. can do. As a result, when replacing files, it was possible to test the system using a new file while continuing to provide services to users. However, in general, in information communication systems, during provisional operation of new files, not only the provision of services to users, but also service data updates such as service additions, changes, and suspension / resumption of service use are frequently required. It is assumed that

  However, as described above, in the conventional information communication system 80, during the temporary operation of the new file, the EMS 84 manages only the current schema and does not manage the new schema constituting the new file. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9, during the temporary operation of the new file, it is necessary to regulate the update of the service data related to the new file, or to temporarily interrupt the request so as to accumulate and restart after the file replacement is completed. .

  FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing another problem of the conventional information communication system 80. During the new file temporary operation, the EMS 84 manages only the working schema as described above. Therefore, when the service data update is requested for the new schema constituting the new file during the temporary operation of the new file, the act new file 70 in the act system device 78 is updated through the EMS that maintains only the current schema. I can't. That is, the conventional information communication system 80 cannot execute the test operation of the system based on the new file reflecting the new data for the new service.

  11 and 12 are conceptual diagrams showing still another problem of the conventional information communication system 80. FIG. As described above, the NES 82 under the EMS 84 includes not only the NES 82 that is temporarily operating the new file, but also the NES 82 that is still operating the system based on the current file and the NES 82 that is already operating the system based on the new file. Therefore, when the service data related to the service currently in operation is updated during the replacement of these files, it is necessary to update the service data from among these NESs 82 to the update request destination NES 82. At this time, the EMS 84 includes data for checking the consistency between the transaction data and the schema so that data corruption due to erroneous update does not occur for the update transaction to the NES 82 generated by the SMS 86. However, since the entire system is a single table, the current data does not exist when the EMS 84 is replaced with a new file and rewritten with a new schema. Therefore, when there is at least one NES that performs system operation based on the current file under the EMS 84, data corresponding to both the new schema and the current schema is required. As a result, it has become necessary to investigate and create difference information of the current schema with respect to the new schema. That is, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, when creating the new file 40a or 40b, the conventional information communication system 80 first checks the difference by comparing the new schema 42 and the current schema 44. If there is, the difference information 46 is generated. If there is a difference thereafter, it is necessary to create a new file 40 b based on the difference information 46 and the new schema 42. On the other hand, when there is no difference, it is necessary to create a new file 40a based only on the new schema 42, and it takes time to manually investigate and create the difference information 46.

  On the other hand, the information communication system 100 which is one of the embodiments of the present invention can solve these problems by including the above-described configuration. This point will be described below with reference to FIG.

  During the file replacement, the EMS 130 includes the management standby system new file 138 and the management standby system current file 134 and the management act system current file 132 as described above, and the management standby system new file 138 and the management file. A new schema 182 that constitutes a new act system file 136 is provided. Further, the working schema management apparatus 154 of the SMS 150 can refer to (scope) the working schema 180 of the EMS 130 when the service data related to the service currently in operation is updated. Also, the new schema management device 156 of the SMS 150 can refer to (scope) the new schema 182 of the EMS 130 when there is a service data update request regarding a new service of a new file in the new file temporary operation mode. That is, even in the new file temporary operation mode, the information communication system 100 responds to an update request for service data related to a new service based on the new schema 182 and each new file 120, 122, 136, 138 of the EMS 130 and NE 110. Can only be updated.

  As a result, the information communication system 100 according to the present embodiment does not need to restrict the update of service data related to the new file even in the new file temporary operation mode. Further, unlike the conventional information communication system, the system test operation can be executed based on the act new file 120 reflecting the new data for the new service.

  Further, unlike the conventional information communication system, it is not necessary to create the difference information as described above. This will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 are conceptual diagrams of creation of a new file 300 when file replacement is performed in the information communication system 100 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the EMS 130 is completely separated into data corresponding to the new file 300 and the working file 301, and the working schema 301 is saved immediately before the EMS is replaced with the new file 300 and rewritten to the new schema 182. Thus, the trouble of investigating and creating the difference information of the current schema with respect to the conventional new schema can be saved. Therefore, a new file can be created based only on the new schema 182 by automatically saving the current schema 301 regardless of which part of the new schema 182 has been updated without conducting manual investigations and operations that are aware of differences. 300 can be generated.

