JP2010218168A - Virtual client pc management system, and virtual client pc management method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To consolidate products for managing and controlling a virtual client PC. <P>SOLUTION: The virtual client PC management system stores, in a memory, argument information including an IP address of the virtual client PC 201 and an IP address of a physical server computer for preparing the virtual client PC 201; generates a virtual client PC name and argument of the IP address and others, from the memory, using the IP address of the physical server computer or the virtual client PC name, as input information; and issues, to a middleware part, a command of preparing the virtual computer on the physical server computer, based on the argument, using a virtualizing software 202. Alternatively, the system issues, to the middleware part, a command of deleting the virtual computer from the physical server computer, based on the argument, using a virtualizing software 201, when the arguments for the name of a virtual client PC to be deleted, a user name and the IP address of the physical server computer are input. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a virtual client PC management system for managing the operation of a client computer system in a computer system using virtualization software that allows a client computer to virtually handle software and data on a host computer system as its own computer, and The present invention relates to a virtual client PC management method.

  In general, a computer according to the prior art prepares a client computer (PC) as a physical machine and installs an OS and application programs on the client PC, makes network settings, and sets various application programs when the user uses them. It took a lot of work time and cost to use one PC.

  In recent years, as security measures such as measures against personal information leakage due to theft or misplacement of client PCs, the use of thin client terminals for client PCs has been increasing, and systems for managing thin clients also follow it. It is increasing. Note that the thin client refers to the entire system architecture in which the client PC operated by the user performs the minimum necessary processing and most of the processing is concentrated on the server side.

  A method for realizing this thin client can be realized by arranging hardware for a computer server in a data center of a certain company and remotely accessing it from a thin client PC. Recently, however, virtual software that is highly scalable and fault-tolerant is used, and virtual client PCs accessed from thin client terminals are placed on virtual software on real server computers. It is expected.

  The virtual client PC created on this virtualization software can be provided to the user by creating a copy from the template for the virtual client PC using the template function that comes standard with the virtualization software. However, since it is necessary to limit application usage and distribution settings for the virtual client PC, you must use a management tool to set usage restrictions and distribution settings. There was a bug to say. The same applies to the case of using a setting for acquiring an operation log.

  For this reason, the time and effort required for the administrator to provide the virtual client PC to the user has not been reduced so much, and since the virtual client PC cannot be promptly provided to the user, the level of service has become low. .

  In addition, as a document in which the technique regarding the said thin client was described, the following patent documents 1 and 2 are mentioned, for example.

JP 2007-334686 A JP 2008-140306 A

  The above-described conventional thin client technology uses a management tool for restricting application use and setting delivery and a management tool such as an operation log collection product to manage and control the client PC. In this case, since various settings using such tools must be set using each management tool individually, it takes time and effort for the administrator's work. There was a problem that there was sex. Further, in the case of providing a virtual client PC to a plurality of users, the prior art needs to set each virtual client PC, so that there is a problem that it takes time and effort for an administrator.

  This defect is the same when using a virtual client PC using virtualization software. The administrator provides the virtual client PC to the user, and the user connects to the virtual client PC and uses it. For this reason, it is necessary to provide an environment that can be used immediately to the user. To that end, it is necessary to automate various settings that the administrator performs on the virtual client PC.

  However, many products are currently shipping virtualization software, and there are many types of virtualization software for virtualizing virtual client PCs. It is difficult to automate various settings for these various types of virtualization software. Customize settings of various usage restrictions, distribution functions, and operation log acquisition functions for various types of virtualization software, even when it is necessary to set application usage restrictions, distribution functions, and operation log acquisition functions for each virtual client PC There is a problem that it is difficult to perform these customizations for various types of virtualization software and maintenance is difficult.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a virtual client PC management system and a virtual client PC management method capable of unifying a virtual client PC created as a virtual client PC on virtualized software and a management tool for managing and controlling the virtual client PC. Is to provide.

