KR20090021608A - Method and system for managing of server performance - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and a system for managing server information are provided to facilitate the generation of a report for the performance and usage states of heterogeneous severs and to enable a user to confirm factor data requested by the user. A database(120) stores one kind of basic factor data according to predetermined format, and extended factor data are stored according to the predetermined format by a performance management web sever. N severs analyzes one or more than one kind of log profile information about plural hardwares and loaded application softwares to generate factor data and store the data at the database. Performance web severs(130) are connected to each other through the N severs and a communication network, generates the collection request information for the factor data pre-stored at the database and transmits the information to each sever.

Description

Method and system for managing of server performance}

The present invention relates to performance management of a server, and more particularly, to a method, an apparatus, and a system capable of managing performance for each of n different servers included in a mobile communication system.

Currently, networks providing multimedia services are expected to become bottlenecks and backlogs due to the explosive increase in wireless Internet traffic, resulting in deterioration of network service quality. In addition, indiscriminate service congestion caused by the emergence of various web-based applications does not guarantee stable services for core tasks. As the utilization of the wireless network increases, the demand for the network service foundation is growing more and the service operators need efficient bandwidth management and traffic control for optimal network operation and management.

Recently, the QoS (Quality of Service) solution has emerged as a solution for various user demands for efficient service quality and efficient network operation. Doing. QoS solution refers to various technologies and concepts that systematically manage traffic and bandwidth in a limited bandwidth by differentiating service levels provided to users or applications according to importance.

However, in order to guarantee stable service to the user, it is necessary to secure the service quality and to accurately grasp the network performance and cope with it to provide a stable service quality.

The present invention is to provide a server performance management method and system that can facilitate the generation of reports on performance and usage status for heterogeneous servers.

In addition, the present invention is to provide a method and system for managing server performance that can be frequently checked by collecting the factor data requested by the user.

In addition, the present invention is to provide a server performance management method and system capable of outputting a report generated by a user request in various types.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system that can collect and output the factor data at the request of the user.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the database; A server configured to analyze one or more logs and profile information of a plurality of hardware and installed applications, and generate factor data according to a predetermined method and store the factor data in the database; And ability to generate collection request information for factor data not stored in the database among factor data corresponding to items for generating an arbitrary report, respectively, connected to the n servers through a communication network and transmitting to the respective servers. And a management web server, wherein each server analyzes the log and the profile information according to the collection request information, generates and transmits extended factor data according to a predetermined method, and the performance management web server includes the database. The performance management system may be provided by generating and outputting a report according to a predetermined method using the factor data extracted from the received factor data and the received extended factor data.

According to another embodiment of the invention, the database; A server configured to analyze one or more logs and profile information of a plurality of hardware and installed applications, and generate factor data according to a predetermined method and store the factor data in the database; And a performance management web server connected to each of the n servers through a communication network to generate and transmit extended factor information collection request information for generating a random report, wherein each server includes the extended factor information collection request information. According to the analysis of the log and profile information to generate extended factor data to store in the database, the performance management web server, when a report generation command is input, the factor data corresponding to the items for generating the report from the database And extracting the extended factor data to generate and output a report according to a predetermined method.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for collecting and outputting factor data at the request of a user is provided.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in a method of generating a report by a performance management web server connected through a communication network with n (random natural numbers) servers, if any report generation command is input from a user, Analyzing factor data not stored in the database among factor data corresponding to items necessary for generating a report; Requesting collection of the unsaved factor data to each server, and receiving extended factor data from each server; Extracting factor data from the database; And generating and outputting a report according to a predetermined method using the extracted factor data and the received extended factor data.

By providing a server performance management method and system according to the present invention, there is an effect that can facilitate the generation of reports on performance and usage status for heterogeneous servers.

In addition, the present invention has the effect that can be confirmed from time to time by collecting the factor data requested by the user.

In addition, the present invention has an effect that can be output in various types of reports generated by the request of the user.

As the invention allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all transformations, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Terms such as first and second 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.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

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

1 is a block diagram of a system for performance data management in one embodiment of the invention, Figure 2 is an internal functional block diagram of a performance management web server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the system 100 according to the present invention includes a plurality of servers 110, a performance management database 120, and a performance management web server 130.

Each server 110 illustrated in FIG. 1 communicates with the performance management web server 130 using a different protocol. In addition, since each server 110 performs different functions, hardware and installed applications are assumed to be different, and thus the description will be mainly given.

For example, the first server is a server that manages customer information according to the use of various services provided through a mobile communication system, includes hardware manufactured by a first manufacturer (HP company), and includes a first application ( oracle) may be installed. In addition, the second server is a server that manages the charge information according to the use of the service provided in the mobile communication system, includes hardware manufactured by the second manufacturer (for example, SUN company), the second application (for example For example, PowerBuilder, Java, etc.) may be installed.

 That is, the server included in the system 100 according to the present invention is different from the type of hardware provided and the type of installed application. Therefore, the information used to analyze the performance of the server 110 and the usage of any service provided through the server 110, etc. is also natural.

Each server 110 analyzes the profile information on the hardware device (for example, CPU, memory, etc.) provided to generate basic factor data and store it in the performance management database 120 through a communication network. .

In the present specification, the basic factor data will be defined as performance data that is basically generated and stored in each server 110 using profile information or log information stored in each server 110. For example, the basic factor data is performance data for the central processing unit (CPU), memory, and the like. In addition, basic factor data includes swap utilization, file system utilization, the amount of network packets input or output, and, for database servers, information about active sessions, session capacity / usage / utilization, and process availability. Includes volume / usage / usage, tablespace utilization, transaction availability / usage / utilization, etc.

In addition, when the server 110 receives the collection request information from the performance management web server 130 through a communication network, it analyzes the profile information or log information stored in the server 110 to generate extended factor data. To the performance management web server 130 via a communication network.

For example, the server 110, when a specific event (for example, new opening, termination, additional service storage, additional service inquiry, product change, charge product inquiry, etc.) corresponding to the installed application occurs, each event Save information about as log information. Then, when the collection request information for each event is received from the performance management web server 130, the server 110 analyzes the log information to generate extended factor data for the event to perform the performance management web server through the communication network ( 130). Of course, the server 110 may convert the extended factor data according to a predetermined format and store it in the performance management database 120.

In addition, in the present specification, the extended factor data will be defined as the performance data generated by the corresponding server 110 in response to the collection request information requested from the performance management web server 130. For example, the extended factor data may be a storage device (eg, disk, storage information), a response speed for opening a new service, a response speed for retrieving a telephone number, and user information that can be simultaneously connected. In addition, the extended factor data may further include activated request information, activated user information, daemon processor information, total disk capacity, disk usage, disk capacity, disk capacity used in a database, and the like.

For example, suppose server 110 is a server that stores information about a customer. It will be described on the assumption that a predetermined agent is installed in the server 110 in order to obtain information on the activated request requested from the performance management web server 130. The performance management web server 130 transmits collection request information including a collection cycle of the information and information to be collected to an agent installed in the server 110 in order to collect information on the activated request. Accordingly, the agent may collect and transmit the requested collection information by using the log information corresponding to the collection period specified in the collection request information.

Here, the collection request information may include one or more extension factor information. In addition, since the hardware provided in each server 110 and the installed application are different, it is natural that extended factor information included in the collection request information requested by the performance management web server 130 may be different.

Hereinafter, the basic factor data and the extended factor data described herein may be stored in the performance management database 120 at predetermined time intervals (eg, seconds, minutes, hours, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, etc.). Of course it is.

The performance management database 120 stores one or more basic factor data according to a predetermined format. The extended management data is stored in the performance management database 120 by the performance management web server 130 according to a predetermined method.

The performance management web server 130 is connected to each server 110 through a communication network. In addition, the performance management server 110 determines whether all of the factor data necessary for generating the report according to the report generation command input from the user is stored in the performance management database 120. In addition, the performance management web server 130 extracts fields that are not stored in the performance management database 120 for the report, and information on the extracted fields (hereinafter, referred to as "extended factor information" for convenience of understanding and explanation). The collection request information, including the information of the present invention, is generated and transmitted to each server 110 through a communication network. Here, it is obvious that the performance management web server 130 may change and transmit the collection request information to correspond to the communication protocol of each server 110.

