KR20030053487A - Recovery system and method of computer system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and a method for recovering a computer system are provided to recover a plurality of computers forming a network very easily by using a general recovery medium. CONSTITUTION: Local clients(41-44) are equipped with hardware devices, an OS(Operating System) program, offline programs executing a constant function and installing to the local clients(41-44) after inputting a certification key, and online programs executing the constant function by connecting through a communication program. A local recovery server(30) forms the network by connecting with the local clients(41-44), and respectively stores the hardware device information including the network information respectively installed to the local clients(41-44), the information and the certification key of the offline program, and the information of the online program. A recovery management central server(10) connects to the local recovery servers(30) through the Internet(20), stores the information of the local recovery servers(30), and respectively transmits the upgrade information of the offline program to the local recovery servers(30).

Description

Recovery system of computer system and recovery method {RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMPUTER SYSTEM}

The present invention relates to a recovery system and a recovery method of a computer system, and more particularly, information of a predetermined network composed of a plurality of clients is stored in advance in a recovery management central server, and a failed local client is stored with the recovery management central server. The present invention relates to a recovery system and a method for recovering a computer system capable of automatically recovering necessary parts through a connected local recovery server and continuously performing an update on each local client connected to the local recovery server.

In general, the operating system or various program files of a computer system may be physically or logically damaged. It can also be deleted or corrupted by virus programs. Therefore, in the event of a failure of a computer system, a recovery medium is separately prepared to recover and use the computer system.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 2001-0070803 (name of the invention: recovery and backup system and method) in the removable flash memory to back up the same operating system and recovery software as the user's computer system to meet the user's requirements, If so, a system and method have been proposed that can be recovered using the flash memory.

In addition, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2003-0032558 (name of the invention: a method for recovering a failure of a computer system online / offline) includes system information of a computer system used for recovering a failure of a computer system online and offline. In the case where a failure occurs in the computer system used by storing the data separately, a method of recovering a failure by comparing with the separately stored system information has been proposed.

However, the Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 2001-0070803 has a problem in that it requires a separate flash memory as a recovery medium, which is expensive, and in order to recover a computer system on a predetermined network consisting of a plurality of individual flash memory There is a problem to be provided. In addition, the Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 2003-0032558 has a problem that occupies a large part of the computer system space because the system information must be stored separately in the computer system used, and at the same time to recover a number of computer systems online If there is a need to take a lot of time due to the network load, there is a problem that can not be restored normally.

In the above patents, various applications pre-set in the computer system have a problem that the process of recovering the system is very cumbersome and time consuming because the user has to re-install the installation process after the system is restored. .

The present invention is to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a recovery system and recovery method of a computer system that can easily recover a plurality of computers constituting a certain network using a general recovery medium. To provide.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a recovery system and a recovery method of a computer system which can be restored individually according to operating environments of hardware and software installed in the restored computer system. In other words, the present invention provides a recovery system and a recovery method for a computer system that can automatically recover the physical environment installed in the restored computer system and various pre-set applications, and automatically update the software as needed.

The recovery system of a computer system according to the present invention is provided with a plurality of hardware devices, an operating system program including a plurality of device drivers that enable the hardware device, and a predetermined function installed after inputting a certain authentication key. A local client equipped with a plurality of offline programs for performing a plurality of online programs connected to a communication program and performing a predetermined function, and a plurality of the local clients connected to form a constant network, and mounted on the local client, respectively. A plurality of local recovery servers, each of which comprises a hardware recovery device comprising information on the network, information on the offline program and an authentication key, information on the online program, and a local recovery server, respectively; Local Recovery Book And a recovery management central server for storing the server information and transmitting upgrade information of the online program to the local recovery server, wherein the local recovery server receives a failure signal from the local client through a recovery medium. In case of input, the function of recovering the local client through the information of the hardware device stored in advance, the authentication key of the offline program, the information of the online program, and the online program received through the recovery management central server. It is characterized by performing a function of upgrading the online program with the upgrade information for.

In addition, the recovery system of the computer system according to the present invention, the recovery medium is a medium that can be read by the local client, the communication program for communicating with the operating system program of the local client, the local client and the local recovery server. Characterized in that it comprises a.

In addition, the method for recovering a computer system according to the present invention is connected to a recovery management central server, which is connected to the Internet and stores update information of a plurality of online programs, via the Internet, and the online program, a plurality of offline programs, and a plurality of hardware products. In a local recovery server to which a plurality of local clients on which a device and an operating system program are mounted are connected, a method of recovering a computer system for recovering a failure of the local client when a failure occurs in the local client, the recovery management central server. An online program update step of updating the online program of the local client by receiving update information on the online program driven by the local client from the local client; and in case of a failure in the local client, the local client A communication step of communicating through a recovery medium storing a program that can be read by the client and communicating with the local recovery server, a local client checking step of confirming a local client having a failure in communication with the recovery medium, And a local client information retrieval step of retrieving information of an on-line program mounted on the local client, a plurality of offline programs, and a plurality of hardware devices, and a local client retrieval step of restoring the retrieved local client. .

