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- the present invention relates to a redundant configuration management system and method for making a computer system made up of a plurality of physical servers redundant using virtual machine technology.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-55840 describes a duplex, N + M configuration, and N + 1 configuration.
- Duplication is a method of preparing redundant physical servers for all servers.
- Non-Patent Document 1 B. Dragovic, K. Fraser, S. Hand, T. Harris, A. Ho, I. Pratt, A. Warfield, P. Barham and R. Neugebauer, Xen and the Art of Virtualization, 19th In ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (SOSP19), 2003.
- a technology that uses computer resources (CPU, memory devices, etc.) provided in a physical server as a plurality of virtual servers realized by a required processing program is disclosed. Yes.
- By using such virtual machine technology it is possible to provide a redundant server for each subsystem (application) by adding virtual servers without introducing a new physical server. With this, computer system redundancy can be realized.
- the redundancy method using virtual machine technology can achieve computer system redundancy at a low cost, but if a physical server fails, multiple virtual servers may fail at the same time. There is a problem that the effects (such as computer system recovery and continuous operation) cannot be obtained. For example, if an active virtual server (active server) and a redundant virtual server (redundant server) assigned to the same subsystem (application) are located on the same physical server, the physical server fails If this occurs, the computer system cannot be recovered or continuously operated by redundancy. In other words, in the virtual machine technology, it is necessary to arrange active servers and redundant servers allocated to the same subsystem (application) on different physical servers.
- Non-Patent Document 1 can determine the number of redundant servers necessary for a computer system, but does not show how to arrange virtual servers for physical servers.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a redundant configuration management system and method capable of realizing redundancy of a computer system using virtual machine technology, which can obtain the effect of redundancy such as recovery and continuous operation of the computer system. To do.
- the redundant configuration management system of the present invention includes an input means for inputting availability requirements of a computer system to be managed, With reference to system configuration information which is information indicating the configuration of the computer system and constraint information for limiting the number of processing programs operable on the physical server included in the computer system, the physical server satisfying the availability requirement Redundant configuration design means for determining the arrangement of the processing programs; Have
- the redundancy configuration management method of the present invention can be operated on system configuration information, which is information indicating the configuration of the computer system, and a physical server included in the computer system when availability requirements of the computer system to be managed are input.
- system configuration information which is information indicating the configuration of the computer system
- a physical server included in the computer system when availability requirements of the computer system to be managed are input. This is a method for determining the arrangement of the processing program with respect to the physical server satisfying the availability requirement with reference to constraint information for limiting the number of processing programs.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a redundant configuration management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the redundant configuration management system according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the redundant configuration design means of the first exemplary embodiment.
- 4 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration for realizing the redundant configuration management system shown in FIG. 1 and the redundant configuration management server shown in FIG.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the redundant configuration design unit according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure when a redundant configuration is designed by the virtual server management unit and the virtual server control unit according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a redundant configuration management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the redundant configuration management system according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the degenerate configuration determining unit according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure when a degenerate configuration is designed by the virtual server management unit and the virtual server control unit according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 9 is a table showing an example of availability requirements used in the redundant configuration design means.
- FIG. 10 is a table showing an example of virtual server constraint information used by the redundant configuration design means.
- FIG. 11 is a table showing an example of virtual server arrangement information used by the redundant configuration design means.
- FIG. 12 is a table showing an example of degenerate configuration information used by the redundant configuration design means.
- FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the redundant configuration design means of the second exemplary embodiment.
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the redundant configuration design unit according to the second embodiment.
- FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the redundant configuration design means of the third exemplary embodiment.
- FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the redundant configuration design means according to the third embodiment.
- FIG. 17 is a table showing an example of conversion information used by the redundant configuration design means.
- FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the embodiment of the redundant configuration management system.
- FIG. 19 is a table showing an example of availability requirements input to the redundant configuration management system shown in FIG.
- FIG. 20 is a table showing an example of virtual server constraint information used in the redundant configuration management system shown in FIG. FIG.
- FIG. 21 is a table showing an example of system configuration information used in the redundant configuration management system shown in FIG.
- FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing a procedure for calculating the required number of servers by the redundant configuration design means shown in FIG.
- FIG. 23 is a table showing an example of the failure margin and the required number of redundant servers obtained according to the processing procedure shown in FIG.
- FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing a virtual server arrangement determination procedure by the redundant configuration design means shown in FIG.
- FIG. 25 is a schematic diagram showing a redundant configuration determination process according to the processing procedure shown in FIG.
- FIG. 26 is a table showing an example of virtual server arrangement information obtained according to the processing procedure shown in FIG.
- FIG. 27 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of information on a physical server in which a failure has occurred.
- FIG. 28 is a table showing an example of the degenerate configuration information output from the degenerate configuration determining unit shown in FIG.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a redundant configuration management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the redundant configuration management system of the first embodiment, and
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the redundant configuration design means of the first embodiment.
