JPH03269645A - Service processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the evaluation of an information processing system and the fault processing evaluation by selecting and editing only the necessary ones out of the operation histories and fault information which are recorded in a normal operation state and evaluating the system and the fault processing. CONSTITUTION:An operation history collector means 22 collects a series of operation contents together with the operation times in a normal operation state. When a fault occurs in an information processing system 10, a fault information collector means 23 collects the fault contents received from the system 10 together with the fault occurring time and the faulty device. A collected information recorder means 25 records the operation histories and the fault information into an external storage 24. A collected information reader means 26 reads the recorded information out of the storage 24. A collected information editor means 27 edits the operation histories and the fault information out of those read-out collected information so that they can be automatically evaluated. Then a collected information re-execution means 28 analyzes the collected information and produces the data in order to make the system 10 collect the operation contents if the collected information show the operation histories to output the data to the system 10. Meanwhile the fault information if collected are outputted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a system day shift evaluation method for an information processing system.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in this type of system day shift evaluation method, the operating procedures necessary for the evaluation are registered in advance on a card, floppy disk, etc. using a special operating control language, and when the evaluation is performed, these operating procedures are read out and then Evaluation work will be carried out according to the following.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The conventional automatic system evaluation method described above performs evaluation work according to the operating procedures registered on a card, floppy disk, etc. Although it is suitable if the conditions are met, there are restrictions on the timing of the operation procedures that can be registered on cards, floppy disks, etc., so it is difficult to evaluate and analyze the system when each device in the information processing system operates at uncertain timing. The drawback is that it is very difficult to evaluate the processing for failures that occur at specific timings.

An object of the present invention is to provide a service processor that can easily evaluate a system and failure handling.

[Means to solve the problem]

The service processor of the present invention includes an operation history collection unit that collects a series of operations performed on the information processing system during normal operation as an operation history together with operation times;
A failure information collection means that collects a series of failure details reported from the information processing system when a failure occurs, together with the time of occurrence and the device that caused the failure, and a collection unit that records the collected operation history and failure information in a storage device as collected information. an information recording means, a collected information reading means for reading out the recorded collected information, a collected information editing means for selecting and editing information necessary for evaluating the information processing system from the read collected information, and an edited collection. Analyze the information, determine whether the collected information is operation history or failure information, and if it is operation history, perform a series of operations indicated by the operation history by simulating the operation as if it were performed from the human-powered device of the service processor. The contents are outputted to the information processing system at time intervals indicated by the operation time, and when the collected information is failure information, the failure information is outputted in a manner as if the failure information was reported from the information processing system. It has defeat information re-execution means.

[For production]

Only the necessary information is selected from the operation history and fault information recorded during normal operation, and edited to evaluate the information processing system and fault handling. Since operations can be reproduced as they are and fault information can be output without actually causing a fault, system evaluation and fault handling evaluation can be easily performed.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a system including a service processor of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart explaining the operation of the service processor shown in FIG.

The service processor 20 is connected to the information processing system 10, and has a character display human power device 21 that performs various operations and displays on the information processing system 10, and displays a series of operations performed on the information processing system 10 during normal operation along with operation times. An operation history collection means 22 that collects as an operation history, a failure information collection means 23 that collects a series of failure details reported from the information processing system 10 when a failure occurs, together with the time of occurrence and the device that caused the failure, as failure information, and the collected operations. An external storage device 24 in which history and failure information are stored as collected information, a collected information recording means 25 for recording collected information in the external storage device 24, a collected information reading means 26 for reading out the recorded collected information, and a reading device 24 for reading collected information. Select information necessary for evaluating the information processing system 10 from the collected information,
a collected information editing means 27 for editing, analyzing the edited collected information and determining whether the collected information is operation history or failure information;
In the case of an operation history, a series of operation contents indicated by the operation history is outputted to the information processing system 10 at time intervals indicated by the operation time, simulating the operation as if it were performed from the character display input device 21; If the collected information is failure information, failure information re-execution means 2 outputs the failure information in a manner similar to if a failure has been reported from the information processing system 10.
It consists of 8.

