JP4888398B2 - Address notification system, address notification method, and address notification program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an address notification system, an address notification method, and an address notification program for notifying an address of a distributed monitoring server.

  Conventionally, in a system that exchanges business data in a standard format defined by local governments and industries using a standard protocol such as SOAP, the flow of work executed across multiple local government organizations (hereinafter referred to as “sites”) is monitored. As one of means for doing this, there is a monitoring system in which a “distributed monitoring server” is set at each site, and the overall flow of business is grasped by their cooperation (see FIG. 1, Non-Patent Document 1).

  Here, the monitoring system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a business system and a distributed monitoring server. As shown in the figure, the monitoring system has a plurality of sites X, sites Y, and sites Z, for example. The site X is composed of a distributed monitoring server α and a business system A, the site Y is composed of a distributed monitoring server β and a business system B, and the site Z is composed of a distributed monitoring server γ and a business system C. ing. When the business system A of the site X transmits business data to request the business to the site Y, the business system B of the site Y executes the business based on the business data.

  At this time, the distributed monitoring server β at the site Y monitors the business system B, and when the distributed monitoring server α at the site X receives a request for notification of the progress status of the business, the progress status is sent to the distributed monitoring server α. Send. Thereby, the site X can grasp the flow of the business concerned. The same operation can be performed between the site Y and the site Z and between the site Z and the site X.

  In the monitoring system, it is necessary to recognize an address between sites that communicate with each other, but the MAC of the partner terminal is transmitted by transmitting an ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) packet that specifies the IP address of the partner terminal to communicate with or a special ARP packet. A technique for acquiring an address or a network address is known (see Patent Document 1).

JP 2000-183900 A Information Society of Japan Journal Vol48No. 5 May 2007

  However, in the monitoring system, the distributed monitoring server is considered to be gradually added according to the policy of each site, and there is a problem that it is impossible to recognize the address of a terminal that does not even exist. In other words, since the site that wants to communicate with the newly added distributed monitoring server cannot know the address of the newly added distributed monitoring server, it can also acquire the address by sending an ARP packet or special ARP packet. Can not do it.

  Conventionally, repository specifications such as UDDI (Universal Description Discovery and Integration) and exXMLLR & R have been proposed as a mechanism for discovering some kind of electronic service. Absent.

  In addition, manually registering the address of the newly added distributed monitoring server is time consuming and causes a human error.

  In addition, when acquiring the address of a newly added distributed monitoring server, if an address notification request is made to an existing business system from all sites where there is a possibility of cooperation between that site and the business, There is a problem that load is applied.

  In addition, in that case, there is a problem that a load of communication amount in the network between sites is applied.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an address notification system and an address notification method capable of efficiently notifying the server of another site of the address of the distributed monitoring server newly added in the site And an address notification program.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, an address notification system is an address notification system including a transfer device, a business processing device, and a distributed monitoring device. First receiving means for receiving data from the address notification system, and first transmitting means for transmitting the data received by the first receiving means to both the business processing device and the distributed monitoring device. The business processing apparatus is pre-registered in the business processing apparatus with a second receiving means for receiving data transmitted from the first transmitting means and a format of data received by the second receiving means. If the format is registered in the business processing device, the data is transferred to the business processing program of the business processing device, and the format registered in the business processing device is used. And determining means for discarding the data, and the distributed monitoring device includes third receiving means for receiving data transmitted from the first transmitting means, and the address of the distributed monitoring device, Notification means for notifying the address of the distributed monitoring device in the other address notification system included in the data received by the third receiving means.

  In the above configuration, the address notification system determines whether the determination in the determination unit is an XML schema pre-registered in the business processing device in a format of data received by the second reception unit. It is characterized by that.

  In the above configuration, in the address notification system, the first transmission unit determines whether the data received by the first reception unit is data to be processed by the distributed monitoring device, and the distributed monitoring device If the data is to be processed in (4), a configuration is provided that includes transfer means for transferring the data only to the distributed monitoring device.

  According to such a configuration, the distributed monitoring device newly added in the site transmits the received data to both the business processing device and the distributed monitoring device, so that the address is unknown from other sites. The monitoring device can effectively notify its address to devices at other sites.

  Next, the address notification system is an address notification system including a transfer device, a business processing device, a first distributed monitoring device, and a second distributed monitoring device, wherein the transfer device A first receiving means for receiving data including the address of the first distributed monitoring apparatus from the first distributed monitoring apparatus; and the data received by the first receiving means is sent to the business processing apparatus and the second First transmission means for transmitting to both of the distributed monitoring devices, wherein the business processing device receives the data transmitted from the first transmission means, the second reception means, and the second reception It is determined whether the format of the data received by the means is a format registered in advance in the business processing device. If the format is registered in the business processing device, the data is stored in the business processing program of the business processing device. Hand over A determination unit that discards the data if the format is not registered in the business processing device, and the second distributed monitoring device receives a third data that is transmitted from the first transmission unit. A receiving means; and a notification means for notifying the address of the second distributed monitoring apparatus to the address of the first distributed monitoring apparatus included in the data received by the third receiving means. Take.

  According to such a configuration, the distributed monitoring device newly added in the site transmits the received data to both the business processing device and the distributed monitoring device, so that the address is unknown from other sites. The monitoring device can effectively notify its address to devices at other sites.

  In the above configuration, in the case where a plurality of distributed monitoring apparatuses that acquire each other's addresses are configured as a group, the first distributed monitoring apparatus includes: Take the configuration to prepare.

  In the above configuration, when the first distributed monitoring device belongs to a plurality of the groups, the addresses of the distributed monitoring devices belonging to each group stored by itself are merged, and the group And a means for sharing.