- the redundant configuration management system has an input unit 11 and a redundant configuration design unit 12.
- the redundant configuration management system shown in FIG. 1 is for managing a redundant configuration of a computer system including a plurality of physical servers 2 and a virtual server 3 constructed on the physical servers 2 as shown in FIG. .
- the input unit 11 and the redundant configuration design unit 12 shown in FIG. 1 are realized by, for example, the redundant configuration management server 1 as shown in FIG.
- the redundant configuration management server 1 and a plurality of physical servers 2 to be managed by the redundant configuration management system are connected via a network 22, for example.
- the physical server 2 includes virtual server control means 21 and controls zero or more virtual servers 3 built on the own physical server 2 by the virtual server control means 21.
- the redundant configuration management server 1 shown in FIG. 2 includes an input unit 11, a redundant configuration design unit 12, a degenerate configuration determination unit 13, a virtual server management unit 14, a virtual server constraint information storage unit 15, and a system configuration information storage unit 16. Yes.
- FIG. 2 shows a configuration example in which the virtual server control means 21 is provided in each physical server 2, the virtual server control means 21 may be provided in the redundant configuration management server 1.
- the redundant configuration design means 12 of the first embodiment includes a necessary server number calculation means 121 and a virtual server arrangement determination means 122.
- the input means 11 is used, for example, for inputting an availability requirement required by an administrator who manages a computer system.
- the input unit 11 is used by a monitoring system (not shown) or a computer system administrator for monitoring the presence or absence of a failure in the physical server 2 to input information on the physical server 2 in which the failure has occurred.
- the availability requirement is provided by, for example, the maximum possible simultaneous failure number indicating the number of virtual servers 3 that can continuously operate the computer system even when failures occur simultaneously in a plurality of physical servers 2, or each subsystem (application).
- Information such as a minimum operation level indicating the minimum number of virtual servers 3 required for the service is included.
- the redundant configuration design unit 12 stores the availability requirements input via the input unit 11 by the required server number calculation unit 121, the system configuration information stored in the system configuration information storage unit 16, and the virtual server constraint information storage unit 15.
- the number of physical servers 2 and virtual servers 3 necessary for redundancy of the computer system to be managed is calculated with reference to the virtual server restriction information (constraint information).
- the system configuration information is information indicating the current configuration of the computer system.
- the number of physical servers 2 included in the computer system to be managed, the number of subsystems (applications), information on virtual servers arranged on the physical server 2, physical Information on the presence or absence of a failure of the server 2 is included.
- the virtual server constraint information (constraint information) is information that restricts the number of virtual servers 3 operating on each physical server 2, and the number of virtual servers (active servers) that can operate on the physical server 2 and the virtual for redundancy. Contains information on the number of servers (redundant servers).
- the redundant configuration design means 12 determines the placement of the virtual server 3 with respect to each physical server 2 by the virtual server placement determination means 122, and outputs information indicating the result (virtual server placement information).
- the virtual server arrangement determining unit 122 arranges an active server and a redundant server corresponding to each subsystem (application) on the physical server. At this time, the virtual server placement determining unit 122 determines the placement of the virtual server 3 so that the active server and the redundant server assigned to the same subsystem (application) are not placed on the same physical server 2.
- the virtual server management unit 14 manages the virtual server 3 constructed on each physical server 2 based on the virtual server arrangement information output from the redundant configuration design unit 12.
- the virtual server control means 21 receives various control requests from the virtual server management means 14 and controls the virtual server 3 in the own physical server 2 in accordance with the control requests.
- the control request for the virtual server 3 includes, for example, generation of the virtual server 3, suspension of operation of the virtual server 3, switching between the active server and the redundant server.
- the degenerate configuration determination unit 13 refers to the information on the physical server 2 in which the failure has occurred, the availability requirement, and the system configuration information stored in the system configuration information storage unit 16 input via the input unit 11 to determine the availability requirement. A satisfying degenerate configuration is determined, and information indicating the result (degenerate configuration information) is output.
- the degenerated configuration is a redundant configuration constructed using the remaining physical servers 2 excluding the physical server 2 in which a failure has occurred, and the degenerated configuration information is information indicating the degenerated configuration.
- the virtual server management unit 14 changes the arrangement of the virtual server 3 constructed on the physical server 2 using the virtual server control unit 21 based on the degeneration configuration information output from the degeneration configuration determination unit 13.
- the redundant configuration management system shown in FIG. 1 and the redundant configuration management server device 1 shown in FIG. 2 can be realized by a computer shown in FIG. 4, for example.
- the computer shown in FIG. 4 monitors a processing device 4 that executes predetermined processing according to a program, an input device 5 for inputting a command, information, and the like to the processing device 4, and a processing result of the processing device 4. And an output device 6 for this purpose.
- the processing device 4 includes a CPU 41, a main storage device 42 that temporarily holds information necessary for the processing of the CPU 41, and processing of the redundant configuration design unit 12, the degenerate configuration determination unit 13, and the virtual server management unit 14.
