KR20040092248A - A remote controlling management system for computer-resources - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for managing remote control of computing resources is provided to correctly check/recover an error part of the system after forcibly booting the system through a self-diagnosis card equipped with a self-OS(Operating System) even if the computing resource is not booted, while performing management and corresponding control in a remote place. CONSTITUTION: A main server(100) manages management target PCs(101-103) through a management program, performs backup of the PC data, distributes application programs to the PCs, diagnoses the PC by remotely controlling the self-diagnosis card(10) installed to the PCs, and remotely processes a booting failure, or a hardware or software error of the PCs. A database(200) stores backup data of the PCs and the application software by connecting to the main server. The PC is equipped with the self-diagnosis card including a boot ROM storing a booting BIOS(Basic Input/Output System) file/image by placing between a PCI(Peripheral Component Interconnect) controller and a communication controller, and checks the error of the system under control of the main server.

Description

A REMOTE CONTROLLING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR COMPUTER-RESOURCES}

The present invention relates to a system that can manage a computer resource such as a computer (PC, etc.) through a communication network, and more specifically, to manage all the management resources such as real-time monitoring, system restoration, data backup and failure management and The control is performed remotely, but the system is forcibly started through the self-diagnosis card with its own operating system even under the condition that the managed computer resource is not booted. The present invention relates to a remote control management system for computing resources.

The general management of computational resources was for administrators to check for errors and repair the checked errors themselves.

Such management has a problem of inefficient efficiency due to time and expense.

Therefore, to improve this, a system for remotely managing computing resources has emerged. However, such a remote management system could check some of the error of the managed computer resource at the remote site, but when the computer system itself was not booted at all, the failure could not be checked and the administrator failed to boot. There was no choice but to check the failure of the failing system. In terms of management service, it is inefficient for management service such as the administrator visits the system that failed to boot first and checks the error directly, and the second visit when replacing parts to correct the error of the checked part. There was a problem.

The present invention has been made under the above-mentioned background, and an object of the present invention is to remotely perform all management and control thereof, such as real-time monitoring, system restoration, data backup, and fault management of a managed computer resource. Provides a remote control management system for computing resources that enables the system to be forcibly started through a self-diagnosis card with its own operating system even in the absence of this booting condition, and then accurately checks and restores error areas of the system. It is in doing it.

Another object of the present invention is to enable the check of the exact error even in the event of a system failure that the management computer resource is booted failed, the administrator can restore the system in the first visit, thereby greatly increasing the efficiency of the management service It is to provide a remote control management system of resources.

1 is a block diagram of a remote control management system of computing resources according to the present invention,

2 is an internal circuit block diagram of a self-diagnosis card according to a remote control management system of a computing resource of the present invention;

3a and 3b is an operation flowchart of a self-diagnosis card according to the remote control management system of the computing resource of the present invention;

4 is a block diagram of a remote control management system for computational resources according to another embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a block diagram of a remote control management system for computational resources according to another embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: main server 200: DB (database)

300: web server 400: internet

500: Telecom service provider 600: PDA

700: wireless mobile terminal 810,820, ..: regional management system

101,102, ...: PC 10: Self Diagnosis Card

11: input / output device connection and processing unit 12: CPU

13: PCI controller 14: WAN port

15: LAN Port 16: IP Sharing and LAN Function Control Unit

17: communication control unit 18a: DRAM

18b: flash memory 19: bootrom

20: PCI BUS

Through at least one management program to achieve the above objectives, the entire management of at least one or more PCs to be managed, backup and archive data of the PC, or distribute predetermined application software to the PC, A main server configured to remotely control a self-diagnosis card to self-diagnose the management target PC and to remotely process (recover) it when boot management failure or hardware and software failure of the management target PC occurs; A DB connected to the main server to store data for backup of a management target PC, predetermined application software, and the like; Connected to the main server via a network, connected to the PC monitor, keyboard, mouse, and the like input and output device connection and processing unit, connected to the input and output device and processing unit, and equipped with its own OS to use an independent operating system and peripheral A CPU for centrally controlling the device, a PCI controller connected to the CPU to scan an internal PCI bus of the PC to check an error code, a WAN port connected to the CPU and a main server, and an IP sharing function And a LAN port unit connected to the PCs to be managed, an IP sharing and LAN function control unit connected to the CPU and LAN port unit for performing and controlling an IP router function and a LAN card function, and the IP sharing and LAN function control unit; Intervening between the communication control unit resumed between the PCI bus of the PC, the DRAM and flash memory connected to the CPU, and the PCI control unit and the communication control unit. It has the features including; equipped with a self-test card that includes a memory for stored image files, and Bios Boot ROM therein and at least one managed PC to check the error of the self-system under the control of the main server.

