JP2010282486A - Management computer for supporting environment construction, information processing system and environment construction support method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an environment construction-operation system that improves work efficiency of a system manager by properly switching between automatic and manual processing in accordance with processing content of the system manager. <P>SOLUTION: The management computer includes: a statistical information analysis part acquiring environmental information of a constituent element related to a resource of an information processing system to be managed; an automation incompatibility calculation part generating history information of environment construction processing to the resource by the system manager, and weighting the automatic processing and the manual processing to the resource to be managed; and a script creation part controlling environment construction of the resource. The automation incompatibility calculation part applies weight to the processing requested from the system manager based on the history information, and controls the automatic/manual processing in terms of an apparatus and the resource to be controlled as well as a parameter constituting the apparatus or the resource. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technology for optimizing an information processing system construction support system and an operation method, and more particularly, to a method for weighting processing contents of a system administrator and setting optimum automatic and manual processing contents.

  With the development of virtualization technology, various devices such as servers, storage, and switches have come to be used as resources for information processing systems. In the construction and operation of an information processing system, it is necessary to consider the setting method and the operation method for these components, and the work of the system administrator who builds the environment for the information processing system is very complicated. Yes.

  When a system administrator constructs and operates an environment for an information processing system, the system configuration design that meets the customer's requirement definition is first performed by simple simulation, etc., and then the actual machine is built based on the system configuration design. Build and verify the environment.

Hereinafter, a conventional method for a support system for constructing an actual environment of an information processing system will be described with reference to FIG.
First, system configuration design is performed according to customer requirements (1801). In system configuration design, equipment and resources of an information processing system used for environment construction are selected and performance verification is performed by simple simulation to determine components that satisfy customer requirements.
After the system configuration design, verification items in the environment of the actual machine (information processing system) are set based on this design (1802). A communication test or performance evaluation policy is set for the verification items, and the system administrator constructs an environment so as to satisfy these items (1803).

After the environment construction, actual machine verification (1804) is performed to check whether the requirements of the verification items are satisfied (1805).
If the requirements of the verification items are not satisfied, the cause is determined by investigating and analyzing the environment (1809), the parameter or model change is instructed to the target device / resource (1810), and the environment Reconstruction is performed (1803).
When the requirements of the verification items are satisfied, an operation management scenario of the information processing system is examined (1806), and it is confirmed that the mounting method and the operation management scenario match (1807). In order to start actual operation easily, an operation management scenario is also considered at the time of actual machine environment construction. The above processing is executed for all verification items (1808).

  Usually, the system administrator performs the above-described operation by manual processing or automatic processing. The manual processing here refers to processing for constructing an environment by manually setting all the environments. The automatic processing refers to processing for automatically creating an environment by creating a script composed of control commands for each device / resource and executing this script.

  When the above work is performed manually, it takes about two months to change the parameters and configuration of each device / resource. Various automatic processes have been proposed as a method for reducing the work man-hours. For example, as a technology for automatically processing the construction of an information processing system, when selecting a resource to be managed, it is necessary to present information about whether or not it affects other related applications, or to affect other tasks. A technique for facilitating resource management by automatically obtaining resources that are not given has been disclosed (see Patent Document 1). Also disclosed is a technique for centrally managing path information and statistical information between a server and storage and automatically generating a virtual server and storage (see Patent Document 2).

JP 2008-33852 A JP 2006-209487 A

  In the construction work of the information processing system, the setting of the actual machine environment is repeatedly changed so as to satisfy the verification items, which requires a lot of man-hours. About this work, since a series of environment construction processing can be performed collectively by the automatic processing as described above, the system administrator does not need to be aware of the target device / resource by the automatic processing, and Since there is no manual work delay, the number of work steps can be reduced.

  However, since the system administrator does not recognize the calculation method of the parameter value set by automatic processing and the processing process of automatic processing, etc. Including survey is required. In addition, when there are multiple devices / resources that are subject to automatic processing, it may be necessary to redo all device / resource settings, which may significantly increase the overall work man-hours. .

  On the other hand, when performing environment construction manually, parameter changes and failure analysis can be easily performed by the system administrator. However, since the components other than the control target are also manually operated, the number of man-hours is greatly increased. Become.

  Automatic processing and manual processing have the merits and demerits described above. If automatic / manual processing is not applied according to the work content, only the respective merits will be effective and the man-hours for environment construction work will be greatly increased. May increase. In addition, with regard to the application of automatic / manual processing, the devices and resources to be controlled vary depending on the verification items at the time of environment construction. Therefore, even if automatic / manual processing is applied to specific devices / resources, each advantage I can't make use of it.

  Patent Documents 1 and 2 do not disclose any consideration about this point.

  From the above, the object of the present invention is to support environment construction so that the system administrator can efficiently perform work by appropriately switching the automatic / manual processing according to the processing contents of the system administrator. The object is to provide a management computer, an information processing system, and an environment construction support method.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a management computer for supporting environment construction of an information processing system connected via a network, and the management computer relates to resources of the information processing system to be managed. A statistical information analysis unit that acquires environment information of a component, and automation that generates history information of environment construction processing for the resource by a system administrator and weights automatic processing and manual processing for the resource to be managed The system obtained from the history information for processing of the resource received as a request from the system administrator, comprising a nonconformity calculation unit and a script creation unit that controls environment construction of the resource Depending on the processing frequency of the administrator, resources with a high frequency are processed automatically in a narrow range, and the processing A resource having a low frequency is weighted as a wide range of automatic processing, and based on the weighting, a ratio of automatic processing and manual processing of the resource processing is set, and environment construction control of the resource is controlled. And

According to the present invention, automatic / manual processing can be optimally set by analyzing and controlling the environment administrator from the components of the environment to the parameters of the components by weighting the processing of the system administrator. The work man-hours can be reduced. In addition, since the processing for components that are not controlled by the system administrator is automated, the system administrator can clearly determine the elements that need to be controlled and the elements that do not need to be controlled.
Further, the contents of the automatic / manual processing set by the weighting of the processing can be applied to other environments, so that the initial work of the system administrator can be shortened for the same case.

