KR20010099004A - System and method for managing specification of a remote place computer - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for managing a specification of a remote computer, and does not need to manually input client information, and efficiently manages hardware and software details of a networked client computer remotely regardless of an operating system of the client computer. To provide a specification management system and method for a remote computer. A feature of the present invention is to recognize a boot-up of a client computer or a specification information request of a specification management server, the client agent collects the hardware and software specifications information of the client computer; Processing the collected information as data in a format that can be recognized by the specification management server and transmitting the data to the specification management server; Authenticating the client by analyzing the received data; Determining whether the information has been changed by comparing with the existing specification information of the client stored in the database when the authentication is completed; And updating the database with the changed information when the determination result information is changed, and outputting the changed information to the administrator.

Description

System and method for managing specification of a remote place computer}

The present invention relates to a network management system and method, and more particularly, to a system and method for managing a specification of a remote computer that can efficiently manage hardware and software details of a networked computer at a remote location.

By interconnecting computers through a communication network to share software or a database, a method for efficient use of a computer or a large computer can be used remotely. As computers are introduced into various businesses and tasks, networking becomes a socially indispensable form of use.

However, as the number of networked computers grows exponentially, managing them efficiently becomes increasingly difficult. For example, government agencies, financial institutions, and educational institutions (elementary school, middle school, high school, university) are very difficult to manage because of the large number of connected computers and the constant number. In addition, the software and devices (various hardware) of the client computer can be changed by anyone, and the peripheral devices such as printers and scanners used are frequently confused and are overwhelmed by the network administrator.

To solve this problem, various network management solutions are being developed. Until now, the network management solution has to manually input user group or client information to obtain client computer information. It was only. In addition, due to not supporting various operating systems (Operating System) there is a problem that the accurate data collection is impossible when the client computer is run by a variety of operating systems.

On the other hand, Korean Patent Publication No. 1999-0056546 describes a state monitoring and management method of the multi-client system using the UDP (User Datagram Protocol) protocol. This allows simple management of the status of multiple client systems connected to the LAN using the UDP protocol on one server system, and minimizes the impact on system load by using UDP instead of TCP. However, there is a problem in efficient network management because there is no way to determine whether the computer is connected to the network on the LAN or whether the LAN status is normal. .

An object of the present invention to solve the above problems is to eliminate the need to manually enter the client information, and to enable the remote and efficient management of hardware and software details of the client computer connected to the network regardless of the operating system of the client computer It is to provide a specification management system and method of a remote computer.

1 is a block diagram showing a remote specification management system according to the present invention.

2 is a flow chart showing a remote specification management process according to the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Major Parts of Drawings>

10: specification management server 11, 31: network communication module

12: server control module 13: data analysis module

14: data comparison module 15: database update module

16: database 20: network

30: Client Agent 32: Client Control Module

33: information collection module 34: data processing module

A feature of the present invention for achieving the above object is a network specification management system, the network communication module for transmitting and receiving data with the client agent through the network, and the specification information of the client computer received through the network communication module to authenticate A data analysis module for confirming whether the computer is a computer, a data comparison module for determining whether or not a change is made by comparing the specification information of the received client computer with the specification information of the corresponding client computer previously stored in a database, and the received client computer. A database update module for recording specification information in a database and controlling each module, and in some cases, requesting specification information from the client agent, and controlling the server to output corresponding change information when changing specification information of a client computer Dyulro specification management server comprising; And a network communication module for transmitting and receiving data to and from the specification management server, an information collection module for collecting hardware and software specification information of a client computer, and a format in which the specification management server can recognize the data collected by the information collection module. A client control module for recognizing a data processing module and a specification information request of the specification management server or a boot up of a client computer, and controlling each module in response thereto to transmit specification information of the client computer. In the specification management system of a remote computer, characterized in that it comprises a client agent consisting of.

In addition, another aspect of the present invention provides a network specification management method, comprising: a first step of recognizing a request for specification information of a boot-up or specification management server of a client computer, and a client agent collecting hardware and software specification information of the client computer; A second step of processing the collected specification information into data in a format that can be recognized by a specification management server and transmitting the data to the specification management server; A third step of analyzing the received data and comparing the authentication value of the input data with a value resident in the specification management server to authenticate the client; A fourth step of determining whether the information has been changed by comparing with the existing specification information of the client stored in the database when the authentication is completed; And a fifth step of updating the database with the changed information and outputting the changed information to an administrator when the determination result information is changed.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing a remote specification management system according to the present invention, which comprises a specification management server connected to a network and at least one client agent (only one is shown in the drawing), in order not to obscure the present invention. Well-known parts of operating systems, storage devices, input / output devices, and the like are not shown.

The specification management server 10 is operated under the operating system of the specification management server computer, a network communication module 11 for transmitting and receiving data to and from the client agent 30 through a network 20, and the network communication module 11. A data analysis module 13 which analyzes the specifications information of the client computer received through the data analysis module 13 and the specifications information of the received client computer and the specification information of the client computer previously stored in the database 16. A data comparison module 14 for determining whether or not to change the data, a database update module 15 for recording the received specification information of the client computer in the database 16, and each of the modules 11, 13, 14, and 15; ), Optionally request specification information from the client agent 30, and change specification information of the client computer. The server control module 12 outputs corresponding change information over time.