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

1 is a block diagram of a remote control management system of computing resources according to the present invention.

As shown, the present invention, the remote control management system of the computational resources, the entire management of at least one or more managed computing resources (hereinafter referred to as a PC) through a predetermined management program, and backs up the data of the PC, or the PC It distributes predetermined application software, and self-diagnoses the managed PC by remotely controlling the self-diagnosis card installed in the managed PC and remotely processes (recovers) it in case of boot failure or hardware and software failure of the managed PC. (100), a DB (200) connected to the main server (100) for storing data for backup of a management target PC, predetermined application software, and the like, and a self-diagnostic card connected to the main server (100) through a network. It includes at least one PC (101, 102, ...) to be mounted therein and to receive the management of the system under the control of the main server (100).

The main server 100 performs functions such as remote failure processing, data management, asset management, distribution management, and status report preparation.

First of all, the remote fault handling function is ① remote control of the PC to be managed in real time, ② remote restart of the PC to be managed, ③ OS remote restoration and remote booting function of the PC to be managed, ④ software of the PC to be managed Remote control and restoration function, ⑤ Automatic eradication of virus of the target PC, ⑥ Notification of failure to the administrator (by e-mail, PDA, mobile phone, etc.), ⑦ Chat function, ⑧ Message transmission function, ⑨ Includes multi-user control (control multiple remote PCs from one screen).

The data management function includes ① backup of the management target PC data (data encryption after DB transmission), ② recovery function when the user data of the management target PC is damaged, ③ anti-hacking function, ④ encrypted user authentication function.

The asset management function includes ① hardware and software resource management function of the PC to be managed, ② software license management function of the PC to be managed, and ③ asset management function by individual and group of the PC to be managed.

The distribution management function is ① automatic software distribution function to the target PC, ② automatic redistribution in case of failure to the target PC, ③ target / time setting function for the target PC, ④ individual / group distribution to the target PC It includes ⑤ license retrieval function of managed PC, ⑥ restriction of illegal software use after searching software of managed PC, and ⑦ distribution function considering network load of managed PC.

The present status report function includes ① status report function of hardware, software resource item and additional resource information of software to be managed, ② network, software and hardware information reporting function of managed PC, ③ IP address management function of managed PC, and ④ management It includes asset information retrieval function of target PC, ⑤ user access and distribution status management function of target PC, and ⑥ various report functions of target PC.

2 shows a detailed circuit block diagram of a self-diagnosis card mounted on a management target PC.

As shown, the self-diagnosis card 10 is connected to a monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. of the PC and the input and output device connection and processing unit 11 for signal processing, the input and output device connection and processing unit 11 is connected to the OS (eg : Embedded Linux) using a separate operating system and the central processing unit (CPU) (12) for central control of the peripheral device, connected to the CPU 12 and the internal PCI BUS (20) of the PC to scan the error code PCI control unit 13 to check, the WAN port unit 14 connected to the CPU 12 and connected to the main server 100, LAN port unit including the IP sharing function and connected to the management target PCs (15), an IP sharing and LAN function control unit (16) connected to the CPU (12) and the LAN port unit (15) for performing and controlling an IP sharer function and a LAN card function; A communication control unit 17 resumed between the 16 and the PCI BUS 14 of the PC and the CPU 12 Consists of a dynamic random access memory (18a) and a flash memory (18b), and the PCI controller 13 and the communication control unit is interposed between the (17) the boot (Booting) memory in Boot ROM 19 is Bios file and image are stored for.

The operation of the PC equipped with the self-diagnosis card 10 configured as described above is shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 3A and 3B.

When power is applied to the management target PC (101, 102, ...) (Power ON), the system (PC) and the self-diagnosis card 10 by the power supply performs the respective operation at the same time.

