JPH0969083A - Decentralized operation management system and fault management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the decentralized operation management system which enables the decentralized management of constitution information on various constituent elements such as computer machines and communication equipment constituting a network system, a system program, business programs, etc., by mounting a constitution management manager mechanism, having a function for integrating and managing constitution management information for network management and constitution management information for system management, on a computer system. SOLUTION: The computer system 11 which performs the network management is provided with the constitution management manager mechanism 11A which gathers the constitution information on the computer machines, communication equipment, etc., as components of the network system through a network management manager mechanism 11C and registers them in a constitution management data base 12 together with constitution information on the system program and business programs; and the constitution information on the equipment and the constitution information on the programs are managed on a centralization basis.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a distributed operation management system and a failure management system applied to a computer network composed of a plurality of computers and communication devices in distributed transaction processing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a computer network, a network management mechanism that manages system components such as computer machines and communication devices and a system management mechanism that manages system programs and business programs exist independently. , They were operated independently of each other.

The function of the network management mechanism is divided into two functional elements, a manager (network management manager) and an agent (network management manager).

A manager (network management manager) uses a polling method to send configuration information and status information to each agent (network management agent) operating on a computer or communication device.
And manage the network based on the information collected from each agent (network management manager).

On the other hand, in system management, a manager (system management manager) manages the configuration information of the system programs and business programs of each agent (system management agent), and the status of the system programs and business programs is based on the configuration information. Monitor.

Conventional operation management in the network system at this time will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the entire conventional system, and FIG. 6 is a network management configuration information table 5
2 is a diagram showing the configuration contents of the system management configuration information table 53. FIG.

In the figure, the network management manager 51A provided in the computer system 51 polls (P0, P1, P2, ...) For the network management agents on the respective managed devices (54, 55, 56). Request notification of configuration and status information. An agent on each network device (54, 55, 56) including a computer notifies the network management manager 51A of configuration information and status information based on a request from the network management manager 51A.

On the other hand, the system management manager 51B is
Based on the information in the system management configuration information table 53, the system management agent on each computer system is requested to notify the status information of the system program and the business program. The system management agent notifies the status information of the system program and the business program based on the request from the system management manager 51B.

The system management configuration information table 53
The system management configuration information is set individually by the system operator. As described above, the network management mechanism manages computer machines and communication devices, and the system management mechanism manages system programs and business programs. In the conventional method, it is impossible to centrally manage the configuration information. .

As described above, conventionally, the network management mechanism that manages system components such as computer machines and communication devices and the system management mechanism that manages system programs and business programs are independent of each other. Since it is operated as a
There was a problem that reliable management and status monitoring could not be performed.

That is, when the network configuration is dynamically changed (for example, when components such as computer systems and communication devices are added, these components are removed, or network addresses are changed). ), Network management allows the computer system to collect new configuration information via an agent on each network device.However, system management actually collects configuration information unless the system administrator adds or changes the configuration information. It will be different from the configuration of, and inconsistency will occur.

Further, since the status monitoring is performed independently of each management described above based on each configuration information,
If the network configuration is changed dynamically, the problem that the status of system programs and business programs on the newly added computer system cannot be monitored, and if there are interrelated failures, a failure will occur. There was a problem that it took a lot of time to recover the trouble by specifying the location.

[0013]

As described above, conventionally, a network management mechanism that manages system components such as computer machines and communication devices and a system management mechanism that manages system programs and business programs mutually operate. Since they are not related and are operated independently, when the network configuration is changed dynamically, network management allows the computer system to generate new configuration information via agents on each network device. However, in the system management, unless the system administrator adds or changes the configuration information, the actual configuration will be different from the actual configuration, which causes a problem. In addition, since status monitoring is also performed independently of each management described above based on each configuration information, when the network configuration is dynamically changed, the system program or the operation on the newly added computer system is performed. When a problem that the status of the program cannot be monitored occurs and a mutually related failure occurs, there is an inconvenient problem that it takes a lot of time to recover the troublesome point in order to identify the failure point.

The present invention has been made in view of the above situation,
In a network system, various computer machines that form a network system by installing a configuration management manager mechanism having a function of integrating and managing the configuration management information for network management and the configuration management information for system management. It is an object of the present invention to provide a distributed operation management method capable of centrally managing configuration information such as communication devices and the like, and system programs and business programs.

Further, according to the present invention, in a network system, a status monitoring manager having a function of monitoring the status of a computer machine or a communication device via a network management manager and also monitoring the status of a system program or a business program. Provide a failure management method that enables the integrated monitoring of the status of various computer machines, communication devices, and other components that make up a network system by installing the mechanism in a computer system, and system programs and business programs. The purpose is to do.