It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the work process which a system administrator performs at the time of environmental construction in 1st Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the system configuration | structure of a management computer and real machine environment in 1st Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the system configuration | structure of the statistical information analysis part in 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows real machine environment information DB of the statistical information analysis part in 1st Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the system configuration | structure of a script production part in 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows environment information DB of the script preparation part in 1st Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the system configuration | structure of the automation nonconformity degree calculation part in 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows system administrator log | history DB of the automation nonconformity degree calculation part in 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the environment construction process log | history table in 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the transition of the environment construction process log | history table in 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the process of the statistical information analysis part in 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the process of the script preparation part in 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the process of the automation nonconformity degree calculation part in 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the automation nonconformity degree setting process in 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the process which raises automation nonconformity in 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the process which reduces the automation nonconformity in 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows optimization of the parameter sheet | seat in the modification of 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the work process which a system administrator performs at the time of environmental construction in the conventional system.

  First, the basic concept of the present invention will be described. In the present invention, resources that are processed frequently by the system administrator and that are frequently processed by the system administrator are set by narrow automatic processing or manual processing, and resources that are not frequently processed are processed. Makes settings in a wide range of automatic processes. Narrow-range automatic processing here means reducing the resources to be controlled by automatic processing (subdividing a resource to be controlled into multiple resources to be controlled at the same level) Automatic processing means increasing the number of resources to be controlled by automatic processing (integrating the control target resources at the same level into one control target resource at a higher level). As a result, problems due to automation can be solved, and automatic / manual advantages can be fully utilized, so that the system administrator can efficiently perform the work.

Hereinafter, the processing means at the time of actual machine environment construction according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the system administrator designs a system configuration in accordance with customer requirements (101). In system configuration design, selection of resources used for environment construction and performance verification by simple simulation are performed to determine components that satisfy customer requirements. This resource information is information about the storage 205, the FC switch 206, and the blade 207, which are components of the real machine environment 204, and their link relationships, and is held in a database.
After the system configuration design, verification items in the actual machine environment are set based on this design (102). For these verification items, communication testing and performance evaluation policies are set, and an environment is constructed so as to satisfy these items. In the environment construction, first, all the settings of the actual machine environment are automatically processed based on the initial setting values examined in the system configuration design, and then it is confirmed by the actual machine verification (104) whether the requirements of the verification items are satisfied. (105).

  When the requirement of the verification item is not satisfied, the cause is investigated by investigating and analyzing the environment (108), and a parameter or model change is instructed to the cause target resource (109). If a new control process is received from the system administrator (111), the process content instructed by the system administrator is acquired and recorded as “history information of the environment construction process” (112). Then, the history status of this processing is weighted, and automatic / manual processing is switched as required (113).

  In this automatic / manual processing switching, for example, for resources that are frequently controlled by the system administrator, the scope of automatic processing is narrowed down to the lower-level resources as control targets, for example, parameter settings of `` virtual server memory '', Finally, the parameter setting of the “virtual server memory” is switched to manual processing. For resources that are hardly controlled by the system administrator, the application range of automatic processing is expanded to a higher level, for example, “blade”. Finally, manual processing is eliminated and all settings of the “blade” are performed by automatic processing. In this way, by setting automatic / manual processing weights based on the system administrator's operation history information, automatic / manual processing can be applied according to the system administrator's processing, so the environment can be constructed efficiently.・ Operation is possible.

  On the other hand, when the requirements of the verification items are satisfied, the operation management scenario of the information processing system is examined (106), and it is confirmed that the mounting method and the operation management scenario match (107). The above processing is performed for all verification items (110).

  As described above, according to the present invention, the processing by the system administrator is weighted, and the application range of the automatic / manual processing can be drilled down from the environmental components to the resource parameters. In addition, it is possible to make full use of the advantages of automatic / manual operation, and the system administrator can work efficiently.

Next, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, FIG. 2 shows an outline of a first embodiment in which the management computer 200 controls each component of the real machine environment 204 through the business network 222.

  In FIG. 2, the real machine environment 204 includes a blade 207, an FC switch 206, and a storage 205. The blade 207 uses the disk drive 210 of the storage 205 from the HBA (Host Bus Adapter) 218 which is a port connected to the fiber channel via the FC switch 206. The FC switch 206 is a device that allows the blade 207 and the storage 205 to communicate with each other through a fiber channel. By setting the path route in the FC switch, the path route between the blade 207 and the storage 205 can be controlled.

  A virtual application such as Virtage or VMware is installed on the blade 207, and a plurality of virtual servers 208 operate on the hypervisor 209. In the virtual server 208, the CPU 216, the memory 217, and the HBA 218 mounted on the blade 207 are logically divided by the hypervisor 209, and the virtual CPU 220, the virtual memory 221, and the virtual HBA 219 are allocated.

  In the storage 205, a plurality of disk drives 210 are mounted, and a RAID Group (RG) 211 is configured by combining the plurality of disk drives 210. The RG 211 collects a plurality of disk drives 210 and is used as one virtual disk from the blade 207 or the like. In the RG 211, an LU (Logical Unit) 212 that is a virtually partitioned disk volume is created. The LU 212 is allocated to the controller 213 and the A port 214 or B port 215 of the storage 205, and is used by the virtual server 208 in the blade 207 via the FC switch 206.