(2) Operation at the time of file replacement Next, the operation at the time of file replacement of the information communication system 100 according to the present embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the file replacement operation of the information communication system 100 according to the present embodiment.

  Step 400 is an operating state of the system based on the current file before file replacement. At this stage, the standby system device 112 includes a standby system current file 118, and the act system device 114 includes an act system current file 116. The EMS 130 includes a management standby active file 134 and a management act active file 132. The file management apparatus 140 manages each of these files and recognizes that the NES 110 is in a state where file replacement has not been performed. The file management device 140 manages the working schema 180 that constitutes each working file. In this state, when there is a service data update request, the update work management device 148 performs update transaction data from the SMS 150 on the basis of the current schema 180 and the current files 116, 118, 132 of the NES 110 and EMS 130. , 134 is updated.

  Next, in step 410, the new schema forming device 142 generates a new schema 182 that constitutes the new file after file replacement in the EMS 130. That is, in step 410, the EMS 130 includes the current schema 180 and the new schema 182, and the file management apparatus 140 manages the current schema 180 and the new schema 182. Further, the file management apparatus 140 manages the current files of the NES 110 and the EMS 130 in the same manner as in step 400 described above, and recognizes that the NES 110 is performing file replacement.

  Next, in step 420, the network element server new file forming device 144 generates the standby new file 122 of the standby device 112 and the act new file 120 of the act device 114. Thereafter, in step 430, the NES 110 can take over the environment from the standby system active file 118 and the act system current file 116 to the standby system new file 122 and the act system new file 120, respectively, and can attempt to operate the system with each new file. Configure. In step 440, the element management server new file forming device 146 generates a management standby new file 138 and a management act new file 136. This can be performed, for example, by uploading the new files 120 and 122 generated by the NES 110 to the EMS 130. Thereafter, in step 450, a new file temporary operation mode is set by executing a test operation of the system based on the act system new file 120. That is, the standby system 112 maintains the system operation based on the standby system active file 118, and the act system apparatus 114 executes the system test operation based on the act system new file 120.

  In the new file temporary operation mode of step 450, the file management apparatus 140 manages the current schema 180 and the new schema 182 as described above. Further, as described above, the SMS 150 includes the current schema management device 154 that can scope the current schema 180 and the new schema management device 156 that can scope the new schema 182. As a result, the EMS 130 can receive service transaction update transaction data for the current schema 180 and the new schema 182 from the SMS 150.

  Therefore, in step 150, when there is a request for updating service data related to the currently operated service, the update work management device 148, based on the current schema 180, updates each of the current files 116, 118, 132, EMS 130 and NES 110. 134 and each new file 120, 122, 136, 138 is updated. On the other hand, when there is a request for updating service data related to the new service, the update work management device 148 updates only the new files 120, 122, 136, and 138 of the EMS 130 and the NES 110 based on the new schema 182.

  Thereafter, in step 460, when it is determined that the system operation is to be executed based on the new file configured based on the new schema 182, the file management apparatus 140 determines that the standby active file 118 and the act active file 116 of the NES 110 Then, the management standby active file 134 and the management act active file 132 of the EMS 130 are deleted. Further, the file management apparatus 140 updates the state of the NES 110 from the time when the file is being replaced to the time when the file is not being replaced. In step 460, since the NES 110 has already operated the system based on the act system new file 120, when there is a service data update request, the update work management device 148 performs the NES 110 based on the new schema 182 of the EMS 130. And each new file 120, 122, 136, 138 of EMS 130 is updated. In step 460, the file management apparatus 140 continuously manages the current schema 180.

  In step 470, the file management apparatus 140 determines whether all the NESs 110 subject to file replacement under the EMS 130 have completed the file replacement. If there is an NES 110 that has not yet been replaced, the process returns to step 420, and the file replacement of the NES 110 is executed. Accordingly, the file management apparatus 140 manages both the current schema 180 and the new schema 182 of the EMS 130 until all the NESs 110 that are the target of file replacement finish the file replacement.

  When the file replacement of all NESs 110 to be replaced is completed, the file management apparatus 140 deletes the current schema 180 of the EMS 130 in step 480. Thereafter, the information communication system 100 can operate the system based on the new file that is uniformly configured based on the new schema 182.

(3) Data Update Operation The file replacement operation in the information communication system 100 according to the present embodiment has been described above. However, in order to deepen the understanding of the present embodiment, the information communication system 100 updates service data. The operation of the information communication system 100 when requested is described below.