To achieve the above object, the present invention is a virtual client PC management system comprising a computer system that creates and deletes a virtual client PC on a physical server computer using virtualization software,
The IP address corresponding to the virtual client PC name, the subnet mask of the virtual client PC, the default gateway of the virtual client PC, the OS type of the virtual client PC, the user ID using the virtual client PC, and the virtual client PC A memory in which argument information including an IP address of a physical server computer created using the computerized software is registered;
Based on arguments of the virtual client PC IP address, virtual client PC subnet mask, virtual client PC default gateway, virtual client PC OS type, virtual client PC use user ID, and virtual client PC creation physical server computer IP address, A virtual client PC management tool unit that creates a virtual client PC using virtualization software;
A middleware unit that creates a virtual computer using virtualized software on a physical server computer based on instructions and arguments received from the virtual client PC management tool unit;
The virtual client PC management tool part is
When the virtual client PC name, user ID, virtual client PC creation physical server computer IP address, and distribution application program name are input information, the virtual client corresponding to the virtual client PC name from the memory based on the input information First step of generating an argument consisting of a PC IP address, a virtual client PC subnet mask, a virtual client PC default gateway, a virtual client PC OS type, a virtual client PC use user ID, and a virtual client PC creation physical server computer IP address When,
A first feature is that a second step of issuing an instruction to the middleware unit to create a virtual computer using virtual software on a physical server computer based on the argument generated in the first step is performed.

According to the present invention, in the virtual client PC management system of the first feature, the IP address of an application program distribution computer that registers an application program to be provided to the virtual client PC is registered in the memory.
The virtual client PC management tool part is
A third step of generating an argument of a computer IP address for application program distribution from the memory;
A second feature is to execute a fourth step of issuing an instruction for registering an application program to be provided to the virtual client PC based on the argument generated in the third step to the middleware unit.

  In the virtual client PC management system according to the first or second feature, the virtual client PC management tool unit may issue an instruction to acquire an operation log specifying a user ID of the virtual client PC. The third feature is that the fifth step originating in the above is executed.

  According to the present invention, in the virtual client PC management system according to any one of the first to third features, the virtual client PC management tool unit includes a virtual client PC name, a user name, a physical server computer IP address to be deleted, And a sixth step of issuing a command to delete the virtual computer from the physical server computer using the virtual software based on the input argument. It is characterized by.

  According to the present invention, in the virtual client PC management system according to any one of the above features, when the virtual client PC management tool unit detects an error in any one of the second to fifth steps, an error message is displayed. The generation is a fifth feature.

Furthermore, the present invention provides an IP address corresponding to a virtual client PC name, a subnet mask of the virtual client PC, a default gateway of the virtual client PC, an OS type of the virtual client PC, a user ID using the virtual client PC, and the A memory in which argument information including an IP address of a physical server computer that creates a virtual client PC using virtualization software is registered;
Based on arguments of the virtual client PC name IP address, virtual client PC subnet mask, virtual client PC default gateway, virtual client PC OS type, virtual client PC use user ID, and virtual client PC creation physical server computer IP address A virtual client PC management tool unit that creates a virtual client PC using virtualization software;
A middleware unit that creates a virtual computer using virtualization software on a physical server computer based on instructions and arguments received from the virtual client PC management tool unit;
A virtual client PC management method for a computer system that creates and deletes a virtual computer on a physical server computer using the virtualization software,
In the virtual client PC management tool part,
When the virtual client PC name, user ID, virtual client PC creation physical server computer IP address, and distribution application program name are input information, the virtual client corresponding to the virtual client PC name from the memory based on the input information First step of generating an argument consisting of a PC IP address, a virtual client PC subnet mask, a virtual client PC default gateway, a virtual client PC OS type, a virtual client PC use user ID, and a virtual client PC creation physical server computer IP address When,
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the second step of issuing an instruction for creating a virtual computer using virtual software on the physical server computer based on the argument generated in the first step is issued to the middleware unit.