[0016]

According to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, a computer system 11 for network management is provided with a computer machine or a communication device forming a component of the network system via a network management manager mechanism 11C. A configuration management manager mechanism 11A that collects the configuration information of each device such as, and registers it in the configuration management database 12 together with the configuration information of the system program and the business program is provided, and the configuration information of the device and the configuration information of the program are collected together. It is characterized by managing.

Further, in the present invention, the computer system 11 for network management monitors the state of computer machines and communication devices via the network management manager mechanism 11C, and at the same time, the state of system programs and business programs. It is also characterized in that a state monitoring manager mechanism 11B for monitoring the above is also provided and these states are collectively monitored.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system block diagram showing a configuration example of a network system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 11 is a computer system for network management, which is a configuration management database 12
Is placed under access control and has a configuration management manager mechanism 11A, a state monitoring manager mechanism 11B, and a network management manager mechanism 11C.

The configuration management manager mechanism 11A collects, through the network management manager mechanism 11C, the configuration information of each device such as a computer machine and a communication device which are components of the network system, and the configuration information of the system program and the business program. At the same time, it is registered in the configuration management database 12 to collectively manage the device configuration information and the program configuration information.

The status monitoring manager mechanism 11B monitors the status of devices such as computer machines and communication devices subject to status monitoring via the network management manager mechanism 11C, and also collectively monitors the status of system programs and business programs. And monitor.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a configuration management database, which is a computer system 1 for performing the above-mentioned network management.
6, which is managed under the control of the configuration management manager mechanism 11A provided on the server 1, and which corresponds to the network management configuration information table 52 shown in FIG. And a system management configuration information table 12B corresponding to the system management configuration information table 53 shown in FIG.
Various pieces of device information in A and 12B are associated with each other and managed by pointers. The information of the configuration management database 12 is the status monitoring manager mechanism 11B.
Referenced by.

Reference numerals 13, 14, and 15 are devices such as computer machines and communication devices under the control of the computer system 11 for network management. Here, 13 and 15 are computer systems and 14 is a router. Shows. Each device 13,
Network management agents 13A, 14A, and 15A are provided in 14 and 15, respectively. Further, the computer systems 13 and 15 are provided with a system management agent, a system program, a business program and the like. In the figure, only the computer system 15 shows the system management agent 15B, the system program 15C, and the business program 15D.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the network management configuration information table 12A and the system management configuration information table 12B placed in the configuration management database 12. Here, as described above, the network management configuration information table 12A shown in FIG. Various device information in the network management configuration information table 12A corresponding to the configuration information table 52 and the system management configuration information table 12B corresponding to the system management configuration information table 53 shown in FIG. 6 are associated with each other by pointers. Are managed and referenced by the configuration management manager mechanism 11A, and referenced by the state monitoring manager mechanism 11B and the like.

FIG. 3 shows the configuration management manager mechanism 11A.
6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a mechanism for collectively managing device configuration information and program configuration information, which is realized by the above.

FIG. 4 shows the status monitoring manager mechanism 11B.
9 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a mechanism for collectively monitoring the status of each device to be monitored and the status of a system program or a business program, which is realized by.

The operation of the embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to FIGS. First, the outline of the operation in the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

In the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, a computer system 11 for network management is connected to a computer machine or a communication device forming a component of the network system via a network management manager mechanism 11C. A configuration management manager mechanism 11A that collects configuration information such as configuration information and registers it in the configuration management database 12 together with configuration information of system programs and business programs, and manages device configuration information and program configuration information collectively. Is characterized by.

The configuration management manager mechanism 11A on the computer system 11 for network management requests the network management manager mechanism 11C to collect the configuration information of the computer machines and communication devices that are components of the network system.

Network management manager mechanism 11C
Polls (P0, P1, P2, ...) Network management agents on communication devices such as computer systems and routers that are components of the network system.
To request notification of configuration information.

Each network management agent 13A, 14A, 15A on a communication device such as a computer system or a router which is a component of the network system,
The computer machine or communication device (13, 14, 1)
The network management manager mechanism 11
Notify C.

Network management manager mechanism 11C
Are network management agents 13A, 14A,
The configuration information notified from 15A is collected and notified to the configuration management manager mechanism 11A.

The configuration management manager mechanism 11A registers in the configuration management database 12 the configuration information of computer machines and communication devices obtained via the network management manager mechanism 11C.

For configuration information such as system programs and business programs, the configuration management manager mechanism 11A
Requests the notification to the system management agent (only 15B is shown in the figure) on each computer system.