  FIG. 7 shows a flowchart of the operation of the information communication system 100 when there is a service data update request in the information communication system 100 according to the present embodiment.

  First, when there is a request for updating service data, that is, when the update work management device 148 receives an update transaction from the SMS 150, in step 600, the file management device 140 determines whether the NES 110 under the EMS 130 is performing file replacement. Judging. If the NES 110 is not performing file replacement, the update work management apparatus 148 updates the current files 116, 118, 132, and 134 of the NES 110 and the EMS 130 based on the current schema 180 for the update transaction in step 602. The service data is updated by

  On the other hand, if the NES 110 is performing file replacement in step 600, in step 610, the update work management device 148 determines whether or not the NES 110 is in the new file temporary operation mode. If the NES 110 is not in the new file provisional operation mode, in step 612, the update work management device 148 performs the update transaction data on each of the current files 116, 118, 132, 134 and EMS 130 and NES 110 based on the current schema 180. The service data is updated by updating each new file 120, 122, 136, 138.

  When the NES 110 is in the new file temporary operation mode in step 610, in step 620, the update work management device 148 determines whether the update transaction from the SMS 150 is an update of service data (current route) related to the service currently in operation. It is determined whether the service data related to the new service is updated (new route). If the transaction is an update transaction for the current route, the update work management device 148 performs the current file 116, 118, 132, 134 and each new file 120 of the EMS 130 and NES 110 based on the current schema 180 through the above steps 612 and 614. , 122, 136, and 138 to update the service data.

  On the other hand, if the transaction is an update transaction for a new route in step 620, the update work management device 148 updates the new files 120, 122, 136, and 138 of the EMS 130 and NES 110 based on the new schema 182 in step 622. Update service data.

  As described above, the information communication system 100 according to the present embodiment reflects the data update on each of the current file and each new file of the NES 110 and the EMS 130 even when the file replacement is being performed as well as when the file replacement is not performed. Is possible. Further, even in the new file temporary operation mode, for updating the data of the working route, it is possible to update each working file and each new file of the NES 110 and EMS 130 based on the working schema. Can update only each new file of NES 110 and EMS 130.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is obvious that a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains can come up with various changes and modifications within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims. Of course, it is understood that these also belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

  For example, in the above embodiment, one standby system device 112 includes the standby system active file 118 and the standby system new file 122, but the standby system device including the standby system active file 118 and the standby system device including the standby system new file 122. And may be provided separately. The same applies to the act system device 114. It can be understood by those skilled in the art that even if configured in this manner, the same effects as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the case where there is one NES 110 under the control of the EMS 130 has been mainly described for convenience of explanation. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the NES 110 assumed in a normal network environment is also included. Of course it can be applied.

1 is a block diagram of an information communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram of the file management apparatus of the information communication system according to the embodiment. It is a partial conceptual diagram of a network configuration to which the information communication system according to the embodiment is applied. It is a conceptual diagram of new file creation of the information communication system which concerns on the embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram of new file creation of the information communication system which concerns on the embodiment. It is an operation | movement flowchart figure at the time of file replacement of the information communication system which concerns on the embodiment. FIG. 11 is an operation flowchart when there is a service data update request in the information communication system according to the embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram of the data update by DBMS. It is a block diagram showing the problem of the conventional information communication system. It is a block diagram showing another problem of the conventional information communication system. It is a conceptual diagram of new file creation in the conventional information communication system. It is a conceptual diagram of new file creation in the conventional information communication system.

Explanation of symbols

100 Information Communication System 110 Network Element Server (NES)
112 Standby system 114 Act system apparatus 116 Act system current file 118 Standby system current file 120 Act system new file 122 Standby system new file 130 Element management server (EMS)
132 Management Act System Current File 134 Management Standby System Current File 136 Management Act System New File 138 Management Standby System Current File 140 File Management Device 142 New Schema Forming Device 144 New File Forming Device for Network Element Server 146 Element Management Server New file forming device 148 Update work management device 150 Service management server (SMS)
154 Current schema management device 156 New schema management device 180 Current schema 182 New schema

Claims (12)

