KR20160027405A - Server/storage management system and method with advanced duplication shceme - Google Patents

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KR20160027405A
KR20160027405A KR1020140114016A KR20140114016A KR20160027405A KR 20160027405 A KR20160027405 A KR 20160027405A KR 1020140114016 A KR1020140114016 A KR 1020140114016A KR 20140114016 A KR20140114016 A KR 20140114016A KR 20160027405 A KR20160027405 A KR 20160027405A
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A server / storage management system and method using an improved redundancy technique are provided. The management system according to an embodiment of the present invention may include an active virtual machine for directly managing a plurality of devices, a passive virtual machine for managing a plurality of devices in place of the active virtual machine in case of a failure in the active virtual machine, And a spare virtual machine that assists the function of the passive virtual machine. This makes it possible to manage a large number of servers / storage efficiently by managing the server / storage according to various techniques with virtual machines having different roles.

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Technical Field The present invention relates to a server / storage management system and method using an improved redundancy technique,

The present invention relates to a server / storage management system, and more particularly, to a system for managing a server / storage using a virtual machine.

Servers, communications equipment, and storage, storage, etc., require large amounts of power as a core infrastructure for storing and distributing big data. Particularly, as the cloud era and the big data era are coming, efficient management is required.

In this way, to provide cloud services and big data services, it has become necessary to manage more than a thousand servers / storages. To manage such a large number of servers / storage in a single control system, an intuitive control system is required to efficiently manage all servers / storage. In addition, a variety of information gathering systems have become necessary for intelligent / adaptive deployment. In addition, an integrated remote management system is required for server / storage systems.

In this way, in order to monitor and manage a lot of servers / storage devices through a single management system, it is required to search for ways to increase the efficiency of server management.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a server / storage management system and method using an improved duplication technique in which a plurality of virtual machines are implemented as virtual machines performing different roles .

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a management system comprising: an active virtual machine for directly managing a plurality of devices; A passive virtual machine for managing the plurality of devices in place of the active virtual machine when a failure occurs in the active virtual machine; And a spare virtual machine for assisting the functions of the active virtual machine and the passive virtual machine.

When the passive virtual machine is switched to the active mode due to a failure in the active virtual machine, the spare virtual machine can switch from the spare mode to the passive mode and function as a passive virtual machine.

In addition, when the spare virtual machine switches to the passive mode, another virtual machine can switch to the spare mode and function as a spare virtual machine.

The spare virtual machine may manage a plurality of devices by assisting the active virtual machine when the active virtual machine is loaded with a certain amount or more.

In addition, the spare virtual machine can manage a plurality of devices by assisting the passive virtual machine when the passive virtual machine is loaded with a certain amount or more.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a management method comprising: directly managing a plurality of devices by an active virtual machine; When a failure occurs in the active virtual machine, a passive virtual machine manages the plurality of devices on behalf of the active virtual machine; And a spare virtual machine assisting the functions of the active virtual machine and the passive virtual machine.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, servers / storage can be managed according to various techniques with virtual machines having different roles, and thus, many servers / storages can be efficiently managed. Further, since the management system can duplicate a plurality of virtual machines and distribute the load through the spare virtual machine, it becomes possible to have higher reliability and stability.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a server / storage management system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a flowchart provided in the description of a virtual machine operating method according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 illustrates an event information collection protocol of an event profiler, according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a table for explaining event information of an event profiler according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 5 is a table for describing event types, according to one embodiment of the present invention;
6 is a diagram illustrating a resource utilization information collection protocol of a workload profiler, according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a table for explaining resource use information according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 8 illustrates a virtual machine management / control command protocol, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 9 illustrates another form of virtual machine management / control command protocol, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 10 illustrates a virtual machine status monitoring protocol, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention,
11 is a table for explaining a virtual machine management / control command protocol and a monitoring protocol according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a server / storage management system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the management system 100 manages a plurality of management target devices 10 and delivers the collected information to the control center 20 in the management process. Here, the management subject equipment 10 includes a server, a network equipment, a storage equipment, and the like.