  With this configuration, it is possible to reduce the load on the network and reduce the load on the business processing device.

  Next, an address notification method is an address notification method used in an address notification system including a transfer device, a business processing device, and a distributed monitoring device, and the transfer device receives data from another address notification system. And a first transmission step for transmitting the data received in the first reception step to both the business processing device and the distributed monitoring device, and the business processing device The second receiving step for receiving the data transmitted from the first transmitting step, and whether the format of the data received by the second receiving step is a format registered in advance in the business processing device If the format is registered in the business processing device, the data is transferred to the business processing program of the business processing device, and if the format is not registered in the business processing device A determination step of discarding data, wherein the distributed monitoring device receives a third reception step of receiving data transmitted from the first transmission step, and an address of the distributed monitoring device, A notification step of notifying the address of the distributed monitoring device in the other address notification system included in the data received by the reception step.

  According to such a configuration, the distributed monitoring device newly added in the site transmits the received data to both the business processing device and the distributed monitoring device, so that the address is unknown from other sites. The monitoring device can effectively notify its address to devices at other sites.

  Next, the address notification program is an address notification program used in an address notification system including a transfer device, a business processing device, and a distributed monitoring device, and the transfer device receives data from other address notification systems. And a first transmission procedure for transmitting data received by the first reception procedure to both the business processing device and the distributed monitoring device, and the business processing device The second reception procedure for receiving data transmitted from the first transmission procedure, and whether the format of the data received by the second reception procedure is a format registered in advance in the business processing device If the format is registered in the business processing device, the data is transferred to the business processing program of the business processing device and registered in the business processing device. A determination procedure for discarding the data if it is not an expression, wherein the distributed monitoring device receives a third reception procedure for receiving data transmitted from the first transmission procedure, and an address of the distributed monitoring device. And a notification procedure for notifying the address of the distributed monitoring device in the other address notification system included in the data received by the third reception procedure.

  According to such a configuration, the distributed monitoring device newly added in the site transmits the received data to both the business processing device and the distributed monitoring device, so that the address is unknown from other sites. The monitoring device can effectively notify its address to devices at other sites.

  As described above, the address notification system, the address notification method, and the address notification program can effectively notify the address of the distributed monitoring device newly added in the site to the distributed monitoring device of another site. .

  Embodiments of an address notification system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of an example of the address notification system according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, this address notification system includes a site X1 composed of a distributed monitoring server 110 and a business system 120, a site Y2 composed of a distributed monitoring server 210, a business system 220, and a copy device 230. Are connected via the network 9. In this address notification system, the site X1 and the site Y2 cooperate in business.

  The distributed monitoring server 210 includes a transmission / reception unit 211, a determination unit 212, an extraction unit 213, a monitoring unit 214, and an address data storage unit 215.

  The transmission / reception unit 211 receives data from the business system 220, the copy apparatus 230, and the distributed monitoring server 110 belonging to the site X1. Further, the data generated by the distributed monitoring server 210 is transmitted to the distributed monitoring server 110 at the site X1.

  The determination unit 212 is a processing unit that determines whether the data received by the transmission / reception unit 211 is special data. If the received data is not special data, the data is discarded. If the received data is special data, the data is output to the extraction unit 213.

  Here, the special data means data including a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) of another distributed monitoring server 110, and is different from business data for requesting a business from another business system 120. Hereinafter, the data refers to special data or business data.

  The extraction unit 213 is a processing unit that extracts the URI of the distributed monitoring server 110 belonging to the site X1 included in the input data when the determination unit 212 determines that the data is special data.

  The monitoring unit 214 is a processing unit that monitors the business of the business system 220 based on the data transmitted from the business system 220 and received and output by the transmission / reception unit 211. This data is, for example, a result of the business system 220 executing the business.

  The address data storage unit 215 is a storage unit that stores the URI of the distributed monitoring server 210 itself. Specifically, the address data storage unit 215 includes a memory or a magnetic disk device that stores a URI.

  The business system 220 includes a transmission / reception unit 221, a determination unit 222, and a business unit 223.

  The transmission / reception unit 221 receives data from the copy device 230. Further, the distributed monitoring server 210 is notified of the progress of the business processed by the business system 220.

  The determination unit 222 is a processing unit that determines whether the data received by the transmission / reception unit 221 is business data. If the received data is not business data, the data is discarded. If the received data is business data, the data is output to the business unit 223.

  The business unit 223 is a processing unit that executes a business based on input data when the determination unit 222 determines that the data is business data.

  The copy apparatus 230 includes a transmission / reception unit 231 and a copy unit 232.

  The transmission / reception unit 231 receives data from the distributed monitoring server 110 or the business system 120 belonging to the site X1. Further, the data copied by the copy unit 232 is transmitted to the distributed monitoring server 210.

  The copy unit 232 is a processing unit that copies the data received by the transmission / reception unit 231.

  Next, a specific configuration example of the copy apparatus belonging to the address notification system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3-1 and 3-2.

  FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating a specific configuration example of the copy apparatus, and illustrates a case of a hub with a mirroring function. As shown in the figure, the hub 230 with a mirroring function is arranged between the external network 9 and the business system 220, and ports (234, 233, 235) to which the external network 9, the business system 220, and the distributed monitoring server 210 are connected. Is arranged.

  Specifically, the Hub 230 with a mirroring function mirrors data flowing on the network via the external network 9 to another port (233, 235) via the port 234 to which the external network 9 is connected. The connected distributed monitoring server 210 can acquire the data, and the business system 220 connected to the port 235 can acquire the same data as the distributed monitoring server 210.

