KR101637458B1 - Integrated control method for data center, Integrated control system performing the same, Computer program for the same, and Recording medium storing computer program thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an integrated control method for a data center, an integrated control system executing the same, a computer program, and a recording medium thereof. According to an aspect of the present invention, the method is executed by the integrated control system and is employed to control an operation management target in the data center in an integrated manner. The method includes the steps of: 1) monitoring physical and logic information of the operation management target; and 2) executing a first function to provide an event occurrence situation to a monitoring situation of another operation management target, which is determined to be in an event-related relationship with the operation management target having the physical or logic information determined from the event occurrence, in a linked manner when the monitored physical or logic information is determined as the event occurrence based on preset event occurrence conditions. The operation management target in the first step can be one of IT equipment, operation equipment, a function element executed by IT equipment, and a service element provided by IT equipment. The physical information in the first step includes at least one of performance information of IT equipment or operation equipment and state information. The logic information in the first step includes information related to a function element executed by IT equipment and information related to a service element provided by IT equipment.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a data center integrated control method, an integrated control system for executing the same, a computer program, and a recording medium for performing the integrated control method, a computer program for the same, and a recording medium storing computer program,

The present invention relates to a data center integrated control method, an integrated control system for executing the same, a computer program, and a recording medium thereof, and more particularly, to an IT system Based monitoring of physical and logical information of a service element is performed in conjunction with each other based on the event correlation, thereby enabling a data center integrated control in which IT equipment, operating equipment, physical information and logical information related to these are organically linked A computer program, and a recording medium therefor.

Facilities in which IT equipment such as computer servers, network equipment, and storage are installed and operated are commonly referred to as data centers.

As the Internet began to emerge, businesses needed specialized facilities to quickly and conveniently access the Internet, which has led to the operation of large data centers called Internet Data Centers (IDCs).

The data center buildings are often constructed in large areas of about 10,000 square meters. The data center includes a computer server, a network operating center (NOC), a cooling and power supply facility .

Since computer server equipment is sensitive to temperature and humidity, it is essential that facilities that can maintain a certain standard. Typically, the appropriate temperature in the data center is between 16 and 24 degrees Celsius and humidity should be between 40 and 55 percent. In addition, safety devices and security facilities are needed to prepare for disasters such as earthquakes and floods.

In response to IT equipment such as computer servers, network equipment, and storage, power supply facilities, temperature / humidity maintenance facilities, safety devices, and security facilities can be seen as operating equipment for managing the data center operating environment.

Since data centers operate a large number of IT equipment and operating equipment, equipment management and environmental management are essential for normal operation of these equipment.

Korean Patent No. 10-1067378 (September 19, 2011) has been proposed as an example of the prior art relating to data center management. The above-described conventional technique uses an USN to monitor an IDC main heating region and a state in real time to establish an optimal IDC environment, and converts factors such as IDC power consumption and incidental power consumption and water consumption into carbon And proposed a configuration to manage computer facilities.

However, such a conventional data center management technology was in a level to manage the normal / abnormal status of various operating equipments in real time, and the influence of the operating equipments and the IT equipments or the mutual influence between equipments and services could not be considered There is a limit to providing a control service of a simple operational environment management level.

Korean Patent No. 10-1067378 (September 19, 2011)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus and a data processing method, A data center integrated control method configured to enable data center integrated control in which IT equipment, operating equipment, physical information and logical information related to them are linked with each other by mutually linking the monitoring based on the event correlation, and A computer program, and a recording medium therefor.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for managing an operation management object in a data center, the method comprising the steps of: 1) monitoring physical information and logical information of an operation management object; The operation management object is any one of IT equipment, operating equipment, function elements executed in IT equipment, and service elements provided by IT equipment, and the physical information is at least one of performance information and status information of IT equipment or operating equipment Wherein the logic information includes at least one of information related to functional elements executed in the IT equipment and information related to service components provided in the IT equipment; And 2) when it is determined that the physical information or the logical information to be monitored is an event occurrence based on a predetermined event occurrence condition, it is determined that the physical information or logical information determined as the event occurrence has an event correlation with the monitored operation management object And performing a first function of linking the event occurrence status to a monitoring status of another operation management object that is the other operation management object.

Preferably, in the 2) step, the event occurrence status is linked to the monitoring status of 2-1) physical information or logical information determined to have an event association with another physical information or logical information judged as an event occurrence And executing a second function.

Preferably, in the step 2), a third function of linking the event occurrence status to the monitoring status of the operation management object judged to have an event correlation with the physical information or the logical information judged as 2-2) And executing the program.

Preferably, the event correlation is determined based on a physical space condition in which an IT equipment or operation equipment to be operated or managed, or an IT equipment in which a function unit as an operation management target is executed or a service component is provided, do.

Preferably, the method further comprises the steps of: P1) storing the IT equipment or the operating equipment as an operation management object based on physical space conditions disposed in the data center, and setting physical information requiring monitoring on the operation management object; P2) stores the functional elements executed in the IT equipment or the service elements provided by the IT equipment as operational management objects based on the physical space conditions in which the functional elements are executed or the IT equipment provided with the service elements are arranged in the data center Setting logical information necessary for monitoring the operation management object; And P3) establishing an event association relationship between the physical information, the logical information, and the operation management object based on physical space conditions in the data center.