- a data storage device 44 used as a recording medium 43 in which a program for executing the program is recorded, the virtual server constraint information storage unit 15, the system configuration information storage unit 16, and a server number conversion information storage unit 17 described later,
- a memory control interface unit 45 that controls data transfer with the storage device 42, the recording medium 43, and the data storage device 44, an I / O interface unit 46 that is an interface device with the input device 5 and the output device 6, and a management target
- a communication control device 47 that is an interface for controlling communication with a plurality of physical servers 2; Comprising a they are connected via a bus 48 configuration.
- the processing device 4 executes the processes of the redundant configuration design unit 12, the degenerate configuration determination unit 13, and the virtual server management unit 14 according to the program recorded in the recording medium 43.
- the recording medium 43 may be a magnetic disk, a semiconductor memory, an optical disk, or other recording medium.
- the data storage device 44 does not have to be provided in the redundant configuration management server device 1 and may be an independent device.
- the physical server 2 shown in FIG. 2 can also be realized by the computer shown in FIG. 4 except that the operating program is different. Therefore, the description thereof is omitted here.
- the design of a redundant configuration refers to a process of determining the arrangement of active servers and redundant servers composed of virtual servers 3 that execute processing of each subsystem (application) for a plurality of physical servers 2.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the redundant configuration design means of the first embodiment
- FIG. 6 shows the processing procedure at the time of redundant configuration design by the virtual server management means and the virtual server control means of the first embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows.
- the redundant configuration design unit 12 refers to the system configuration information storage unit 16 to obtain the current system configuration information. Obtain (step 1001).
- the availability requirement is a requirement indicating the level of reliability required for the managed computer system.
- An example is shown in FIG. FIG. 9 shows an example of the maximum possible simultaneous failure number and the minimum operation level, which are availability requirements.
- the maximum number of possible simultaneous failures is the number of failures of the physical server 2 that can be tolerated in the entire computer system. It is an indicator to show.
- the minimum operation level is a value that defines the minimum requirement necessary for continuously operating the computer system. For example, the minimum number of virtual servers required for each subsystem (application) is set. When designing a redundant configuration using virtual machine technology, it is necessary to prepare a redundant server in case of a failure so as to satisfy these availability requirements.
- the redundant system design unit 12 acquires the current system configuration information, it refers to the virtual server constraint information storage unit 15 and acquires virtual server constraint information (step 1002).
- the virtual server constraint information is information indicating constraints on the virtual server 3 that can operate on each physical server 2.
- An example is shown in FIG. FIG. 10 shows an example of the number of virtual servers that can operate on each physical server 2.
- the virtual server 3 of this embodiment has an active system and a redundant system.
- the active system is a virtual server (active server) that provides services to users
- the redundant system is a virtual server (redundant server) that is normally in a standby state and is used when the active server fails.
- Sufficient computer resources corresponding to the service provided to the user are allocated to the active server, and the minimum computer resources necessary for the standby state are allocated to the redundant server.
- the amount of computer resources allocated to the active and redundant virtual servers can be controlled by a program that provides a well-known virtualization function.
- the redundant configuration design means 12 refers to the acquired information and calculates the number of virtual servers 3 that satisfy the availability requirement (step 1003). Then, it is determined whether or not the number of virtual servers 3 required for redundancy of the computer system is within the number of currently available virtual servers 3 and determines whether or not a redundant configuration can be designed ( Step 1004).
- the redundant configuration design unit 12 refers to the virtual server constraint information so that the active server and the redundant server allocated to the same subsystem (application) are not arranged on the same physical server 2.
- the placement of the virtual server 3 is determined, and information indicating the result (virtual server placement information) is output (step 1005). If it is determined that a redundant configuration cannot be designed, for example, the number of physical servers 2 to be added necessary for redundancy is output and the process is terminated.
- the virtual server management unit 15 and the virtual server control unit 21 start processing for building a redundant configuration.
- the construction of the redundant configuration may be started after the administrator confirms the virtual server arrangement information output from the redundant configuration design means 12, or may be started without confirmation by the administrator. In any case, the construction of the redundant configuration is started when the virtual server arrangement information is input to the virtual server management means 15.
- FIG. 11 shows an example in which a virtual server 3 to be operated on each physical server 2 is defined.
- two types of virtual servers 3 of active and redundant systems operate on each physical server 2, and a subsystem (application) is assigned to each virtual server 3. Further, the active virtual server 3 and the redundant virtual server 3 that execute the same application are allocated on different physical servers 2.
- the virtual server management means 15 controls the virtual server control means 21 on each physical server 2 based on the virtual server arrangement information.
- a control request is transmitted (step 2001).
- control request includes generation of virtual server 3, operation stop, change from active server to redundant server, change from redundant server to active server, and the like.