First, referring to the system (PC), when power is applied, initializing the CPU and the memory of the system (S1), and after the CPU initialization (Read) the BIOS program stored in the ROM (S2), and input and output (I) (O) initializing the hardware and transmitting it to the process memory (S3), checking the peripheral devices such as the memory and the VGA (S4), and checking the input / output (I / O) device and transmitting the command code ( S5), determining whether an acknowledgment code is received according to the inspection of the input / output (I / O) device (S6), and if the acknowledgment code is not received in the determination step (S6), returns to the step S5 and responds. When the code is received, it is determined whether the inspection of the input / output (I / O) device is finished (S7), and if the inspection of the input / output (I / O) device is not finished in the determination step (S7), the next peripheral device is determined. Inspecting and returning to step S4 (S8) and entering and exiting in the determination step (S7) When the inspection of the (I / O) device is finished, copying the boot loader address to the memory (S9), executing the boot file copied to the memory (S10), and granting authority to the operating system (OS). And granting booting (S11), operating an application program (S12), and operating system booting normally (S13).

Here, the step of reading the BIOS program (S2) further includes the step (S1-1) of scanning data on whether the system CPU is operating.

In addition, after the step (S5) of inspecting the input / output (I / O) device and transmitting a command code, the step (S5-1) of scanning data on whether an error of the input / output (I / O) device is error (S5-1) is performed. More included.

On the other hand, the self-diagnosis card 10 is a self-booting step (S21) through the OS mounted on the CPU 12, when the power is applied, and scan data for checking the operation of the system CPU from the system (PC) In step S22 of scanning the PCI BUS 20 to receive an input (step S1-1), determining whether the scan time is 5 seconds or less (S23), and in the determining step (S23) If the scan time is greater than 5 seconds, determining that the system CPU is an error (S24), storing scan data according to the CPU error (S25), and generating a socket according to the CPU error ( S26), and transmitting the generated sows to the main server 100 (S27), and if the scan time is 5 seconds or less in the determination step (S23), it is determined that there is no abnormality in the CPU and the scan data accordingly Storing step (S28) and terminating the CPU check process (S29).

In addition, the self-diagnosis card 10, as shown in Figure 3b, the step of starting a process for checking the input and output (I / O) device (S31), and the error of the input / output (I / O) device of the system (S31) scanning the PCI BUS 20 to receive input of scan data on whether or not an error occurs (step S5-1); determining whether the scan data exists (S33); If there is scan data in S33, the method determines whether the detected scan data is the same as the old data and the new data in step S34, and the previous data and the current data are the same in the determination step S34. Store data and return to step S32 (S35), if there is no scan data in the determination step (S33) or the scan data detected in the determination step (S34) is not the same as the previous data and the current data. Socket (S) according to an error of the input / output (I / O) device generating an ocket (S36), and transmitting the generated socket (Error code) to the main server 100 (S37).

In addition, the self-diagnosis card 10 has a step (S41) to start the boot check of the operating system (OS), and has a predetermined waiting time for booting (for example, three minutes: time can vary) (S42) ), And determining whether the application program is operated by receiving the signal transmitted from the operation (S12) of operating the application program of the system PC (S43), and in the determination step (S43) of the normal application program. In operation S43, the program is terminated, and if the application does not operate, it is determined as a boot failure (Fail) and stored as a number (n) (S43), and the number of boot failures (n) in the step (S43) is a predetermined number of times. (E.g., 2) determining whether it is less than or equal to (S45), and if the number of boot failures is less than 2 in the determination step (S45), the process returns to the rebooting stage which is the initial state of the program. 19 to enable (S46) and the boot ROM (19) Performing a reboot through (S47), and further comprising the step of executing a recovery program after booting (S48).

The overall operation of the remote control management system of the present invention computer resource configured as described above will be described below.

First, the main server 100 is managed through the self-diagnosis card 10 mounted on the management target PC (101, 102, ...) when the power is applied to the management target PC (101, 102, ...) managed by the main server 100 The self-diagnosis of the target PCs 101, 102, ... is performed.

At this time, even if power is not turned on through the management target PC, the management target PC can be forcibly turned on through the self-diagnosis card 10. As described above, the CPU error and input / output of the management target PC By checking (I / O) device errors and boot errors (OS), it is possible to determine whether there are any abnormalities.

The main server 100 can check the status of the management target PC at a glance by checking a signal transmitted from the management target PCs 101, 102, ..., and remotely itself when an error is detected. The service will be initiated by contacting the administrator for repairs or failures and the hardware or software to be replaced.