Preferably, the physical space conditions include whether the IT equipment or the operational equipment to be operated or managed, or the IT equipment to which the operational element is to be executed or the service element is provided, is located in the same building of the data center or on the same floor Whether or not they are placed in the same room, whether or not they are placed in the same room, and whether or not they are placed in the same room.

Preferably, the event correlation is determined based on a connection condition according to a physical or logical operation relationship of the IT equipment or operation equipment to be operated or managed, or the IT equipment to which the service component is provided, .

Preferably, the step (P101) comprises the steps of: storing the IT equipment or the operating equipment as an operation management object based on a connection condition according to a physical operation relationship; and setting physical information requiring monitoring on the operation management object; P102) Storing the functional elements executed in the IT equipment or the service elements provided by the IT equipment as operational management targets based on the connection conditions according to the logical operational relationship, and setting the logical information necessary for monitoring the operational management targets ; And P103) establishing an event association relationship between the physical information, the logical information, and the operation management object based on a connection condition according to a physical or logical operation relationship.

Preferably, the connection condition according to the physical operation relationship is a condition for determining whether any one of the IT equipment or the operation equipment, which is the operation management object, is connected to the operation relation of the other equipment in terms of operation, The connection is characterized in that it is in the form of an inclusive connection, a dependent connection, a sequential connection, a distributed connection, or a same level connection between devices.

Preferably, the connection condition according to the logical operational relationship is a condition for determining whether a functional element or a service element to be managed is operatively connected to another functional element or a service element on an operational basis.

Preferably, the operational relationship of the functional elements is any one of an upper level and lower level, linkage, redundancy, and load balancing in an operating system or an application executed in the IT equipment.

Preferably, the operational relationship of the service element is any one of an upper, a lower, and an association in an IT service provided by the IT equipment.

Preferably, the performance information includes numerical value information or numerical value transition information of a monitoring target performance preset for the IT equipment or the operation equipment to be operated and managed, and the status information may include at least one of IT equipment or operation equipment And information on normal / abnormal status.

Preferably, when the operation management target is an IT equipment, the information includes numerical value information or numerical value trend information of the performance related to the system resource management of the IT equipment. When the operation management target is the operating equipment, And numerical value information of the performance related to the physical management element provided for the center operation or trend information of the numerical value.

Preferably, the event correlation is managed in such a manner that association weights are given to each physical information, logical information, and operation management objects to be determined in the event association.

Preferably, the event association is established by first setting a predetermined default value between each physical information and logical information subject to the determination of the event association relationship, and between the operation management object and the physical information and the logical information , And the event management unit manages the first set associative weight based on an event occurrence situation that occurs with respect to the operation management object.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a computer program stored on a medium for executing the data center integrated control method in combination with hardware is disclosed.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for executing each step of the data center integrated control method is disclosed.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for collectively controlling operations management objects in a data center, the system comprising: an information processing unit that stores information on IT equipment, operating equipment, A management target storage module; A physical information management module for setting physical information requiring monitoring on the operation management object; A logical information management module for setting logical information required to be monitored for the operation management object; An event association relationship between the physical information, the logical information, and the operation management object is established based on physical space conditions in which the operation management object is disposed in the data center or connection conditions according to physical or logical operation relationships among the operation management objects An association management module; And monitoring physical information and logical information of the operation management target. When physical information or logical information to be monitored is determined as an event occurrence based on preset event occurrence conditions, physical information or logical information determined as an event occurrence is monitored And an event management module that executes a first function that provides the event occurrence status to a monitoring situation of another operation management object that is determined to have an event association with the operation management object. do.

Preferably, the event management module includes a second function for providing the event occurrence status to a monitoring status of physical information or logic information determined to have an event association with another physical information or logical information determined to be an event occurrence And further executes the processing.

Preferably, the event management module further performs a third function of providing a linkage of the event occurrence status to a monitoring status of an operation management object, which is determined to have an event correlation with physical information or logic information determined as an event occurrence .

Preferably, the storage of the operation management object of the management object storage module is performed based on physical space condition information of the IT equipment or the operating equipment disposed in the data center, Condition based on the physical space condition in which the IT equipment in which the functional element is executed or the service element is provided is placed in the data center or the connection condition according to the logical operational relationship of the functional element or the service element .

According to the present invention as described above, monitoring of physical and logical information of service elements provided by IT equipment, operational equipment, functional elements executed in IT equipment, and IT equipment, The data center integration control system in which the IT equipment, the operating equipment, the physical information and the logical information related to the IT equipment, the operating equipment, and the information are mutually and organically linked is possible.

Particularly, in the data center consolidation control, the present invention controls the data center by integrally considering the event association based on the physical space condition and the event association based on the connection condition based on the physical or logical operational relationship, And it provides an optimal integrated control considering spatial or operational relational characteristics.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a data center integrated control system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a block diagram of a data center integrated control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a data center integrated control method according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a data center integrated control method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a data center integrated control method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
6 is a schematic diagram for explaining an event association relationship based on physical space conditions of the data center integrated control method according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram for explaining an event association relationship based on a connection condition according to an operational relationship of a data center integrated control method according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
8 to 15 are views illustrating a UI screen of a data center integrated control system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention,
16 is a schematic diagram for explaining an event correlation of a data center integrated control method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention may be embodied in many other forms without departing from its spirit or essential characteristics. Accordingly, the embodiments of the present invention are to be considered in all respects as merely illustrative and not restrictive.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component. And / or < / RTI > includes any combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between.

The terminology used in this application is used only to describe a specific embodiment and is not intended to limit the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the terms "comprises", "having", "having", and the like are intended to specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, components, Steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations of elements, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art and are to be interpreted as either ideal or overly formal in the sense of the present application Do not.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like or corresponding elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and a duplicate description thereof will be omitted. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a data center integrated control system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a data center integrated control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The data center of the present embodiment is provided with at least one room in a building having at least one floor, and each room can be divided into at least one room for equipment arrangement.

IT equipment 400 such as a computer server, network equipment, storage, etc. is installed and operated in each zone or floor, and operating equipment 300 such as a power supply facility, a temperature / humidity maintenance facility, a safety device, And operated. Operating equipment can be understood as equipment for managing the operating environment of the data center.

The IT equipment 400 may be provided with a known integrated control solution for the IT equipment so that the control by the integrated control system 100 can be performed. Since the general operation configuration of the integrated control system 100 can be exemplarily understood through the Korean Registered Patent No. 10-0992417 proposed by the present applicant and other publicly known technologies and the like, A detailed description of the configuration or operation of a general integrated control system not shown will be omitted.

The operating device 300 is provided with a variety of sensing means (not shown) for monitoring the operation of each of the devices and may be configured to monitor various measured values (e.g., temperature, humidity, voltage, So that normal control relating to equipment operation can be achieved.

For example, a measurement value (e.g., voltage, current, etc.) associated with the operating state or operating performance associated with providing the power supply function in the case of the power supply of the operating equipment 300 may be transmitted to the integrated control system 100 (E.g., temperature, humidity, etc.) related to the operation state or operation performance related to the provision of the temperature or humidity maintenance function in the case of the constant temperature and humidity device can be transmitted to the integrated control system 100, (For example, the voltage, current, signal output, etc. of the power source of the CCTV) related to the operation state or operation performance related to the provision of the security function may be transmitted to the integrated control system 100.

As another example, in the case of IT equipment 400, a consolidated control over the status or performance of the physical aspects of the equipment can be achieved. Integrated control of the state or performance of the physical viewpoint of the IT equipment 400 can be achieved, for example, regarding the memory usage status, the CPU usage status, and the like.

In the case of the IT equipment 400, integration control may be performed on the processing status information or the load status information of the functional elements executed by the respective IT equipment 400 or the service elements provided by the IT equipment 400.

Here, the functional element can be understood as a program element installed in and driven by the computing means, such as an operating system executed in the IT equipment 400 or various applications and databases. Functional elements may have a layered connection relationship in terms of program functionality. For example, an operating system can be seen as a functional element at a higher level than an application.

The service element is an element related to the contents of the IT service or the business provided by the IT equipment 400 such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Data Warehouse (DW) (Enterprise Application Integration), goods processing services, and the like. The service element can have a layered connection relation according to the configuration of the IT service. For example, an EAI can be viewed as a higher level service element than a goods processing service.

In the case of the processing status information or the load status information of the service element provided by the IT equipment 400 or the IT equipment 400, if the specific IT equipment is a storage for managing a specific database, Access to or access to the database managed by the storage can be monitored and data processing state management or load management from the perspective of the database access service can be achieved.

The integrated control system 100 of the present embodiment is connected to the network 10 with the IT equipment 400 and the operating equipment 300 installed and operated in each zone or floor to monitor the operation status of each equipment, The console 200 may be provided with a display result of the monitoring result or an event occurrence status or may receive a control input according to the display result or process the control operation for each equipment. A user client (not shown) may be provided to receive the monitoring situation and the event occurrence situation provided to the integrated control system 100.

The integrated control system 100 of the present embodiment includes a management object storage module 102, a physical information management module 104, a logical information management module 106, an operation module 108, an association management module 110, An event management module 112, and an information display module 114.

The management object storage module 102 stores functional elements executed in the IT equipment 400, the operating equipment 300, the IT equipment 400, or service elements provided by the IT equipment 400 as objects of operation management.

For example, storage of the operation management object of the management object storage module 102 may be performed based on physical space condition information in which the IT equipment 400 or the operation equipment 300 is disposed in the data center, 400 or the operating conditions of the operating equipment 300. [

As another example, the storage of the management object of the management object storage module 102 may be performed based on a physical space condition in which the IT equipment 400 in which the functional element is executed or the service element is provided is disposed in the data center Or based on the connection conditions according to the logical operational relationship of the functional element or the service element.

The physical information management module 104 sets physical information that needs to be monitored for the operation management object.

The logical information management module 106 sets logical information that needs to be monitored for the operation management object.

The association management module 110 manages the physical and logical information, the operation information, and the operation information based on a physical space condition in which the operation management object is placed in the data center or a connection condition according to a physical or logical operation relationship between the operation management objects. Establish an event association relationship between the managed objects.

The event management module 112 monitors the physical information and the logical information of the operation management object. If the physical information or the logical information to be monitored is judged as an event occurrence based on the preset event occurrence condition, A first function of providing the event occurrence situation in connection with a monitoring situation of another operation management object, which is determined as having an event association with the operation management object whose information or logical information is monitored, is executed. Monitoring of the physical information or monitoring of the logical information can be implemented through a similar configuration to the known integrated control system, and thus detailed description is omitted.

