JP5475736B2 - Operation management system and monitoring setting method thereof - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an operation management system for monitoring the status of various hardware and software constituting a network system, and a monitoring setting method thereof.

  With the development of information and communication services as social infrastructure, stable operation of network systems has become an extremely important issue. Therefore, an operation management system that monitors the operating status and system performance of various network devices such as routers and switches, server devices (hardware), and various programs (software) that operate on the server devices has been put into practical use. Yes.

  In the operation management system, monitoring data indicating the status of hardware or software to be monitored is acquired by the monitoring device according to the monitoring setting information indicating the monitoring content such as the monitoring item and the monitoring cycle, and transmitted from each monitoring device. Monitoring data is collectively managed by the management device. Since the scale of network systems in recent years has been increasing, the number of hardware and software to be monitored has also increased, and the effort required to create monitoring setting information for a large number of monitoring targets has become a problem. . Therefore, a technique for easily creating monitoring setting information is required.

  A technique for automatically creating hardware configuration information such as network devices and server devices, although not for creating monitoring setting information, is described in Patent Document 1, for example. A technique for automatically setting network information is described in Patent Document 2, for example.

JP-A-5-28088 JP 2009-124571 A

  If hardware information is generated using the technique described in Patent Document 1 and monitoring setting information is created based on the hardware information, it is possible to save time and effort for grasping hardware configuration information. The monitoring setting information can be generated relatively easily. However, there is information that cannot be acquired from the hardware configuration information, such as the name of a building, for example, information (configuration information) indicating the characteristics of the monitoring target. For this reason, the technique described in Patent Document 1 has a problem that the monitoring setting information cannot be created flexibly according to the contents of the configuration information, and the time and labor for monitoring setting remain manually.

  On the other hand, with the technique described in Patent Document 2, it is possible to automatically set network information without relying on human resources, but it is not possible to automatically generate monitoring setting information for monitoring the network. For this reason, in order to monitor the network system, a manual setting operation is required separately.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the background art, and can easily generate a large amount of monitoring setting information flexibly according to the contents of configuration information. An object is to provide an operation management system and a monitoring setting method for generating the monitoring setting information.

In order to solve the above problems, an operation management system of the present invention includes a plurality of monitored devices that are monitoring targets,
A monitoring device for obtaining monitoring data indicating a state of the monitored device;
A monitoring device that collects monitoring data for each monitored device acquired by the monitoring device, and manages the status of the monitored device;
An operation management system having
A configuration information management unit for storing configuration information indicating the characteristics of the monitored device;
An attribute setting information storage unit that stores attribute setting information that is a collection of setting information corresponding to the monitoring type;
A monitoring setting template storage unit that stores a monitoring setting template that is a template for generating monitoring setting information indicating monitoring contents of the monitored device corresponding to the monitoring type;
A configuration information conversion definition for selecting a monitoring setting template of a monitoring type corresponding to the configuration information from the monitoring setting template storage unit is stored using the configuration information stored in the configuration information management unit as a selection condition. A configuration information conversion definition storage unit;
Based on the configuration information conversion definition, a monitoring setting template for each monitored device is selected from the configuration information stored in the configuration information management unit, and attribute setting information and configuration information specified by the selected monitoring setting template are selected. A monitoring setting generation unit for generating the monitoring setting information including;
Have

On the other hand, the monitoring setting method of the operation management system of the present invention includes a plurality of monitored devices to be monitored,
A monitoring device for obtaining monitoring data indicating a state of the monitored device;
A monitoring device that collects monitoring data for each monitored device acquired by the monitoring device, and manages the status of the monitored device;
A monitoring setting method for generating monitoring setting information indicating monitoring contents of a monitored device, which is used in an operation management system having:
Computer
Configuration information indicating the characteristics of the monitored device, attribute setting information that is a collection of setting information corresponding to the monitoring type, and monitoring setting information indicating the monitoring content of the monitored device corresponding to the monitoring type, which are input in advance Select a monitoring setting template corresponding to the configuration information from the monitoring setting template storage unit using the configuration information stored in the configuration information management unit as a selection condition. Configuration information conversion definition to be stored in the storage device,
Based on the configuration information conversion definition, select a monitoring setting template for each monitored device from the configuration information,
In this method, the monitoring setting information including the attribute setting information and the configuration information specified by the selected monitoring setting template is generated.