  Here, data flowing through the network 9 is expressed in, for example, an XML format, described in a standard format such as SOAP, and may be communicated by a standard communication protocol such as HTTP. In the case of SOAP, the SOAP header portion includes a description of the URI of the source and destination.

  FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating another specific configuration example of the copy apparatus, and illustrates a case of TCP monitoring. In the figure, software in which TCP monitoring is modified and a copy unit 232 is added is expanded in the memory of the copy apparatus 230.

  Here, the original TCP monitoring has a function of displaying received data and data responded in the session, and sets a URI and a port number to be disclosed to the outside of the business system 220.

  When the copy unit 232 copies the data received by the TCP monitoring 230 and transmits the data to the distributed monitoring server 210, the distributed monitoring server 210 can acquire the data.

  Next, the overall operation flow of the address notification system in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an overall operation flow of the address notification system.

  The following processing is performed by the copy apparatus 230. First, the transmission / reception unit 231 receives data from the site X1 (S110).

  Next, the copy unit 232 copies the data output from the transmission / reception unit 231 (S111). The URI of the distributed monitoring server 210 is set when the copy device is a hub with a mirroring function and the port 233 connected to the distributed monitoring server 210 is not set, and when the copy device is set to TCP monitoring. If not, the copy unit 232 does not copy.

  Further, the transmission / reception unit 231 transfers the data output from the copy unit 232 to the distributed monitoring server 210 and the business system 220 (S112). If the received data is not copied, it is transferred only to the business system 220.

  The following processing is performed by the distributed monitoring server 210. First, the transmission / reception unit 211 receives data transferred by the copy device 230 (S120). Then, the data is output to the determination unit 212.

  Next, the determination unit 212 determines whether the data output from the transmission / reception unit 211 is special data (S121).

  Here, an example of the special data will be described. For example, when data via the network 9 is communicated with a SOAP standard format and an HTTP communication protocol, an HTTP session is established using the host name (IP address or FQDN) and port number of the URI up to the SOAP handler, SOAP format data is communicated. If the URI path name registered in the SOAP handler in advance matches the expected data format (XML schema) with the received data, processing is performed based on the data content. Therefore, the special data includes the URI of the distributed monitoring server 210 and the transmission source URI.

  If the determination unit 212 determines that the data is special data (Yes in S121), the determination unit 212 outputs the data to the extraction unit 213. For example, in the example of the special data described above, when the data matches the format registered in advance in the SOAP handler, it is determined as special data.

  Further, the extraction unit 213 extracts the transmission source URI from the special data output from the determination unit 212 (S122). Then, the extraction unit 213 outputs the extracted transmission destination URI to the transmission / reception unit 211.

  The transmission / reception unit 211 transfers the data recorded with its own URI extracted from the address data storage unit 215 to the transmission source URI output from the extraction unit 213 (S124).

  On the other hand, when the determination unit 212 determines that the data is not special data (No in S121), the determination unit 212 discards the data (S123).

  The business system 220 performs the following processing. First, the transmission / reception unit 221 receives the data transferred by the copy device 230 (S130). Then, the transmission / reception unit 221 outputs the data to the determination unit 222.

  Next, the determination unit 222 determines whether the data output from the transmission / reception unit 221 is business data (S131).

  Here, an example of business data will be described. For example, it is assumed that data via the network 9 is communicated with a standard SOAP format and an HTTP communication protocol. If the URI path name registered in the SOAP handler in advance matches the expected data format (XML schema) with the data output from the transmission / reception unit 221, the data is passed to the business system body. If not, a SOAP fault is returned from the SOAP handler, or an error is returned from an HTTP server (not shown). Therefore, information that matches the format registered in advance in the SOAP handler is recorded in the business data.

  If the determination unit 222 determines that the data is business data (Yes in S131), the determination unit 222 outputs the data to the business unit 223. For example, in the example of the business data described above, when the data matches the format registered in advance in the SOAP handler, it is determined as business data.

  Further, the business unit 223 executes the business based on the output data (S132).

  On the other hand, when the received data does not match the format registered in advance in the SOAP handler, the determination unit 222 determines that the data is not business data. For example, when the received data is special data, it is determined that the data is not business data because there is no expected data format in the format registered in advance in the SOAP handler.

  If the determination unit 222 determines that the data is not business data (No in S131), the determination unit 222 discards the data (S133).

  In this embodiment, SOAP is taken as an example, but it is possible to use data that is not interpreted by the business system 220 by a method of setting an incorrect value as a checksum to be added to data.

  The copy unit 232 of the copy apparatus 230 copies the received data and transmits it to both the distributed monitoring server 210 and the business system 220. The copy unit 232 determines whether the copy unit 232 is special data. In the case of special data, it may be transmitted only to the distributed monitoring server 210.

  Next, address notification of the address notification system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 5, FIG. 6, and FIG.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing communication of business data (hereinafter referred to as normal communication). As shown in the figure, normal communication is performed by transmitting business data from the business system A120 of the site X1 to the site Y2.

  The copy device 230 at the site Y2 that has received the business data copies the business data, and transmits the copied business data to the distributed monitoring server β 210 and the business system B 220.

  FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart showing address notification. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing address notification.

  First, the distributed monitoring server α110 belonging to the site X1 acquires a transmission destination URI (S140). The transmission destination URI is a URI to which the business system A 120 under the monitoring of the distributed monitoring server α110 transmits business data, and the determination of the transmission destination will be described later.

  Next, the distributed monitoring server α110 creates special data (S141). The special data includes at least the URI (URIα) of the source distributed monitoring server α110.

  The distribution monitoring server α110 transfers the special data to the transmission destination (S142). The transfer is performed periodically.

  The copy device 230 belonging to the site Y2 receives the special data (S150).