The event management module 112 may further include a second event management module 112 that provides the event occurrence status to a monitoring situation of another physical information or logical information that is determined to have an event association with the physical information or logical information that is determined as an event occurrence, Further perform the function.

The event management module 112 may further execute a third function of linking the event occurrence status to the monitoring status of the operation management object determined to have an event correlation with the physical information or the logical information determined as an event occurrence do.

The information display module 114 displays each of the monitored information, and provides a function of displaying an event occurrence status according to the information. The display of the event occurrence status can be performed through various known user UI screens.

The operating module 108 provides functions for general operations management of the system.

The integrated control system 100 of the present embodiment includes a management object information storage 120, a physical information storage 130, a logical information storage 140 An association management information storage 150, and an event management information storage 160. [

6 is a schematic diagram for explaining an event association relationship based on physical space conditions of a data center integrated control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

For example, the event association may be determined based on physical space conditions in which an IT equipment or an operation equipment to be operated as an operation management is placed in a data center, or an IT equipment in which a function element as an operation management target is executed or a service element is provided, Lt; / RTI >

More specifically, the physical space conditions include whether the IT equipment or the operation equipment to be operated or managed, or the IT equipment in which the functional elements to be operated or managed are executed or the service components are provided, are located in the same building of the data center, Whether or not they are placed in the same room, and whether or not they are placed in the same room.

For example, referring to FIG. 6, when a first event (for example, a temperature control function failure) occurs in the equipment f (temperature and humidity device), in a device e (storage 1) Eg, equipment overheating, or resulting service / service interruption. From a different point of view, this can be understood as an event association between the first event and the second event.

As another example, when a third event (e.g., connection congestion for data stored in storage) occurs in equipment e (storage 1), a fourth event (e.g., Over-temperature cooling due to storage overheating). From another point of view, this can be understood as an event association of the third event and the fourth event.

As another example, if a third event (e.g., connection congestion for data stored in storage) occurs in equipment e (storage 1), a fifth event (e.g., CPU usage surge) is likely to occur. From another point of view, this can be understood as an event association between the third event and the fifth event.

Thus, in terms of equipment - equipment, equipment - functional elements or equipment - service elements, the IT equipment or operating equipment under operation management, or the IT equipment in which the operational elements or the service elements are provided, are placed in the data center The event association relationship can be determined based on the physical space condition, and an event association relation policy for the determination can be set.

The setting of the event correlation may be set for various combinations as follows. For example, the event association is a combination of each equipment-equipment, equipment-functional element, equipment-service element, functional element-functional element, functional element-service element, service element-service element, Likewise, they can be set in the form of a combination relationship between each operation management object.

As another example, the event correlation may be set in a form of a combination relationship such as a combination of physical information-physical information, logical information-logical information, and physical information-logical information monitored in each operation management object.

As another example, the event association may be a combination of physical information-equipment, logical information-equipment, physical information-functional element, physical information-service element, Logical information-function element, logical information-service element, or the like.

The event association may be established by directly combining the monitoring targets of the respective events or by setting an event association policy that defines a rule of setting an event association relationship and setting the event association relationship policy to be an operation management object or physical information Or the policy to be applied to the operation management object or the physical information or the logical information at the time of newly setting (or changing) the logical information, and the event association may be automatically set and managed according to the selected policy.

In this way, when the event association policy is set based on the physical space conditions in which the IT equipment or the operating equipment are placed in the data center, for example, the physical space conditions of the data center are preset and are arranged for each physical space IT equipment or operating equipment are set up and various measurement values related to the functioning of each IT equipment or operating equipment are set as monitoring items (physical information or logic information), and functional items provided by each IT equipment or operating equipment Or various management items related to the service element are set to another monitoring item (physical information or logical information), and an association between these monitoring items (physical information or logical information) can be set as an event association.

Such an event correlation can be set and managed in consideration of whether or not monitoring target devices are located in the same building or in the same floor, the same room, and the same area, depending on the characteristic of each monitoring item.

7 is a schematic diagram for explaining an event association relationship based on a connection condition according to an operational relationship of the data center integrated control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The event association is determined on the basis of connection conditions according to the physical or logical operation relationship of the IT equipment or the operation equipment to be operated or managed, or the IT equipment to which the service component is provided.

For example, the connection condition according to the physical operation relationship is a condition for determining whether any one of the IT equipment or the operation equipment, which is an operation management target, is connected to the operation relation of the other equipment in terms of operation. Here, the connection may be in the form of an inclusive connection, a dependent connection, a sequential connection, a distributed connection, or a same level connection among the devices.

As another example, the connection condition according to the logical operational relationship is a condition for judging whether the functional element or the service element to be operated for management is operatively connected to another functional element or service element in the operational relation.

Here, the operational relationship of the functional elements may be any one of an upper level and lower level, linkage, redundancy, and load balancing in an operating system or an application executed in the IT equipment.

In addition, the operational relationship of the service element may be any one of an upper, a lower, and an association in an IT service provided in the IT equipment.

For example, referring to FIG. 7, when a first event (for example, power supply abnormality) is generated in the equipment e (power supply device), in the equipment f (constant temperature and humidity device) There is a possibility that an event (for example, a temperature control function abnormality) may occur. In this case, a third event (for example, equipment overheating) may occur in the equipment k (storage 2) In this case, there is a possibility that a fourth event (eg, IT service / service interruption) may occur in service element 2, which is an IT service or task provided through equipment k.

From another point of view, it can be understood that the equipment e -> equipment f -> equipment k -> service component p has connection conditions according to the physical or logical operating relationship. From another viewpoint, this can be understood as an event association of the first event, the second event, the third event, and the fourth event.

As another example, if a fifth event (e.g., connection congestion for data stored in the storage) occurs in the equipment k (storage 2), a sixth event (e.g., Over-temperature cooling due to storage overheating) can occur, and event 7 (eg, over-charge) can occur in equipment e (power supply) that supplies power to equipment f.

Thus, in terms of equipment - equipment, equipment - functional elements or equipment - service elements, there is a mutual agreement or systematic relationship (equipment / functional element / service element A connection condition according to a mutual operation relationship), and an event association relation policy for the determination can be set.

Also, similar to the case of the physical space condition described above, even in the case of the connection condition according to the physical or logical operational relationship, each equipment-equipment, equipment-functional element, equipment-service element, functional element- Physical information, logical information, logical information, and physical information-logical information monitored in each operation management object, or a combination of the physical elements, the physical elements, the physical elements, A physical information-functional element, a physical information-service element, a logical information-functional element, a logical information-service element, a physical information element, a service information element, Can be variously set in the same combination form.

If an event association policy is set up based on the connection conditions according to the physical or logical operational relationship of the IT equipment or operation equipment to be operated or managed, or the IT equipment to which the service component is provided, For example, IT equipment or operating equipment items placed in the data center are set up, and various measurement values related to the function provision of each IT equipment or operating equipment are set as monitoring items, and the functions of each IT equipment or operating equipment Related measurement values are set as monitoring items (physical information or logic information), and various management items related to the functional elements or service elements provided by the respective IT equipment or operating equipment are set as another monitoring item (physical information or logical information) And an association between these monitoring items (physical information or logical information) Boundaries can be set as event correlation.

Such an event correlation may be set considering the relationship with the physical space condition described above as necessary.

For example, in the case of the above-described embodiment with reference to Fig. 7, a first event (e.g., power supply failure) of the equipment e (power supply device) and a second event of the equipment f ) May be set to take into account only the connection conditions according to the operational relationship, but a third event (e.g., equipment overheating) of equipment k (storage 2) disposed within the same zone as the second event of equipment f It can be understood as an event association relation set up considering the relation with the spatial condition.

For this purpose, the event association may be configured to allow setting according to physical space conditions or setting according to connection conditions according to an operating relationship, or setting all of them simultaneously.

16 is a schematic diagram for explaining an event correlation of a data center integrated control method according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a case where the above-described event association is synthetically set and managed from a physical / logical perspective.

In the present embodiment, the event correlation is managed in such a manner that association information weights are given to each of the physical information, logical information, and operation management objects to be subjected to the determination of the event correlation.

Each block in FIG. 16 represents one operation management object, and a line connecting each block represents the type of an event association between operation management objects connected through the corresponding line, Indicates the association weights for the association. In FIG. 16, only the operation management object is illustrated as an object to be managed. However, various physical information or logic information monitored from each operation management object may also be displayed in a form similar to the block of FIG. 16 so that the event connection relationship can be displayed.

16 illustrates a state in which various functional elements, service elements, IT equipment, and operating equipment are set and managed through various types of event associations around the leftmost service # 1.

In the event association relation, the 'inclusion relation' means that one element includes another element from a physical or logical point of view. For example, the service # 1 includes Web service # 1, Was service # 1 and DB service # 1 Lt; / RTI >

The 'simple connection relation' can be understood as a physical or logically interrelated, but not particularly a hierarchical or an upper, lower, or inclusive relationship.

'Load balancing' can be understood as a relationship connected in parallel for load balancing.

'Redundancy' can be understood, for example, as a connection relationship for the backup of data or functions.

The 'spatial association' can be understood as an association created by being placed in the same or mutually closely related physical space based on the physical space conditions described above.

A 'sequential association' can be understood as a function or service of another element after one element in the functional or service aspect of the element.

The 'direct connection relation' can be understood as a physical connection, for example, through a power line or the like.

Meanwhile, the event association is established by initially setting a predetermined default value between each physical information, logical information, and operation management object to be an event relationship relation determination weight, and associating each physical information and logical information, Based on the event occurrence situation that has occurred with respect to the operation management object, the initially set association weights can be managed to be adjusted.

The initial value of the association weights may be the same, and the influence of event propagation may also be reflected differently depending on the type of association, reflecting the characteristics of the association. For example, in the case of a direct connection, a higher association weight can be initially set compared to a spatial connection.

In the case of weight adjustment management, for example, an event is generated in the element of the server # 3 at the occurrence of an event in the PDU # 3 element while the initial default value of '1' is set between the elements of the PDU # 3 and the server # In contrast, when an event is generated in the PDU # 3 element at the occurrence of an event in the server # 3 element, it is analyzed that if the influence of the event is low compared to the actual event occurrence, The weight can be gradually set lower. For example, the analysis may be performed in the form of a known pattern analysis on the event occurrence of each operation management object, and the analysis may be performed at predetermined intervals to update or adjust the weight. For example, the weight adjustment between one element and another may be made by comparing the event occurrence-weighting situation between the elements with the event occurrence-weighting situation between the other elements, through a relative comparison. In addition, such weight adjustment and analysis for this can be done periodically by an automated process.

For example, if the server # 1 is down when the thermostat # 1 fails, the influence of the currently set or managed 0.35 value will converge to a value of 1. Otherwise, The degree of influence is lowered to the contrary, and in the long run, the influence of association is close to zero.

On the other hand, from the other viewpoint of the relationship illustrated in FIG. 16, it can be understood that an event generated in 'service # 1' propagates an event to other elements on the right side. Through the concept of event propagation, on the contrary, it is also possible to predict the influence of an event generated in 'Service # 1' in another element.

For example, an event occurring in one element is event-propagated to other elements having an event-related relationship according to the association weights set as shown in FIG. The degree of event propagation changes according to the degree of influence (weight) of each association, so that events of other elements having an association can be predicted. For example, when an association is connected through a plurality of elements, the influence (weight) can be obtained by multiplying the influence (weight) between each element connected in the middle.

3 is a flowchart of a data center integrated control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As a preceding step for executing the integrated control method as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3, the following steps are performed: storage registration as an operational management target for IT equipment, operational equipment, functional elements executed in IT equipment, It is necessary to set a monitoring item (physical information or logical information) related to the management target, register the event association between the operation management target and / or the monitoring item, or register the policy setting. Will be described later in detail. Hereinafter, the integrated control situation in which monitoring and event determination are performed after the preceding steps are performed will be described.

In step S1, the integrated control system monitors physical information and logical information of the operation management object.

Preferably, the operation management object is any one of an IT equipment, an operating equipment, a function element executed in the IT equipment, and a service element provided in the IT equipment.

The physical information may include at least one of performance information and status information of the IT equipment or the operating equipment. The logical information may include at least one of functional element related information to be executed by the IT equipment and service element related information provided by the IT equipment Quot;

For example, the performance information includes numerical value information or numerical value transition information of a monitoring target performance preset for the IT equipment or the operation equipment to be operated and managed.

More specifically, the performance information includes numerical value information on the performance of system resources of the IT equipment or transition information of numerical values when the operation management target is an IT equipment. If the operation management target is an operating equipment Includes numerical value information of performance or trend information of numerical values relating to physical management elements that the operating equipment provides for data center operation.

In addition, for example, the status information may include information on the operation / non-operation status of the IT equipment or the operation equipment to be operated or the normal / abnormal status information.

For example, the functional element related information and the service element related information include information on the processing status of the IT service or the information on the status of the IT service or the load status information provided through the IT equipment as the operation management target.

In step S2, when the monitored physical information or logical information is determined to be an event occurrence based on a predetermined event occurrence condition, the integrated control system determines whether physical information or logical information determined as an event occurrence is an event, And performs a first function of linking the event occurrence status to a monitoring status of another operational management object that is determined to have an association relationship.

In addition, in step S2, the integrated control system may be configured to provide the monitoring status of the physical information or the logical information, which is determined as having an event-related relationship with the physical information or logical information determined as the occurrence of the event, 2 Execute the function.

In the step S2, the integrated control system executes a third function of linking the event occurrence status to the monitoring status of the operation management object judged as having an event-related relationship with the physical information or logical information judged as the event occurrence do.

Preferably, the first to third functions may be executed together, and only one or two functions of the first to third functions may be selectively executed according to an administrator setting.

First of all, as an example of event generation, when a supply situation occurs when the power supply apparatus is below a predetermined set power or when such a situation is expected, it can be determined that an event has occurred.

As another example, when the constant temperature and humidity device can not maintain the room temperature at a predetermined temperature condition, or if such a situation is expected, it can be determined that the event has occurred.

As another example, when the access traffic to the storage server becomes higher than a predetermined criterion, the memory or the CPU usage becomes higher than a predetermined criterion, or such a situation is expected, it can be judged that an event has occurred.

Meanwhile, when an abnormal situation occurs in which an IT task / service processing of a specific server is overloaded due to an event occurrence situation linkage, the IT equipment of the corresponding server is subjected to constant temperature and humidity Provides a linkage of the event occurrence status of the server to the monitoring status of the device, or provides a link between the event occurrence status in the reverse situation.

As another example, when a power supply abnormality event of the power supply apparatus is generated, a function element execution state (e.g., OS / application execution state) or a service element provision state (e.g., IT Service provision status), the event occurrence status of the power supply apparatus is linked to the monitoring status of the functional element execution status or the service element provision status by determining the event association relationship with the occurrence or the expected failure event.

4 is another flowchart of a data center integrated control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order for the event association to be determined based on the physical space conditions placed in the data center, the following preceding steps are provided so that the IT equipment or the operation equipment to be managed by the event management is determined.

In step SP1, the integrated control system stores the IT equipment or the operating equipment as an operation management object based on the physical space conditions placed in the data center, and sets the physical information that needs to be monitored for the operation management object.

In step SP2, the integrated control system determines whether a functional element executed in the IT equipment or a service element provided in the IT equipment is based on physical space conditions in which the functional element is executed or the IT equipment in which the service element is provided is placed in the data center And stores the information as an operation management object, and sets logical information that needs to be monitored for the operation management object.

In step SP3, the integrated control system establishes an event association between the physical information, the logical information, and the operation management object based on physical space conditions in the data center.

