JPH06139115A - Device for analyzing and storing trace data - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To quickly perform the processing and correspondence to a fault generated in an interface by analyzing trace data between a host and all work stations and displaying the analyzed results so that an operator can easily observe them. CONSTITUTION:This trace data analyzing/storing device 11 is provided with a trace data file name input part 13, a stored file name input part 15, a work station specifying/inputting part 14, an analytical part 10 for reading out specified trace data from a trace data file 10, converting the read data into a text data format and analyzing the converted data, and a file stored data processing part 19 for storing analyzed data in a file 17 and constituted so that a display data processing part 18 sends the data analyzed by the analyzing part 12 and the file name of the file 17 storing the analyzed data to a display part 16 to display these data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is capable of reading trace data between a host and a workstation (WS), analyzing it, converting it into a data format that is easy for an operator to see, storing it in a file, and displaying the data. And then
The present invention relates to a trace data analysis / storage device between a host and a workstation, which enables quick response when a failure occurs.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of a conventional example.
Among them, 1 is a host (host system), 2 is a work station, 3 and 4 are data transmission / reception units,
Reference numerals 5 and 6 represent a data analysis unit, and reference numerals 7 and 8 represent a trace data storage unit. The arrows in the figure indicate the flow of data.

Conventionally, a system including a host and a plurality of workstations connected to the host is known, and in such a system, trace data is acquired as a countermeasure when a failure occurs.

For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the host 1 is provided with a data transmission / reception unit 3, a data analysis unit 5, and a trace data storage unit 7, and the workstation 2 is provided with a data transmission / reception unit 4, a data analysis unit. 6, trace data storage unit 8
Is provided and the trace data is collected and stored in the trace data storage units 7 and 8, respectively.

The trace data collected is the trace data for each workstation on the workstation side and the host itself for the host side, and this is
The trace data is only for the data transmission / reception units 3 and 4 and the data analysis units 5 and 6.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The above-mentioned conventional devices have the following problems. (1) In the conventional trace data as described above, when the trace data of the workstation side and the trace data of the host side are matched, the part that is performing the same process as the workstation side is It was difficult for the workstation to handle the same processing as the host.

Therefore, it was not possible to know the overall interaction between the host and the workstation. (2) When a failure occurs on the interface between the host and the workstation, which workstation causes the failure in the communication with the workstation, and which device causes the failure. It was difficult to determine the cause of the failure from the entire system, whether the failure occurred.

The present invention solves such a conventional problem and reads and analyzes trace data between a host and all workstations connected to the host to make it easy for an operator or the like to see. The purpose of the present invention is to enable prompt action and response when a failure occurs on the interface between the host and the workstation.

[0009]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the principle of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the same parts as those in FIG. 8 are designated by the same reference numerals. Further, 10 is a trace data file, 11 is a trace data analysis storage device, 12 is an analysis unit, 13 is a trace data file name input unit, 14 is a workstation designation input unit, 15 is a storage file name input unit, and 16 is a display unit. , 17 is a file, 18 is a display data processing unit, 1
Reference numeral 9 denotes a file storage data processing unit.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following configuration. That is, the host 1 and a plurality of workstations 2-1, 2-2 connected to the host 1,
The trace data is extracted from the trace data file 10 in which the trace data of the operating status (data transfer status) of each local interface is stored and the analysis result data is stored in the file 17. Also, the trace data analysis storage device displayed on the display unit 16 is specified, and the trace data file 10 in which the trace data of the operation status of each local interface is stored is specified, and the file name is input. The input section 13 and the file 17 for storing the analysis result are designated, the storage file name input section 15 for inputting the file name of the file 17, the workstation to be analyzed are designated, and the workstation for inputting the designated data is designated. The input section 14 and the input information from each of the above input sections I, trace data file 10
The analysis unit 12 that reads the trace data from the file, analyzes the trace data, and converts the trace data into a text data format.
And a file storage data processing unit 19 for storing the analysis result data converted into the text data format in the specified file 17, the analysis result data, and the file name of the file 17 storing the analysis result data. And a display data processing unit 18 for sending the data to the display unit 16 so that these data can be displayed on the display unit 16.

[0011]

The operation of the present invention based on the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG. The process of reading the trace data from the trace data file 10, analyzing it, and displaying it is performed as follows. Note that S1 to S8 indicate each processing number.

S1: Trace data file name input section 1
The trace data file name is designated by 3. S2: The required workstation is designated by the workstation designation input unit 14.

S3: By the storage file name input unit 15,
Specify the storage file name. S4: The analysis unit 12 reads the designated trace data from the trace data file 10 based on each of the above input data, and analyzes it.

In this case, the read trace data is converted into text data, and whether or not the workstation requires analysis is added and data analysis is performed. S5: When the analysis is completed, the file storage data processing unit 19 stores the analysis result data in the designated file 17.