  In the configuration and method as described above, the configuration information for each monitored device, the attribute setting information corresponding to the monitoring type, the monitoring setting template and the configuration information conversion definition corresponding to the monitoring type are stored in advance, and the configuration information conversion definition is stored. Based on the configuration information, the monitoring setting template for each monitored device is selected, and the monitoring setting information including the attribute setting information and the configuration information specified by the selected monitoring setting template is generated. A large amount of monitoring setting information can be generated.

  According to the present invention, a large amount of monitoring setting information can be generated easily and flexibly according to the contents of configuration information.

It is a block diagram which shows the example of 1 structure of the operation management system of this invention. It is a table figure which shows an example of the structure information accumulate | stored in the structure information management part shown in FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the attribute setting information accumulate | stored in the attribute setting information storage part shown in FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the monitoring setting template accumulate | stored in the monitoring setting template storage part shown in FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the structure information conversion definition accumulate | stored in the structure information conversion definition storage part shown in FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the monitoring setting information produced | generated by the monitoring setting production | generation part shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the monitoring setting production | generation part shown in FIG.

  Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the operation management system of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the operation management system of the present invention is acquired by a plurality of monitored devices 1 to be monitored, a monitoring device 4 that acquires monitoring data indicating the state of the monitored device 1, and the monitoring device 4. A management device 2 that collects monitoring data for each monitored device 1 and manages the status of each monitored device 1, and the monitoring device 4 and the management device 2 are connected via a network 3. It is. The monitored device 1 to be monitored by the monitoring device 4 may be one or a plurality of devices. The function of the monitoring device 4 may be provided in the monitored device 1.

  The management apparatus 2 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that executes processing according to a program and a storage device, an input device for inputting instructions and information to the processing device, and a network 3. A known information processing apparatus (computer) including a communication means for transmitting / receiving information to / from the monitoring apparatus 4 and the monitored apparatus 1, a display device for displaying instructions and information input to the processing apparatus or processing results by the processing apparatus, and the like ). In that case, the CPU realizes the function as the management device 2 by executing processing according to a predetermined control program stored in the storage device. The monitoring device 4 can be realized by a known information processing device (computer) having the same configuration as the management device 2 except that the control program is different.

  The monitored device 1 is a variety of network devices such as routers and switches and well-known server devices to be monitored. The monitoring target by the monitoring device 4 includes various programs (software) that operate on the server device or the like.

  The management apparatus 2 includes a configuration information management unit 21, an attribute setting information storage unit 22, a monitoring setting template storage unit 23, a configuration information conversion definition storage unit 24, and a monitoring setting generation unit 25.

  The configuration information management unit 21 has the characteristics of the monitoring target (monitored device 1) including a plurality of pieces of information (column information) such as OS (Operating System) type, usage, rack number, building name, and IP address. The configuration information shown is accumulated. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the configuration information is stored in a table format for each name (configuration information name) of the monitoring target (monitored device 1). One row of the table shown in FIG. 2 indicates the configuration information of one monitored device 1. The configuration information for each monitoring target is input to the management device 2 in advance by the system operator, for example, and stored in the configuration information management unit 21.

  The attribute setting information storage unit 22 sets setting information (setting tag) corresponding to a monitoring type (for example, Linux OS monitoring, Windows (registered trademark) OS monitoring, FTP monitoring, log monitoring, http monitoring, NW traffic monitoring, etc.). Attribute setting information that is a collection of. The setting tag is additional information indicating a setting item in the monitoring type. For example, as shown in FIG. 3A, in the case of Linux OS monitoring, a threshold value (upper limit value) of the usage rate of the CPU or memory, etc. There is. As shown in FIG. 3B, in the case of FTP (File Transfer Protocol) monitoring, there are a timeout time, the number of retries, and the like. The attribute setting information for each monitoring type is input to the management apparatus 2 in advance by the system operator, for example, and stored in the attribute setting information storage unit 22.

  The monitoring setting template storage unit 23 stores a monitoring setting template that is a template for generating monitoring setting information corresponding to the monitoring type. As shown in FIG. 4, the monitoring setting template includes information for specifying attribute setting information corresponding to the monitoring type. For example, the name of the attribute setting information or the column name of the configuration information embedded in the monitoring setting information is added. A collection of information. FIG. 4 shows an example in which configuration information whose column name is an IP address is embedded. The numerical value “21” sandwiched between “Port” and “/ Port” shown in FIG. 4 indicates a port number, and the port number specified in the configuration information can be embedded in the port number. It is also possible to use the numerical value as a default value. The monitoring setting template for each monitoring type is input to the management apparatus 2 in advance by the system operator, for example, and stored in the monitoring setting template storage unit 23.