  The copy device 230 copies the received special data (S151).

  The copy device 230 transfers the copied special data to the business system B 220 and the distributed monitoring server β 210 (S152).

  The distributed monitoring server β210 receives the special data (S160).

  The distributed monitoring server β210 determines whether the data is special data (S161). When the distribution monitoring server β210 determines that the data is special data (Yes in S161), the distribution monitoring server β210 extracts the transmission source URI (S162). In FIG. 7, the distributed monitoring server β 210 extracts URI α included in the special data.

  The distributed monitoring server β210 transfers its own URI to the transmission source (S163). In FIG. 7, the URI β that is the URI of the distributed monitoring server β 210 is transferred to the URI α that is the transmission source.

  On the other hand, when the distributed monitoring server β210 determines that the data is not special data (No in S161), the data is discarded.

  The business system B 220 receives special data (S170).

  The business system B 220 (see FIG. 7) determines whether or not the data is special data. When it is determined that the data is special data, the business system B 220 discards the special data (S171).

  Thus, the distributed monitoring server α110 at the site X1 can obtain the URI of the distributed monitoring server β210. Then, the transfer of special data to the business system B 220 at the site Y2 is stopped.

  The distributed monitoring server α110 refers to, for example, a list of transmission destination business systems managed by itself, and transfers and stops the transfer of special data. Here, the list of destination business systems is a list that stores a pair of URIs of business systems and distributed monitoring servers that belong to a site that is in business cooperation.

  Accordingly, the distributed monitoring server α110 does not store the URI of the distributed monitoring server that is paired with the URI of the business system to which the business system A120 under monitoring transmits business data, in the list of the destination business system. When transferring special data. On the other hand, when the distributed monitoring server α110 receives the URI of the distributed monitoring server β210, the distributed monitoring server α110 registers the URI in the list of destination business systems and stops the subsequent transfer.

  Next, in the configuration of the address notification system according to the present embodiment, determination of a transmission destination on the side where special data is transmitted will be described with reference to FIGS. 8, 9, and 10.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating determination of the transmission destination of special data. As shown in the figure, a copy apparatus 130 exists between the business system A 120 and the distributed monitoring server α 110 and is connected by a line.

  When the business system A 120 transmits business data to a business system at another site with which business system A 120 is linked to the business, the copy device 130 copies the business data, transmits the business data to the other site, and sends it to the distributed monitoring server α 110. Send the copied business data.

  The distributed monitoring server α110 receives the copied business data, and extracts a transmission destination URI included in the business data. Then, the distributed monitoring server α110 adds the extracted transmission destination URI to the list of transmission destination business systems.

  Thereby, the distributed monitoring server α110 can acquire the transmission destination URI of the special data. Note that it is assumed that the business system A 120 of the site X1 knows the transmission destination URI of the business system of another site with which business is linked.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of determining the transmission destination of special data. As shown in the figure, the hub with a mirroring function is arranged between the distributed monitoring server α110 and the business system A120, and ports (134, 133, 135) to which the external network 9, the business system 120, and the distributed monitoring server 110 are connected. ) Is arranged.

  That is, when the business system 120 communicates business data using HTTP and SOAP and sets the destination URI in the SOAP header, a hub having a port mirroring function can be used.

  Specifically, the hub 130 with a mirroring function mirrors to another port (133, 135) via the port 134 to which the business system 120 is connected. Then, the distributed monitoring server α110 connected to the port extracts the transmission destination URI of the transmission destination business system and sets it as the transmission destination of the special data.

  A configuration in which the business system 120 and the distributed monitoring server 110 cooperate to automatically set the transmission destination URI in the business system 120 in the distributed monitoring server 110 is also possible.

  It is also possible to manually extract the transmission destination URI from the business system 120 and manually set the extracted transmission destination URI in the distributed monitoring server 110.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart for determining the destination of special data. As shown in the figure, this is a flow when the copying apparatus 130 (see FIG. 8) is a Hub 130 with a mirroring function. It is assumed that the business system communicates business data using HTTP and SOAP.

  First, the business system 120 belonging to the site X1 transmits business data (S180). In the business data, a transmission destination URI of a business system belonging to another site that requests the business is set. Specifically, the transmission destination URI of the business system belonging to another site is set in the SOAP header.

  Next, the hub 130 with a mirroring function receives the transmitted business data and copies the business data (S190). Specifically, the mirroring is performed to another port through a port to which the business system 120 is connected. Then, the hub 130 with a mirroring function transfers the copied business data to the distributed monitoring server 110 and transmits it to the business system 220 of the site Y2 that is the original transmission destination.

  Next, the distributed monitoring server 110 connected to the port of the hub 130 with the mirroring function extracts the transmission destination URI from the transmitted business data (S200). Specifically, information on the destination URI that is a data format registered in advance in the SOAP handler is extracted.

  Next, the distributed monitoring server 110 adds the extracted transmission destination URI to the list of transmission destination business systems (S201).

  Further, at the site Y2, the business system 220 receives the business data transmitted from the hub 130 with a mirroring function (S210).

  Then, the business system 220 executes a business based on the business data (S211).

  As a result, the distributed monitoring server can automatically save the destination URI included in the business data, thereby reducing the effort for setting the destination URI.

  Next, referring to FIG. 11, FIG. 12-1, FIG. 12-2, FIG. 12-3, and FIG. 13 for an example of the group configuration of the distributed monitoring server when the address notification system in the present embodiment is used in a group. To explain.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a group configuration of the distributed monitoring server. As shown in the figure, the sites A4, X1, Y2, Z3, and W5 constitute one group.

  Here, the group is composed of distributed monitoring servers that have acquired URIs from each other, and shares the pair information of the URI of the business system and the URI of the distributed monitoring server that monitors the URI. However, it is assumed that the sites that are linked in the group but have not yet installed the distributed monitoring server are also included in the same group. Specifically, in FIG. 11, the site A4 that has business cooperation with the site X1, the site Y2, and the site W5 but has not yet introduced the distributed monitoring server is the same group.

  FIG. 12A is a diagram illustrating a specific configuration example of a group of distributed monitoring servers. As shown in the figure, since the site X1 and the site Y2 mutually obtain the URI of the distributed monitoring server, they constitute one group.

  Specifically, the data 10 including its own URI is transmitted from the distributed monitoring server β210 of the site Y2 to the distributed monitoring server α110 of the site X1, and the distributed monitoring server α110 of the site X1 receives the transmitted data 10 The information between the distributed monitoring servers that is known by itself is added, and the distributed inter-monitoring server data 11 that is the updated result data is transmitted to the distributed monitoring server β 210 at the site Y2. 12A is a diagram after the distributed monitoring server α110 of the site X1 transmits special data to the site Y2.

  FIG. 12-2 is a diagram illustrating communication data (site Y → site X) between the distributed monitoring servers. As shown in the figure, communication data in the case where data including its own URI is transmitted from the distributed monitoring server β210 at the site Y2 to the distributed monitoring server α110 at the site X1 is shown.

  Specifically, the URI of the distributed monitoring server β210 at the site Y2 (http://mon.fujitsu.co.jp/monitor) and the URI of the distributed monitoring server α110 included in the special data (http: // monitor) .Abc.com / mon / Monitor).

  Further, the URI (http://soap.fujitsu.co.jp:80/biz) of the business system 220 to be monitored by the distributed monitoring server β210 and the URI (http: // biz) of the business system 120 that is in communication with the URI. .Abc.com / business)).

  FIG. 12C is a diagram illustrating communication data (site X → site Y) between the distributed monitoring servers. As shown in the figure, the distributed monitoring server α110 adds the information between the distributed monitoring servers that it knows to the data transmitted from the distributed monitoring server β210, and then distributes the distribution that exists next on the data. The transmission data in the case of transmitting to the monitoring server is shown. In addition, when the own distributed monitoring server is the last, it shall transmit to the distributed monitoring server located in the head.

  Specifically, the distributed monitoring server α110 includes the business system 120 to be monitored by itself and the business system 220 that is in communication with the business system 120, which is information that the self has grasped about the data transferred from the distributed monitoring server β210. Is added to the distributed monitoring server β 210 that is the next distributed monitoring server of the added data.

  FIG. 13 is a processing flow diagram when data between distributed monitoring servers, which is communication data between distributed monitoring servers, is received. As shown in the figure, it is assumed that the distributed monitoring server 110 at the site X has received it.

  First, the distributed monitoring server 110 belonging to the site X1 receives inter-distributed monitoring server data from the distributed monitoring server at another site (S220).

  Next, the distributed monitoring server 110 determines whether or not data between distributed monitoring servers has been received in the past (S221). Specifically, the distributed monitoring server 110 determines whether or not the information of the distributed monitoring servers other than its own distributed monitoring server 110 is recorded in the information between the distributed monitoring servers that it knows. If information of a distributed monitoring server other than its own distributed monitoring server 110 is recorded, it is determined that data between distributed monitoring servers has been received in the past.

  When determining that the inter-distribution monitoring server data has been received in the past (Yes in S221), the distribution monitoring server 110 determines whether the data is the same as the data received in the past (S222). Specifically, the determination is made based on whether or not the received inter-distribution monitoring server data is the same as the information between the distributed monitoring servers that is known by the self.

  When the distributed monitoring server 110 determines that the data is the same as the data received in the past (Yes in S222), the process ends.

  On the other hand, when the distributed monitoring server 110 determines that it is not the same as the data received in the past (S222 No), or when it determines that the inter-distributed monitoring server data has not been received in the past (S221 No), the information it has Is added (S223).

  The distributed monitoring server 110 transmits the data between the distributed monitoring servers to the next distributed monitoring server of its own data as the distributed monitoring server data (S224). Note that if the information is the last in the information included in the data between the distributed monitoring servers, it is transmitted to the distributed monitoring server located at the head.

  In this way, the distributed monitoring servers between groups can automatically share data between distributed monitoring servers, and can efficiently operate a business system.

  Next, an example of representative selection in special data transmission when the address notification system according to the present embodiment is used in a group will be described with reference to FIGS. 14-1, 14-2, and 15. FIG.

  FIG. 14A is a diagram illustrating an example of representative selection in a group of distributed monitoring servers. As shown in the figure, since the site X1 and the site Y2 mutually obtain the URI of the distributed monitoring server, they constitute one group. Further, since the site A4 has a new business relationship with the site X1, a distributed monitoring server has not been introduced yet, but the site A4 is included in the same group as the site X1.

  At this time, the distributed monitoring server α110 of the site X1 is a representative that adds the URI of the business system 420 belonging to the site A4 newly in business relation to the data between the distributed monitoring servers and sends special data to the URI. Add information to declare. Then, the inter-distribution monitoring server data 21 which is the updated result data is transmitted to the distributed monitoring server positioned next to the own data.

  FIG. 14-2 is a diagram illustrating communication data (site X → site Y) between the distributed monitoring servers. As shown in the figure, the distributed monitoring server α110 at the site X1 connects itself to the URI of the business system 420 belonging to the site A4 that has newly established a business relationship among the data among the distributed monitoring servers that the self grasps. In addition to adding to the relationship, information “watching =“ yes ”141” is added to declare that it is a representative that transmits special data.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow of representative selection. As shown in the figure, it is assumed that the distributed monitoring server 110 at the site X has received it.

  First, the distributed monitoring server 110 belonging to the site X1 registers a new business system URI (S230). Specifically, it can be registered in the destination business system list by determining the transmission destination of the special data.

  The distributed monitoring server 110 determines whether there is a business system registered in the data between the distributed monitoring servers (S231). That is, the distributed monitoring server 110 searches the inter-distributed monitoring server data to determine whether or not the business system that has newly entered the business relationship has already become a business relationship at another site and is a representative for sending special data.

  When there is a business system registered in the data between the distributed monitoring servers (S231 Yes), the distributed monitoring server 110 ends the process. That is, the distributed monitoring server 110 does not transmit special data to a new business system.

  On the other hand, when there is no business system registered in the data between the distributed monitoring servers (S231 No), the distributed monitoring server 110 adds the URI of the business system and a description representative of itself to the data between the distributed monitoring servers (S232). . That is, the distributed monitoring server 110 transmits special data only within a group to a new business system.

  The distributed monitoring server 110 transmits the distributed inter-monitoring server data, which is the updated result data, to the distributed monitoring server positioned next to its own data (S233).

  For a business system that has become a business relationship, when the distributed monitoring server 110 of the site X1 updates its own data between distributed monitoring servers, transmits the data to the next distributed monitoring server, and circulation starts. It is also possible that another site will have a business relationship with the same business system at the time when the circulation has not yet arrived. can do.

  In that case, it is also possible to limit the number of representatives to one in order to more strictly suppress transmission of special data. Specifically, it can be realized by defining a rule that the data closer to the head is represented in the data between distributed monitoring servers.

  In this way, by selecting representatives from the group and suppressing the transmission of special data, the amount of special data communicated over the network can be reduced and the load on the business system can be reduced. Can do.

  Next, FIG. 16, FIG. 17-1, FIG. 17-2, FIG. 17-3, and FIG. 18 show examples of group integration of the distributed monitoring server when the address notification system according to the present embodiment is used in a plurality of groups. The description will be given with reference.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of group integration of the distributed monitoring servers. As shown in the figure, the site X1 and the site W5 constitute a group G2, and the site Y2 and the site Z3 constitute a group G1.

  Specifically, when a business system A220 already belongs to one group G1, and a business system B121 that belongs to another group G2 has a business relationship with the business system A220, from the distributed monitoring server α110 of the group G2. Special data is transmitted to the business system A220.

  Then, the inter-distributed monitoring server data in which the list of distributed monitoring servers belonging to G1 is recorded is transmitted from the distributed monitoring server β210 that monitors the business system A220 to the distributed monitoring server α110 of the group G2. Therefore, the distributed monitoring server α110 acquires data between distributed monitoring servers of both the distributed monitoring servers G1 and G2. Therefore, the distributed monitoring server α110 can form a new group in which the groups G1 and G2 are integrated by generating data between the distributed monitoring servers by merging them and circulating the data to the distributed monitoring server.

  FIG. 17A is a diagram illustrating data between distributed monitoring servers (site X) before group integration of distributed monitoring servers.

  Specifically, the URI of the distributed monitoring server α110 of the site X1 and the URI of the distributed monitoring server δ510 of the site W5 in the business relationship are registered in the data between the distributed monitoring servers of the site X1 before group integration. In the self-distributed monitoring server α110, the business system B121 as the monitoring target and the business system 520 belonging to the site W5 and the business system A220 at the site Y2 are registered. Furthermore, in the distributed monitoring server δ510, a business system 520 is registered as a monitoring target, and a business system B121 belonging to the site X1 is registered as a connection relationship. Here, in the information of the distributed monitoring server α110, information “watching =“ yes ”” declaring that it is a representative that transmits special data to the business system A220 belonging to the site Y2 is registered.

  FIG. 17B is a diagram illustrating data between distributed monitoring servers (site Y) before group integration of the distributed monitoring servers.

  Specifically, in the inter-distribution monitoring server data at the site Y2 before the group integration, the URI of the self-distribution monitoring server β210 and the URI of the distributed monitoring server γ310 of the site Z3 in the business relationship are registered. In the self-distributed monitoring server β210, the business system A220 is registered as the monitoring target and the business system 320 belonging to the site Z3 is registered as the connection relationship. Further, in the distributed monitoring server γ310, the business system A220 belonging to the business system 320 and the connection relation belonging to the site Y2 are registered.

  FIG. 17C is a diagram illustrating data between distributed monitoring servers (site X) after the group integration of the distributed monitoring servers.

  Specifically, the data between the distributed monitoring servers held by the distributed monitoring server α110 of the site X before the group integration and the data between the distributed monitoring servers held by the distributed monitoring server β210 of the site Y are integrated. Here, since the information of the distributed monitoring server β210 belonging to the site Y2 is registered by the group integration, the information of the distributed monitoring server α110 declares that it is a representative that transmits special data for the business system A220 belonging to the site Y2. Information “watching =“ yes ”” is deleted.

  If there is a business system to which special data is to be sent in each group, the special data will not be duplicated by limiting the number of distributed monitoring servers to be one at the time of merging. It is possible. In this case, for example, it can be realized by selecting only the first recorded data.

  FIG. 18 is a processing flow diagram for group integration of the distributed monitoring server. As shown in the figure, it is a flow after the distributed monitoring server α110 of the site X1 transmits special data.

First, the distributed monitoring server α110 receives data between distributed monitoring servers (S240).
Here, the received inter-distribution monitoring server data is data held by the dispersion monitoring server β 210 belonging to the site Y2 of the group G1.