  The management computer 200 includes a CPU 223, a cache 224, a memory 225, and a disk drive 226. The memory 225 is loaded with programs for realizing each process of the automation nonconformity calculation unit 201, the script creation unit 202, and the statistical information analysis unit 203. The actual machine using each processing unit operating on the CPU 223 The environment 204 is controlled.

  The statistical information analysis unit 203 acquires real machine information and statistical information of the real machine environment 204 (20000). In the real machine information, information on each device / resource constituting the real machine environment 204 and connection information between the devices / resources are recorded, which are transmitted to the automation nonconformity calculation unit 201 (20001). The statistical information records the operating status of the actual machine environment 204 and is monitored by the system administrator.

  The automation nonconformity calculation unit 201 receives the process of the system administrator (20004), stores the received process as history information in the disk drive 226, and weights the process of the system administrator based on the history information. Then, an automatic / manual process is notified to a component of the environment to be processed by the system administrator or a parameter of the component (20002).

  The script creation unit 202 receives the change notification from the automation nonconformity calculation unit 201 and creates a control script based on the notification from the automation nonconformity calculation unit 201. The control script incorporates a control command for each device and resource constituting the actual machine environment 204. By executing this control script, the control script is a resource, that is, a component of the actual machine environment 204. By executing a script composed of control commands for the storage 205, the FC switch 206, and the blade 207, processing for constructing an environment is performed (20003).

  FIG. 3 shows a configuration example of the statistical information analysis unit 203 in the first embodiment. The statistical information analysis unit 203 includes a statistical information acquisition unit 301, an actual machine environment information DB 302, a monitoring unit 303, and an actual machine information transmission unit 304. The actual machine environment information DB 302 is provided in the disk drive 226.

  In the statistical information analysis unit 203, the statistical information acquisition unit 301 acquires real machine information and statistical information of the real machine environment 204 (20000). The acquired actual machine information and statistical information are stored as a database in the actual machine environment information DB 302 (30000). The statistical information is transmitted to the monitoring unit 303 (30001), and is visualized by displaying the operating status of the actual machine environment 204 on a monitor (not shown). As a result, the system administrator can monitor the operating status of the actual machine environment 204. The real machine information is transmitted to the real machine information transmission unit 304 (30002), and the real machine information transmission unit 304 transmits the real machine information to the automation nonconformity calculation unit 201 (20001).

  FIG. 4 shows an example of a database stored in the actual machine environment information DB 302. The actual machine environment information DB 302 stores connection status, used resource information, and statistical information as environment information. In the connection status, connection information between the blade 207 and the FC switch 206, connection information between the FC switch 206 and the storage 205, and setting information inside the FC switch are recorded. In the use resource information, detailed information of the virtual server 208 is recorded in addition to the blade 207, the FC switch 206, and the storage 205 constituting the real machine environment 204. In the statistical information, operation information of each resource of the blade 207, the virtual server 208, the hypervisor 209, and the storage 205 is recorded. The environment information of the actual machine environment information DB 302 is link information that can be drilled down over the parameters of the lower-level equipment / resources obtained by subdividing them from the upper-level components in advance with respect to the resources to be controlled by the system administrator, for example, , A real machine environment, a blade, a virtual server, a virtual server parameter, and the like, and are stored as a database having mutual link information.

  FIG. 5 shows a configuration example of the script creation unit 202 in the first embodiment. The script creation unit 202 includes a script editing unit 501, an environment information DB 502, and a script execution unit 503.

  In the script creation unit 202, the script editing unit 501 receives a change notification of automatic / manual processing from the automation nonconformity calculation unit 201 (20002), and creates a script according to the change notification. Concerning scripts, component control commands and control scripts adapted to the scope of automatic / manual processing are stored in the environment information DB 502 in advance, and when creating a new script, the environment information A command and a script are acquired from the DB 502 (50000), and a script corresponding to the change notification is created. The created script is transmitted to the script execution unit 503 (50001), and each setting of the actual machine environment 204 is performed by executing this script (20003).

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a control script database stored in advance in the environment information DB 502. The environment information DB 502 prepares resources to be used and virtual server control commands, and prepares a script by combining the commands according to usage. In the example of FIG. 6, a control script is prepared by a combination of the real machine environment 204 and the components of the real machine environment 204.

  FIG. 7 shows a configuration example of the automation nonconformity calculation unit 201 in the first embodiment. The automation nonconformity calculation unit 201 includes an information acquisition unit 701, a management table creation unit 702, and a system administrator history DB 703.

  In the automation nonconformity calculation unit 201, the information acquisition unit 701 receives actual machine information (20001) and system administrator processing (20004) transmitted from the statistical information analysis unit 203, and transmits them to the management table creation unit 702. (70001). Further, the system administrator process (20004) received by the information acquisition unit 701 stores the process contents as a history in the database of the system administrator history DB 703 (70000).

  The management table creation unit 702 acquires the processing contents of the system administrator from the system administrator history DB 703 (70002), creates the environment construction processing history table 704 based on the received actual machine information, and the environment construction processing history table 704. Thus, the process of the system administrator is weighted, and the change determination of the automatic / manual process is performed on the control target. When changing the automatic / manual processing, a change notification is transmitted to the script creation unit 202 (20002).

  FIG. 8 shows an example of a database stored in the system administrator history DB 703. The system administrator history DB 703 records the date when the system administrator inputs the process, the constituent elements to be controlled, and the process contents. Control targets and processing contents of the system administrator history DB 702 are used in the environment construction processing history table 704.