Next, the operation of the service processor 20 will be explained using the flowchart shown in FIG.

When various operations are started on the information processing system 10 during normal operation, the operation history collection means 22 collects a series of operation contents together with the operation time as an operation history (process 51
). Furthermore, when a failure occurs in the information processing system 10, the failure information collection means 23 collects a series of failure details sent from the information processing system 10, together with the time of occurrence and the device that caused the failure, as failure information (process 52). The collected information recording means 25 records the operation history and fault information as collected information in the external storage device 24 (process 53). This operation is repeated until the evaluation of the system is started (process 54). When the collected information reading means 26 receives an instruction to start evaluating the system from the character display input device 21, the collected information reading means 26 reads out the collected information recorded in the external storage device 24 (processing 55). Next, the collected information editing means 27 selects the operation history necessary for evaluating the information processing system 10 from the read collected information or evaluates the failure handling of the information processing system 10 according to instructions from the character display input device 21. The fault information required for this fault information and the history of operations performed on the generating device indicated by the fault information before and after the occurrence time indicated by the fault information are selected and edited so that day shift evaluation can be performed (processing 56). Next, the collection information re-execution means 28
The collected information edited by the collected information editing means 27 is analyzed and processed 57), and the collected information is determined whether it is an operation history or failure information 58). If it is an operation history, it is sent to the information processing system from the character display input device 21. The information processing system 10 simulates a series of operations indicated by the operation history as if the operations were performed on the information processing system 10 at time intervals indicated by the operation time.
Creates data to be executed and outputs it to the information processing system 10 (processing 59). Further, if the collected information is failure information, this failure information is displayed on the character display input device 21 in a simulated manner as if it were reported from the information processing system 10 (process 60). Processes 57 to 60 are repeated until the system evaluation is completed (process 61).

Therefore, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the following two things are possible.

(1> Since the operation history recorded in the external storage device 24 allows the operation during normal operation to be reproduced as is,
Evaluation can be easily performed when each device of the information processing system 10 operates at uncertain timing.

(2) The occurrence of a failure can be notified to the character display input device 21 without actually causing a failure in the information processing system 10 using the failure information recorded in the external storage device 24. In addition, operations performed on the failed device before and after the occurrence of the failure are also recorded in the external storage device 24 as an operation history.

Since failure information can be reproduced as is, evaluation of failure handling can be easily performed.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention collects and records the operation history and failure information of an information processing system during normal operation, and uses this collected information when evaluating the system. It is possible to reproduce the operation of
Furthermore, since failure information can be reported and operations performed at the time of failure can be reproduced without actually causing a failure in the information processing system, system evaluation and failure handling can be easily evaluated.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a system including a service processor of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart explaining the operation of the service processor shown in FIG. 10----1 information processing system, 20-----service processor, 21-m-character display input device, 22----1 operation history collection means, 23----1 failure information collection means, 24--External storage device, 25--Collected information recording means, 26--Collected information reading means, 27--Collected information editing means, 28-m-Collected information re-execution means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In the service processor, an operation history collection means for collecting the contents of a series of operations performed on the information processing system during normal operation as an operation history along with the operation time, and a report from the information processing system when a failure occurs. a failure information collection means for collecting a series of failure contents along with the time of occurrence and the occurrence device as failure information; a collection information recording means for recording the collected operation history and failure information in a storage device as collected information; A collected information reading means for reading collected information; a collected information editing means for selecting and editing information necessary for evaluating the information processing system from the read collected information; and a collected information editing means for selecting and editing information necessary for evaluating the information processing system from the read collected information; It is determined whether the information is an operation history or failure information, and if it is an operation history, a series of operation contents indicated by the operation history are simulated as if the operation was performed from the input device of the service processor, and the time indicated by the operation time is The collected information re-execution means outputs the collected information to the information processing system at intervals, and when the collected information is failure information, the collected information re-execution means outputs the failure information in a manner as if the information processing system had reported the failure information. A service processor featuring: