JPH06149401A - Operation schedule setting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce man-hour and error by preparing and distributing the setting of an operation schedule for each system of plural distributedly arranged computer system while being concentrated regardless of a maintenance person for each system. CONSTITUTION:An operation schedule 133 for the managed side system previously prepared in a managing side system 1, operation schedule managing information 132 for that operation schedule and applied system information 131 for applying that operation schedule are set, at the time of distribution start, an operation schedule distribution control part 12 judges whether it is necessary to transfer the operation schedule 133 or not by comparing the applied system managing information 132 of the applied system information 131 with transferred operation schedule managing information 231 of a managed side system 2 and when the revise of the schedule is judged, the operation schedule 133 is sent to the managed side system 2 and stored in an operation schedule storage part 23.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an operation schedule setting method, and more particularly to an operation schedule setting method for a plurality of computer systems distributed in remote locations.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an operation schedule setting method of this kind is such that a separate person prepares an operation schedule for each computer system, or a certain one terminal is sequentially connected to each computer system, The method of creating the operation schedule of the connected computer system from the terminal is adopted.

[0003]

In the conventional operation schedule setting method described above, when an operation schedule is created for each computer system, the operation schedule can be set for each place where each system is installed. It is necessary to secure a person in charge. In addition, when a certain terminal is connected to each computer system in order to create an operation schedule, each operation schedule must be created from the beginning, which is time-consuming and human error is likely to occur. There is a problem.

[0004]

The operation schedule setting method of the present invention is an operation schedule setting method for a plurality of computer systems dispersedly arranged in a remote place, which is a management side system for centrally managing a plurality of computer systems. An operation schedule including the start time and stop time of the computer system, operation schedule management information including the revision number of the operation schedule, application system information for specifying a computer system to which the operation schedule is applied, and the application system An operation schedule distribution control unit that specifies the distribution of the corresponding operation schedule to each computer system based on the information, and the operation schedule and the operation schedule management information according to the instructions of the operation schedule distribution control unit. A second operation schedule transmission control unit for transmitting the operation schedule and the operation schedule management information to and from the management side system for each computer system. And an operation schedule storage unit for storing the operation schedule and the operation schedule management information received via the second operation schedule transmission control unit, and the operation schedule distribution control unit receives the distribution start instruction and receives the distribution start instruction. The operation schedule management information stored in the operation schedule storage unit of the computer system is obtained from the computer system indicated by the applied system information, and the contents of this operation schedule management information and the operation schedule management information paired with the applied system information Compare and transfer It constituted by instructing transmission only operation schedule and operation schedule management information and essential to the first operation schedule transmission control unit.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
The embodiment shown in FIG. 1 shows a managed system 2 which is a plurality of computer systems distributed in a remote place, and a management system 1 which centrally manages these managed systems 2. The management system 1 has an operation schedule transmission control unit 11, an operation schedule distribution control unit 12, a managed system operation schedule storage unit 13, and an operation unit 14, and the managed system operation schedule storage unit 13 is applicable system information. A plurality of pieces of information 131, 131, operation schedule management information 132, and operation schedule 133 are stored. Each of the managed systems 2 includes an operation schedule transmission control unit 21, an operation schedule storage control unit 22, and an operation schedule storage unit 2.
3, the operation schedule storage unit 23 stores the operation schedule management information 231 and the operation schedule 232.

The applied system information 131 is information for specifying a managed system to which the operation schedule 133 created in the management system 1 is applied, and the operation schedule management information 132 is revision number information of the operation schedule 133. The operation unit 14 is the operation schedule distribution control unit 1.
Reference numeral 2 is an instruction means for instructing the execution of distribution of the operation schedule to the managed system. The operation schedule distribution control unit 12 distributes the operation schedule corresponding to the managed system based on the contents of the applied system information 131 and the operation schedule management information 132 and the contents of the operation schedule management information 231 of the managed system. It is a control unit. The operation schedule transmission control unit 11 is a transmission / reception unit that transmits the operation schedule 133 and receives the operation schedule management information 231 of the managed system according to an instruction from the operation schedule distribution control unit 12.

The operation schedule transmission control unit 21 receives the operation schedule 133 transmitted from the operation schedule transmission control unit 11 and, conversely, transmits the operation schedule management information 231 of its own system to the management side system 1.
The operation schedule storage control unit 22 stores the operation schedule 133 received by the operation schedule transmission control unit 21 in the own system, and the operation schedule management information 231 of the own system side via the operation schedule transmission control unit 21 to the management side system. Transfer to 1. The operation schedule 232 and the operation schedule management information 231 are the operation schedule and its revision number information in the own system, respectively.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the embodiment of FIG. 1, and has A, B and C managed systems 2a, 2b and 2c as the managed system, and the management system 1 is applied. System information, operation schedule management information,
And A and B application system information 131a and 131b, A and B application schedule management information 132a and 132b, and A and B application schedule 133a and 133b, respectively, as operation schedules, and the A managed system is included in the A application system information 131a. And C has the respective identifiers of the managed system, and the B applicable system information 131b has the identifier of the B managed system. Hereinafter, referring to FIG. 2, FIG.
The operation of this embodiment will be described.

