JPH11187022A - System and method for monitoring network - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a maintenance person to execute plural different monitor services on a network monitor system through one time of operation, and to reduce the service procedure input errors of the maintenance person or to shorten time for operation. SOLUTION: A storage part 44 previously registers plural monitor service items or the monitor procedures of these items as one service catalog name. A service catalog managing part 4 receives a request from a terminal 1 and discriminates whether that request is legal or not and when the request is discriminated legal, that service catalog name is identified. Then, the class of processing to the identified service catalog is discriminated and based on this discriminated result, the contents in the storage part 44 are updated or monitoring is instructed to a monitoring object device. Based on this instruction, stored contents are updated. A service managing part 6 reads data corresponding to the designated service catalog out of the monitoring service items and the data of these monitoring procedures previously stored in a storage part 5 and executes the monitoring of the object device, and the result is received and outputted to the terminal 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a network monitoring system and method for monitoring fault information or the like occurring in individual devices of an exchange constituting a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of network monitoring system, when a maintenance person implements a plurality of monitoring services, for example, alarm information and traffic information, to monitor the service state of a monitoring target device, each of the services is performed. Each service was started every time and the procedure data required for monitoring was input. Further, even when the same monitoring service is repeatedly executed, a maintenance person manually inputs the procedure every time and performs the service sequentially.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional network monitoring system.
Performs a plurality of monitoring services, the network monitoring system 8
Service management unit 7 through input / output interface unit 3
Each time, and connected to the designated device of the exchange via a network to carry out various monitoring services.

[0004]

In the above-described conventional network monitoring system, a function for performing a plurality of different services by a simple operation is not provided. Therefore, a maintenance person performs various monitoring services on a monitoring target device. In such a case, the operation was manually performed according to each service. For this reason, there has been a problem that a serviceman inputs an error in the service procedure or an unskilled maintainer takes a long time to perform an operation.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to provide a network monitoring system in which a plurality of different monitoring services in a network monitoring system can be performed by a maintenance person with a single operation, and a service procedure input error and an operation time by the maintenance person can be reduced. It is to provide a system and a method.

[0006]

According to the network monitoring system of the present invention, a plurality of monitoring service items and their monitoring procedures are registered in advance as one service catalog name, and the service catalog name is designated. A series of monitoring processes for the monitoring target device are continuously executed.

A network monitoring system according to the present invention includes a maintenance terminal for inputting a command for performing various monitoring services for a monitored device and displaying the monitoring result, and a target device based on a command input from the maintenance terminal. A network monitoring device configured to perform monitoring of the network terminal, wherein the network monitoring device receives a command from the maintenance terminal and sends result information to the maintenance terminal; A service catalog management unit that analyzes a command received from the entry / output interface unit, specifies a service catalog type composed of a plurality of monitoring services, and instructs execution of processing, and stores data of a monitoring service type and a procedure corresponding to each type. A service data storage unit for storing, and an instruction from the service catalog management unit. A service management unit that reads out the corresponding data from the service data storage unit, monitors the target device, receives the result, and outputs the result to the input / output interface unit. A request receiving unit that receives request data from the entry output interface unit and determines whether the request is valid, a service catalog analysis unit that identifies the service catalog name when the request is determined to be valid, and A process type determining unit that determines a process type for the service catalog identified by the service catalog analyzing unit, a memory for storing a plurality of monitored service items and a monitoring procedure for each of the various service catalogs as one service catalog, The memory content of the memory is updated based on the determination result of the processing type determination unit. Includes a service catalog controller for monitoring execution instruction for the monitored devices.

Further, the network monitoring method of the present invention is based on a maintenance terminal for inputting a command for performing various monitoring services for the monitored device and displaying the monitoring result, and a command input from the maintenance terminal. In a service monitoring method in a network monitoring system that monitors a service state of a target device using a network monitoring device that performs monitoring of the target device, a plurality of monitored service items and a monitoring procedure thereof are stored in a memory as one service catalog name in advance. The service terminal receives the request data from the maintenance terminal, determines whether the request is valid, identifies the service catalog name when the request is determined to be valid, and identifies the service catalog for the identified service catalog. The processing type is determined, and the storage contents of the memory are updated or monitored based on the determination result. Command to monitor the device, and based on the command, update the stored contents or read the data corresponding to the specified service catalog from the data of the monitoring service items and the monitoring procedures stored in advance and monitor the target device. Is executed, the result is received and output to the maintenance terminal.A plurality of service catalogs may be designated and the monitoring and execution may be performed continuously. In addition, when a plurality of service catalogs are designated, a service catalog having a higher priority may be executed first.