The management system 100 implements an apparatus for managing a plurality of management target devices 10 in the form of a plurality of virtual machines to perform management. The management system 100 includes a virtual machine management unit 140 for monitoring a plurality of virtual machines for equipment management. That is, the management system 100 is configured as a virtualized server environment for managing a plurality of management target devices 10, thereby making it possible to stably and effectively manage the management target devices 10 ranging from thousands to tens of thousands An environment having server capacity or resources can be constructed. Also, since the management system 100 can duplicate virtualized servers and can also provide a spare virtual machine, even if a specific server fails, there is no problem in device management. Therefore, .

The management system 100 includes a plurality of virtual machines 110, 120 and 130 for managing a plurality of devices, a virtual machine management unit 140 for monitoring a plurality of virtual machines, a hypervisor 150 for a virtual machine, And a hardware 160 as a base.

The management system 100 may include a plurality of virtual machines each of which may include an active virtual machine 110, a passive virtual machine 120 and a spare virtual machine 130 ). ≪ / RTI >

The active virtual machine 110 directly manages a plurality of managed objects 10. That is, the active virtual machine 110 monitors and directly controls the statuses of the managed devices 10 and the generated events. Specifically, the active virtual machine 110 includes a Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM) 111, providers 113 and 115, and a daemon 117.

The CIMOM 111 collects, manages, and controls status information of the storage device or the management server 10 based on a CIM (Common Information Model) standard.

The providers 113 and 115 perform actual processing operations in response to information collection and management / control requests requested by the CIMOM 111. [ In some cases, the providers 113 and 115 may be included in the CIMOM 111.

The daemon 117 performs a corresponding function in response to a request for management, control, and monitoring of the event profiler 141, the virtual machine control unit 143, and the workload profiler 145. The daemon 117 basically performs related functions in a state in which it is executed in the background in the active virtual machine 110.

A passive virtual machine 120 serves to assist the active virtual machine 110. Specifically, the passive virtual machine 120 may be mirrored to perform the same function as the active virtual machine 110, or may be clustered to back up the active virtual machine 110 . The passive virtual machine 120 may also share resources with the active virtual machine 110 and share the workload of the active virtual machine 110.

When the failure occurs in the active virtual machine 110, the passive virtual machine 120 manages a plurality of managed devices 10 on behalf of the active virtual machine 110. That is, when a fault occurs in the active virtual machine 110, the passive virtual machine 120 is switched to the active mode.

1, the passive virtual machine 120 has the same configuration as the active virtual machine 110, and specifically includes a Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM) 121, providers 123 and 125, And a daemon (127).

The spare virtual machine 130 performs the function of assisting the active virtual machine 110 and the passive virtual machine 120. Specifically, when the active virtual machine 110 or the passive virtual machine 120 is loaded with a certain amount or more, the spare virtual machine 130 assists the active virtual machine to manage the plurality of managed devices 10 do.

Also, when the passive virtual machine 120 is switched to the active mode due to a failure in the active virtual machine 110, the spare virtual machine 130 is switched to the passive mode to perform a function as a passive virtual machine.

1, the spare virtual machine 130 has the same configuration as the active virtual machine 110, and specifically includes a Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM) 131, providers 133 and 135, And a daemon (137).

The virtual machine management unit 140 monitors a plurality of virtual machines 110, 120, and 130. Then, the virtual machine management unit 140 transmits monitoring information to the external control center 20. Then, the control center 20 can grasp the management characteristics and patterns of the management subject devices 10 based on the collected information.

1, the virtual machine management unit 140 includes an event profiler 141, a virtual machine control unit 143, a workload profiler 145, and a database 147. [

The event profiler 141 collects event information related to the management of the plurality of management subject devices 10 by the plurality of virtual machines and transmits the collected event information to the external control center 20. That is, the event profiler 141 performs a function of collecting information on the management status of the management subject equipment 10 and related events. Accordingly, the control center 20 can grasp the management characteristics and patterns of the management target devices 10 using the collected event information.