  The configuration information conversion definition storage unit 24 stores configuration information conversion definitions for determining a monitoring type corresponding to the monitored apparatus 1 based on the configuration information stored in the configuration information management unit 21. As shown in FIG. 5, the configuration information conversion definition is information in which a combination of values (items) of each column of configuration information and a monitoring type using the combination as a selection condition are described in a tree structure. The monitoring setting generation unit 25 determines the monitoring type corresponding to the configuration information of the monitored apparatus 1 based on the configuration information conversion definition, and selects one or a plurality of monitoring setting templates corresponding to the monitoring type.

  A configuration information conversion definition is described as a set consisting of a combination of one or more configuration information column values and information specifying a monitoring setting template corresponding to one or more corresponding monitoring types. Is done. This set is referred to herein as a “subset”. In the example shown in FIG. 5, there are a purpose of use and an OS type as a combination of column values of the configuration information, the purpose of use is an FTP server, and when the OS type is Linux, Linux OS monitoring and FTP are used as monitoring types. An example in which monitoring is selected is shown. The configuration information conversion definition is input to the management apparatus 2 in advance by the system operator, for example, and stored in the configuration information conversion definition storage unit 24.

  The monitoring setting generation unit 25 selects a monitoring setting template for each monitored device 1 from the configuration information stored in the configuration information management unit 21 based on the configuration information conversion definition, and is specified by the selected monitoring setting template. Monitor setting information including attribute setting information and configuration information is generated. As shown in FIG. 6, in the case of Linux OS monitoring, the monitoring setting information includes a threshold value of the usage rate of the CPU and memory, and in the case of FTP monitoring, the monitoring setting information includes a timeout time, the number of retries, and the like. It is. FIG. 6 shows an example in which the FTP monitoring settings include an IP address embedded from the configuration information.

  The monitoring setting information generated by the monitoring setting generation unit 25 is transmitted from the management device 2 to the monitoring device 4 via a transmission unit (not shown). The monitoring device 4 receives the monitoring setting information transmitted from the management device 2 using a receiving unit (not shown), and stores the monitoring setting information in a storage unit (not shown). Then, monitoring data is acquired from the monitored device 1 in a required cycle according to the monitoring setting information, and the monitoring data is transmitted to the management device 2.

  1 shows a configuration example in which the management apparatus 2 includes a configuration information management unit 21, an attribute setting information storage unit 22, a monitoring setting template storage unit 23, a configuration information conversion definition storage unit 24, and a monitoring setting generation unit 25. However, all or some of the functions of the attribute setting information storage unit 22, the monitoring setting template storage unit 23, the configuration information conversion definition storage unit 24, and the monitoring setting generation unit 25 may be included in the monitoring device 4. .

  For example, when the monitoring device 4 includes the functions of the attribute setting information storage unit 22, the monitoring setting template storage unit 23, the configuration information conversion definition storage unit 24, and the monitoring setting generation unit 25, the management device 2 includes the configuration information management unit 21. The configuration information stored in the configuration information management unit 21 may be transmitted to the monitoring device 4 via a transmission unit (not shown). The monitoring device 4 receives the configuration information of the monitored device 1 to be monitored, which is transmitted from the management device 2 using a receiving unit (not shown), and receives an attribute setting information storage unit 22, a monitoring setting template storage unit 23, The monitoring setting information may be generated using the configuration information conversion definition storage unit 24 and the monitoring setting generation unit 25. In such a configuration, for example, even if the monitored devices 1 are added, the monitoring setting information of the added monitored devices 1 is generated and stored by the monitoring device 4. Therefore, the processing load on the management device 2 is reduced.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the monitoring setting generation unit illustrated in FIG.

  The monitoring setting generation unit 25 starts the following processing in response to an input of a monitoring setting information generation instruction by a system operator or the like, for example.

  As shown in FIG. 7, when the system operator or the like is instructed to generate monitoring setting information, the monitoring setting generation unit 25 acquires all the configuration information accumulated in the configuration information management unit 21 (step S1). Based on the configuration information conversion definition stored in the configuration information conversion definition storage unit 24, the monitoring type corresponding to each configuration information is determined, and the monitoring type is determined from the monitoring setting template stored in the monitoring setting template storage unit 23. One or a plurality of monitoring setting templates corresponding to is selected (step S2). At this time, the monitoring setting generation unit 25 determines a monitoring type that satisfies the subset condition from the configuration information, and selects a monitoring setting template corresponding to the monitoring type. When the configuration information satisfies the conditions of a plurality of subsets, the configuration information belongs to the subset with the highest priority.