In the virtual client PC management method according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the IP address of the application program distribution computer that registers the application program to be provided to the virtual client PC is registered in the memory.
In the virtual client PC management tool part,
A third step of generating an argument of a computer IP address for application program distribution from the memory;
A seventh feature is that a fourth step of issuing a command for registering an application program to be provided to the virtual client PC to the middleware unit based on the argument generated in the third step is executed.

  In the virtual client PC management method according to any one of the sixth to seventh aspects, the present invention provides a command for acquiring an operation log specifying a user ID of the virtual client PC name in the virtual client PC management tool unit. The eighth feature is that a fifth step issued to the middleware unit is executed.

  According to the present invention, in the virtual client PC management method according to any one of the sixth to eighth features, the virtual client PC management tool section includes a virtual client PC name, a user name, and a physical server computer IP address to be deleted. The sixth step of issuing a command to the middleware unit to issue a command to delete the virtual computer from the physical server computer using the virtualization software based on the input argument. Features.

  According to the present invention, in the virtual client PC management method of any one of the above features, an error message is displayed when an error is detected in any of the second to fifth steps in the virtual client PC management tool unit. The generation is a tenth feature.

  According to the virtual client PC management method of the present invention, the virtual software control unit uses the virtual client PC to create the virtual client and the PC using the virtual software on the physical server computer. Argument information including the IP address of the physical server computer that creates the client PC is stored in the memory, and the virtual client PC management tool section stores the virtual client PC name, user ID, and virtual client PC creation physical server computer IP address. Based on the input information, the virtual client PC IP address, virtual client PC subnet mask, virtual client PC default gateway, and virtual client corresponding to the virtual client PC name from the memory based on the input information An argument composed of the C OS type, the virtual client PC use user ID, and the virtual client PC creation physical server computer IP address is generated, and the virtual computer is created on the physical server computer using virtualization software based on the generated argument. When the argument of the virtual client PC name, the user name, and the physical server computer IP address to be deleted is input, the second step of issuing a command to be created to the middleware unit is executed. A virtual server computer created as a client PC on the virtualization software by executing a process for issuing a command to delete the virtual computer from the physical server computer using the virtualization software to the middleware unit, and the client PC The tube - it is possible to centralize the management of products that control.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a physical computer system including a virtual client PC management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is an overall software configuration diagram of a computer system including a virtual client PC management system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 6 is a process flow diagram of automatic virtual client creation according to the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is a processing flow diagram of virtual client automatic deletion according to the present embodiment. The figure which shows the input data of step 302 by this embodiment. The figure which shows the argument of step 303 by this embodiment. The figure which shows the argument of step 307 by this embodiment. The figure which shows the argument of step 311 by this embodiment. The figure which shows the acquisition information of step 315 by this embodiment. The figure which shows the input data of step 402 by this embodiment. The figure which shows the argument of step 404 by this embodiment. The figure which shows the argument of step 408 by this embodiment. The figure which shows the argument of step 441 by this embodiment. The figure which shows a virtual client PC creation screen. The figure which shows the structure of the general purpose API middleware by this embodiment.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a virtual client PC management system and a virtual client PC management method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[Constitution]
As shown in FIG. 1, the overall configuration of the computer system including the virtual client PC management system according to the present embodiment includes a mobile PC 104 and a thin client terminal 103 used by general users 101 and 102, and the mobile PC 104 and the thin client terminal 103. Accessed by a method called RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and created on the virtual software 108 of the server computer that physically exists, the system area used by the virtual client PC 107, and the user The connection between the storage 109, which is a storage device for storing data to be stored, and the external terminals such as the mobile PC 104 and the thin client terminal 103 is authenticated, and the connection to the virtual client PC 107 is secured. The external connection security server 105 having a function to protect the client, the directory server 110 storing user information assigned to the virtual client PC 107, and referring to the user information of the directory server 110 to the corresponding virtual client PC 107. A connection broker server 106 that controls the allocation of virtual servers, a management server computer 111 in which a virtual client PC management tool that manages the virtual client PC 107, an application usage control / distribution tool, an operation log acquisition tool, and the like are registered, and the management server computer 111 The virtual client PC management tool unit 211 that is provided above and that operates and operates the application usage control / distribution tool and the operation log acquisition tool by the operation manager 112. The parts other than the virtual client PC 107 and the virtual client PC management tool unit 211 are physical hardware that physically exists.