S6: The display data processing unit 18 sends the data of the analysis result to the display unit 16 and displays it on the display. S7: The display data processing unit 18 also displays the file name of the file storing the above analysis result data on the display unit 16.

As described above, the file storing the analysis result data does not have to have a fixed file name, and the operator can set the file name freely.

Further, since the workstation to be analyzed can be designated, it is sufficient to handle only the workstation which needs to be analyzed. Therefore, the processing can be performed efficiently.

The displayed data is easy-to-see data and the data transfer status of the local interface can be easily grasped. As a result, when a failure occurs on the interface between the host and the workstation, it is possible to promptly deal with and respond to the failure.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 2 to 7 are views showing an embodiment of the present invention. In FIGS. 2 to 7, the same parts as those in FIGS. 1 and 8 are designated by the same reference numerals. Further, 20 is a memory, 21 is a trace data collecting device, 22 is trace data, and 23 is text data.

2) System Configuration and Description of Trace Data Collection--See FIG. 2 FIG. 2 shows a system configuration applied in this embodiment and an explanatory diagram of trace data collection.

As shown in the figure, the system applied in this embodiment comprises a host 1 and a plurality of workstations (WS) 2-1, 2-2, ... Connected to the host 1. There is.

In this system, a trace data collecting device 21 is connected to a trace data collecting position P shown in the figure, and the host 1 is connected by the trace data collecting device 21.
, And the trace data between the workstations 2-1, 2-2, ... (Trace data at the position P) is collected.

The collected trace data is stored in the trace data file 10, and the trace data analysis storage device (described later) analyzes the trace data.

The trace data can be collected by the trace data collecting device by any method (a conventionally known method). : Description of trace data ... See FIGS. 3 and 4. An explanatory view (1) of the trace data is shown in FIG. 3, and an explanatory view (2) of the trace data is shown in FIG. In FIGS. 3 and 4, the trace data collection device 2 shown in FIG.
1, the trace data file 10 is omitted in the figure.

-1: As shown in FIG. 3, the host 1 is provided with a data analysis section 5 and a data transmission / reception section 3 (each workstation has a similar configuration), and when the system is operating. , The data analysis unit 5, the data transmission / reception unit 3, and the workstations 2-1, 2-2, ...
・ Data transfer is performed as indicated by the arrow in the figure.

At this time, the trace data (trace data at the position P) of the operation status (data transfer status) of each local interface between the host 1 and the plurality of workstations is collected, and as described above, the trace data file 10 is obtained. To store. After that, the trace data analysis storage device analyzes the trace data.

By analyzing the trace data at the position P, the data transfer status between the host 1 and a plurality of workstations (entire data transfer status) can be known. -2: As shown in FIG. 4, data transfer in the arrow direction is also performed between the host 1 and an arbitrary workstation 2-i. Therefore, the trace data at the position P in FIG. 4 is acquired, and the trace data is analyzed in the same manner as above.

Thus, by collecting and analyzing the trace data of the local interface between the host 1 and an arbitrary workstation 2-i, the trace data of each of the host 1 and the workstation can be obtained as in the conventional case. There is no need to make matches.

[0029]: Description of trace data analysis storage device
..Refer to FIG. 5 The block diagram of the trace data analysis storage device is shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the trace data analysis storage device 11 includes a trace data file name input unit 13, a workstation designation input unit 14, a storage file name input unit 15, an analysis unit 12, a file storage data processing unit 19, a file 17,
A display data processing unit 18, a display unit 16 and the like are provided, and the analysis unit 12 is provided with a memory 20.

The trace data file name input section 13
The trace data file 10 in which the trace data of the operation status of each local interface is stored is specified, and the file name is input.

The storage file name input section 15 specifies a file 17 for storing the analysis result and inputs the file name of the file 17, and the workstation specification input section 14 specifies the workstation to be analyzed. , To input the designated data.

The analysis unit 12 reads the trace data from the designated trace data file 10, converts the trace data into a text data format, and analyzes the data. The internal memory 20 is It is a memory for work.

The file 17 is a file for storing data of analysis results and the like, and the file storage data processing unit 19
Is for converting the data of the analysis result into a storage format and storing it in the file 17.

The display data processing unit 18 converts the analysis result data into a display format and sends it to the display unit 16 for display. The display unit 16 receives the data sent from the display data processing unit 18. Is displayed on the display.

Then, the trace data analysis / storage device 11 analyzes the trace data read from the trace data file 10, stores the analysis result data in the file 17, and the display data processing unit 18 displays the analysis result data. Then, the file name of the file 17 storing the analysis result data is sent to the display unit 16 to display these data on the display unit 16.