  As described above, the automation nonconformity calculation unit 201 determines whether to change the automatic / manual process based on the environment construction process history table 704.

  FIG. 9 shows an example of the environment construction processing history table 704 in the first embodiment. The example of FIG. 9 shows a case where “operation verification” and “parameter change” are performed as “system administrator processing”. The operation verification is a process of selecting and analyzing a component or the like whose operation status is to be confirmed in the actual machine environment 204. The parameter change is a process of changing parameter values of the storage 205, the FC switch 206, the blade 207, and the like, which are components of the actual machine environment 204.

  In the environment construction processing history table 704, the vertical axis indicates the component recorded in the actual machine environment information DB 302 or the parameter value of each component, and the horizontal axis indicates the system administrator recorded in the system administrator DB 703. Processing contents, automation level, and automation nonconformity are registered.

  In the environment construction process history table 704, the process of the system administrator is counted for each control target. For example, when the system administrator changes the parameter of the storage 205, it is counted as “storage” to be controlled and “parameter change” in the process of the system administrator (gray portion in FIG. 9).

  For the counted value, the sum is calculated for each control target (for each environment) in the environment construction processing history table 704 and recorded as an automation level. This automation level is used for threshold determination. That is, the automation nonconformity is changed by the threshold determination of the automation level, and when the automation level exceeds a certain threshold, the automation nonconformity is increased.

  This degree of automation nonconformity is a criterion for determining whether automation of processing is appropriate.For example, when the degree of automation nonconformity increases, system administrator processing frequently occurs. It indicates that the range is narrowed or manual processing is suitable. On the other hand, when the degree of automation incompatibility is reduced, there is almost no processing by the system administrator, so it is appropriate to expand the application range of automatic processing or switch manual processing to automatic processing. Represents.

  In the above description, a case is described in which the degree of automation nonconformity increases. However, when there is no processing by the system administrator for a certain period, update processing is performed so that this degree of automation nonconformity decreases.

  As described above, when the automation nonconformity is changed, the control target registered in the environment construction processing history table 704 is changed in accordance with the change.

  When the automation nonconformity increases, the control target registered in the environment construction processing history table 704 is subdivided. For example, when the control target is the real machine environment 204, the blade 207, the FC switch 206, and the storage 205, which are components of the real machine environment 204, are based on the used resource information stored in the database shown in FIG. Performs automatic processing by dividing each resource. When the control target is the virtual server 208, the automatic processing is performed by dividing the virtual server 208 by parameter based on the used resource information. For example, if the parameter to be controlled in the virtual server 208 is the number of CPUs (the number of virtual CPUs assigned to the virtual server), parameters other than the number of CPUs are automatically set by a preset calculation method or the like. .

  When the automation nonconformity is lowered, the control objects registered in the environment construction processing history table 704 are combined. For example, when the control target is the blade 207, automatic processing is performed by integrating with the processing of the upper real machine environment 204 in which the blade 207 is a component. At this time, the processing of the FC switch 206 and the storage 205, which are constituent elements, is also integrated into the processing of the real machine environment 204.

  As described above, the control target is segmented or combined based on the used resource information recorded in the actual machine environment information DB 302. In the embodiment of FIG. 1, it is described that this used resource information is transmitted from the statistical information analysis unit 203 to the automation nonconformity calculation unit 201. However, the actual machine stored in the disk drive 226 of the management computer 200 is described. Information may be acquired directly from the environment information DB 302.

  Next, the transition of the environment construction processing history table 704 accompanying the processing of the automation nonconformity calculation unit 201 will be described more specifically. Hereinafter, a method for changing the control target of the environment construction processing history table 704 by changing the automation nonconformity will be described with reference to FIG. 10A to 10D show examples of changes in the environment construction processing history table 704. FIG. In the example of FIG. 10, cases in which the degree of automation nonconformity sequentially increases are shown in the order of (a), (b), (c), and (d), and the case in which the degree of automation nonconformity sequentially decreases (d). , (C), (b), (a) in this order.

  First, when the degree of automation incompatibility is increased, the number of control objects in the environment construction process history table 704 increases because the automatic process is subdivided.

  For example, a state (a) in which all settings of the “real machine environment” 204 are controlled by automatic processing is assumed. The state (a) shows the initial state, the automation level is 5, and the automation nonconformity is 0.

  Next, when the system administrator's operation verification and parameter change processing are frequently performed in a predetermined period for blades in the actual machine environment, the sum of the automation levels in the actual machine environment increases. As a result, when the sum of the automation levels, in this example (2 + 3 = 5), is equal to or greater than a preset threshold value 5, the degree of automation nonconformity increases. In this case, 1 is added to the degree of automation incompatibility in the state (a), and the devices / resources constituting the real machine environment 204 are extracted from the used resource information in the real machine information environment DB 302 and subdivided. In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the actual machine environment 204 includes the blade 207, the FC switch 206, and the storage 205 as components. Therefore, the blade 207 and the FC switch 206 are control targets of the environment construction processing history table 704. , And the storage 205 are registered, and the state (b) is entered. A value obtained by adding 1 is set to the degree of automation nonconformity of all control objects (components) constituting the actual machine environment.

  In addition to the state of (b), the system administrator frequently performed operation verification and parameter change processing, etc., and the total automation level of the blade 207 (displayed in gray) increased to exceed the threshold, and the degree of automation nonconformity increased. In this case, 1 is added to the automation nonconformity of each control object. On the other hand, since the blade can be subdivided into a virtual server and a hypervisor from the used resource information in the real machine information environment DB 302, the virtual server 208 and the hypervisor 209 are registered as control targets in the environment construction processing history table 704, and the state (c ) At this time, a value obtained by adding 1 to the automation nonconformity of each control target (component) of the blade, that is, 2 is set.

