JP2874578B2 - Multiple computer operation monitoring system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for comprehensively managing the operation of a plurality of computers, that is, a system for monitoring the operation of a plurality of computers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional computer operation monitoring system, an operator visually monitors data displayed on an output device located at a remote location for the following monitoring items for one computer. Was.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of a failure data transfer status confirmation system. In this system, a failure detection tool indicated by reference numeral 31 is
For the transfer data on the communication line, the data including the computer host name, computer operating system type, data transfer date and time, transfer end status, and troubleshooting method is stored in the failure status storage file 32 and located at a remote location. Is displayed on the output device 33.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of a multiple computer alive status checking system. In this system,
By using a computer alive status tool indicated by reference numeral 41, data is stored in an execution status / result storage file 34 at regular intervals on a communication line between an output device 33 installed in a remote place and a computer main body. These data are alternately generated to monitor the computer body and the output device 33.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of a business operation actual / test status confirmation system. In this system,
The execution name and execution running class of the application program specific to the business operation of the business operation production / test status tool indicated by reference numeral 51 are monitored, and the data is stored in the execution status / result storage file 34. Is output to the execution result list output device 36 as an execution result list, and is displayed on the output device 33 installed at a remote place.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of a business process execution status confirmation system. In this system, business processing
The execution status and execution result of the business-specific production / temporary application program executed as 61 are monitored, the data is stored in the execution status / result storage file 34 and the visual data storage file 35 as visual data, and these data are stored. The data is output to the execution result list output device 36 as an execution result list, and is visually displayed on the output device 33 installed at a remote place.

In the above example, individual monitoring items have been described individually for convenience of explanation, but it goes without saying that one computer system can naturally monitor all of these monitoring items. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of such a computer system.

In FIG. 9, reference numeral 100 denotes a host computer, which is connected to a failure status storage file 32 and an execution status / result storage file 34. Also,
The failure status storage file 32 and the execution status / result storage file 34 are connected to an output device 33 and an execution result list output device 36. With such a configuration, data obtained by the function of the failure detection tool 31 provided in the host computer 100, the function of the computer alive status tool 41, the function of the business process production / test status tool 51, and the like are stored in the failure status storage file. 32 or execution status / result storage file 34
And output to the output device 33 or the execution result list output device 36 as necessary.

[0009]

In the conventional computer operation management system as described above, the monitoring operation is performed by visually observing the output screen of the output device while monitoring personnel are attached to one host computer system. Had gone. Also, since the raw data is displayed, it is difficult to determine whether it is normal or not,
Accordingly, it is difficult to determine whether an abnormality has occurred, and it is difficult to quickly respond to the occurrence of the abnormality, and furthermore, there are various problems such as an overlooked abnormality display.

[0010] The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and by centrally monitoring the operation of a plurality of host computer systems, the occurrence of human error such as oversight of an abnormal display is prevented. An object of the present invention is to provide a multi-computer operation monitoring system capable of saving labor.

[0011]

A multi-computer operation monitoring system according to the present invention is a multi-computer operation monitoring system for monitoring the operation of a plurality of host computers interconnected by a communication circuit from a terminal installed at a remote location. A fault data transfer status monitoring function for monitoring at least a computer host name, a computer operating system type, a data transfer date and time, and a transfer end status with respect to transfer data on a communication circuit, and transferring data including a method of coping with a fault that has occurred. A multi-computer alive monitoring function of monitoring the alive status of each of the plurality of host computers by transmitting and receiving data at fixed time intervals between the terminal and the plurality of host computers,
A business process classification status monitoring function for determining the execution name and execution traveling class of the application program executed by each of the plurality of host computers and monitoring whether each application program is a production execution or a test execution; A business process execution status monitoring function that monitors the execution status of business application programs executed by each host computer, a failure data transfer status monitoring function, a multi-computer alive monitoring function, a business process sorting status monitoring function, and a business process execution status Multi-computer operation data accumulation / display / control function that processes and outputs the monitoring result data obtained by the monitoring function, and fault data transfer status monitoring to display information about the fault that has occurred on a visual screen The monitoring results obtained by the function Requests which monitoring result to output for the visual operation data accumulation / display / control function that processes according to the degree and the multiple computer operation data accumulation / display / control function. And an output function for visually displaying the data obtained by the visual operation data accumulation / display / control function.