- the virtual server control unit 21 When the virtual server control unit 21 receives a control request for the virtual server 3 (step 2002), the virtual server control unit 21 executes the requested control (step 2003) and transmits the control result to the virtual server management unit 15 (step 2004).
- the virtual server management means 15 terminates the redundant configuration construction process when it receives control results from all the virtual server control means 21 provided in each physical server 2 (step 2005).
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the degenerate configuration determining means of the first embodiment
- FIG. 8 is a processing procedure at the time of degenerate configuration design by the virtual server management means and virtual server control means of the first embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows.
- step 3000 when a failure occurs in the physical server, information on the physical server 2 in which the failure has occurred is input to the degenerate configuration determination unit 13 via the input unit 11 (step 3000).
- the degeneration process it is necessary to design a redundant configuration (degenerate configuration) that satisfies the minimum operation level, which is an availability requirement, in the remaining physical servers 2 excluding the physical server 2 in which the failure has occurred.
- the degenerate configuration determining means 13 compares the number of physical servers 2 in which a failure has occurred with the maximum possible simultaneous failure number, which is an availability requirement, and determines whether degeneration processing is possible (step 3001). When the number of failed physical servers 2 exceeds the maximum possible simultaneous failure number, the degeneration process cannot be executed, so the degeneration configuration determining unit 13 outputs a message indicating that the degeneration process is impossible and ends the process. .
- the degeneration configuration determining means 13 excludes the physical server 2 in which the failure has occurred, and the remaining A degenerate configuration that satisfies the availability requirement for the physical server 2 is determined, and the result (degenerate configuration information) is output (step 3002).
- FIG. 12 shows a case where a failure occurs in the first physical server (physical server 1), and the virtual server assigned to the application A arranged in the third physical server (physical server 3) is switched from the redundant system to the active system.
- An example of degeneration processing for switching the virtual server assigned to C from the active system to the redundant system is shown.
- the degenerate configuration information output from the degenerate configuration determining unit 13 is input to the virtual server management unit 15 and the degeneration process is started.
- the degeneration process may be started after obtaining the approval of the administrator, or may be started without obtaining the approval of the administrator.
- the virtual server management unit 15 transmits a control request to the virtual server control unit 21 based on the degenerate configuration information (step 4001).
- the virtual server control means 21 When the virtual server control means 21 receives the control request (step 4002), it executes the requested control (step 4003) and transmits the control result to the virtual server management means 15 (step 4004).
- the virtual server management unit 15 ends the degeneration process when receiving the control results from all the virtual server control units 21 provided in each physical server 2 (step 4005).
- the redundant configuration design unit 12 refers to the virtual server constraint information so that the active server and the redundant server allocated to the same subsystem (application) are not arranged on the same physical server 2.
- the arrangement of the virtual server 3 is determined, it is possible to realize the redundancy of the computer system using the virtual machine technology, which can obtain the effect of the redundancy such as the recovery and the continuous operation of the computer system.
- the redundant configuration is determined so as to satisfy the availability requirement input by the administrator, and when a failure occurs in the physical server 2, the degenerate configuration is determined so as to satisfy the availability requirement, so that the required availability requirement is satisfied.
- the second embodiment is different from the redundant configuration management system of the first embodiment in that the redundant configuration design unit 12 is provided with a maximum possible simultaneous failure number calculation unit. Since other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.
- FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the redundant configuration design means of the second exemplary embodiment.
- the redundant configuration design means 12 of the second exemplary embodiment includes a maximum possible simultaneous failure number calculation means 123, a necessary server number calculation means 121, and a virtual server arrangement determination means 122.
- the maximum simultaneous failure possibility number calculation means 123 refers to the input minimum operation level, the system configuration information stored in the system configuration information storage unit 16 and the virtual server constraint information stored in the virtual server constraint storage unit 15, and The number of virtual servers 3 (maximum number of possible simultaneous failures) that can be operated continuously by the computer system is calculated by the degeneration process even if the physical servers 2 simultaneously fail.
- the necessary server number calculation unit 121 calculates the number of physical servers 2 and virtual servers 3 that satisfy the availability requirement based on the maximum possible simultaneous failure number obtained by the maximum simultaneous failure number calculation unit 123.
- the virtual server placement determining unit 122 refers to the virtual server constraint information stored in the virtual server constraint storage unit 15 and determines the placement of the virtual server 3 with respect to each physical server 3 so as to satisfy the availability requirement. Output server location information).
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the redundant configuration design means of the second exemplary embodiment.
- the redundant configuration design unit 12 refers to the system configuration information storage unit 16 and present system configuration information. Is acquired (step 5001).
- the redundant configuration design unit 12 When the redundant configuration design unit 12 acquires the current system configuration information, the redundant configuration design unit 12 refers to the virtual server constraint information storage unit 15 to acquire virtual server constraint information (step 5002), and the maximum simultaneous failure possibility number calculation unit 123 performs maximum simultaneous The number of possible failures is calculated (step 5003). At this time, since the number of redundant virtual servers 3 that can be arranged is limited by the virtual server constraint information, the maximum number of simultaneous possible failures is also limited.