  In the case where the system administrator's operation verification and parameter change processing are frequently performed from the state of (c), the sum of the automation levels of the virtual server 208 (displayed in gray) increases, and the degree of automation nonconformity increases. Then, 1 is added to the automation nonconformity of each control target (component) of the virtual server. On the other hand, since the virtual server 208 cannot be subdivided into components from the used resource information in the real machine information environment DB 302, the control target is changed from the component to the parameter for the virtual server 208, and the control target of the automation nonconformity 704 Each parameter of the virtual server is registered in state (d). A value 3 obtained by adding 1 is set to the automation nonconformity of each control target (each parameter) of the virtual server.

  On the other hand, when the degree of automation incompatibility is lowered, the number of control targets in the environment construction processing history table 704 is reduced because automatic processing is combined.

  For example, in a state (d) in which the virtual server 208 is subdivided by parameters, a period in which the system administrator does not process the parameters of the virtual server 208, for example, the number of CPUs, has passed several days or more. 1 is subtracted from the degree of automation incompatibility of each control target (each parameter) of the virtual server. Then, each parameter including the number of CPUs is registered as a “virtual server 208” in the control target of the environment construction processing history table 704 based on the used resource information in the real machine information environment DB 302, and the state (c) is entered. Regarding the “virtual server” that is the control target, a value 2 obtained by subtracting 1 is set as the automation nonconformity.

  When the degree of automation nonconformity decreases further from the state of (c) due to the low frequency of processing by the system administrator for the virtual server 208, 1 is subtracted from the degree of automation nonconformity of the virtual server. Then, the virtual server 208 and the hypervisor 209 are changed to the upper “blade 207” based on the used resource information in the real machine information environment DB 302 and are registered in the control target of the environment construction processing history table 704 to be in the state (b). For the control target “blade”, the value 1 obtained by subtracting 1 is set as the automation nonconformity.

  If the automation non-conformance is further reduced from the state of (b) due to the low frequency of processing performed by the system administrator on the blade 207, 1 is subtracted from the automation non-conformance of the blade. Then, the blade 207, the FC switch 206, and the storage 205 are changed to the higher “real machine environment 204” based on the used resource information in the real machine information environment DB 302, and are registered in the control target of the environment construction process history table 704, and the state ( a). The value 0 obtained by subtracting 1 is set as the degree of automation nonconformity of the control target “real machine environment”.

  In the environment construction process history table 704, the history of changes in the above states is recorded one by one until the end of the environment construction process. Therefore, the environment construction history of the information processing system can be grasped from the environment construction processing history table 704. According to the present invention, the automation rate in environment construction changes for each controlled object and with the passage of time. In the example illustrated in FIG. 10, with respect to blades or virtual servers, the state (a) → state (d), the degree of automation nonconformity in environment construction, in other words, the target range of resources that are automatically processed is narrow with time. And the ratio of manual processing within the limited range increases. Thereafter, the change from state (d) to state (a) indicates that the target range of the automatically processed resource is widened. As described above, according to the present invention, processing for weighting the automation rate for each control target is performed in accordance with the purpose of environment construction. For example, the system administrator first performs environment construction processing focusing on blades, In the meantime, the FC switch and storage perform the minimum necessary manual processing, and when the blade environment construction process is finished, the environment construction processing is focused on the storage. By proceeding with such processing, it is possible to reduce the man-hours for the entire information processing system as compared with the conventional method in which processing is performed while maintaining a constant automatic processing ratio for each resource.

  As described above, in this embodiment, by using the environment construction processing history table 704, for the processing of the system administrator, from the upper real machine environment 204 to the lower devices / resources (components), Arbitrary hierarchical levels for each resource, up to device / resource parameters such as the number of CPUs, can be subject to automation level control, and automatic / manual processing is controlled as needed according to the system administrator's processing. It is possible to apply it by drilling down to the target.

  In the above description, only one control target in the environment construction process history table 704 is described, but a plurality of control targets can be changed simultaneously.

  Next, the entire process of the management computer 200 in the first embodiment will be described. That is, each processing procedure of the automation nonconformity calculation unit 201, the script creation unit 202, and the statistical information analysis unit 203 constituting the management computer 200 will be described.

  First, FIG. 11 shows an example of the processing procedure of the statistical information analysis unit 203 in the first embodiment. The statistical information analysis unit 203 obtains component information, device / resource connection information, and statistical information from the real machine environment 204 and stores them in the real machine environment information DB 302 as a database as shown in FIG. 1101).

  The resource usage information in the actual machine environment information DB 302 is transmitted to the automation nonconformity calculation unit 201 (1102), and the statistical information in the actual machine environment information DB 302 is monitored (1103). In the monitoring, the system administrator confirms the operation status of the actual machine environment 204 by visualizing statistical information.

  Next, FIG. 12 shows a processing procedure of the script creation unit 202 in the first embodiment. The script creation unit 202 receives a notification for changing the automatic / manual setting from the automation incompatibility calculation unit 201 (1201), and acquires a script for a control target (see FIG. 6) from the environment information DB 502 (1202). The acquired script is changed in accordance with the change notification of the automation nonconformity calculation unit 201 (1203). The changed script is executed by the management computer 200 and used for changing the setting of the actual machine environment 204 through the business network 220 (1204).