For example, the event association based on the physical space condition may be such that events occurring in at least one of the performance or state of a particular operating equipment affect the performance or state of another IT equipment or operating equipment in terms of physical space A first relationship or an event that occurs in at least one of the performance or state of a particular IT equipment may have a second relationship that affects the performance or status of another IT equipment or operating equipment in terms of physical space, A third relationship in which an event occurring in at least one of the performance or state of the IT equipment affects processing or load of a functional element or a service element executed or provided through a specific IT apparatus in terms of physical space, The processing of a functional element or a service element provided through an IT equipment, or an event related to a load, If appropriate in view of the physical space for a specific IT equipment or any one of the relationship of the fourth related affecting the performance or operating conditions of the equipment, it is determined that the event affinity.

5 is another flowchart of a data center integrated control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to determine whether the event association is based on the connection conditions according to the physical or logical operation relationship of the IT equipment or the operation equipment to be operated or the operation equipment or the IT equipment to which the service component is provided, A preceding step is provided.

In step SP101, the integrated control system stores the IT equipment or the operation equipment in the operation management object based on the connection condition according to the physical operation relationship, and sets the physical information that needs to be monitored for the operation management object.

In step SP102, the integrated control system stores the functional elements executed in the IT equipment or the service elements provided by the IT equipment in accordance with the connection condition according to the logical operational relationship, and the monitoring is performed for the operational management object Set the necessary logic information.

In step SP103, the integrated control system establishes an event association relationship between the physical information, the logical information, and the operation management object based on the connection condition according to the physical or logical operation relationship.

The event association relation based on the connection condition according to the operational relationship is a function of the event that the event generated in at least one of the performance or the state of the specific operating equipment is different from the other IT equipment or operating equipment in terms of the connection condition according to the physical or logical operational relationship A fifth relationship that affects performance or state, or an event that occurs in at least one of the performance or state of a particular IT equipment, is a function or performance of another IT equipment or operating equipment in terms of connection conditions, A sixth relationship that affects the state or an event that occurs in at least one of the performance or state of a particular operating equipment or IT equipment is implemented or provided through a particular IT device in terms of connection conditions in accordance with a physical or logical operational relationship Article 7, which affects the processing or load of a functional element or service element Or events related to the processing or load of a functional element or service element executed or provided through a specific IT equipment are not subject to the performance or condition of a particular IT equipment or operating equipment in terms of connection conditions, It is determined that there is an event association relationship. Such an event correlation can be variously managed based on the above-described form.

8 to 15 are views illustrating a UI screen of a data center integrated control system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a UI screen showing the data center building as a target of integrated control in three dimensions.

FIG. 9 is a user UI screen that three-dimensionally shows IT equipment as a target of integrated control.

10 is a user UI screen that three-dimensionally shows a specific layer of a data center.

11 is a UI screen for setting an event association policy.

FIG. 12 is a user UI screen that three-dimensionally shows IT equipment in a specific room.

13 is a user UI screen for displaying an event correlation between devices.

14 is another user UI screen for displaying an event association relationship between equipments.

FIG. 15 is a UI screen showing a power supply-related monitoring status of a specific layer.

Embodiments of the present invention include a computer readable medium having recorded thereon program instructions for performing various computer implemented operations. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The media may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be those known to those skilled in the computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floppy disks, and ROMs, And hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute the same program instructions. The medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal line, a wave guide, or the like, including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal designating a program command, a data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that many other obvious modifications can be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the appended claims to cover many such variations.

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Claims (22)