The client agent 30 is operated under the operating system of the client computer, the network communication module 31 for transmitting and receiving data with the specification management server 10, and the information collection module for collecting hardware and software specification information of the client computer ( 33) and a request for specification information from the data processing module 34 and the specification management server 10 which process the data collected by the information collection module 33 into a format that the specification management server 10 can recognize. Or a client control module 32 which recognizes a boot up of the client computer and controls each of the modules 31, 33, 34 in response thereto and transmits the specification information of the client computer.

The information gathering module 33 examines the hardware and software of the client to detect network information (IP address, network interface card (NIC) information, etc.), hardware information (CPU, RAM, HDD, FDD, CD-ROM, video card, Collect information including printer, scanner, software information, user information (group name, user name, phone number, e-mail, etc.).

The client agent 30 stores the information transmitted to the specification management server 10 to transmit only the changed information to the specification management server 10 when the information collection module 33 collects the specification information. You can also use a method to reduce the amount of data transmitted.

The communication method between the resource management server 10 and the client agent 30 uses a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) designed for minimal message processing. UDP is designed to be one-way for general message processing, and it does not need to establish a connection between two nodes before the start of data transmission, and wastes connection resources for one user unlike TCP after connection. It is a necessary protocol for efficiently managing thousands of terminals.

The client agent 30 preferably supports various operating systems. For this purpose, the client agent 30 may be written in JAVA, or a separate client agent 30 may be manufactured for each operating system. In addition, it is desirable to reside in the memory of the operating system in order to recognize the request of the information management server 10 and the boot-up of the client computer.

The specification management server 10 of the present invention may be operated in two modes. First, a connection event occurs when a client computer is booted up in a standby mode, and a specification management server ( 10) enters response and data analysis in standby mode. Secondly, the specification information is requested from the client agent 30 to the client agent 30 in the request management server 10 in request mode, and the corresponding information is transmitted from the client agent 30.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a remote specification management process according to the present invention.

When a boot-up of the client computer or a request for specification information of the specification management server 10 is made (S200), the information collecting module 33 of the client agent 30 collects hardware and software specification information of the client computer (S201). . The collected specification information is processed by the data processing module 34 into data in a format that can be recognized by the specification management server 10 (S202), and is transmitted to the specification management server 10 (S203). The specification management server 10 analyzes the received data in the data analysis module 13 (S204), compares the authentication value of the input data with the value resident in the specification management server 10, and authenticates the client. When the authentication is completed (S205), the corresponding data is loaded into the waiting list queue (S206). The existing information stored in the database 16 through the data comparison module 14 according to the order of loading into the waiting list queue and By comparison, it is determined whether the information has been changed (S207). If the determination result information is changed (S208), the database 16 is updated with the changed information through the database update module 15 (S209), and the changed information is output to the administrator as a message (S210). When the data transfer to the specification management server 10 is completed, the client agent 30 returns to the standby mode waiting for the request of the specification management server 10. In addition, the specification information of the client accumulated in the database 16 is stored in an Excel file or HTML, and can be freely edited in the future.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is no need to manually input client information, and regardless of the operating system of the client computer, the details of each networked client can be viewed at a glance from a remote location, and the detailed data is automatically displayed in real time. When the client device is updated and the device of the client is changed, the changed detailed data is transmitted to the administrator, so that there is an advantage in that it is possible to efficiently manage the specifications without examining the terminal.

Claims (7)

In the network specification management system, A network communication module for transmitting and receiving data to and from a client agent through a network, a data analysis module for analyzing specification information of a client computer received through the network communication module, and confirming whether the computer is an authenticated computer, and specification information of the received client computer And a data comparison module for comparing the specification information of the client computer previously stored in the database to determine whether to change it, a database update module for recording the specification information of the received client computer in a database, and each module. A specification management server comprising a server control module for requesting specification information from the client agent and outputting corresponding change information when the specification information of the client computer is changed; And A network communication module for transmitting and receiving data with the specification management server, an information collection module for collecting hardware and software specification information of a client computer, and data collected by the information collection module in a format that the specification management server can recognize. Recognizing a data processing module to process and the specification information request of the specification management server or the boot up (Boot Up) of the client computer, and in response to the client control module to control the respective module to transmit the specification information of the client computer Specification management system of a remote computer comprising a client agent made. The system of claim 1, wherein the specification information is network information, hardware information, software information, and user information. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication method between the specification management server and the client agent uses a User Datagram Protocol (UDP). The system of claim 1, wherein the client agent is manufactured separately for each operating system. In the network specification management method, A first step of recognizing a boot-up of the client computer or a request for specification information of the specification management server, and collecting, by the client agent, hardware and software specification information of the client computer; A second step of processing the collected specification information into data in a format that can be recognized by a specification management server and transmitting the data to the specification management server; A third step of analyzing the received data and comparing the authentication value of the input data with a value resident in the specification management server to authenticate the client; A fourth step of determining whether the information has been changed by comparing with the existing specification information of the client stored in the database when the authentication is completed; And And a fifth step of updating the database with the changed information and outputting the changed information to an administrator when the determination result information is changed. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the fourth step determines whether to change the specification information according to the loaded order after loading the authenticated data into the waiting list queue. The method of claim 5, wherein the second step transmits only the changed information among the collected specification information to the specification management server.