  The virtual client PC management tool unit 211 generates a virtual client PC name (for example, VPC01), the IP address of the virtual client PC (for example, “192.168.0.1”), The subnet mask (for example, “255.255.255.0”) of the virtual client PC, the default gateway (for example, “192.168.0.1”) of the virtual client PC, and the OS (Windows) of the virtual client PC (Registered trademark) XP), the IP address (for example, “192.168.0.10”) of the creation destination host of the virtual client PC, the user ID (for example, “user01”) using the virtual client PC, the A password corresponding to the user ID (for example, “password”), The email address of the ID, the IP address of the AP distribution server assigned to the virtual client PC (eg, “192.168.0.20”), the ID of the application provided to the user (eg, “app01”), A memory not shown in advance for setting information of each item for generating an argument such as an application name (for example, “Application01”), a version of the application (for example, “1”), and a package ID of the application (for example, “pac01”) Is stored. In the illustrated example, an example in which a virtual machine is provided on the virtualization software 108 will be described. However, a stand-alone server machine may be provided.

  The computer system described above is a physical description of computer programs and hardware. As shown in FIG. 2, the computer relationship between the computer system and the virtual client PC 201 created on the virtualization software 202 is as follows. A dedicated API (Application Program Interface) 202 capable of operating the virtualization software 202 from the outside, and an application (program) registered on the application usage control / distribution tool 204 with the dedicated API and used by the virtual client PC 201 203, a database 205 on the operation log acquisition tool 206, in which an operation log operated by the user on the virtual client PC 201 is stored, and a virtual client PC management tool unit 2 11 includes a general-purpose API middleware 207 including a general-purpose API group provided to 11 applications, and a virtual client PC management tool unit 211 that is a feature of the present embodiment. Note that middleware is software that generally operates on the OS and provides application software with higher-level and specific functions than the OS, and has intermediate characteristics between the OS and application software. .

  The general-purpose API middleware 207 includes a virtualization software control unit 208 that includes a general-purpose API and controls the virtualization software 202, an application distribution setting control unit 209 that includes a general-purpose API and controls the application usage control / distribution tool 204, and a general-purpose API. And an operation log setting control unit 210 that controls the operation log acquisition tool 206.

  As shown in FIG. 14A, the general-purpose API middleware 207 includes two virtualization software control processing modules that control these two types of virtualization software when there are two types of virtualization software 202, A and B. 504, a general-purpose API middleware setting file 506 in which conditions for distributing the processing to the two virtualization software control processing modules 504 are registered in advance, and a process input from the API in accordance with the conditions registered in the general-purpose API middleware setting file 506 The distribution condition set in the general-purpose API middleware setting file 506 includes a process distribution control unit 505 that distributes to the two virtualization software control processing modules 504, and the distribution conditions set in the general-purpose API middleware setting file 506 are as shown in FIG. IP of a machine Virtualization software control processing module 504 distributes the address correspondence is registered. If the module name is Java (registered trademark), a class path may be described and implemented.

  When the API 507 is called from the virtual client PC management tool, the virtual client automatic provision flow, or the like, the general-purpose API middleware 207 configured in this way is either one of the virtualization software control processing modules 504 by the processing distribution control unit 505. Are used, and the virtualization software 202 is executed.