  Next, the distributed monitoring server α110 determines whether or not data between distributed monitoring servers has been received in the past (S241).

  When determining that the inter-distribution monitoring server data has been received in the past (S241 Yes), the distribution monitoring server α110 determines whether the data is the same as the data received in the past (S242).

  When the dispersion monitoring server α110 determines that the data is the same as the data received in the past (Yes in S242), the process ends.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the distributed monitoring server α110 is not the same as the data received in the past (No in S242) or when it is determined that the data between the distributed monitoring servers has not been received in the past (S241 No), the received distributed monitoring It is determined whether or not a new distributed monitoring server exists in the inter-server data (S243). Specifically, it is determined whether or not there is a distributed monitoring server other than the distributed monitoring server β that is the monitoring target of the business system A that has transmitted special data in the received data between distributed monitoring servers.

  Here, when it is determined that there is a new distributed monitoring server (Yes in S243), the distributed monitoring server α110 merges with the existing distributed monitoring server data (S244).

  Then, when there are a plurality of special data transmission reference URIs, the distribution monitoring server α110 changes so that it is not a transmission target except for the first (S245).

  On the other hand, when the distributed monitoring server α110 determines that there is no new distributed monitoring server (No in S243), the distributed monitoring server α110 adds information held by itself (S246).

  Next, the distributed monitoring server α110 changes so as not to transmit special data to the identified monitoring target (S247). That is, since the distributed monitoring server α110 records the distributed monitoring server to which the special data has been transmitted in the received inter-distribution monitoring server data, the setting is changed so that special data is not transmitted for the monitoring target.

  Further, the distributed monitoring server α110 transmits the inter-distributed monitoring server data to the next distributed monitoring server of its own data as the distributed monitoring server data (S248). Note that if the information is the last in the information included in the data between the distributed monitoring servers, it is transmitted to the distributed monitoring server located at the head.

  In this way, the distributed monitoring servers between groups can automatically share data between distributed monitoring servers, and can efficiently operate a business system. In addition, by selecting representatives from multiple groups and suppressing the transmission of special data, the amount of special data communicated over the network can be reduced, and the load on the business system can be reduced. it can.

(Appendix 1) An address notification system including a transfer device, a business processing device, and a distributed monitoring device,
The transfer device is
A first receiving means for receiving data from another address notification system;
First transmission means for transmitting the data received by the first reception means to both the business processing device and the distributed monitoring device,
The business processing device is:
Second receiving means for receiving data transmitted from the first transmitting means;
It is determined whether the format of the data received by the second receiving means is a format registered in advance in the business processing device. If the format is registered in the business processing device, the data is stored in the business processing device. A determination means for discarding the data if it is not in a format registered in the business processing device.
The distributed monitoring device includes:
Third receiving means for receiving data transmitted from the first transmitting means;
Notification means for notifying the address of the distributed monitoring apparatus to the address of the distributed monitoring apparatus in the other address notification system included in the data received by the third receiving means, Address notification system.

(Additional remark 2) The determination in the said determination means determines whether the format of the data received by the said 2nd receiving means is the XML schema previously registered into the said business processing apparatus. The address notification system according to 1.

(Supplementary Note 3) The first transmission unit may determine whether the data received by the first reception unit is data to be processed by the distributed monitoring device, and may be data to be processed by the distributed monitoring device. 2. The address notification system according to appendix 1, wherein the data is transferred only to the distributed monitoring device.

(Appendix 4) An address notification system comprising a transfer device, a business processing device, a first distributed monitoring device, and a second distributed monitoring device,
The transfer device is
First receiving means for receiving data including an address of the first distributed monitoring device from the first distributed monitoring device;
First transmission means for transmitting data received by the first reception means to both the business processing device and the second distributed monitoring device,
The business processing device is:
Second receiving means for receiving data transmitted from the first transmitting means;
It is determined whether the format of the data received by the second receiving means is a format registered in advance in the business processing device. If the format is registered in the business processing device, the data is stored in the business processing device. A determination means for discarding the data if it is not in a format registered in the business processing device.
The second distributed monitoring device is:
Third receiving means for receiving data transmitted from the first transmitting means;
Notification means for notifying the address of the second distributed monitoring apparatus to the address of the first distributed monitoring apparatus included in the data received by the third receiving means. Notification system.

(Supplementary Note 5) In the case where a plurality of distributed monitoring devices that acquire each other's addresses are configured as a group
The address notification system according to appendix 4, wherein the first distributed monitoring apparatus transmits the data as a representative of a group to which the first distributed monitoring apparatus belongs.

(Appendix 6) When the first distributed monitoring device belongs to a plurality of the groups, the addresses of the distributed monitoring devices belonging to each group stored by the first distributed monitoring device are merged, and the group shares the merged address The address notification system according to appendix 5, wherein:

(Appendix 7) An address notification method used in an address notification system including a transfer device, a business processing device, and a distributed monitoring device,
The transfer device is
A first receiving step of receiving data from another address notification system;
A first transmission step of transmitting the data received by the first reception step to both the business processing device and the distributed monitoring device,
The business processing device is:
A second receiving step of receiving data transmitted from the first transmitting step;
It is determined whether or not the format of the data received in the second receiving step is a format registered in advance in the business processing device. If the format is registered in the business processing device, the data is stored in the business processing device. And a determination step of discarding the data if it is not in a format registered in the business processing device.
The distributed monitoring device includes:
A third receiving step for receiving data transmitted from the first transmitting step;
A notification step of notifying the address of the distributed monitoring device to the address of the distributed monitoring device in the other address notification system included in the data received by the third receiving step. Address notification method.