  Next, the monitoring setting generation unit 25 acquires the corresponding attribute setting information from the attribute setting information storage unit 22 based on the name of the attribute setting information described in the selected monitoring setting template (step S3). In addition, when the column name of the configuration information specified in the selected monitoring setting template and embedded in the monitoring setting information is specified, the monitoring setting generation unit 25 sets the value of the column corresponding to the configuration information at the position of the column name. Is substituted (step S4).

  Finally, the monitoring setting generation unit 25 generates monitoring setting information by combining all the attribute setting information and configuration information specified by the selected monitoring setting template (step S5).

  According to the present invention, the configuration information for each monitored device 1, the attribute setting information corresponding to the monitoring type, the monitoring setting template corresponding to the monitoring type, and the configuration information conversion definition are stored in advance, and based on the configuration information conversion definition. By selecting a monitoring setting template for each monitored device 1 from the configuration information and generating monitoring setting information including the attribute setting information and the configuration information specified by the selected monitoring setting template, a large amount can be obtained without human intervention. Monitoring setting information can be generated. Therefore, a large amount of monitoring setting information can be generated easily and flexibly according to the contents of the configuration information.

  Also, by embedding the column values (items) of the configuration information in the monitoring setting information based on the monitoring setting template, even if the monitoring type is the same monitoring target (monitored device 1), the monitoring target (monitored device) Different monitoring setting information can be created for each. Therefore, for example, a different port number or IP address can be set for each monitoring target.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Monitored apparatus 2 Management apparatus 3 Network 4 Monitoring apparatus 21 Configuration information management part 22 Attribute setting information storage part 23 Monitoring setting template storage part 24 Configuration information conversion definition storage part 25 Monitoring setting generation part

Claims (4)

A plurality of monitored devices to be monitored;
A monitoring device for obtaining monitoring data indicating a state of the monitored device;
A monitoring device that collects monitoring data for each monitored device acquired by the monitoring device, and manages the status of the monitored device;
An operation management system having
A configuration information management unit for storing configuration information indicating the characteristics of the monitored device;
An attribute setting information storage unit that stores attribute setting information that is a collection of setting information corresponding to the monitoring type;
A monitoring setting template storage unit that stores a monitoring setting template that is a template for generating monitoring setting information indicating monitoring contents of the monitored device corresponding to the monitoring type;
A configuration information conversion definition for selecting a monitoring setting template of a monitoring type corresponding to the configuration information from the monitoring setting template storage unit is stored using the configuration information stored in the configuration information management unit as a selection condition. A configuration information conversion definition storage unit;
Based on the configuration information conversion definition, a monitoring setting template for each monitored device is selected from the configuration information stored in the configuration information management unit, and attribute setting information and configuration information specified by the selected monitoring setting template are selected. A monitoring setting generation unit for generating the monitoring setting information including;
Operation management system having. The management device
The monitoring setting information generated by the configuration information management unit, the attribute setting information storage unit, the monitoring setting template storage unit, the configuration information conversion definition storage unit, the monitoring setting generation unit, and the monitoring setting generation unit is monitored. A transmission means for transmitting to the device;
The monitoring device
The operation management system according to claim 1, further comprising: a receiving unit that receives the monitoring setting information transmitted from the management device; and a storage unit that stores the received monitoring setting information. The management device
Comprising the configuration information management unit;
The monitoring device
The operation management system according to claim 1, comprising the attribute setting information storage unit, the monitoring setting template storage unit, the configuration information conversion definition storage unit, and the monitoring setting generation unit. A plurality of monitored devices to be monitored;
A monitoring device for obtaining monitoring data indicating a state of the monitored device;
A monitoring device that collects monitoring data for each monitored device acquired by the monitoring device, and manages the status of the monitored device;
A monitoring setting method for generating monitoring setting information indicating monitoring contents of a monitored device, which is used in an operation management system having:
Computer
Configuration information indicating the characteristics of the monitored device, attribute setting information that is a collection of setting information corresponding to the monitoring type, and monitoring setting information indicating the monitoring content of the monitored device corresponding to the monitoring type, which are input in advance is a template for generating an accumulation monitoring configuration template, the configuration information conversion definition of the pre Ki構 formed information using the selection criteria for selecting the monitoring configuration template monitoring type corresponding to the configuration information, the storage device Aside,
Based on the configuration information conversion definition, select a monitoring setting template for each monitored device from the configuration information,
A monitoring setting method for an operation management system that generates the monitoring setting information including attribute setting information and configuration information specified by the selected monitoring setting template.

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