The system management agent on each computer system collects configuration information such as system programs and business programs installed on the computer system, and notifies the configuration management manager mechanism 11A.

The configuration management manager mechanism 11A stores the configuration information of system programs and business programs obtained via the system management agent in the same manner as the configuration information of computer machines and communication devices.
Register in 2.

The configuration and contents of the configuration management database 12 at this time are shown in FIG. As a result, the configuration information of each system component such as a computer machine and a communication device and the configuration information of a system program, a business program, etc. are centrally managed.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the computer system 11 for network management monitors the states of computer machines and communication devices via the network management manager mechanism 11C, and at the same time, system programs and jobs are executed. A state monitoring manager mechanism 11B that also monitors the state of the program is provided, and these states are collectively monitored.

The status monitoring manager mechanism 11B requests the network management manager mechanism 11C to collect status information of computer machines and communication devices. The network management manager mechanism 11C uses the configuration management database 12 created by the configuration management manager mechanism 11A.
Of the network management agents 13A and 14 on communication devices such as computer systems and routers.
A, 15A is requested to notify the status information by polling (P0, P1, P2, ...).

Each network management agent 13A,
14A and 15A notify the network management manager mechanism 11C of status information of computer machines and communication devices.

Network management manager mechanism 11C
Are network management agents 13A, 14A,
The status information notified from 15A is collected and notified to the status monitoring manager mechanism 11B.

For the status information of the system programs and business programs, the status monitoring manager mechanism 11B
Requests the notification from the system management agent on each computer system.

The system management agent on each computer system collects the status information of the system programs and business programs installed on the computer system and notifies the status monitoring manager mechanism 11B.

As a result, it is possible to centrally manage the status information of the components such as the computer machine and the communication device and the status information of the system program and the business program.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described in more detail with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS. First, the processing of the mechanism implemented by the configuration management manager mechanism 11A for collectively managing the device configuration information and the program configuration information will be described with reference to FIG.

The configuration management manager mechanism 11A of the computer system 11 that manages the network requests the network management manager mechanism 11C to collect the configuration information of the managed computer machines and communication devices constituting the network system (see FIG. 3 step A
1).

Network management manager mechanism 11C
Is polled (P0, P1, P2, ...) With respect to the network management agent 13A of the computer system 13 under management, the network management agent 14A of the router 14, and the network management agent 15A of the computer system 15 by polling (P0, P1, P2, ...) respectively. Is requested (step A2 in FIG. 3).

The network management agent 13A of the computer system 13 and the network management agent 15A of the computer system 15 notify the network management manager mechanism 11C of the configuration information of each computer machine. Further, the network management agent 14A of the router 14 notifies the network management manager mechanism 11C of the configuration information of the router 14 (step A3 in FIG. 3).

Network management manager mechanism 11Ca
Collects the configuration information notified from each network management agent and notifies the configuration management manager mechanism 11A (step A4 in FIG. 3).

The configuration management manager mechanism 11A collects the configuration information of the computer machine and the router obtained via the network management manager mechanism 11C and registers it in the configuration management database 12 (steps A5 and A6 in FIG. 3).
).

Next, the configuration information such as the system program and the business program is collected. Regarding the configuration information such as the system program and the business program, the configuration management manager mechanism 11A retrieves each entry from the configuration management database 12, judges whether the device type of the entry is a computer system, and When it is a system, the system management agent 1 of the corresponding computer system (for example, 15)
5B is requested to notify the configuration information (steps A7 to A10 in FIG. 3).

The system management agent 15B on the computer system 15 corresponds to the computer system 1
The configuration information of the system program 15C and the business program 15D installed on the computer 5 is collected and notified to the configuration management manager mechanism 11A (step A11 in FIG. 3).

The configuration management manager mechanism 11A collects the configuration information of the system program 15C and the business program 15D obtained via the system management agent 15B, sets the computer system name in the corresponding entry of the configuration management database 12, A program name and execution environment information are registered, associated with the device configuration information by a pointer, and registered in the configuration management database 12 (FIG. 3).
Steps A12-A15).

In this way, the configuration management manager mechanism 11
A collects the configuration information of each device such as a computer machine and a communication device that are components of the network system via the network management manager mechanism 11C and registers it in the configuration management database 12 together with the configuration information of the system program and the business program. Then, the device configuration information and the program configuration information are collectively managed.

Next, the processing of the mechanism implemented by the status monitoring manager mechanism 11B for collectively monitoring the status of each device to be monitored and the status of the system program and the business program will be described with reference to FIG. To do.

The status monitoring manager mechanism 11B of the computer system 11 for network management requests the network management manager mechanism 11C to collect status information of computer machines and communication devices (step B1 in FIG. 4).