  FIG. 13 shows a processing procedure of the automation nonconformity calculation unit 201 in the first embodiment. In the automation nonconformity calculation unit 201, first, a process input by the system administrator to the automation nonconformity calculation unit 201 is received (1301), and a history of processing contents of the system administrator (see FIG. 8) is stored in the system administrator history DB 703. (1302). Next, by receiving the used resource information (see FIG. 4) of the real machine environment information DB 302 from the statistical information analysis unit 203, the real machine information of the real machine environment 204 is acquired (1303), and the automation nonconformity setting process (1304) is performed. . The automation nonconformity setting process is the creation / control of the environment construction process history table 704 and the environment construction process history table 704, weights the process of the system administrator, and the components to be controlled, or This is a process for setting an application range (automation incompatibility) of parameters for parameters (see FIGS. 9 and 10). After the automation nonconformity setting process is completed, whether or not the automation nonconformity is changed is confirmed (1305). If there is a change, a change notification is transmitted to the script creation unit 202 (1306).

  Next, the automated nonconformity setting process processed by the automated nonconformity calculator 201 will be described with reference to FIGS. 14, 15, and 16.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the automation nonconformity setting procedure in the first embodiment.
First, it is confirmed whether the system administrator does not process the actual machine environment 204 for several days or more (1401). If there is no process from the system administrator, a process for reducing the degree of automation nonconformity is performed. (1402) The script control unit 202 is notified of a request to lower the automation nonconformity (1403). The processing procedure for reducing the automation nonconformity will be described later.

  If the system administrator has performed processing, the system administrator history DB 703 confirms whether the processing contents of the system administrator have been performed previously (1404). The process is registered (1405). Next, the control target corresponding to the process of the system administrator is counted in the environment construction process history table 704 (1406), and it is determined whether the automation level, which is the sum of the counted values, is equal to or greater than the threshold (1407). If the automation level is equal to or higher than the threshold value, a process for increasing the degree of automation nonconformity is performed (1408), and a request to increase the degree of automation nonconformity is notified to the script creation unit 202 (1409). The processing procedure for increasing the automation nonconformity will be described later.

FIG. 15 shows a flowchart of a process for increasing the automation nonconformity in the automation nonconformity setting procedure in the first embodiment.
First, the degree of automation incompatibility of the control target in the environment construction processing history table 704 is increased by 1 (1501), and then it is determined whether the control target can be subdivided by component (1502). For example, in the case of the actual machine environment 204, subdivision by component means that the component is divided into blades 207, FC switches 206, and storages 205. In addition, the used resource information recorded in the actual machine environment information DB 302 is used for the subdivision determination. If the control target can be subdivided by component, the subdivided component is registered as a control target in the environment construction processing history table 704 (1504).

  If subdivision cannot be performed for each component, it is determined whether the control target can be subdivided by parameters (1503). For example, in the case of the virtual server 208, the segmentation by parameters means that the virtual server 208 is divided into parameters such as the number of CPUs and the amount of memory. In addition, the used resource information recorded in the actual machine environment information DB 302 is used for the subdivision determination. If the control target can be subdivided by parameter, the parameter is registered in the control target of the environment construction processing history table 704 (1506).

  If subdivision cannot be performed for each parameter, the control target of the environment construction processing history table 704 is changed to manual processing (1505).

  After performing the above processing, the processing count and automation level of the system administrator counted by the control target in the environment construction processing history table 704 are reset (1507).

  FIG. 16 shows a flowchart of a process for reducing the automation nonconformity in the automation nonconformity setting procedure in the first embodiment.

  First, the degree of automation incompatibility of the control object in the environment construction process history table 704 is reduced by 1 (1601), and it is confirmed whether the control object is a manual process (1602). If the control target is a manual process, the process is changed to an automatic process (1604). If not, the component or parameter related to the control target is acquired based on the used resource information in the actual machine environment information DB 302. (1603). Each component or parameter related to the control target is, for example, if the control target is the blade 207, the blade 207 is a component of the actual machine environment 204. The FC switch 206 and the storage 205 are targeted.

  The system administrator history DB 703 confirms whether or not the system administrator previously performed processing on the component including the control target (1605). If the previous control was performed, the automation level threshold is changed. (1607). This is controlled by a threshold value so that subdivision and coupling are not performed alternately.

  If no previous control has been performed, it is confirmed whether each related component or parameter is registered as a control target in the environment construction processing history table 704 (1606), and is registered as a control measure. The control target and each related component or each parameter are combined into one and registered in the environment construction processing history table 704 (1608). If it is not registered as a control target, it is not combined.

  After performing the above processing, the processing count and automation level of the system administrator counted by the control target in the environment construction processing history table 704 are reset (1609).

  According to the embodiment described above, the processing of the system administrator is weighted, and the application range of the automatic / manual processing is changed from the entire real machine environment to each device / resource (component), further each device / resource. The control level up to the lower level that has been drilled down to the parameters can be set as an arbitrary control target of the automation level. Therefore, problems due to automation can be solved, and automatic / manual merit can be fully utilized, so that the system administrator can work efficiently.

  For example, in the example of FIG. 10, for devices and resources that are frequently processed by a system administrator, such as blades, the range of devices and parameters that are the targets of manual processing are subdivided, while those such as storage and switches are used. For devices / resources that are not frequently processed, it is possible to broaden the targets of devices / resources and parameters to be controlled by automatic processing. As described above, by setting the automatic / manual processing optimally by the weighting of the processing, the overall work man-hours of the system administrator can be reduced.

  In addition, if the actual machine verification requirements are not met, investigation including the process of automatic processing is required. However, since the environment construction history can be grasped by the environment construction processing history table, the system administrator Can clearly determine which elements need to be controlled and which are not.