  The virtual client PC management tool unit 211 according to the present embodiment controls the above-described virtualization software control unit 208, application distribution setting control unit 209, and operation log setting control unit 210 by operation / operation by an administrator. Then, a virtual client automatic provision processing unit 213 that performs all necessary processing when the virtual client PC 107 is provided to the user, and a virtual client automatic deletion that performs all necessary processing when the user provision to the virtual client PC 107 ends. A processing unit 214.

  Although the above-described virtualization software control unit 208 and application distribution setting control unit 209 are described as parts, they are executed by a program in a language such as BPEL (Business Process Execution Language).

[Operation]
[Virtual client PC addition processing]
The virtual client PC management tool unit 211 configured as described above executes a process in which the virtual client automatic provision processing unit 213 called from the virtual client PC management tool unit 211 provides the virtual client PC 107 to the user. As shown in FIG. 3, the operation manager 112 uses the wizard screen 301 (FIG. 14) of the virtual client PC management tool 301 to display the virtual client PC name / OS version / user as shown in FIG. When each information such as information (organization name, user name) / network setting / virtual client PC creation destination host / use application is selected and input, step 302 for obtaining the input information and virtual based on the input information Virtual client (temporary) Performing step 303 to create an argument for the client PC) 303 API calls for creation. As shown in FIG. 6, for example, the virtual client PC name is “VPC01”, the IP address is “192.168.0.1”, and the subnet mask is “255.285.225.0”. ”,“ 192.168.0.254 ”as the default gateway, and“ 192.168.0.10 ”as the IP address of the creation destination host, and so on, based on setting information registered in advance in the memory.

  Next, the virtual client automatic provision processing unit 213 calls the virtual client creation API via the general-purpose API middleware to instruct virtual web service execution, and creates a virtual client on the virtualization software (virtual client PC server) 202. Step 305 for performing (clone) processing; Step 306 for determining whether or not to add a user for AP distribution; and Step 306 for shifting to Step 310 described later when it is determined that there is none; When it is determined that there is an addition, Step 307 for creating an API argument for adding an application distribution user to perform setting for distributing the application to the virtual client for the user, and based on the argument created in Step 307 Application The process of adding the application distribution user (step 309) is performed by calling the user addition API for distribution via the general-purpose API middleware and executing step 308 for instructing execution of the AP distribution user addition Web service. be able to. As shown in FIG. 7, the arguments created in step 307 are “user01” as the user ID, “password” as the password, “user01@xxx.ne.jp” as the email address, and the IP of the AP distribution server. The address is created based on input information from the wizard screen 301 or setting information registered in advance, such as “192.168.0.2”.

  Further, the virtual client automatic provision processing unit 213 determines whether there is an AP distribution setting following the step 306 or 308, and when it is determined that there is no distribution setting, the process proceeds to step 314 described later, When it is determined in step 310 that there is an AP distribution setting, step 311 for creating an argument for calling the application distribution setting API, and an instruction to execute the application distribution setting Web service based on the argument created in step 311 By executing step 312, AP distribution setting (step S 313) can be performed. As shown in FIG. 8, the arguments generated in the step 311 are as follows: the IP address of the AP distribution server is “192.168.0.20”, the user ID is “user01”, the application ID is “app01”, and the application name is It is created based on input information from the wizard screen 301 or setting information registered in advance, such as “Application01”, application version “1”, and package ID “pac01”.

  Further, the virtual client automatic provision processing unit 213 according to the present embodiment determines whether or not it is set to acquire the operation log of the user on the virtual client following the step 310 or step 312, and when it is determined that there is none When it is determined that the user operation log acquisition is set in step 314 to be described later in step 318 and the user operation log acquisition is set in step 314, the user information is acquired from the directory server 110 in order to set the log acquisition. A step 315 for creating an API argument for setting management, a step 316 for instructing a step 317 for executing acquisition log setting by calling the log management setting API via general-purpose API middleware, and a completion message for creating a virtual client To the caller 807 to run. As shown in FIG. 9, the API argument for log management setting in the above-described step 315 is set with the user name and organization, and in this example, data is acquired from the directory server. Some may not be necessary.