At this time, the event information collected by the event profiler 141 includes a virtual machine ID (VM ID), virtual machine mode information (VM Mode), event occurrence time information (Event Time), event type information And an event log message.

Specifically, FIGS. 3 to 5 show the types of event information. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an event information collection protocol of an event profiler according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a table for explaining event information of an event profiler according to an embodiment of the present invention 5 is a table for explaining event types according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The work load profiler 145 collects resource usage information of a plurality of virtual machines 110, 120, and 130. As the workload profiler 145 collects the resource usage information, the virtual machine management unit 140 can perform information analysis for predicting and preventing the down-state of the virtual machines, It is possible to appropriately allocate resources between the virtual machines 120. [ In addition, the virtual machine management unit 140 can analyze the system load and the workload of the virtual machines to induce efficient distribution of resources among the virtual machines.

Here, the resource use information includes at least one of a virtual machine ID (VM ID), virtual machine mode information (VM Mode), information collection time (Monitoring Time), target resource type information (Resource Type) Usage).

Specifically, FIGS. 6 to 7 show the types of resource use information. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a resource utilization information collection protocol of the workload profiler 145 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a resource utilization information collection protocol for explaining resource utilization information according to an embodiment of the present invention. Table.

The virtual machine control unit 143 monitors and controls the states of the plurality of virtual machines 110, 120 and 130. Specifically, the virtual machine control unit 143 exchanges messages with a heartbeat module existing in the daemons 117, 127, 137 in the virtual machine at predetermined time intervals, and checks the status of the virtual machines.

When a failure occurs in the active virtual machine 110, the virtual machine controller 143 controls the passive virtual machine 120 to operate in the active mode and controls the spare virtual machine 130 to operate in the passive mode And controls another virtual machine (not shown) to operate in the spare mode.

When the failure occurs in the passive virtual machine 120, the virtual machine control unit 143 controls the spare virtual machine 130 to operate in the passive mode, and another virtual machine (not shown) .

Further, when a failure occurs in the spare virtual machine 130, the virtual machine control unit 143 controls another virtual machine to operate in a spare mode.

As described above, the virtual machine control unit 143 has a virtual machine that can back up any virtual machine, so that the management system 100 can be duplicated. Accordingly, the management system 100 can stably manage the management subject device 10 without a system downtime.

In addition, the virtual machine control unit 143 controls the resource utilization rates of the active virtual machine 110 and the passive virtual machine 120 using the resource usage information collected by the workload profiler 145.

The virtual machine control unit 143 controls resources to be allocated to the spare virtual machine 130 when the resource usage rates of the active virtual machine 110 and the passive virtual machine 120 exceed a specific value, (130) to operate in the passive mode.

The description of the virtual machine management / control command protocol and the virtual machine status monitoring protocol used at this time is shown in FIGS. 8 to 11. FIG. Figure 8 is a diagram of a virtual machine management / control command protocol, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 9 shows another type of virtual machine management / control command protocol, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a virtual machine status monitoring protocol according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a virtual machine management / control command protocol and a monitoring protocol according to an embodiment of the present invention FIG.

In this manner, the virtual machine control unit 143 predicts the overload state of the virtual machine in advance and appropriately adjusts the resource allocation state among the virtual machines.

The database 147 stores data relating to the information collected in the event profiler 141, the virtual machine control unit 143, and the workload profiler 145.

The virtual machine management unit 140 having such a structure monitors a plurality of virtual machines 110, 120 and 130 and can transmit the virtual machines 110 and 120 to the control center 20. The control center 20 analyzes the virtual machines 110, It is possible to grasp the management characteristics and the patterns of the objects. In addition, the virtual machine management unit 140 can duplicate virtual machines for equipment management, thereby enabling stable management.

The hypervisor 150 will provide a virtualization platform for running virtual machines under the base of the hardware 160. Specifically, the hypervisor 150 controls virtual machines driven by a plurality of operating systems, provides related interfaces, and processes resources such as memory allocated to each virtual machine.