- the redundant configuration design means 12 calculates the number of virtual servers 3 required for redundancy based on the determined maximum number of simultaneous failures (step 5004), and the virtual server 3 with respect to the physical server 2 based on the virtual server constraint information. The placement is determined, and information indicating the result (virtual server placement information) is output (step 5005).
- the number of physical servers 2 in which a failure has occurred is defined as k, and the number of remaining active virtual servers 3 is defined as R_k. Further, since the value of R_k varies depending on which physical server 2 has a failure, the maximum value of R_k is defined as Max R_k.
- the value of R_k needs to be equal to or more than the number M of virtual servers 3 satisfying the minimum operation level. That is, it is necessary to satisfy Max R_k ⁇ M.
- Max R_k is a value that monotonously increases in accordance with the value of k. Therefore, if the maximum value of k that satisfies this condition is obtained, a candidate for the maximum number of possible simultaneous failures can be obtained.
- the procedure for constructing a redundant configuration based on the virtual server arrangement information is the same as the processing procedure of the first embodiment shown in FIG. Also, the degeneration process performed when a failure occurs is the same as in the first embodiment shown in FIG. Therefore, the description thereof is omitted here.
- the redundant configuration management system of the second embodiment in addition to the same effects as those of the first embodiment, it is not necessary for the administrator to input the maximum number of possible simultaneous failures. Reduce. In addition, since the maximum number of possible simultaneous failures is calculated based on availability requirements, such as the minimum operation level, system configuration information, and virtual server constraint information, redundancy with the highest fault tolerance (number of simultaneous failures) is possible under given conditions. You can design the configuration.
- the third embodiment is different from the redundant configuration management system of the first embodiment and the second embodiment in that the redundant configuration design unit 12 includes a minimum server number calculation unit. In the third embodiment, the redundant configuration management server 1 includes the server number conversion information storage unit 17. Since other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.
- FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the redundant configuration design means of the third embodiment.
- the redundant configuration design means 12 of the third exemplary embodiment includes a minimum server number calculation means 124, a required server number calculation means 121, and a virtual server arrangement determination means 122.
- the administrator inputs the maximum number of possible simultaneous failures, service levels, and business requirements as availability requirements.
- the minimum server number calculation means 124 calculates the minimum number of virtual servers that satisfy the availability requirements of each subsystem (application) based on the availability requirements input via the input means 11. At this time, the minimum server number calculation means 124 refers to the conversion information stored in the server number conversion information storage unit 17 and determines the input service level or business requirement as the minimum virtual necessary for the service level or business requirement. Convert to the number of servers.
- An example of the conversion information stored in the server number conversion information storage unit 17 is shown in FIG.
- FIG. 17 shows an example of the relationship between the number of allowable clients and the minimum number of virtual servers required for the number of allowable clients for application A. By referring to the table shown in FIG. 17, even when the number of allowable clients is designated as the availability requirement by the administrator or user, the minimum number of virtual servers that satisfy the availability requirement can be calculated.
- the necessary server number calculation means 121 calculates the number of virtual servers 3 necessary for redundancy satisfying the availability requirement, based on the maximum possible simultaneous failure number input as the availability requirement.
- the virtual server placement determination unit 122 refers to the virtual server constraint information stored in the virtual server constraint storage unit 15, determines the placement of the virtual server 3 with respect to each physical server 2, and outputs the result (virtual server placement information) To do.
- FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the redundant configuration design means of the third exemplary embodiment.
- the redundant configuration design means 12 is stored in the server number conversion information storage unit 17 by the minimum server number calculation means 124.
- the number of virtual servers 3 required corresponding to the service level and business requirements is calculated with reference to the information (step 6001).
- steps 6002 to 6006 shown in FIG. 16 correspond to steps 1001 to 1005 shown in FIG.
- the procedure for constructing the redundant configuration is the same as the processing procedure of the first embodiment shown in FIG. Further, the degeneration process performed when a failure occurs is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. Therefore, the description thereof is omitted here.
- the availability requirements input as service levels and business requirements are converted into the minimum number of virtual servers.
- the service level and business requirements requested by administrators and computer system users who do not know the system configuration in detail can be converted into the minimum number of virtual servers and reflected in the redundant configuration. it can.
- the redundant configuration design means 12 of the third embodiment may include the maximum simultaneous failure possibility number calculation means 123 shown in the second embodiment. In that case, in addition to the above effects, the same effects as those of the redundant configuration management system according to the second embodiment can be obtained. (Example) Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
- FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the redundant configuration management system.
- the redundant configuration management system shown in FIG. 18 includes six physical servers 2 as management targets and can operate two virtual servers on each physical server 2.