Description of Trace Data Analysis / Storage / Display Processing--See FIG. 6 A flow chart of the trace data analysis / storage / display processing by the trace data analysis / storage device 11 is shown in FIG.

Below, based on the flowchart of FIG.
The trace data analysis / storage / display processing will be described. Note that S1 to S9 indicate each processing number. S1: The trace data file name input unit 13 specifies the trace data file name.

S2: In this case, the trace data analysis / storage device 11 determines whether or not the specified trace data file exists, and if the trace data file does not exist, that fact is displayed on the display and re-specified. To do.

S3: If the trace data file exists, the workstation designation input section 14
Specifies the required workstation. At the time of this designation, all the workstations in the data or a certain number of workstations (for example, 20 workstations) can be designated. However, this number can be changed.

S4: By the storage file name input unit 15,
Specify the storage file name. S5: The analysis unit 12 reads the specified trace data from the trace data file 10 based on the input data, and analyzes the trace data.

In this case, the read trace data is analyzed and converted into text data. At this time, the analysis unit 12
Then, the data analysis is performed by determining whether or not the workstation requires analysis.

S6: When the above analysis is completed, the file storage data processing unit 19 stores the data of the analysis result by the analysis unit 12 in the designated file 17. S7: Send to the display unit 16, and the display data processing unit 18 displays the data of the analysis result by the analysis unit 12 on the display.

S8: Finally, the display data processing section 18 sends the file name of the file storing the above analysis result data (also) to the display section 16 and displays it on the display.

Description of example of analysis / conversion data ... FIG. 7
An example of reference analysis / conversion data is shown in FIG. In the analysis processing of the analysis unit 12, the read trace data is analyzed and converted into text format data.

In this case, for example, the trace data 22 as shown in FIG. 7 is converted into the text format data 23. In addition, the converted (text format) data that is easier to understand is converted to a term. The analysis unit 12 performs this. As a result, the data has a format that is easy for the operator or the like to understand.

(Other Embodiments) The embodiments have been described above, but the present invention can also be implemented as follows. (1) The display format on the display may be any format.

(2) The file storing the analysis result data may be any file. (3) As the trace data file, for example, a flexible disk (floppy disk) or the like can be used.

(4) For the trace data file name input unit, the workstation designation input unit, and the storage file name input unit, for example, menu-type data input means may be used.

[0049]

As described above, the present invention has the following effects. (1) Trace data between the host and all workstations connected to the host is read and analyzed to make it easy for the operator to see.

Therefore, when a failure occurs on the interface between the host and the workstation, which device is in an abnormal state when communicating with which workstation, and which device causes It is possible to determine the cause of the failure from the whole.

Therefore, when a failure occurs, it is possible to take prompt measures and respond. (2) Since the system failure can be dealt with quickly and sufficiently, the system reliability can be improved and the system cost can be reduced.

(3) The file storing the analysis result data does not have to have a fixed file name, and the operator can set the file name freely. Also, because you can specify the workstation you want to analyze,
Only the workstations that need analysis need to be handled. Therefore, the processing can be performed efficiently.

(4) The displayed data is easy-to-read data, and the data transfer status of the local interface can be easily grasped. As a result, when a failure occurs on the interface between the host and the workstation, it is possible to promptly take corrective action and response.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a system configuration and trace data collection according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram (1) of trace data according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram (2) of trace data according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a trace data analysis storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a trace data analysis / in the embodiment of the present invention.
It is a storage / display processing flowchart.

FIG. 7 is an example of analysis / conversion data according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 host 2-1, 2-2 workstation 10 trace data file 11 trace data analysis storage device 12 analysis unit 13 trace data file name input unit 14 workstation designation input unit 15 storage file name input unit 16 display unit 17 file 18 display Data processing unit 19 File storage data processing unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A host (1) and a plurality of workstations (2-1, 2-2, ...) Connected to the host (1).
..) The trace data is read from the trace data file (10) in which the trace data of the operation status (data transfer status) of each local interface is stored and analyzed, and the analysis result data is stored in the file ( A trace data analysis storage device that is stored in 17) and can be displayed on the display unit (16), which specifies the trace data file (10) and inputs the file name. 13) and a file (17) for storing the analysis result data, a storage file name input section (15) for inputting the file name of the file (17), and a workstation to be analyzed are specified. Workstation designation input section for inputting data (14)
According to the input information from each of the input units, an analysis unit (12) that reads the trace data from the trace data file (10), analyzes the trace data, and converts the trace data into a text data format, and a text data format. Converted analysis result data
The file storage data processing unit (19) to be stored in the designated file (17), the analysis result data, and the file name of the file (17) storing the analysis result data are displayed in the display unit (1).
A trace data analysis / storage device characterized in that a display data processing unit (18) for sending to 6) is provided and these data can be displayed on the display unit (16).