[0012]

In the multiple computer operation monitoring system according to the present invention, at least the computer host name, the computer operating system type, the data transfer date and time, and the transfer end status are monitored for the transfer data on the communication circuit by the fault data transfer status monitoring function. Transfers data including how to deal with the failure that has occurred, and monitors the alive status of each of the multiple host computers by transmitting and receiving data at fixed time intervals between the terminal and the multiple host computers using the multiple computer alive monitoring function. ,
The job processing sorting status monitoring function determines the execution name and the running class of the application program executed by each of the plurality of host computers, and monitors whether each application program is in the actual execution or in the test execution. The execution status monitoring function monitors the execution status of business application programs executed by each of a plurality of host computers,
Process and output the monitoring result data obtained by the fault data transfer status monitoring function, multiple computer alive monitoring function, business processing sorting status monitoring function, and business processing execution status monitoring function by the multi-computer operation data accumulation / display / control function In order to display the information on the fault that has occurred on the visual screen, the monitoring result obtained by the fault data transfer status monitoring function is processed according to the importance by the visual operation data accumulation / display / control function. The output function requests the operation data storage / display / control function of multiple computers to output which monitoring result, displays the data given in response to the request on the screen, and stores the visual operation data. By visually displaying data obtained by the display and control functions, multiple hosts interconnected by a communication circuit The operation of the computer monitor from the installation to the terminal to a remote location.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings showing the embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a multiple computer operation monitoring system according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a failure data transfer status monitoring function, which indicates a computer host name, a computer operating system type, a transfer date and time, a transfer end status, and a handling method for a failure with respect to transfer data on a communication line. Transfer and monitor data, including.

Reference numeral 2 denotes an alive monitoring function of a plurality of computers. Data is transmitted / received between a terminal installed in a remote place and a plurality of computers at regular time intervals to check the alive status of each computer and the terminal. Monitor.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a business process sorting status monitoring function, which determines the specific location of the application execution name and the running class (production or test) of the application program and monitors the sorting of the production / test.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a business process execution status monitoring function, which monitors the execution status of an application program specific to the business process on a plurality of computers, and visually outputs the result to a terminal installed at a remote place. indicate.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a plurality of computer operation data accumulation / display / control functions. The above-mentioned failure data transfer status monitoring function 1, multiple computer alive monitoring function 2, business processing sorting status monitoring function 3, business processing execution The result obtained by filtering the data obtained by the status monitoring function 4 is accumulated as operation data, and the operation data is processed and output according to a request from the output function 7. Further, depending on the type of operation data, the operation data is automatically output to the output function 7.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a visual operation data accumulation / display / control function. A computer host name for displaying a visual screen according to the data level of the data received from the failure data transfer status monitoring function 1, Data including a visual screen name, a database name, and a range affected by a failure is processed and a visual screen is displayed to monitor the range affected by the failure.

Reference numeral 7 denotes the above-mentioned output function, which requests output data from the plural computer operation data storage / display / control function 5 and the visual operation data storage / display / control function 6, and according to the received data. The monitoring status is displayed on the screen, and a visual screen is displayed and printed out according to the data level.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram for explaining a more detailed configuration and operation of the multiple computer operation monitoring system of the present invention.

The failure data transfer status monitoring function 1 is specifically a failure detection tool 8 for detecting a failure in the communication system.
List file that stores the list data of faults in advance
12, a failure status file 13 for storing data relating to a failure that has actually occurred, and various additional information required when a failure occurs in a business process-specific application program, for example, business continuity classification, name of person in charge And the like, and a program failure storage file 15 for storing data relating to a failure in the application program when the failure occurs in the application program.

The multiple computer alive monitoring function 2 is specifically composed of a computer alive status tool 9 for monitoring the alive status of each computer. The computer life-and-death status tool 9 alternately generates data at regular time intervals on a communication line between an output device installed in a remote place and a plurality of computer bodies, and determines whether each computer body is normal. To monitor.