- FIG. 20 is a table showing an example of virtual server constraint information used in the redundant configuration management system shown in FIG.
- FIG. 21 is a table showing an example of system configuration information used in the redundant configuration management system shown in FIG.
- the redundant configuration management system of this embodiment has six physical servers 2, includes three subsystems (applications), and an active virtual server 3 corresponds to each physical server 2. Assume that it is assigned.
- the arrangement of the redundant virtual server 3 is determined so as to satisfy the availability requirement input by the administrator.
- the availability requirements shown in FIG. 19 are input to the redundant configuration management system shown in FIG. That is, the maximum possible simultaneous failure number is 3, and the minimum operation level is a state in which at least one virtual server 3 is operating corresponding to each application.
- the redundant configuration design unit 12 acquires the system configuration information by the system configuration information storage unit 15 (step 1001), and the virtual server constraint storage unit The virtual server restriction information is acquired by 16 (step 1002).
- the redundant configuration design means 12 calculates the number of virtual servers 3 required for redundancy satisfying the availability requirement for each application based on these pieces of information (step 1003).
- FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing a calculation procedure of the required number of servers by the redundant configuration design means shown in FIG.
- the redundant configuration design means 12 calculates the number of active virtual servers ⁇ (a_i) corresponding to each application a_i based on the system configuration information, and the minimum virtual server based on the availability requirement.
- the number ⁇ (a_i) is calculated (step 7000).
- the redundant configuration design means 12 calculates a fault margin ⁇ (a_i) indicating a fault tolerance at the present time by obtaining a difference between ⁇ (a_i) and ⁇ (a_i) (step 7001).
- the redundant configuration design means 12 refers to the maximum possible simultaneous failure number k which is an availability requirement (step 7002). If the maximum number of possible simultaneous failures is not specified as the availability requirement, a limit value indicating the number of available redundant servers is calculated.
- the redundant configuration design means 12 obtains the difference between k and ⁇ (a_i) corresponding to each application, and obtains the necessary number of redundant servers.
- FIG. 23 shows an example of the fault margin and the necessary number of redundant servers obtained according to the processing procedure shown in FIG. 22, taking the computer system shown in FIG. 18 as an example.
- ⁇ (a_i) 6 indicates the number of redundant servers necessary for the entire system. ⁇ (a_i) must not exceed the number of virtual servers specified as the configuration of the computer system to be managed or the virtual server constraint information.
- the redundant configuration design unit 12 determines the arrangement of the virtual servers 3 based on the virtual server constraint information (step 1005).
- the virtual server arrangement determination procedure will be described with reference to FIG.
- p is incremented by 1 (step 8004), and the next application is evaluated. If p> n, that is, if the evaluation has been completed for all applications b_p, the process ends (step 8005).
- ⁇ (b_p)> 0 that is, if a redundant server is required
- different applications are selected as a pair so as not to place active and redundant virtual servers of the same application for the same physical server 2.
- the redundant configuration design means 12 assigns an active server to the application b_q selected as a pair, and searches for a physical server s_j that has an available redundant server (step 8008). When there is a physical server s_j that has a free redundant server, the redundant configuration design unit 12 assigns the application b_p to the redundant server of the physical server s_j. At this time, the redundant configuration design means 12 decrements the value of ⁇ (b_p) (step 8011).
- the redundant configuration design unit 12 increments q, selects a new pair, returns to the process of step 8008, and repeats the process up to step 8012.
- FIG. 25 schematically shows a process of determining a redundant configuration according to the processing procedure shown in FIG.
- the redundant configuration design means 12 sorts each application in ascending order of failure margin.
- an array of ⁇ application C, application B, application A ⁇ is obtained.
- the redundant configuration design means 12 first selects the application C, and selects the application B as the pair.
- the redundant configuration design means 12 assigns the redundant server of the application C to the fourth physical server (physical server 4) and the fifth physical server (physical server 5) to which the operation server of the application B is assigned.
- ⁇ (application C) 1
- the redundant configuration design unit 12 selects application A as a new pair.
- the redundant configuration design means 12 assigns the redundant server of application C to the third physical server (physical server 3) to which the active server of application A is assigned.
- the redundant server of application C may be assigned to the first physical server (physical server 1) or the second physical server (physical server 2).
- ⁇ (application C) 0, the redundant configuration design unit 12 finishes assigning the redundant system to the application C.
- the redundant configuration design means 12 selects the application B from the sorting result, and selects the application A as the pair.
- the redundant configuration design means 12 selects application A from the sorting result and selects application C as the pair.
- the redundant configuration is constructed by the virtual server management means 14 and the virtual server control means 21 according to the processing procedure shown in FIG.
- the degenerate configuration determining unit 13 uses the remaining physical servers except the physical server. A degenerate configuration that meets the required availability requirements must be designed.
- the degenerate configuration determining means 13 first determines whether or not it is possible to change to a redundant configuration that satisfies the availability requirement by the degeneration process (step 3001).