In addition, since the history of environment construction can be easily grasped, when constructing an environment for a new information processing system with similar conditions, the past history information can be used to examine the problems. An efficient schedule can be established. That is, the contents of the automatic / manual process set by the process weighting can be applied to other environments, so that the initial work of the system administrator can be shortened if the environment construction item is similar.
Alternatively, even if some kind of trouble occurs in the information processing system after the environment construction, trouble analysis can be performed more efficiently.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to optimally set automatic / manual processing by analyzing and controlling from the environmental components to the parameters of the components by weighting the processing of the system administrator. This can reduce the man-hours for the system administrator. In addition, since the processing for components that are not controlled by the system administrator is automated, the system administrator can clearly determine the elements that need to be controlled and the elements that do not need to be controlled.

Further, the contents of the automatic / manual processing set by the weighting of the processing can be applied to other environments, so that the initial work of the system administrator can be shortened for the same case.
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  Further, although the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the embodiments, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and can be variously modified without departing from the gist thereof. Yes.

  For example, in the first embodiment, the process of the system administrator is weighted and the automatic / manual process is switched. However, the parameter sheet can be optimized by the weighting.

  FIG. 17 shows an example of parameter sheet optimization as a modification. Here, the parameter sheet is a sheet in which the setting values of the constituent elements to be input at the time of environment construction are entered, and input is usually required for all parameters of the constituent elements.

  The weighting method by the processing of the system administrator is performed by the environment construction processing history table 704 in the same manner as in the first embodiment. When the degree of automation nonconformity is large, the processing of the system administrator frequently occurs, so the corresponding parameter sheet In the case where the degree of non-conformance of automation is small, there is almost no processing by the system administrator, so the parameter sheet item is omitted. Thereby, the number of man-hours can be reduced because the number of parameter sheet items input by the system administrator is reduced.

  In the first embodiment, the manual processing is switched to the device / resource parameters, but the processing may be switched to the manual processing at the component stage without drilling down to the parameters. You may subdivide into groups.

  In the first embodiment, the automatic / manual switching process focusing on the components is performed. However, the degree of automation nonconformity can be changed based on the network and requirements, and can be used in a wide range of fields.

  The present invention can be used by a system administrator who examines the environment construction and operation method of an information processing system.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 201 ... Automation incompatibility calculation part, 202 ... Script preparation part, 203 ... Statistical information analysis part, 204 ... Real machine environment, 205 ... Storage, 206 ... FC switch, 207 ... Blade, 208 ... Virtual server, 209 ... Hypervisor, 210, 226 ... Disk drive, 211 ... RG, 212 ... LU, 213 ... Controller, 214 ... Storage A port, 215 ... Storage B port, 216, 223 ... CPU, 217, 225 ... Memory, 218 ... HBA, 219 ... Virtual HBA, 220 ... virtual CPU, 221 ... virtual memory, 222 ... business network, 224 ... cache, 301 ... statistical information acquisition unit, 302 ... real machine environment information DB, 303 ... monitoring unit, 304 ... real machine information transmission unit, 501 ... script Editing unit, 502... Environmental information DB, 503 Script execution unit, 701 ... information acquisition unit, 702 ... management table creating unit, 703 ... system administrator history DB, 704 ... environment construction process history table.

Claims (20)