In addition, when the extended factor data is received from each server 110 through the communication network, the performance management web server 130 may use the received extended factor data and basic factor data extracted from the performance management database 120 in advance. Generate and print a report according to the method. When the report output type is selected by the user, the performance management web server 130 may change and output the report output format to correspond to the selected report output type. Here, the report output type may be, for example, any one of document types such as hypertext markup language (HTML), XML, word, and Excel.

Referring to FIG. 2, the performance management web server 130 may include a data transceiver 210, a storage 220, an information analyzer 230, an inputter 240, a report generator 250, and a controller 260. It includes.

The data transmitting and receiving unit 210 transmits and receives data with each server 110 through a communication network. For example, the data transmission / reception unit 210 transmits collection request information to each server 110 and performs a function of receiving extended factor data from each server 110.

The storage unit 220 stores software for operating the performance management web server 130 according to the present invention, field information for generating one or more reports, template information for each report type, and the like.

When a report generation command is input under the control of the controller 260, the information analyzer 230 stores all of the factor data for each item necessary to generate a report according to the report generation command in the performance management database 120. Analyze whether or not The information analyzer 230 extracts items corresponding to the factor data that are not stored in the performance management database 120, generates collection request information including the extracted items, and outputs them to the controller 260. Accordingly, the controller 260 may transmit the collection request information to each server 110 through the data transceiver 210.

Hereinafter, it will be described on the assumption that the information analysis unit 230 recognizes the information on the communication protocol supported by each server 110. For this reason, the information analyzer 230 generates collection request information corresponding to the communication protocol supported by each server 110 and controls each server 110 through the data transceiver 210 under the control of the controller 260. Can be sent to.

The input unit 240 receives a control command for operating the performance management web server 130 according to the present invention, a control command for controlling an arbitrary application (for example, an arbitrary report generation command, etc.) from a user. Means.

The report generator 250 extracts basic factor data from the performance management database 120 under the control of the controller 260 according to a report generation command input through the input unit 240, and transmits the data transceiver 210. Using the extended factor data received through the generated report according to a predetermined format and output.

For example, when an arbitrary report output type is selected through the input unit 240 under the control of the controller 260, the report generator 250 may output a report corresponding to the selected report output type.

The controller 260 is an internal component of the performance management web server 130 according to the present invention (for example, data transmission and reception unit 210, storage unit 220, information analysis unit 230, input unit 240, etc.) ) To control the function. That is, the controller 260 controls to request each server 110 to collect the extended factor data required for generating the report according to the present invention, and by the user by using the collected extended factor data and the pre-stored basic factor data. Generate Controls the internal components to generate the requested report.

As described above, the performance management web server 130 is not stored in the performance management database 120 of the factor data corresponding to the items for generating the requested report when the user is requested to generate any report. The items are extracted, and corresponding collection request information is generated and transmitted to each server 110. When the extended factor data according to the corresponding collection request information is received from each server 110, the performance management web server 130 uses the received extended factor data and basic factor data stored in the performance management database 120 in advance. The requested report can be generated according to a defined method.

In another example, the performance management web server 130 extracts items required for the registered report type when any report type is registered by the administrator. The performance management web server 130 extracts items for factor data that are not stored in the performance management database 120, generates collection request information, and transmits the collection request information to each server 110. Accordingly, each server 110 generates factor data by using log information and profile information on the provided hardware and installed applications, converts the factor data according to a predetermined format, and stores the factor data in the performance management database 120 as extended factor data. .

Accordingly, when a report generation command is input from the user, the performance management web server 130 extracts factor data corresponding to the items necessary for generating the report from the performance management database 120 according to a predetermined method. You can generate and print a report.

3 to 6 are diagrams illustrating a report generated by the performance management web server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 3, the performance management web server 130 may include a menu item 310 for selecting a report type, a menu item for receiving period information according to generation of a report, and a menu for receiving a selection of a report output type. Item 320, the area 330 for outputting the factor data for each item of the generated report.

3 shows a main menu for generating a report such as a system performance report, a database performance report, a tuxedo performance report, an EAI performance report, and an application performance report. Submenus actually selected by the user are output to each main menu. Accordingly, the user may select a main menu of a report to be generated and then select any one of submenus included in the corresponding main menu.

As illustrated at 320, the performance management web server 130 may generate a report by extracting factor data corresponding to the period from the performance management database 120 when a specific period is selected by the user. In addition, the performance management web server 130 may receive information on a specific day (eg, a public holiday) to be excluded from the report generation.

4 illustrates that the performance management web server 130 generates and outputs a monthly report. And, as shown in Figure 5, the performance management web server 130 is a specific event (for example, new opening, termination, additional service storage, additional service query, product change, to the application installed on any server 110) , Statistical product reports corresponding to the fee product search, etc. may be generated and output.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating an arbitrary report by a performance management web server connected through a communication network with n servers according to an embodiment of the present invention. Each step described below is performed by an internal component of each server 110 or each performance management web server 130, but the server 110 or the performance management web server for convenience of understanding and explanation. It will be collectively referred to as 130.

In operation 610, each server 110 analyzes each profile information about the provided hardware and log information about installed applications, generates basic factor data according to a predetermined method, and performs a performance management database 120 through a communication network. Save).

In operation 615, the performance management web server 130 determines whether an arbitrary report generation command is input from the user.

If no report generation command has been entered, wait at step 615.

However, if a report generation command is input, the performance management web server 130 extracts items corresponding to the factor data not stored in the performance management database 120 among the items necessary for generating the report in step 620. The performance management web server 130 generates collection request information using the extracted items and transmits the collected request information to each server 110 through a communication network.

For example, the performance management web server 130 analyzes whether all factor data corresponding to items necessary for generating a report according to the input generation command are stored in the performance management database 120. The performance management web server 130 extracts items for unsaved factor data, generates collection request information including the corresponding items, and transmits the collected request information to each server 110.

In step 625, when the collection request information is received, each server 110 extracts each item from the collection request information. Each server 110 analyzes the stored log information and profile information to generate extended factor data corresponding to the extracted items. Each server 110 transmits the generated extended factor data to the performance management web server 130 through a communication network.

In operation 630, when the extended factor data is received from each server 110, the performance management web server 130 uses the received extended factor data and basic factor data extracted from the performance management database 120. Generate and print a report accordingly.

Here, when a random period for generating a report is selected by the user, the performance management web server 130 may generate and output a report corresponding to the period using the received extended factor data and the extracted basic factor data. have.

As described above, the extended factor data and the basic factor data may be predetermined time-specific data.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating an arbitrary report by a performance management web server connected through a communication network with n servers according to another embodiment of the present invention. Each step described below is performed by an internal component of each server 110 or each performance management web server 130, but the server 110 or the performance management web server for convenience of understanding and explanation. It will be collectively referred to as 130.

In operation 710, each server 110 analyzes each profile information about the provided hardware and log information about installed applications, generates basic factor data according to a predetermined method, and performs a performance management database 120 through a communication network. ).

In step 715, the performance management web server 130 registers any report type from the user. Here, the performance management web server 130 is also registered with the information on each item necessary for the generation of the registered report.

In operation 720, the performance management web server 130 extracts items corresponding to data not stored in the performance management database 120 among items necessary for generating a registered report. The performance management web server 130 generates collection request information including the extracted items and transmits the collected request information to each server 110.

The server 110 receiving the collection request information in step 725 generates extended factor data by using the pre-stored log information and profile information, converts it according to a predetermined method, and stores it in the performance management database 120.

In operation 730, the performance management web server 130 determines whether a report generation command is input from the user.

If the report generation command has not been entered, the process waits at step 730.