When the operation schedule created by the management-side system 1 is to be distributed to the A-, B-, and C-managed systems 2a, 2b, and 2c, first, the operation unit 14 is used.
Instructs the operation schedule distribution control unit 12 to start distribution of the operation schedule. The operation schedule distribution control unit 12 includes a managed-side system operation schedule storage unit 13
Read the information in and identify the computer system to which the relevant operating schedule should be distributed. For example, based on the A applied system information 131a, it can be seen that the computer systems to which the A operation schedule 133a should be transmitted are "A managed system" and "C managed system". When the operation schedule distribution control unit 12 confirms the operation schedule management information of the A-side managed system 2a and the C-side managed system 2c based on this determination, and determines that the distribution is necessary based on the necessity of distribution described later. Instruct the operation schedule transmission control unit 11 to transmit the operation schedule and operation schedule management information. At this time, the operation schedule distribution control unit 12 notifies the operation schedule transmission control unit 11 of the A operation schedule 13
3a and A operation schedule management information 132a are instructed to be transmitted to the A managed system 2a and the C managed system 2c. Based on this instruction, the operation schedule transmission control unit 11 transmits the A operation schedule 133a and the A operation schedule management information 132a to the A managed system 2a and the C managed system 2c.

On the other hand, in the A-managed system 2a, the operation schedule transmission control unit 21 receives the A operation schedule 133a and the A operation schedule management information 132a transmitted from the operation schedule transmission control unit 11 of the management system 1. , Operation schedule storage control unit 22
Is stored in the operation schedule storage unit 23 of its own system.

In the same procedure, all the operation schedules are distributed to the corresponding managed systems.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, particularly for explaining the operation of determining the necessity of distribution. FIG. 3 shows a part of FIG. As described above, the A operation schedule 133a in the management-side system 1 is determined from the contents of the A-applied system information 131a as the operation schedule to be distributed to the A-managed system 2a and the C-managed system 3c. Based on this, the operation schedule distribution control unit 12 determines the necessity of distribution as follows and suppresses the distribution to the managed system that does not require distribution.

First, the operation schedule transmission controller 11 is transferred to the operation schedule storage controller 22 of the A managed system 2a to which the A operation schedule 133a should be distributed.
And the existing A operation schedule 232 of the A managed side system 2a via the operation schedule transmission control unit 21.
It instructs to transmit the A operation schedule management information 231a corresponding to a. The operation schedule distribution control unit 12, which has received the A operation schedule management information 231a, reads the contents of the A operation schedule management information 132a corresponding to the A operation schedule 133a to be distributed, and compares the revision numbers of both (the revision number is the operation It shall be incremented by 1 each time the schedule is revised, and shall be 0 if the operation schedule is not distributed and does not exist). As a result of this comparison, the operation schedule distribution control unit 12 distributes the operation schedule when the revision number of the operation schedule to be distributed is larger than the revision number of the existing operation schedule of the managed system, and tries to distribute the operation schedule in reverse. If the revision number of the existing operation schedule of the managed system is larger than the revision number of the operation schedule to be executed, or if both revision numbers are the same, the distribution is suppressed. In the case of the example in FIG. 3, the relationship between the revision number of the management-side system 1 and the revision number of the A-side managed system 2a is 3.0> 1.0, that is, the revision number of the management-side system 1 is larger. The operation schedule distribution control unit 12 sends the A operation schedule 133a and the A operation schedule management information 132a to the operation schedule transmission control unit 11.
Is sent to the A-managed system 2a.
Similar comparison is performed between the A operation schedule management information 132a of the management-side system 1 and the C operation schedule management information 232c of the C-managed system 2c, but in this case 3.0 = 3.0, that is, the revision number. The distribution is not executed because the two are equal. These distribution results are displayed on the operation unit 14 that first gives an instruction to start the distribution, and the operator is notified.

[0015]

As described above, the present invention is applicable to a plurality of computer systems distributed in remote locations.
A specific management system creates an operation schedule for each computer system in advance, holds the operation schedule and information identifying the applicable system and the revision number of the operation schedule, and the revision number for each applicable system when distributing the operation schedule. Since the necessity of distribution is determined by referring to, distribution does not need to secure a person in charge who can set the operation schedule for each computer system, and it is possible to prevent human error when setting the operation schedule individually. In addition, it is possible to reduce man-hours by duplicating the same operation schedule, and to suppress unnecessary data transfer.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the embodiment of FIG. 1, particularly the operation of determining the necessity of distribution.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Management side system 2 Managed side system 11, 21 Operation schedule transmission control section 12, 22 Operation schedule distribution control section 13 Managed side system operation schedule storage section 14 Operation section 23 Operation schedule storage section 131 Applied system information 132, 231 Operation Schedule management information 133,232 Operation schedule

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an operation schedule setting method for a plurality of computer systems distributed in a remote location, a management system that centrally manages a plurality of computer systems includes an operation schedule including start-up time and stop time of the computer systems. And operation schedule management information including the revision number of this operation schedule, application system information for specifying the computer system to which the operation schedule is applied, and operation applicable to each computer system based on this application system information. An operation schedule distribution control unit that specifies schedule distribution, and a first operation schedule transmission control unit that transmits the operation schedule and operation schedule management information to a computer system according to an instruction from the operation schedule distribution control unit. And a second operation schedule transmission control unit for transmitting the operation schedule and the operation schedule management information to and from the management system, and a second operation schedule transmission control unit for each computer system. An operation schedule storage unit for storing operation schedules and operation schedule management information received via the operation schedule distribution control unit, and when the operation schedule distribution control unit receives a distribution start instruction, the computer system instructed by the applicable system information The operation schedule management information stored in the operation schedule management information of the above is acquired, the content of this operation schedule management information is compared with the content of the operation schedule management information that forms a pair with the applicable system information, and the operation schedule that needs to be transferred. And operation schedule management Operation schedule setting method characterized by instructing the transmission of a multicast only to the first operation schedule transmission control unit.