According to the present invention, a plurality of monitoring services are registered as one service catalog, and this catalog is designated and executed, so that a maintenance person can execute a plurality of different monitoring services by one operation. In other words, it is possible to reduce the maintenance procedure input error and the operation time of the maintenance person.

[0010]

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

Referring to FIG. 1, a network monitoring system according to the present invention includes a maintenance terminal 1 for inputting a command for performing various monitoring services for a monitoring target device and displaying a monitoring result thereof, and an operation from the maintenance terminal 1. And a network monitoring device 2 for monitoring the target device based on the input command. The network monitoring device 2 is realized by, for example, a personal computer, and receives an instruction from the maintenance terminal 1 and sends the result information to the maintenance terminal 1. The input / output interface unit 3 analyzes the command received from the input / output interface unit 3. A service catalog management unit 4 for specifying the type of a service catalog composed of a plurality of monitoring services and instructing execution of processing, and a service data storage unit 5 for storing monitoring service types and data of procedures corresponding to the respective types. And a service management unit 6 that reads out corresponding data from the service data storage unit 5 based on an instruction from the service catalog management unit 4, monitors the target device, receives the result, and outputs the result to the input / output interface unit 3. .

A service catalog management unit 4 receives a request data from the input / output interface unit 3 and determines whether the request is valid or not, and a service reception unit 41 when the request is determined to be valid. A service catalog analysis unit for identifying a catalog name; a processing type determination unit for determining a processing type for the service catalog identified by the service catalog analysis unit; A service catalog storage unit 44 for storing various service catalogs, and a service catalog for updating storage contents of the service catalog storage unit 44 or instructing a monitoring target device to execute monitoring based on the determination result of the process type determining unit 43. And a control unit 45.

In FIG. 1, a maintenance person operates a maintenance terminal 1
The service catalog management unit 4 is accessed through the input / output interface 3 of the network monitoring device 2. The service catalog management unit 4 performs processing such as registration, deletion, change, and execution of a service catalog according to a command input from the maintenance terminal. The maintenance person registers in the service catalog storage unit 44 with an arbitrary service catalog name including a plurality of services. The maintenance person requests execution of an arbitrary service catalog registered in the service catalog management unit 4 from the maintenance terminal 1.
The service catalog management unit 4 sequentially outputs the service group execution requests registered in the service catalog storage unit 44 to the service management unit 6. In response to this request, the service management unit 6 sequentially reads out the requested service group from the service data storage unit 5 and executes it.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the network monitoring method of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, a plurality of monitoring service items and their monitoring procedures are registered in the service catalog storage unit 44 in advance as one service catalog name. The request receiving unit 41 receives request data relating to the monitoring service from the maintenance terminal 1 (step 1: S1), and determines whether the request is valid, for example, the ID code of a maintenance person (S2). If the request is determined to be valid, that is, if the ID code of the maintenance person is correct, the service catalog analysis unit 42 identifies the service catalog name that is subsequently input (S3), and identifies the identified service catalog. The processing type determination unit 43 determines whether the processing type for the is “register”, “delete”, “change”, or “monitor execution” (S4).

Based on the result of the determination, the service catalog control unit 45 updates the storage contents of the service catalog storage unit 44 or issues a monitoring instruction to the monitored device.
In the case of "registration processing", the validity of the designated service is determined, such as whether the designated service is applied to the target device or the input designation method is correct (S5). If it is correct, the service catalog is registered according to the designation. (S6).
In the case of "deletion processing", the service catalog is deleted according to the designation (S7). Further, in the case of {change}, similarly to the registration processing, it is determined whether the specified service is applied to the target device or whether the change specification method is correct or not (S8). The service catalog is changed according to the designation (S9).