A management computer for supporting environment construction of an information processing system connected via a network,
The management computer is
A statistical information analysis unit that acquires environmental information of components regarding resources of the information processing system to be managed;
Generating history information of environment construction processing for the resource by a system administrator, and an automatic nonconformity calculating unit for weighting automatic processing and manual processing on the resource to be managed;
A script creation unit for controlling the environment construction of the resource,
In response to the processing of the resource received as a request from the system administrator, depending on the processing frequency of the system administrator obtained from the history information, automatic processing of a narrow range is performed for resources that are frequently processed And, for resources with a low frequency of processing, weighting for a wide range of automatic processing,
An environment construction support management computer characterized in that, based on the weighting, a ratio between automatic processing and manual processing of the resource processing is set, and environment construction control of the resource is controlled. In claim 1,
The information processing system includes at least a blade, a switch, and a storage as the resource to be managed,
The environmental information of the constituent elements of the resource is held as a database with link information that can be drilled down between the constituent elements related to the resource from the upper level to the lower level divided in advance. Management computer for environment construction support characterized by In claim 2,
The automated nonconformity calculation unit
It has an information acquisition unit, a management table creation unit, and a system administrator history database,
In the information acquisition unit, information on the target resource, real machine information including connection information between the resources, and information on processing of the system administrator are received.
Storing the processing contents of the system administrator in the system administrator history database;
The management table creation unit weights the target process based on the history information of the environment construction process based on the received actual machine information, and changes the automatic / manual process for the target resource. When performing, a management computer for supporting environment construction, wherein the script creation unit is notified of the change. In claim 3,
The system administrator history database records a date when the system administrator inputs a process, a component of the resource to be controlled, and a process content of the system administrator. Management computer for environment construction support. In claim 3,
The automated nonconformity calculation unit
It has an environment construction process history table that performs automatic / manual process change determination.
In the environment construction processing history table,
For each environment to be controlled, the processing details of the system administrator, the level of automation corresponding to the frequency of the processing, and the degree of automation nonconformity serving as a criterion for determining whether the processing is appropriate are registered. Management computer for environment construction support characterized by In claim 5,
The automated nonconformity calculation unit
According to the configuration information of the resource acquired by the statistical information analysis unit, according to the change of the automation nonconformity,
An environment construction support management computer that controls a control target of the environment construction processing history table from a component of the resource of the information processing system to a hardware configuration of the component. In claim 5,
An environment construction support management computer, wherein the environment to be controlled includes a component of the resource and a parameter value of each component. In claim 5,
The system administrator process is as follows:
An operation verification process for selecting and analyzing a component or the like whose operation status is to be confirmed in the actual machine environment;
A parameter change that changes a parameter value of each resource that is a component of the actual machine environment,
The statistical information analysis unit displays an operating status of the actual machine environment on a monitor, and is an environment construction support management computer. In claim 5,
The automated nonconformity calculation unit
An environment construction support management computer characterized in that the number of processes of the system administrator is counted for each environment to be controlled, and the total number of processes for each environment is set to the level of automation. In claim 9,
The automated nonconformity calculation unit
A management computer for supporting the construction of an environment, characterized in that the sum of the automation levels counted for each environment to be controlled is used for threshold determination, and the degree of automation nonconformity is changed based on a change in the automation level. In claim 10,
The script creation unit
When the degree of automation nonconformity increases for each environment to be controlled, a script that narrows the scope of application of the automatic processing is created, and when the degree of automation nonconformity decreases, the scope of application of the automatic processing is reduced. A management computer for environment construction support, characterized by creating a script to spread. In claim 5,
The automated nonconformity calculation unit
An environment characterized in that when the automation nonconformity is large, the corresponding parameter sheet item of the environment construction processing history table is left, and when the automation nonconformity is small, the corresponding parameter sheet item is omitted. Management computer for construction support. An information processing system including a management computer for supporting environment construction connected via a network,
The management computer is
A statistical information analysis unit that acquires environmental information of components regarding resources of the information processing system to be managed;
Generating history information of environment construction processing for the resource by a system administrator, and an automatic nonconformity calculating unit for weighting automatic processing and manual processing on the resource to be managed;
A script creation unit for controlling the environment construction of the resource,
In response to the processing of the resource received as a request from the system administrator, depending on the processing frequency of the system administrator obtained from the history information, automatic processing of a narrow range is performed for resources that are frequently processed And, for resources with a low frequency of processing, weighting for a wide range of automatic processing,
Based on the configuration information of the resource and the weighting, generate a control command for the resource that sets a ratio between automatic processing and manual processing of the target resource,
An information processing system characterized in that the environment is constructed by executing a script configured with the control command on the resource. In claim 13,
The information processing system includes at least a blade, a switch, and a storage as the resource to be managed,
The environmental information of the constituent elements of the resource is held as a database with link information that can be drilled down between the constituent elements related to the resource from the upper level to the lower level divided in advance.
The automated nonconformity calculation unit
It has an information acquisition unit, a management table creation unit, and a system administrator history database,
In the information acquisition unit, information on the target resource, real machine information including connection information between the resources, and information on processing of the system administrator are received.
Storing the processing contents of the system administrator in the system administrator history database;
In the management table creation unit, weighting is performed on the target process based on the history information of the environment construction process based on the received actual machine information,
An information processing system characterized in that, when an automatic / manual process is changed for the target resource, the script creation unit is notified of the change. An environment construction support method in an information processing system comprising a management computer for environment construction support connected via a network,
The management computer is
A statistical information analysis unit that acquires environmental information of components regarding resources of the information processing system to be managed;
Generating history information of environment construction processing for the resource by a system administrator, and an automatic nonconformity calculating unit for weighting automatic processing and manual processing on the resource to be managed;
A script creation unit for controlling the environment construction of the resource,
Receiving a request for control processing of the resource from a system administrator;
Counting the content of the control processing to the resource, and recording it in the environment construction processing history table for each component of the resource;
In response to the processing of the resource received as a request from the system administrator, depending on the processing frequency of the system administrator obtained from the history information, automatic processing of a narrow range is performed for resources that are frequently processed And a step of performing weighting for a wide range of automatic processing for resources with low frequency of the processing,
Generating a control command for the resource that sets a ratio of automatic processing and manual processing of the target resource based on the configuration information of the resource and the weighting;
An environment construction support method in an information processing system, comprising the step of constructing the environment by executing a script configured by the control command on the resource. In claim 15,
Determining that the sum of the counts exceeds a predetermined threshold;
If the sum of the counts exceeds a threshold value, a step of sending a notification for increasing the degree of automation nonconformity to the script control unit, and based on the resource configuration information and the weighting, automatic processing and manual processing of the target resource Generate a control command for the resource to set the ratio,
An environment construction support method in an information processing system, wherein the environment is constructed by executing a script constituted by the control command. In claim 16,
The script creation unit receiving a notification to increase the automation nonconformity;
If all of the control processing is automatic, it is automated for each resource configuration,
If the control process is automatic for each resource configuration, automate for each resource parameter,
If the control process is automatic for each parameter of the resource, creating a script for making the control process manual;
And executing the script to set the environment. An environment construction support method in an information processing system. In claim 16,
Determining that there is no control request from the system administrator for a period of time; and
An environment construction in an information processing system, comprising: a step of transmitting a notification for lowering the degree of automation nonconformity of the environment construction processing history table to the script control unit if there is no control request from the system administrator for a certain period or more. Support method. In claim 15,
The script creation unit receiving a notification to lower the automation nonconformity;
If the control process is manual, the control process is automated,
If the control process is automatic for each parameter of the resource, the control process of the resource subject to the parameter is automated,
If the process is automatic for each resource configuration, creating a script for automating all of the control processes;
Executing the script and setting the environment;
If the processing request of the system administrator is a process that has not been performed so far, the method includes the step of adding the processing request to the environment construction processing history table. . In claim 15,
Weighting the resource control process requested by the system administrator in the environment construction process history table;
And setting the presence / absence of display of the parameter of the target resource by the weighting.

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