  When an error is detected in step 304/308/312/315/316, the virtual client automatic provision processing unit 213 executes step 319 in which the error occurrence location and the error message are returned to the caller. , It is possible to report the details of the error in which process.

  Through these series of processing, the virtual client automatic provision processing unit 213 according to the present embodiment performs the virtual client PC name / OS version / user information (organization name, user name) / network setting / A step of creating a virtual client PC by creating an argument for calling an API for creating a virtual client based on the input information when each information such as a host / use application of the virtual client PC creation destination is selected and input (step) 302 to 305) and the process of creating an argument for adding an AP distribution user based on the input information and pre-registered setting information to add the AP distribution user (steps 306 to 309) A step for generating an AP distribution setting argument and setting AP distribution (step 3 And 0-313), by performing the step (step 314 to 317) for acquiring log setting processing to acquire the log to obtain the user information, it is possible to provide a novel virtual client PC107 user.

[Virtual client PC deletion processing]
Next, the virtual client PC automatic deletion processing procedure by the virtual client automatic deletion processing unit 214 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  In this virtual client automatic deletion process, the virtual client automatic deletion processing unit 214 called from the application unit 211 is operated by the operation manager 112 by the virtual client PC management tool 301 wizard screen 301 (FIG. 14). ) Is used to acquire the virtual client PC name / user information / deletion destination host information / distribution package information / log management information shown in FIG. Is determined, and when it is determined that it is not specified, step 403 proceeds to step 407, which will be described later, and when it is determined in step 403 that AP distribution cancellation is specified, In order to cancel application distribution settings for virtual clients Specified by executing Step 404 for creating an API argument for deleting an application distribution user and Step 405 for instructing execution of an AS distribution cancellation Web service based on the argument created in Step 404 Application distribution to the virtual client PC can be canceled (step 406). As shown in FIG. 11, the arguments created in the above-mentioned step 404 are “192.168.0.20” as the IP address of the AP distribution server, “user01” as the user ID, “app01” as the application ID, It is generated based on the input information from the wizard screen 301 such as “Application01” as the application name, “1” as the application version, “pac01” as the package ID, or setting information registered when setting the new virtual client PC.

  Further, the virtual client automatic deletion processing unit 214 determines whether or not the AP distribution user deletion setting is designated following the above-described step 403 or 405, and when it is determined that the AP deletion user deletion setting is not the deletion setting, step 411 described later. Step 407 to which the process proceeds to step 407, and when it is determined that the AP distribution user deletion setting is specified in step 407, the step 408 for generating an AP distribution user deletion argument, and the argument generated in step 408 are used. By executing step 409 for instructing execution of the AP distribution user deletion Web service, the AP distribution user registration deletion process (step 410) can be performed. As shown in FIG. 11, the arguments generated in the step 404 are “192.168.0.20” as the AP distribution server address, “user01” as the user Id, “app01” as the application ID, and the application name. It is generated based on input information from the wizard screen 301 or setting information registered at the time of setting a new virtual client PC, such as “Application01”, application version “1”, and package ID “pac01”.

  Next, the virtual client automatic deletion processing unit 214 determines whether or not there is a designation for canceling the log management setting. When it is determined that the log management setting is not canceling setting, the process proceeds to step 414 to be described later. When it is determined that the operation log acquisition setting for the virtual client is canceled, the log management setting cancellation API is called to execute the virtual client PC deletion Web service, and the step 412 is executed. Cancel operation log acquisition settings.

  Further, following the step 412, the virtual client automatic deletion processing unit 214 creates an argument for deleting the virtual client PC on the virtual client PC server, and uses the argument generated in the step 414. The virtual client PC deletion process (step 416) on the virtual client PC server can be performed by executing step 415 of executing the virtual client PC deletion Web service, and this is returned as a virtual client PC deletion completion message. Step 417 is executed. As shown in FIG. 13, the arguments generated in step 414 are input from the wizard screen 301 as “VPC01” as the virtual client PC name and “192.168.0.10” as the IP address of the installed host. It is generated based on information or setting information setting information registered at the time of setting a new virtual client PC.