In addition, the remote failure processing as described above, as well as data management, asset management, distribution management and status report for the PC to be managed.

4 is a block diagram of a remote control management system for computational resources according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, referring to another embodiment of the remote control management system of the present invention, the web server 300 for implementing a predetermined management program on the web in the main server 100 itself or in an independent configuration, and the Internet ( PDA 600 and the wireless mobile terminal 700 to remotely manage the management target PC (101, 102, ...) by accessing the web server 300 through the 400, and the wireless mobile terminal 700 Or a communication service company 500 that connects and connects to the Internet 400 by converting and processing a wireless communication signal transmitted through the PDA 600.

Accordingly, according to another embodiment of the present invention, even if an administrator managing the PC (101, 102, ...) to be managed is external, the PDA (600) or the wireless mobile terminal (700) equipped with a predetermined Internet connection program ( For example, a mobile phone can be connected to the web server 300 or the main server 100 via the Internet 400 to check the management target PCs 101, 102,. However, there is an advantage that management can be performed without being constrained by the manager's place.

5 is a block diagram of a remote control management system for computational resources according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, according to another embodiment of the remote control management system of the present invention, a plurality of independent local management system (810, 820, ...) is connected to the main server 100 via the Internet 400 Configuration.

In addition, the area management system (810, 820, ...) is configured to include a main server (811, 821, ...) and at least one management target PC connected to the main server, respectively, the area management system (810, 820, ...) ...) constitutes a remote control management system of independent computing resources.

In this configuration, the main servers 811, 821,... Of the regional management system 810, 820,... Independently manage and control the corresponding PCs as well as the main server 100 to receive the necessary information. It will be transmitted and received, which will have the advantage of globalizing and managing the remote control management system of computing resources according to the present invention.

As described above, the present invention enables to remotely perform general management and control thereof, such as real-time monitoring, system restoration, data backup, and fault management of the managed computer resource, thereby greatly increasing work efficiency. There is this.

According to the present invention, even if the computerized resource to be managed is not booted, the system can forcibly start the system through a self-diagnosis card having a self-operating system, and then accurately check an error part of the system. It is possible to take advantage of real time recovery.

The present invention is a useful invention that enables the administrator to restore the system at the first visit, so that the correct error can be checked even in the event of a system failure in which the managed computer resource fails to boot, thereby greatly increasing the efficiency of the management service.

Claims (4)

Manage all the at least one PC to be managed through a predetermined management program, backup and store data of the PC, distribute predetermined application software to the PC, and remotely control the self-diagnosis card mounted on the PC to be managed. A main server for self-diagnosing the managed PC and remotely processing (recovering) the boot PC or the hardware and software failure of the managed PC; A DB connected to the main server 100 to store data for backup of a management target PC, predetermined application software, and the like; And Connected to the main server via a network, connected to the PC monitor, keyboard, mouse, and the like input and output device connection and processing unit, connected to the input and output device and processing unit, and equipped with its own OS to use an independent operating system and peripheral A CPU for centrally controlling the device, a PCI controller connected to the CPU to scan an internal PCI bus of the PC to check an error code, a WAN port connected to the CPU and a main server, and an IP sharing function And a LAN port unit connected to the PCs to be managed, an IP sharing and LAN function control unit connected to the CPU and LAN port unit for performing and controlling an IP router function and a LAN card function, and the IP sharing and LAN function control unit; Intervening between the communication control unit resumed between the PCI bus of the PC, the DRAM and flash memory connected to the CPU, and the PCI control unit and the communication control unit. Bios for files, and the image is at least one or more management target PC for mounting the self-test card including a memory stored in Boot ROM therein and check for errors in the self-system under the control of the main server; Remote control management system of computing resources, characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 1, The main server further comprises a web server that implements a predetermined management program on the web in an independent configuration, and a PDA and a wireless mobile terminal that can remotely manage a target PC by accessing the web server through the Internet. Remote control management system of computing resources. The method of claim 2, And a communication service company which converts and processes a wireless communication signal through the wireless mobile terminal and the PDA to connect to the Internet between the wireless mobile terminal and the PDA and the Internet. The method of claim 1, And a plurality of independent local management systems including a main server and at least one management target PC connected to the main server through the Internet, respectively.