A method for integrated management of an operation management object in a data center, which is executed in an integrated control system,
1) monitoring physical information and logical information of an operation management object, wherein the operation management object is any one of an IT equipment, an operating equipment, a functional element executed in the IT equipment, and a service element provided in the IT equipment, Includes at least one of performance information and status information of the IT equipment or the operating equipment, and the logic information includes at least one of information related to functional elements executed in the IT equipment and information related to service elements provided in the IT equipment. -; And
2) When the physical information or the logical information to be monitored is determined to be an event occurrence based on a predetermined event occurrence condition, it is determined that the physical information or logical information determined as the event occurrence has an event correlation with the monitored operation management object A first function for providing an event occurrence situation in connection with a monitoring situation of another operation management object,
A monitoring situation of the physical information judged as having an event correlation with the physical information judged as the occurrence of the event is linked to the monitoring situation of the physical information judged as having the event correlation with the logical information judged as the occurrence of the event, Executing a second function that provides an association of an event occurrence situation
The event association is judged on the basis of physical space conditions or on the basis of a connection condition according to a physical or logical operational relationship, and when one event is generated, if another event is likely to occur The event is considered as an event association of one event and another event.
delete The method according to claim 1,
In the step 2)
2-2) executing a third function that provides an event occurrence situation in connection with a monitoring situation of an operation management object judged to have an event correlation with the physical information or logical information judged as an event occurrence; Center integrated control method.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the event association is determined based on a physical space condition in which an IT equipment or an operation equipment to be operated or managed, or an IT equipment in which a function element that is an operation management object is executed or a service element is provided, Integrated control method.
5. The method of claim 4,
P1) storing the IT equipment or the operating equipment as an operation management object based on physical space conditions arranged in the data center, and setting physical information requiring monitoring on the operation management object;
P2) stores the functional elements executed in the IT equipment or the service elements provided by the IT equipment as operational management objects based on the physical space conditions in which the functional elements are executed or the IT equipment provided with the service elements are arranged in the data center Setting logical information necessary for monitoring the operation management object; And
P3) establishing an event association between the physical information, the logical information, and the operation management object based on physical space conditions in the data center.
5. The method of claim 4,
The physical space condition may include,
Whether the IT equipment or operating equipment under operation management or the IT equipment in which the functional components to be operated or managed are implemented or provided with the service components are located in the same building or on the same floor of the data center, And whether or not the data center is located in the same area.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the event correlation is determined on the basis of a connection condition according to a physical or logical operation relationship of the IT equipment or the operation equipment to be operated or managed, or the IT equipment to which the service component is provided, Center integrated control method.
8. The method of claim 7,
P101) storing the IT equipment or the operation equipment as an operation management object based on a connection condition according to a physical operation relationship, and setting physical information that needs to be monitored for the operation management object;
P102) Storing the functional elements executed in the IT equipment or the service elements provided by the IT equipment as operational management targets based on the connection conditions according to the logical operational relationship, and setting the logical information necessary for monitoring the operational management targets ; And
P103) establishing an event association relationship between the physical information, the logical information, and the operation management object based on a connection condition according to a physical or logical operational relationship.
8. The method of claim 7,
The connection conditions according to the physical operating relationship include:
This is a condition for determining whether any of the IT equipment or operation equipment to be operated and managed is connected to the operational relationship of another equipment in terms of operation. The connection is a condition for determining whether the equipment includes an inclusive connection, Wherein the data center is configured as one of a sequential connection, a distributed connection, and a same level connection.
8. The method of claim 7,
The connection condition according to the logical operational relationship is,
And a condition for determining whether a functional element or a service element to be operated and managed is operatively connected to another functional element or a service element in an operational relation.
11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the operational relationship of the functional elements comprises:
Wherein the relationship between the topology and the subordinate, the association, the redundancy, and the load balancing in the operating system or the application executed in the IT equipment.
11. The method of claim 10,
The operating relationship of the service element,
Wherein the data service is an association between an upper level and a lower level in the IT service provided by the IT equipment.
The method according to claim 1,
The performance information includes numerical value information or numerical value transition information of a monitoring target performance preset for the IT equipment or operation equipment to be operated and managed,
Wherein the status information includes information on the operation / non-operation status of the IT equipment or the operation equipment to be operated or the normal / abnormal status information.
14. The method of claim 13,
The performance information includes:
In the case where the operation management target is an IT equipment, the information includes numerical value information of the performance related to the management of the system resource of the IT equipment or the trend information of the numerical value,
Wherein when the operation management object is an operation equipment, the operation equipment includes numerical value information of performance or transition information of a numerical value related to a physical management element provided for operation of the data center.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the event association comprises:
Wherein the management information is managed in such a manner that association weights are given to each of the physical information and logical information to be an object of determination of the event association relationship and the operation management object.
16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the event association comprises:
A predetermined default value between the physical information and the logical information to be an object of the event correlation determination and the operation management object is first set to the association weight,
Wherein the first association relationship weight is managed based on each physical information and logical information and an event occurrence situation occurring with respect to the operation management object.
18. A computer program stored in a medium for executing the data center integrated control method according to any one of claims 1 to 17 in combination with hardware.
A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for executing each step of the data center integrated control method according to any one of claims 1 to 17.
As a system for controlling the operation management objects in the data center,
A management target storage module for storing, as an operational management target, an IT equipment, an operational equipment, a functional element executed in the IT equipment, or a service element provided by the IT equipment;
A physical information management module for setting physical information requiring monitoring on the operation management object;
A logical information management module for setting logical information required to be monitored for the operation management object;
An event association relationship between the physical information, the logical information, and the operation management object is established based on physical space conditions in which the operation management object is disposed in the data center or connection conditions according to physical or logical operation relationships among the operation management objects An association management module; And
Monitoring physical information and logical information of the operation management object, and when physical information or logical information to be monitored is judged as an event occurrence based on preset event occurrence conditions, physical information or logical information determined as an event occurrence is monitored A first function of providing an event occurrence situation in connection with a monitoring situation of another operation management object judged to have an event association with the management object,
A monitoring situation of the physical information judged as having an event correlation with the physical information judged as the occurrence of the event is linked to the monitoring situation of the physical information judged as having the event correlation with the logical information judged as the occurrence of the event, Executes a second function that provides linkage of event occurrence status
The event association is judged on the basis of physical space conditions or on the basis of a connection condition according to a physical or logical operational relationship, and when one event is generated, if another event is likely to occur And an event management module for considering the event as an event association of one event and another event.
delete 20. The method of claim 19,
Wherein the event management module comprises:
Further comprising a third function for providing an event occurrence situation in connection with a monitoring status of an operation management object judged to have an event correlation with physical information or logical information judged as an event occurrence.
20. The method of claim 19,
Wherein the storage of the management object of the management object storage module includes:
IT equipment or operating equipment may be based on physical space condition information placed in the data center,
Based on the connection conditions of the physical operation of the IT equipment or operating equipment,
Based on the physical space conditions in which the IT equipment in which the functional element is executed or the service element is provided is placed in the data center,
And a connection condition according to a logical operation relationship of the functional element or the service element.

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