Network management manager mechanism 11C
On the basis of the contents of the configuration management database 12 created as described with reference to FIG.
4 network management agent 14A, computer system 15 network management agent 15A
Requesting notification of status information by polling (P0, P1, P2, ...) (Step B2 in FIG. 4).

The network management agent 13A of the computer system 13 and the network management agent 15A of the computer system 15 notify the network management manager mechanism 11C of the status information of the respective computer machines. Further, the network management agent 14A of the router 14 notifies the network management manager mechanism 11C of the status information of the router 14 (step B3 in FIG. 4).

Network management manager mechanism 11C
Collects the status information notified from each network management agent and notifies the status monitoring manager mechanism 11B (step B4 in FIG. 4).

For status information such as system programs and business programs, the status monitoring manager mechanism 11B is used.
Retrieves each entry from the configuration management database 12 one by one, judges whether the device type of the entry is a computer system, and when it is a computer system, the corresponding computer system (for example, 1
The system management agent 15B of 5) is requested to notify the status information (steps B7 to B9 in FIG. 4).

The system management agent 15A on the computer system 15 corresponds to the computer system 1
The status monitoring manager mechanism 11B is notified of the status information of the system program 15C and the business program 15D installed on the device 5 (step B10 in FIG. 4).

The status monitoring manager mechanism 11B collects each status information obtained via each system management agent and registers it in the configuration management database 12 in association with the status information of the device (step B11 in FIG. 4).

With this, it is possible to centrally manage the status information of the components such as the computer machine and the communication device, and the status information of the system program and the business program.

[0064]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, in a network system, a configuration management manager having a function of integrating and managing configuration management information for network management and configuration management information for system management. By configuring the mechanism to be installed in a computer system, various computer machines constituting the network system, components such as communication devices, and system programs,
A distributed operation management method that centrally manages configuration information such as business programs can be provided.

Further, in the network system, a state monitoring manager mechanism having a function of monitoring the states of computer machines and communication devices via the network management manager and also monitoring the states of system programs and business programs is provided as a computer system. Since it is configured to be installed in, a network system is configured, various computer machines, components such as communication equipment,
Also, it is possible to provide a failure management method capable of integrally monitoring the statuses of system programs and business programs.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram showing a configuration example of a network system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration management database 1 in the above embodiment.
2 the network management configuration information table 12
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration example of A and a system management configuration information table 12B.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a mechanism for collectively managing device configuration information and program configuration information, which is realized by the configuration management manager mechanism 11A in the above embodiment.

FIG. 4 shows a processing procedure of a mechanism that is implemented by a state monitoring manager mechanism 11B in the above embodiment and that collectively monitors the state of each device to be monitored and the states of system programs and business programs. flowchart.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a conventional system.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a network management configuration information table and a configuration content of a system management configuration information table in a conventional system.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... Computer system for network management, 11A ... Configuration management manager mechanism, 11B ... Status monitoring manager mechanism, 11C ... Network management manager mechanism, 12 ... Configuration management database, 12A ... Network management configuration information table, 12B ... System management configuration information Table, 13 ... Computer system, 13A
... network management agent, 14 ... router, 14
A ... Network management agent, 15 ... Computer system, 15A ... Network management agent,
15C ... System program, 15D ... Business program.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. In a network system, a computer system for performing network management is provided with a configuration management manager mechanism and a network management manager mechanism, and the configuration management manager mechanism has each device constituting the network management manager mechanism and the network system. A means for collecting configuration information from each device constituting the network system via the above agent, a means for acquiring configuration information of the managed program via the agent on each device constituting the network system, and each of the above devices Means for managing the network configuration information and the program configuration information by associating them with each other on a database, and the network management computer system configuring information of each device and the program configuration information. Distributed management method of a network system, characterized by centralized management. 2. In a network system, a computer system for network management is provided with a configuration management manager mechanism, a state monitoring manager mechanism, and a network management manager mechanism, and the configuration management manager mechanism has a network management manager mechanism and a network management manager mechanism. A means for collecting configuration information from each device configuring the network system via an agent on each device configuring the network system, and acquiring configuration information of the managed program via the agent on each device configuring the network system Means and a means for centrally managing the configuration information of each device and the configuration information of the program on the database, and the status monitoring manager mechanism monitors the network management manager mechanism based on the contents of the database. versus A computer system for network management is provided with a means for collecting status information of the equipment from the target equipment and a means for acquiring the status information of the program on the equipment to be monitored through an agent. A fault management method for network systems, which centrally manages state information and program state information.