  The automatic deletion processing unit 214 operates so as to return the occurrence of an error when an error occurs in step 415 or step 405/409/412.

  Through this series of processing, the virtual client automatic deletion processing unit 214 according to the present embodiment performs the virtual client PC name / user information / deletion destination host information / distribution package information / When log management information is input, a process of creating an API argument for deleting an application distribution user and canceling AP distribution in order to perform application distribution cancellation setting on the virtual client for the user (steps 402 to 406). ), An AP distribution user deletion argument is created, and the AP distribution user is deleted (steps 407 to 410), and the log generated using the argument generated to cancel the operation log acquisition setting for the virtual client The process of canceling the acquisition setting (steps 411 to 413) and the virtual client The virtual client PC 107 to be deleted can be easily deleted by executing the steps (steps 414 to 416) of creating the argument for deleting the virtual client PC on the remote PC server and deleting the virtual client PC. can do.

  As described above, the virtual client PC management tool unit 211 of the virtual client PC management system according to this embodiment includes the virtual client PC name / OS version of the new virtual client PC input by the virtual client automatic provision processing unit 213. / Use user information (organization name, user name) / Network settings / Host of virtual client PC creation destination / Used application name etc. and setting information registered in advance for generating arguments, new virtual By configuring to instruct the client PC creation processing (step 305), AP distribution user addition processing (step 309), AP distribution setting processing (step 313), and acquisition log setting processing (step 317), a new virtual Client PC can be generated easily

  Also, the virtual client PC management tool unit 211 of the virtual client PC management system according to the present embodiment includes a virtual client PC name / user user information / deleted host information to be deleted, which the virtual client automatic deletion processing unit 214 inputs. / Distribution package information / log management information and AP distribution setting deletion processing (step 406), AP distribution user deletion processing (step 410), acquisition log based on various setting information registered when setting a new virtual client PC By operating to instruct the setting cancellation process (step 413), each item of the virtual client PC / AP distribution user / AP distribution setting to be deleted can be easily deleted.

  103: Thin client terminal, 105: Security server for external connection, 106: Connection broker server, 108: Virtualization software, 109: Storage, 110: Directory server, 111: Management server computer, 112: Operation manager, 202: Virtual Software: 204: application use control / distribution tool, 205: database, 206: operation log acquisition tool, 207: general-purpose API middleware, 208: virtualization software control unit, 209: application distribution setting control unit, 210: operation log setting Control unit 211: Virtual client PC management tool unit 213: Virtual client automatic provision processing unit 214: Virtual client automatic deletion processing unit 301: Wizard screen 504: Virtualization software control processing Module, 505: processing allocation control unit, 506: generic API middleware configuration file.

Claims (10)