- FIG. 27 shows an example of information on a physical server in which a failure has occurred.
- a failure occurs in the second physical server, the fifth physical server, and the sixth physical server as shown in FIG.
- the degenerate configuration determining means 13 is “3”. Judge that it is possible.
- the degenerate configuration determining means 13 determines a degenerate configuration that satisfies the minimum number of virtual servers required for processing of each application (step 3002).
- two active servers operate corresponding to application A and one active server operates corresponding to application B, but application C is executed in order to satisfy the minimum operating level.
- One operating server is required.
- the degenerate configuration determination means 13 searches for redundant servers of the application C and detects redundant servers on the third physical server and the fourth physical server.
- the degenerate configuration determining means 13 makes the operating server of application A arranged in the third physical server 3 a redundant server.
- the redundant server of application C is changed to an active server.
- the active system and the redundant system are switched by changing the amount of computer resources allocated to the virtual server arranged in the third physical server. Since the change of computer resource assignment is completed immediately, the degeneration process can be executed at high speed.
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前記コンピュータシステムの構成を示す情報であるシステム構成情報および前記コンピュータシステムが備える物理サーバで稼動可能な処理プログラムの数を制限するための制約情報を参照して、前記可用性要件を満たす前記物理サーバに対する前記処理プログラムの配置を決定する冗長構成設計手段と、
を有する。
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図1は本発明の一実施形態の冗長構成管理システムの構成を示すブロック図である。図2は第1の実施の形態の冗長構成管理システムの構成を示すブロック図であり、図3は第1の実施の形態の冗長構成設計手段の構成を示すブロック図である。
(第2の実施の形態)
第2の実施の形態は、冗長構成設計手段12に最大同時故障可能数計算手段を備えた点で第1の実施の形態の冗長構成管理システムと異なっている。その他の構成は第1の実施の形態と同様であるため、その説明は省略する。
(第3の実施の形態)
第3の実施の形態は、冗長構成設計手段12に最小サーバ台数計算手段を備えた点で第1の実施の形態および第2の実施の形態の冗長構成管理システムと異なっている。また、第3の実施の形態では、冗長構成管理サーバ1にサーバ台数換算情報格納部17を備えている。その他の構成は第1の実施の形態と同様であるため、その説明は省略する。
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- 管理対象であるコンピュータシステムの可用性要件を入力するための入力手段と、
前記コンピュータシステムの構成を示す情報であるシステム構成情報および前記コンピュータシステムが備える物理サーバで稼動可能な処理プログラムの数を制限するための制約情報を参照して、前記可用性要件を満たす前記物理サーバに対する前記処理プログラムの配置を決定する冗長構成設計手段と、
を有する冗長構成管理システム。 - 前記処理プログラムは、仮想サーバを実現するためのものである請求項1記載の冗長構成管理システム。
- 前記冗長構成設計手段で決定した前記仮想サーバの配置を示す冗長構成情報に基づいて前記物理サーバに配置された前記仮想サーバを管理するための制御要求を出力する仮想サーバ管理手段と、
前記制御要求にしたがって前記物理サーバに配置した前記仮想サーバの構成を制御する仮想サーバ制御手段と、
をさらに有する請求項2記載の冗長構成管理システム。 - 障害が発生した前記物理サーバの情報、前記システム構成情報および前記制約情報を参照して、前記可用性要件を満たす縮退構成を決定する縮退構成決定手段をさらに有し、
前記仮想サーバ管理手段は、