A network comprising an act system device that provides an information communication service to a customer based on an act system active file configured based on an active schema, and a standby system device having a standby system active file corresponding to the act system active file An element comprising: an element server; a management act system active file corresponding to the act system current file; a management standby system active file corresponding to the standby system current file; and a file management device for managing each file An information communication system file exchange device comprising a management server and:
A new schema forming device for forming a new schema;
In the network element server, an act system new file configured based on the new schema is formed in the act system device in addition to the act system active file, and in addition to the standby system active file in the standby system device A new file forming device for a network element server that forms a standby system new file configured based on the new schema;
In the element management server, in addition to the management act system active file, a management act system new file corresponding to the act system new file is formed, and in addition to the management standby system current file, the standby system new file A file exchange apparatus for an information communication system, comprising: a new file forming apparatus for an element management server that forms a management standby new file corresponding to The file exchange device of the information communication system further comprises a service management server,
The service management server comprises: a working schema management device that manages the working schema of the element management server; and a new schema management device that manages the new schema of the element management server. 2. A file exchange apparatus for an information communication system according to 1.   The file management device can operate in a new file temporary operation mode of an information communication system, and provides an information communication service to a customer based on a standby active file in the standby device in the new file temporary operation mode. 2. The information exchange system file exchange apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a test operation of the information communication system is executed based on the new act file in the act apparatus.   The file management device, after the temporary operation mode of the new file is finished, the standby active file of the standby device, the act active file of the act device, and the management standby active file of the element management server. 4. The information communication system according to claim 3, wherein the file and the management act system active file are deleted, and an information communication service is provided to a customer based on the act system new file of the act system device. File exchange device. The file exchange device further includes an update work management device,
The update work management device, based on the working schema, the standby working file and the standby new file of the standby device, the act working file and the act new file of the act device, 4. The management standby system active file, the management standby system new file, the management act system active file, and the management act system new file of the element management server are updated. A file exchange device for an information communication system according to claim 1.   The update work management device is further configured to, based on the new schema, the standby system new file of the standby system device, the act system new file of the act system device, and the management standby system new file of the element management server. 4. The file exchange device for an information communication system according to claim 3, wherein the file and the management act system new file are updated. A network comprising an act system device that provides an information communication service to a customer based on an act system active file configured based on an active schema, and a standby system device having a standby system active file corresponding to the act system active file An element comprising: an element server; a management act system active file corresponding to the act system current file; a management standby system active file corresponding to the standby system current file; and a file management device for managing each file An information communication system file exchange method comprising: a management server;
A new schema is formed by a new schema forming device,
In the network element server, the network element server new file forming device forms an act system new file configured based on the new schema in addition to the act system current file in the act system device, and the standby system In addition to the standby current file in the device, a standby new file configured based on the new schema is formed,
In the element management server, in addition to the management act system current file, a management act system new file corresponding to the act system new file is formed by the element management server new file forming apparatus, and the management standby system A file exchange method for an information communication system, wherein a management standby new file corresponding to the standby new file is formed in addition to the current file. The information communication system further includes a service management server. In this case, the file exchange method of the information communication system includes:
8. The file exchange method for an information communication system according to claim 7, wherein the service management server manages the current schema of the element management server and manages the new schema of the element management server.   The file exchange method of the information communication system provides an information communication service to a customer based on a standby system active file in the standby system device when the file exchange device operates in a new file temporary operation mode, and the act system 8. The information exchange system file exchange method according to claim 7, wherein a test operation of the information communication system based on the act system new file is executed in the apparatus.   In the file exchange method of the information communication system, after the new file temporary operation mode ends, the file exchange device causes the standby system active file of the standby system device, the act system active file of the act system device, The management standby system active file and the management act system active file of the element management server are deleted, and an information communication service is provided to a customer based on the act system new file of the act system device, The file exchange method of the information communication system according to claim 9.   The file exchange method of the information communication system further includes an update work management device, based on the working schema, the standby working file and the standby new file of the standby device, and the act system of the act device. Updates the current file and the new act file, and the management standby current file and the management standby new file and the management act current file and the management act new file of the element management server. The file exchange method for an information communication system according to claim 9, wherein: The file exchange method of the information communication system further includes an update work management device based on the new schema, the standby system new file of the standby system device, the act system new file of the act system device, and the element 10. The file exchange method for an information communication system according to claim 9, wherein the management standby new file and the management act new file of the management server are updated.

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