The business process sorting status monitoring function 3 specifically determines whether or not the application program specific to the business process is an actual program based on the job name of the execution name.
If it is not a production, it is composed of a business processing production / test status tool 10 for determining whether it is a production traveling class or a test.

The business process execution status monitoring function 4 specifically includes a production / temporary execution file 16 in which the monitoring target business for the current day is stored in advance, and the production / temporary execution file 16 An automatic execution status monitoring file 17 in which information of "program ID", "running order" and "event" is stored, and "visual code", "color code", "color code" for visually displaying the running order of the program Abnormal code "
And the information of the "abnormal code" is the actual / temporary execution file
16 and a visual data file 18 stored therein.

Multiple computer operation data storage / display /
The control function 5 is specifically constituted by a computer operation data monitoring file 19. The computer operation data monitoring file 19 includes the above-mentioned failure status file 13, computer alive status tool 9, business process production /
Data is stored from the test status tool 10, the automatic execution status monitoring file 17, the visual data file 18, and the like.

The remote monitoring system 20 includes, for example, a screen display device 201 for displaying status and explanation of abnormalities, a recovery procedure, a person in charge, etc. on a screen by using a monitoring screen with a high level of listing, and interactively guiding recovery, and a fault display. A visual screen display device 202 that performs a visual display by indicating the location and the element that it affects on the graphical configuration diagram by color indicating the range of influence on the graphical configuration diagram
And a form output device 203 for outputting a hard copy of the screen display by the screen display device 201 and the visual screen display device 202.

The operation of the system for monitoring the operation of a plurality of computers according to the present invention will be described below.

The failure data transfer status monitoring function 1 compares the identification IDs of failures occurring on a plurality of computers with the data stored in the failure list file 12, and if they match, assigns a new identification ID. It is stored in the failure status file 13. When a failure occurs in the application program specific to the business process, information such as the business continuity category and the name of the person in charge is stored in the failure status file 13 from the additional information file 14 and also stored in the program failure accumulation file 15. Is done. If data is stored in the failure status file 13, it is extracted in step S1, transferred to the computer operation data monitoring file 19, and stored.

In the multiple computer alive monitoring function 2, the computer alive status tool 9 is generated by alternately generating data on a communication circuit at a fixed time interval between an output device installed in a remote place and a plurality of computer bodies. Monitors the normal / abnormal status of each computer (Step S
2) For the normally operating computer, in step S3, a message of “normal host ID” and “normal code” is sent to the computer operation data monitoring file 19.
Transfer to and store. In addition, regarding the computer that is not operating normally, in step S4, the “abnormal host
After transferring the message of "ID" and "abnormal code" to the computer operation data monitoring file 19 and storing it, it notifies the monitoring personnel.

In the business process sorting status monitoring function 3, the job name of the execution name of the application program unique to the business process is checked by the business process production / test status tool 10 in step S5. Is transferred to the computer operation data monitoring file 19 and stored. Also step
If it is a production run class in S6, the "production code" and the message are transferred to the computer operation data monitoring file 19 and stored in step S8. Further, when it is determined in step S6 that the class is the test driving class, the "test code" and the message are transferred to the computer operation data monitoring file 19 and stored. If the fault data transfer status monitoring function 1 detects that a fault has occurred in a system other than the actual system, these categories do not cause a substantial fault in the operation of the system. In other words, the fault data transfer status If a failure is detected by the monitoring function 1 and it is detected by the business process sorting status monitoring function 3 that it is a real one, it is processed as an actual failure on the system.

In the business process execution status monitoring function 4, the actual
From the temporary execution file 16 as the business process 11, store the information of the program ID, "running order", and "event" to be monitored for the current day in the automatic execution status monitoring file 17, and visually check the running order of the program. Information such as “visual code”, “color code”, “abnormal code” and “abnormal code” is stored in the visual / data file 18 from the production / temporary execution file 16 for display. Automatic execution status monitoring file
The information stored in 17 and the visual data file 18 is transferred to the computer operation data monitoring file 19.

[0034] Data storage / display /
In step S10, the control function 5 receives an instruction from the remote monitoring system 20 to transmit the failure data from the failure status file 13, the multiple computer alive status from the computer alive status tool 9, and the business process production / test status tool 10. The status to be monitored is selected from the business sorting status and the business process execution status from the automatic execution status monitoring file 17, and an output condition is set for whether only the screen display or the form output is to be performed.