On the other hand, in the case of the "monitoring execution process", the target device is specified from the designated service catalog and monitoring is instructed (S10). From the data of the monitoring procedure, the data corresponding to the designated service catalog is read out by the service management unit 6 (S
11), monitor the target device of the exchange via the network (S12), receive the result (S13), and output and display it on the maintenance terminal 1 via the input / output interface unit 3 (S14).

In the present embodiment, a plurality of service catalogs may be designated and the monitoring and execution may be performed continuously. Alternatively, a plurality of service catalogs may be given priorities and a plurality of service catalogs may be assigned. Is designated, a service catalog having a higher priority may be executed first. Thereby, the maintenance work related to the monitoring service can be made more efficient.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, by registering and executing a plurality of different monitoring services as service catalogs in a network monitoring device, a maintenance person of the network monitoring system can manage a plurality of different monitoring services. The monitoring service group can be executed by one operation, and it is possible to reduce service procedure input errors and operation time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional network monitoring system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 maintenance terminal 2 network monitoring device 3 input / output interface unit 4 service catalog management unit 5 service data storage unit 6 service management unit 41 request reception unit 42 service catalog analysis unit 43 processing type determination unit 44 service catalog storage unit 45 service catalog control unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of monitoring service items and their monitoring procedures are registered in advance as one service catalog name, and by specifying this service catalog name, a series of monitoring processes for a monitoring target device are continuously performed. A network monitoring system characterized by performing. 2. A maintenance terminal for inputting a command for performing various monitoring services on a monitored device and displaying a result of the monitoring, and a network for monitoring the target device based on a command input from the maintenance terminal. A network monitoring system comprising a monitoring device, wherein the network monitoring device receives a command from the maintenance terminal and sends result information to the maintenance terminal, and receives a command from the input / output interface unit. A service catalog management unit that analyzes a service command, identifies a service catalog type composed of a plurality of monitoring services, and instructs execution of processing, and a service for storing monitoring service types and data of procedures corresponding to the respective types. A data storage unit, and the service data format based on an instruction from the service catalog management unit. A network monitoring system comprising: a service management unit that reads out corresponding data from a storage unit, monitors a target device, receives the result, and outputs the result to the input / output interface unit. 3. The service catalog management unit receives a request data from the input / output interface unit and determines whether or not the request is valid. If the request is determined to be valid, the request reception unit determines whether the request is valid. A service catalog analysis unit for identifying a service catalog name, a processing type determination unit for determining a processing type for the service catalog identified by the service catalog analysis unit, and a plurality of monitoring service items and their monitoring procedures as one service catalog A memory for storing various service catalogs, and a service catalog control unit for updating storage contents of the memory or instructing a monitoring target device to execute monitoring based on the determination result of the processing type determination unit. The network monitoring system according to claim 2, wherein 4. A maintenance terminal for inputting a command for performing various monitoring services on the monitored device and displaying the results of monitoring, and a network for monitoring the target device based on a command input from the maintenance terminal. In a network monitoring method for monitoring a service state of a target device using a monitoring device, a plurality of monitoring service items and a monitoring procedure thereof are registered in a memory in advance as one service catalog name, and a request data is sent from the maintenance terminal. To determine whether the request is valid, identify the service catalog name when the request is determined to be valid,
Determine the processing type for the identified service catalog,
Based on this determination result, the storage contents of the memory are updated or a monitoring instruction is issued to the monitoring target device. Based on this instruction, the updating of the storage contents or the monitoring service items stored in advance and the data of the monitoring procedure thereof are selected. A network monitoring method comprising: reading data corresponding to a specified service catalog; monitoring a target device; receiving the result; and outputting the result to the maintenance terminal. 5. The network monitoring method according to claim 4, wherein a plurality of service catalogs are designated, and the monitoring execution is performed continuously. 6. The network monitoring method according to claim 5, wherein priorities are assigned to the service catalogs, and when a plurality of service catalogs are designated, the service catalog with a higher priority is executed first.