(Supplementary Note 8) An address notification program used in an address notification system including a transfer device, a business processing device, and a distributed monitoring device,
The transfer device is
A first receiving procedure for receiving data from another address notification system;
A first transmission procedure for transmitting data received by the first reception procedure to both the business processing device and the distributed monitoring device;
The business processing device includes:
A second reception procedure for receiving data transmitted from the first transmission procedure;
It is determined whether the format of the data received by the second reception procedure is a format registered in advance in the business processing device. If the format is registered in the business processing device, the data is stored in the business processing device. A determination procedure for discarding the data if it is not in a format registered in the business processing device.
The distributed monitoring device includes:
A third reception procedure for receiving data transmitted from the first transmission procedure;
Causing the computer to execute a notification procedure for notifying the address of the distributed monitoring device to the address of the distributed monitoring device in the other address notification system included in the data received by the third reception procedure. An address notification program.

  As described above, the address notification system, the address notification method, and the address notification program according to the present invention are known by the distributed monitoring server of the other site that is in business cooperation with the URI of the distributed monitoring server newly added in a certain site. Is particularly suitable for monitoring systems.

It is a figure showing the relationship between a business system and a distributed monitoring server. It is a functional block diagram showing the structure of an address notification system. 1 is a diagram illustrating a specific configuration example of a copying apparatus (hub with a mirroring function). FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram (TCP monitoring) illustrating a specific configuration example of a copy apparatus. It is a whole operation | movement flowchart of an address notification system. It is a figure showing normal communication. It is an operation | movement flowchart showing an address notification. It is a figure showing address notification. It is a figure showing the transmission destination determination of special data. It is a figure showing an example of the transmission destination determination of special data. It is a flowchart of the transmission destination determination of special data. It is a figure showing an example of the group structure of a distributed monitoring server. It is a figure showing the specific structural example of the group of a distributed monitoring server. It is a figure showing the communication data (site Y-> site X) between distributed monitoring servers. It is a figure showing the communication data (site X-> site Y) between distributed monitoring servers. It is a processing flow figure at the time of receiving the data between distributed monitoring servers. It is a figure showing an example of representative selection in the group of a distributed monitoring server. It is a figure showing the communication data (site X-> site Y) between distributed monitoring servers. It is a processing flow figure of representative selection. It is a figure showing an example of group integration of a distributed monitoring server. It is a figure showing the data (site X) between distributed monitoring servers before group integration of a distributed monitoring server. It is a figure showing the data (site Y) between distributed monitoring servers before the group integration of a distributed monitoring server. It is a figure showing the data (site X) between distributed monitoring servers after group integration of a distributed monitoring server. It is a processing flow figure at the time of group integration of a distributed monitoring server.

Explanation of symbols

1 Site X
2 Site Y
9 Network 110 Distributed Monitoring Server 120 Business System 210 Distributed Monitoring Server 211 Transmission / Reception Unit 212 Determination Unit 213 Extraction Unit 215 Address Data Storage Unit 220 Business System 221 Transmission / Reception Unit 222 Determination Unit 223 Business Unit 230 Copy Device 231 Transmission / Reception Unit 232 Copy Unit

Claims (4)

An address notification system composed of a transfer device, a business processing device, and a distributed monitoring device,
The transfer device is
A first receiving means for receiving data from another address notification system;
First transmission means for transmitting the data received by the first reception means to both the business processing device and the distributed monitoring device,
The business processing device is:
Second receiving means for receiving data transmitted from the first transmitting means;
It is determined whether the format of the data received by the second receiving means is a format registered in advance in the business processing device. If the format is registered in the business processing device, the data is stored in the business processing device. A determination means for discarding the data if it is not in a format registered in the business processing device.
The distributed monitoring device includes:
Third receiving means for receiving data transmitted from the first transmitting means;
Notification means for notifying the address of the distributed monitoring apparatus to the address of the distributed monitoring apparatus in the other address notification system included in the data received by the third receiving means, Address notification system.   The determination in the determination unit determines whether the format of the data received by the second reception unit is an XML schema registered in advance in the business processing device. Address notification system. An address notification method used in an address notification system including a transfer device, a business processing device, and a distributed monitoring device,
The transfer device is
A first receiving step of receiving data from another address notification system;
A first transmission step of transmitting the data received by the first reception step to both the business processing device and the distributed monitoring device,
The business processing device is:
A second receiving step of receiving data transmitted from the first transmitting step;
It is determined whether or not the format of the data received in the second receiving step is a format registered in advance in the business processing device. If the format is registered in the business processing device, the data is stored in the business processing device. And a determination step of discarding the data if it is not in a format registered in the business processing device.
The distributed monitoring device includes:
A third receiving step for receiving data transmitted from the first transmitting step;
A notification step of notifying the address of the distributed monitoring device to the address of the distributed monitoring device in the other address notification system included in the data received by the third receiving step. Address notification method. An address notification program used in an address notification system including a transfer device, a business processing device, and a distributed monitoring device,
The transfer device is
A first receiving procedure for receiving data from another address notification system;
A first transmission procedure for transmitting data received by the first reception procedure to both the business processing device and the distributed monitoring device;
The business processing device includes:
A second reception procedure for receiving data transmitted from the first transmission procedure;
It is determined whether the format of the data received by the second reception procedure is a format registered in advance in the business processing device. If the format is registered in the business processing device, the data is stored in the business processing device. A determination procedure for discarding the data if it is not in a format registered in the business processing device.
The distributed monitoring device includes:
A third reception procedure for receiving data transmitted from the first transmission procedure;
Causing the computer to execute a notification procedure for notifying the address of the distributed monitoring device to the address of the distributed monitoring device in the other address notification system included in the data received by the third reception procedure. An address notification program.

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