When these conditions are set, the editing operation is performed in step S11 from the data stored in the computer operation data monitoring file 19, and the status display, the description of the abnormal contents, and the recovery are performed on the monitoring screen having a high list. Procedures, persons in charge, etc. are displayed on the screen display device 201 to guide the recovery interactively. In addition, a visual display is performed by displaying the affected area and the elements affected by the area on the graphical configuration diagram by the visual screen display device 202 in different colors. Further, the screen display by the screen display device 201 and the visual screen display device 202 is output as a hard copy by the form output device 203.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a screen display by the screen display device 201. Here, two host computers (host 1 and host 2) are to be monitored,
The presence / absence of software abnormality (“0” is normal) and the presence / absence of hardware failure (“0” is normal) regarding the hardware of each host computer are, for example, normal (“0”). The color is displayed differently when it occurs. With such a screen display, the monitoring personnel can perform the display in different colors, so that the occurrence of an abnormality or a failure and the specification of the software or hardware thereof can be immediately performed.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of screen display by the visual screen display device 202. On the display screen of the screen display device 201 shown in FIG. 3, since an abnormality has occurred in the software 3 of the host computer 1, the remote monitoring system 20 uses the remote monitoring system 20 to store, display, and control the operation data of a plurality of computers. By instructing function 5,
On the visual screen display device 202, the abnormality of the software 3 of the host 1 is displayed. Specifically, the host computer and the software are specified, and an original error message, an error content, a recovery procedure, and the like are displayed. Each of these displays information previously stored in the failure list file 12, the additional information file 14, the program failure accumulation file 15, and the like.

[0038]

As described in detail above, according to the multiple computer operation monitoring system of the present invention, the operation management of a plurality of host computers can be centrally managed by one system, and a failure occurs. At times, information relating to a fault that has occurred is displayed on a visual screen, so that a human error such as oversight of an important message is prevented, and early detection and recovery of the fault become possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a multiple computer operation monitoring system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram for describing a more detailed configuration and operation of the multiple computer operation monitoring system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a screen display example by a screen display device.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a screen display example by a visual screen display device.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of a conventional fault data transfer status confirmation system of a computer operation monitoring system.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of a multiple computer alive status checking system of a conventional computer operation monitoring system.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of a conventional business operation production / test status confirmation system of a computer operation monitoring system.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of a conventional business operation execution status confirmation system of a computer operation monitoring system.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a conventional system configuration example for computer operation monitoring.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Fault data transfer status monitoring function 2 Multiple computers alive monitoring function 3 Business process sorting status monitoring function 4 Business process execution status monitoring function 5 Multiple computer operation data storage / display / control function 6 Visual operation data storage / display / control function 7 Output function

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A multi-computer operation monitoring system for monitoring operation of a plurality of host computers interconnected by a communication circuit from a terminal installed at a remote location, wherein at least a computer host name, A failure data transfer status monitoring function for monitoring the type of the computer operating system, data transfer date and time, and a transfer end status, and transferring data including a method for coping with the occurred fault; and a fixed time between the terminal and the plurality of host computers. A plurality of computer alive monitoring functions for monitoring the alive status of each of the plurality of host computers by transmitting and receiving data at intervals; and determining an execution name and an execution traveling class of an application program executed by each of the plurality of host computers. A business process sorting status monitoring function that monitors whether each application program is in a real execution or a test execution, and a business process execution that monitors the execution status of a business-specific application program executed by each of the plurality of host computers. A status monitoring function, and a plurality of computer operation data for processing and outputting monitoring result data obtained by the fault data transfer status monitoring function, the multiple computer alive monitoring function, the business process sorting status monitoring function, and the business process execution status monitoring function. Visual operation data for processing the monitoring results obtained by the fault data transfer status monitoring function according to the degree of importance in order to display the information relating to the fault that has occurred on the visual screen with the storage / display / control function. Storage / display / control function Requesting which monitoring result to output to the display / control function, displaying the data given in response to the request on the screen, and obtaining the visual operation data accumulation / display / control function. A multi-computer operation monitoring system comprising an output function for visually displaying data.