However, if a report generation command is input, the performance management web server 130 extracts factor data (eg, basic factor data and extended factor data) from the items necessary for generating the report in step 735. Generate and print a report according to the method.

Although the above has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below It will be appreciated that modifications and variations can be made.

1 is a block diagram of a system for performance data management in one embodiment of the invention.

2 is an internal functional block diagram of a performance management web server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 to 6 illustrate a report generated by a performance management web server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for generating a report by a performance management web server connected through a communication network with n servers according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for generating a report by a performance management web server connected through a communication network with n servers according to another embodiment of the present invention.

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Claims (11)

Database; A server configured to analyze one or more logs and profile information of a plurality of hardware and installed applications, and generate factor data according to a predetermined method and store the factor data in the database; And Performance management for generating collection request information for the factor data not stored in the database among the factor data corresponding to the items for generating a random report and connected to each of the n servers through a communication network. Include a web server, Each server analyzes the log and the profile information corresponding to the collection request information to generate and transmit extended factor data according to a predetermined method. The performance management web server generates and outputs a report according to a predetermined method using the factor data extracted from the database and the received extended factor data. The method of claim 1, The factor data is time-specific performance data for the central processing unit (CPU) and memory (memory), The extended factor data is data about performance or usage at a certain time of at least one of storage, disk, database, and application, and is performance data collected by a user. The method of claim 1, The n servers communicate with the performance management web server using a different protocol, and convert the extended factor data according to a predetermined method according to each server and transmit the converted factor data to the performance management web server. Management system. The method of claim 1, The performance management web server generates and outputs the report in any one of a hypertext markup language (HTML) form and an arbitrary document file form according to the inputted output type information. The method of claim 1, The performance management web server, A storage unit for storing one or more report types and one or more factors required for generating the report; An input unit for receiving an arbitrary report generation command; Factors necessary for generating a report according to the report generation command are read from the storage unit to analyze whether all factor data corresponding to the read factors are stored in the database, and the collection request information for the unsaved factors is obtained. An analysis unit to generate; A transmitter / receiver for transmitting the collection request information to the n servers and receiving extended factor data according to the collection request information from the n servers; And And a report generator for generating the report according to a predetermined format by using the factor data and the extended factor data extracted from the database for generating the report. The method of claim 1, The performance management web server generates and outputs the report according to a predetermined method by using the factor data and the extended factor data included in the input time information. In a method of generating a report by a performance management web server connected through a communication network with n (random natural numbers) servers, If any report generation command is input from a user, analyzing factor data not stored in the database among factor data corresponding to items necessary for generating a report according to the command; Requesting collection of the unsaved factor data to each server, and receiving extended factor data from each server; Extracting factor data from the database; And And generating and outputting a report according to a predetermined method using the extracted factor data and the received extended factor data. The method of claim 7, wherein Each server, Analyzing one or more logs and profile information of a plurality of hardware and installed applications, and generating factor data according to a predetermined method and storing the data in a database; And And receiving the collection request, analyzing the log and profile information, generating the extended factor data according to a predetermined method, and transmitting the extended factor data to the performance management web server. The method of claim 7, wherein The factor data is performance data over time for the central processing unit (CPU) and memory (memory), The extended factor data is data about performance or usage at a certain time of at least one of storage, disk, database, and application, and the report generation method is performance data collected by a user. The method of claim 7, wherein Generating and outputting a report according to a predetermined method using the extracted factor data and the received extended factor data, Receiving report output type information from a user; Generating the report using the extracted factor data and the received extended factor data; And And outputting the generated report according to the report output type information. Database; A server configured to analyze one or more logs and profile information of a plurality of hardware and installed applications, and generate factor data according to a predetermined method and store the factor data in the database; And The performance management web server is connected to each of the n servers through a communication network, and generates and transmits extended factor information collection request information for generating a random report. Each server analyzes the log and profile information according to the extended factor information collection request information, generates extended factor data, and stores the extended factor data in the database. When a report generation command is input, the performance management web server extracts factor data and extended factor data corresponding to the items for generating the report from the database, and generates and outputs a report according to a predetermined method. Performance management system.

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