A virtual client PC management system that creates and deletes a virtual client PC on a physical server computer using virtualization software,
The IP address corresponding to the virtual client PC name, the subnet mask of the virtual client PC, the default gateway of the virtual client PC, the OS type of the virtual client PC, the user ID using the virtual client PC, and the virtual client PC A memory in which argument information including an IP address of a physical server computer created using the computerized software is registered;
Based on arguments of the virtual client PC name IP address, virtual client PC subnet mask, virtual client PC default gateway, virtual client PC OS type, virtual client PC use user ID, and virtual client PC creation physical server computer IP address A virtual client PC management tool unit that creates a virtual client PC using virtualization software;
A middleware unit that creates a virtual computer using virtualized software on a physical server computer based on instructions and arguments received from the virtual client PC management tool unit,
The virtual client PC management tool part
When the virtual client PC name, the user ID, the virtual client PC creation physical server computer IP address, and the distribution application program name are input information, the virtual client PC name and the virtual client PC are retrieved from the memory based on the input information. A first step of generating an argument including an IP address, a virtual client PC subnet mask, a virtual client PC default gateway, a virtual client PC OS type, a virtual client PC use user ID, and a virtual client PC creation physical server computer IP address;
A virtual client PC management system that executes a second step of issuing, to the middleware unit, an instruction to create a virtual computer using virtual software on a physical server computer based on the argument generated in the first step. In the memory, the IP address of the application program distribution computer that registers the application program to be provided to the virtual client PC is registered,
The virtual client PC management tool part is
A third step of generating an argument of a computer IP address for application program distribution from the memory;
The virtual client PC management system according to claim 1, wherein a fourth step of issuing a command for registering an application program to be provided to the virtual client PC to the middleware unit based on the argument generated in the third step is executed.   3. The virtual client PC management system according to claim 1, wherein the virtual client PC management tool unit executes a fifth step of issuing a command for acquiring an operation log designating a user ID of the virtual client PC name to the middleware unit. . The virtual client PC management tool part is
When arguments of a virtual client PC name, a user name, and a physical server computer IP address to be deleted are input, the virtual computer is deleted from the physical server computer using virtualization software based on the input arguments A virtual client PC management system that executes a sixth step of issuing a command to the middleware unit.   5. The virtual client PC management system according to claim 1, wherein the virtual client PC management tool unit generates an error message when an error is detected in any of the second to fifth steps. The IP address corresponding to the virtual client PC name, the subnet mask of the virtual client PC, the default gateway of the virtual client PC, the OS type of the virtual client PC, the user ID using the virtual client PC, and the virtual client PC A memory in which argument information including an IP address of a physical server computer created using the computerized software is registered;
Based on arguments of the virtual client PC IP address, virtual client PC subnet mask, virtual client PC default gateway, virtual client PC OS type, virtual client PC use user ID, and virtual client PC creation physical server computer IP address, A virtual client PC management tool unit that creates a virtual client PC using virtualization software;
A middleware unit for creating a virtual computer using virtualization software on a physical server computer based on an instruction and an argument received from the first virtual client PC management tool unit;
A virtual client PC management method for a computer system that creates and deletes a virtual computer on a physical server computer using the virtualization software,
In the virtual client PC management tool part,
When the virtual client PC name, the user ID, the virtual client PC creation physical server computer IP address, and the distribution application program name are input information, the virtual client PC name and the virtual client PC are retrieved from the memory based on the input information. A first step of generating an argument including an IP address, a virtual client PC subnet mask, a virtual client PC default gateway, a virtual client PC OS type, a virtual client PC use user ID, and a virtual client PC creation physical server computer IP address;
A virtual client PC management method for executing a second step of issuing, to the middleware unit, a command for creating a virtual computer using virtual software on a physical server computer based on the argument generated in the first step. In the memory, the IP address of the application program distribution computer that registers the application program to be provided to the virtual client PC is registered,
In the virtual client PC management tool part,
A third step of generating an argument of a computer IP address for application program distribution from the memory;
The virtual client PC management method according to claim 6, wherein a fourth step of issuing an instruction for registering an application program to be provided to the virtual client PC based on the argument generated in the third step to the middleware unit is executed.   The virtual client PC management method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the virtual client PC management tool unit executes a fifth step of issuing a command to the middleware unit to acquire an operation log specifying a user ID of the virtual client PC name. .   When the virtual client PC management tool unit receives arguments of the virtual client PC name, the user name, and the physical server computer IP address to be deleted by the virtualization software control unit, based on the input arguments The virtual client PC management method according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein a sixth step of issuing a command to delete the virtual computer from the physical server computer using virtual software to the middleware unit is executed.   10. The virtual client PC management method according to claim 6, wherein an error message is generated in the virtual client PC management tool unit when an error is detected in any of the second to fifth steps.

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