In addition, the method for recovering a computer system according to the present invention, in the online program update step, when update information is received from the recovery management central server, is stored in advance in the local recovery server, and the stored update information is stored in the plurality of local clients. To automatically update.

In addition, the method for recovering a computer system according to the present invention is characterized in that the step of confirming the local client further comprises receiving and confirming a unique number of the local client.

In addition, the method for recovering a computer system according to the present invention is characterized in that, in the recovering of the local client, the recovering mode of the local client is transmitted through the recovering medium and restored according to the received recovering form.

The recovery method of a computer system according to the present invention is characterized in that the recovery mode is divided into a network portion, an online program portion, and an offline program of the local client.

In addition, the recovery method of a computer system according to the present invention is characterized in that the recovery form is recovery of all local clients connected to the local recovery server.

1 is a schematic structural diagram of a recovery system of a computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic data structure diagram of the recovery management central server of FIG. 1;

3 is a schematic data structure diagram of the local recovery server of FIG. 1;

4A to 4C are screen configuration diagrams for recovering a computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a flowchart of a method of recovering a computer system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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10: Recovery Management Central Server 20: Internet

30: Local recovery server 41 ~ 44: Local client

50: Recovery CD

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic structural diagram of a recovery system of a computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a recovery system of a computer system according to the present invention includes a plurality of local clients 41 to 44 constituting a predetermined network, a local plurality of servers 30 connected to the network, and the Internet 20. It is configured to include a recovery management central server 10 connected to the local recovery server 30 and transmits and receives certain information.

The local clients 41 to 44 are general computer systems, which are basically started by their own firmware, and are then started in a state where a user can use the computer system by an operating system, which is an operating program or an operating system. do. In addition, the operating system may be stored and started in a storage medium such as a hard disk of a computer system, or may be stored in a storage medium such as a boot ROM inside the computer system. At this time, the operating system checks the hardware device installed in the computer system and uses the device driver program included in the operating system or reads from a separate storage medium to enable the hardware device. Save the file in a format that can be used to start it. The data stored as described above is called system information, and the data stored therein may be a storage medium such as a hard disk in a computer system. When the operating system starts the computer system, the generated system information is read to start the computer system. For example, Microsoft's Windows, a kind of operating system, stores the above system information as a registry file, and schedules a folder (or directory) to store the registry file on the hard disk and reads the contents of the registry file therefrom. It is used to start computer system.

FIG. 2 is a schematic data structure diagram of the recovery management central server of FIG.

The recovery management central server 10 is connected to the Internet 20 as a general web server, and transmits and receives certain information to the local recovery server 30 connected to the predetermined network, as shown in FIG. It stores and manages the member company name, address, telephone number, business number, local recovery server's unique number, IP, local client, etc., as promised by the contract. In addition, receiving information about an application that is updated on a non-periodically occasional update information is transmitted to the local recovery server 30 connected to the network using the application.

3 is a schematic data structure diagram of the local recovery server of FIG.

The local recovery server 30 is a server for a recovery database, and stores all information about a plurality of local clients 41 to 44 connected to the network. As shown in FIG. 3, the information of the local clients 41 to 44 is divided into network information, offline program information, and online program information. The network information stores information such as name, IP, gateway, name server of the local client and recovers it in case of failure of the network of the local clients 41 to 44. In addition, the offline program information refers to a program that requires a CD-Key, such as a general word program, StarCraft, Diablo, Warcraft, Counter Strike. In other words, when an offline program operated by any failure occurs in the local clients 41 to 44, the CD-Key is automatically restored. In addition, the online program information refers to an online game such as Lineage, Fortress, the Kingdom of the Wind and a program that updates the program at irregular intervals. In other words, if the online client program is stored in the local recovery server 30 and the local client 41 to 44 fails and the online program is not executed, the online client program is executed and restored to the latest version automatically. You will be upgraded. In addition, all information of the local recovery server 30 is stored and managed in the recovery management central server (10).

4A to 4C are screen configuration diagrams for recovering a computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method for recovering a computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

With reference to Figures 1 to 5 will be described in detail the operation and effect of the present invention.

First, the local recovery server 30 connected to the network is connected to the Internet, and always receives the upgrade information for the online program from the recovery management central server 10. When the upgrade information on the online program is received from the recovery management central server 10 (S10), the upgrade is performed on the online program stored in the local recovery server 30 (S20). In addition, the local recovery server 30 executes the upgrade of the online program for all local clients 41 to 44 on which the upgraded online program is mounted. The upgrade execution process may be manually executed by an administrator or a user, but it is preferable to automatically execute the patch file using the automatic execution program through the local recovery server 30.

After that, when a failure occurs in any of the local clients 41 to 44, the recovery medium according to the present invention is inserted (S30). The recovery medium is a computer-readable data storage medium such as a floppy diskette, CD, memory chip, etc., but is described as a recovery CD in an embodiment of the present invention, but is not limited thereto. Here, the recovery CD 50 includes a socket communication program including IP information of the local recovery server 30, and a basic operating system program.