The hardware 160 represents a computer device including one or more servers or storage and represents the basic hardware that constitutes the management system 100. [

Hereinafter, the process of the virtual machine management unit 140 of the management system 100 operating the virtual machines 110, 120, and 130 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2 is a flowchart provided in the description of a virtual machine operating method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the active virtual machine 110 directly manages a plurality of managed devices 10 (S205), and the passive virtual machine 120 mirrors the active virtual machine 110 S210).

Meanwhile, the virtual machine control unit 143 monitors whether or not a fault has occurred in the active virtual machine 110 (S215).

As a result of the monitoring, if it is determined that a failure has occurred in the active virtual machine 110 (S215-Y), the virtual machine controller 143 controls the passive virtual machine 120 to switch to the active mode (S220) The controller 130 controls the machine 130 to switch to the passive mode (S225), and controls the other virtual machine (not shown) in the idle state to switch to the spare mode (S230).

Meanwhile, the virtual machine control unit 143 also monitors whether a failure has occurred in the passive virtual machine 120 (S235).

If it is determined that a failure has occurred in the passive virtual machine 120 as a result of the monitoring (S235-Y), the virtual machine controller 143 controls the spare virtual machine 130 to switch to the passive mode (S240) (Not shown) is switched to the spare mode (S245).

In addition, the virtual machine control unit 143 monitors whether a failure has occurred in the spare virtual machine 130 (S250).

If it is determined that a failure has occurred in the spare virtual machine 130 as a result of the monitoring (S250-Y), the virtual machine controller 143 controls the other virtual machine (not shown) in the idle state to switch to the spare mode S255).

The workload profiler 145 of the virtual machine management unit 140 monitors the resource usage statuses of the virtual machines 110 and 120 (S260 and S270).

As a result of the monitoring, if the active virtual machine 110 takes more than a certain amount of load (and loads) (S260-Y), the workload profiler 145 causes the spare virtual machine 130 to execute the active virtual machine 110 (S265).

If the monitoring result passive virtual machine 110 receives more than a certain amount of load (and load) (S270-Y), the workload profiler 145 causes the spare virtual machine 130 to access the passive virtual machine 120 (S275).

The management system 100 having the above-described configuration is configured as a virtualized server environment for managing a plurality of management target devices 10, thereby stably and efficiently managing the management target devices 10 ranging from thousands to tens of thousands It is possible to construct an environment having a server capacity or resources that can be managed. Also, since the management system 100 can duplicate virtualized servers and can also provide a spare virtual machine, even if a specific server fails, there is no problem in device management. Therefore, .

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

10: Equipment to be controlled 20: Control center
100: Management System 110: Active Virtual Machine
120: passive virtual machine 130: spare virtual machine
140: Virtual Machine Management Unit 141: Event Profiler
143: virtual machine control unit 145: workload profiler
147: Database 150: Hypervisor
160: Hardware

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An active virtual machine for directly managing a plurality of devices;
A passive virtual machine for managing the plurality of devices in place of the active virtual machine when a failure occurs in the active virtual machine; And
And a spare virtual machine for assisting the functions of the active virtual machine and the passive virtual machine. The method according to claim 1,
The spare virtual machine,
Wherein when the active virtual machine fails and the passive virtual machine is switched to the active mode, the passive virtual machine functions as a passive virtual machine by switching from the spare mode to the passive mode. 3. The method of claim 2,
And when the spare virtual machine switches to the passive mode, another virtual machine switches to the spare mode and functions as a spare virtual machine. The method according to claim 1,
The spare virtual machine,
Wherein the managing unit manages a plurality of devices by assisting the active virtual machine when the active virtual machine is loaded with a certain amount or more. The method according to claim 1,
The spare virtual machine,
Wherein the management unit manages a plurality of devices by assisting the passive virtual machine when a load of a certain amount or more is loaded in the passive virtual machine. An active virtual machine manages a plurality of devices directly;
When a failure occurs in the active virtual machine, a passive virtual machine manages the plurality of devices on behalf of the active virtual machine; And
Wherein a spare virtual machine assists the functions of the active virtual machine and the passive virtual machine.
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