When the recovery CD 50 is inserted as described above, the socket communication program mounted on the recovery CD 50 is driven to be connected to the local recovery server 30 (S40). Thereafter, the recovery CD 50 outputs a message for inputting the number of the failed local client through the output device of the local client as shown in FIG. 4A (S50). When the user inputs PC # 10 as the local client to be restored, the user searches for the information of PC # 10 stored in the local recovery server 30 in advance (S60) and selects a recovery target as shown in FIG. 4B. At this time, the recovery item is activated according to the retrieved local client information. In other words, when there is no online program in the PC # 10 that is the local client to be restored, "[] 3. Online game recovery (automatic installation)" of FIG. 4B is output in an inactive state. If "4. Individual recovery" is selected (S70), a screen for selecting detailed items as shown in Figure 4c is output. After that, when the user selects a certain item, the user receives the data from the local recovery server 30 for the corresponding item and recovers the local client (S80).

In the case of selecting "1. Full recovery (including online game)" in FIG. 4B, the system files and application programs of the selected local client are restored. In other words, all programs are reinstalled according to the information stored in the local recovery server 30. At this time, as shown in Figure 3, the network information of the local client and CD-Key offline programs and online games need to be reinstalled. In addition, the PC type designates a device driver as hardware information about the computer system in advance.

And, "2. Required recovery (except online game)" is the case of selecting recovery except the network information of the local client and applications such as the operating system, "5. Sample hard disk backup for restore" is the local client of the standard form Is to store the program backed up to the local recovery server 30, "99. All PC recovery" is to recover all local clients connected to the local recovery server (30). Therefore, when the '99' is selected, when a new network is newly installed or reinstalled, the local recovery server 30 can be broadcast in a batch according to the network bandwidth to newly install or reinstall all local clients. Will be.

As described above, the present invention, the recovery data for each network is managed online, and managed in a central and local recovery server can solve the problem of rapid update and security and damage of the data that is changed or added.

According to the present invention, a plurality of computers constituting a certain network can be selectively recovered only by a failure or a whole of all the computers collectively using a general recovery medium.

In addition, the present invention can automatically recover the physical environment installed in the computer system to be restored and various pre-set applications, and can automatically update the software as needed to efficiently manage a plurality of computer systems. .

An embodiment of the present invention described above and illustrated in the drawings should not be construed as limiting the technical spirit of the present invention. The protection scope of the present invention is limited only by the matters described in the claims, and those skilled in the art can change and change the technical idea of the present invention in various forms. Therefore, such improvements and modifications will fall within the protection scope of the present invention, as will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

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An operating system program including a plurality of device drivers for mounting a plurality of hardware devices to enable the hardware device, a plurality of offline programs installed after inputting a certain authentication key to perform a predetermined function, and a communication program Local client equipped with a plurality of online programs connected to perform a certain function through, A plurality of the local clients are connected to form a constant network, and information of a hardware device including network information mounted on the local client, information of the offline program and an authentication key, and information of the online program are respectively stored. Local recovery server, A plurality of local recovery servers connected to each other through the Internet, information of the local recovery server is stored, and a recovery management central server which respectively transmits upgrade information about the online program to the local recovery server, When the local recovery server receives a failure signal from the local client through a recovery medium, the local recovery server stores the local information through the information of the hardware device, the authentication key of the offline program, and the information of the online program. And recovering a client, and upgrading the online program with upgrade information about the online program received through the recovery management central server. The method of claim 1, The recovery medium is a medium that can be read by the local client, the recovery system of the computer system, characterized in that it comprises a communication program for communicating the local client and the local recovery server and the local client. . A recovery management central server that is connected to the Internet and stores update information of a plurality of online programs, and a plurality of local clients that are connected via the Internet, are equipped with the online program, a plurality of offline programs, a plurality of hardware devices, and an operating system program. In the local recovery server to be connected, in the case of a failure of the local client in the recovery method of a computer system for recovering the failure of the local client, An online program updating step of receiving update information on an online program running on the local client from the recovery management central server and updating the online program of the local client; A communication step of communicating through a recovery medium storing a program readable by the local client and communicating with the local recovery server when a failure occurs in the local client; A local client identification step of communicating with the recovery medium to identify a failed local client; A local client information retrieval step of retrieving information of an on-line program, a plurality of offline programs, and a plurality of hardware devices mounted on the checked local client; And a local client recovery step of recovering the retrieved local client. The method of claim 3, In the on-line program update step, when update information is received from the recovery management central server, the computer program may be stored in advance in the local recovery server and automatically update the stored update information in the plurality of local clients. Recovery method. The method of claim 3, The checking step of the local client further comprises the step of receiving and confirming a unique number of the local client. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 5, The recovering of the local client may include transmitting a recovering form of the local client through the recovering medium and recovering according to the received recovering form. The method of claim 6, The recovery method is divided into a network portion, an online program portion, and an offline program of the local client. The method of claim 6, The recovery method is a recovery method of a computer system, characterized in that for recovery of all local clients connected to the local recovery server.