前記冗長構成情報および前記縮退構成決定手段で決定した前記仮想サーバの配置を示す縮退構成情報に基づいて前記物理サーバに配置された前記仮想サーバを管理するための制御要求を出力する請求項3記載の冗長構成管理システム。 - 前記冗長構成設計手段は、
前記可用性要件を満たす、前記コンピュータシステムの冗長化に必要な前記仮想サーバの数を計算する必要サーバ台数計算手段と、
同一の物理サーバに対して、同一のサブシステムに対応する稼動系の仮想サーバおよび冗長系の仮想サーバを配置しないように前記仮想サーバの配置を決定する仮想サーバ配置決定手段と、
を有する請求項2から4のいずれか1項記載の冗長構成管理システム。 - 前記冗長構成設計手段は、
前記物理サーバで障害が発生した時、前記可用性要件、前記システム構成情報および前記制約情報を参照して、前記コンピュータシステムを継続して運用できる前記仮想サーバの台数を示す最大同時故障可能数を計算する最大同時故障可能数計算手段を有する請求項2から5のいずれか1項記載の冗長構成管理システム。 - 前記可用性要件として入力されるサービスレベルやビジネス要件を、該サービスレベルやビジネス要件で必要な最小の仮想サーバ台数に換算するための換算情報が格納されたサーバ台数換算情報格納部を有し、
前記冗長構成設計手段は、
前記サーバ台数換算情報格納部に格納された換算情報を参照し、前記可用性要件として入力されたサービスレベルやビジネス要件を前記最小の仮想サーバ台数に換算する最小サーバ台数計算手段を有する請求項2から6のいずれか1項記載の冗長構成管理システム。 - 管理対象であるコンピュータシステムの可用性要件が入力されると、前記コンピュータシステムの構成を示す情報であるシステム構成情報および前記コンピュータシステムが備える物理サーバで稼動可能な処理プログラムの数を制限するための制約情報を参照して、前記可用性要件を満たす前記物理サーバに対する前記処理プログラムの配置を決定する冗長構成管理方法。
- 前記処理プログラムは、仮想サーバを実現するためのものである請求項8記載の冗長管理方法。
- 前記決定した仮想サーバの配置を示す冗長構成情報に基づいて冗長構成を構築すると共に前記物理サーバに配置された前記仮想サーバを管理する請求項9記載の冗長構成管理方法。
- 障害が発生した前記物理サーバの情報が入力されると、該物理サーバの情報、前記システム構成情報および前記制約情報を参照して、前記可用性要件を満たす縮退構成を決定し、
該決定した仮想サーバの配置を示す縮退構成情報に基づいて縮退構成を構築する請求項10記載の冗長構成管理方法。 - 前記可用性要件を満たす、前記コンピュータシステムの冗長化に必要な前記仮想サーバの数を計算し、
同一の物理サーバに対して、同一のサブシステムに対応する稼動系の仮想サーバおよび冗長系の仮想サーバを配置しないように前記仮想サーバの配置を決定する請求項9から11のいずれか1項記載の冗長構成管理方法。 - 前記物理サーバで障害が発生した時、前記可用性要件、前記システム構成情報および前記制約情報を参照して、前記コンピュータシステムを継続して運用できる前記仮想サーバの台数を示す最大同時故障可能数を計算する請求項9から12のいずれか1項記載の仮想サーバ冗長構成管理方法。
- 前記可用性要件として入力されるサービスレベルやビジネス要件を該サービスレベルやビジネス要件で必要な最小の仮想サーバ台数に換算するための換算情報を記憶装置に格納しておき、
前記可用性要件としてサービスレベルやビジネス要件が入力されると、前記換算情報を参照して該サービスレベルやビジネス要件を前記最小の仮想サーバ台数に換算する請求項9から13のいずれか1項記載の冗長構成管理方法。 - 管理対象であるコンピュータシステムの可用性要件が入力されると、前記コンピュータシステムの構成を示す情報であるシステム構成情報および前記コンピュータシステムが備える物理サーバで稼動可能な処理プログラムの数を制限するための制約情報を参照して、前記可用性要件を満たす前記物理サーバに対する前記処理プログラムの配置を決定する処理をコンピュータに実行させるためのプログラム。
- 前記処理プログラムは、仮想サーバを実現するためのものである請求項15記載のプログラム。
- 前記決定した仮想サーバの配置を示す冗長構成情報に基づいて冗長構成を構築すると共に前記物理サーバに配置された前記仮想サーバを管理する処理をコンピュータに実行させるための請求項16記載のプログラム。
- 障害が発生した前記物理サーバの情報が入力されると、該物理サーバの情報、前記システム構成情報および前記制約情報を参照して、前記可用性要件を満たす縮退構成を決定し、
該決定した仮想サーバの配置を示す縮退構成情報に基づいて縮退構成を構築する処理をコンピュータに実行させるための請求項17記載のプログラム。 - 前記可用性要件を満たす、前記コンピュータシステムの冗長化に必要な前記仮想サーバの数を計算し、
同一の物理サーバに対して、同一のサブシステムに対応する稼動系の仮想サーバおよび冗長系の仮想サーバを配置しないように前記仮想サーバの配置を決定する処理をコンピュータに実行させるための請求項16から18のいずれか1項記載のプログラム。 - 前記物理サーバで障害が発生した時、前記可用性要件、前記システム構成情報および前記制約情報を参照して、前記コンピュータシステムを継続して運用できる前記仮想サーバの台数を示す最大同時故障可能数を計算する処理をコンピュータに実行させるための請求項16から19のいずれか1項記載のプログラム。
- 前記可用性要件として入力されるサービスレベルやビジネス要件を該サービスレベルやビジネス要件で必要な最小の仮想サーバ台数に換算するための換算情報を記憶装置に格納しておき、
前記可用性要件としてサービスレベルやビジネス要件が入力されると、前記換算情報を参照して該サービスレベルやビジネス要件を前記最小の仮想サーバ台数に換算する処理をコンピュータに実行させるための請求項16から20のいずれか1項記載のプログラム。 - 仮想マシン技術を利用したコンピュータシステムの冗長構成を管理するための冗長構成管理サーバに接続された、前記コンピュータシステムを構成する物理サーバであって、
前記冗長構成管理サーバから出力される、仮想サーバを管理するための制御要求にしたがって、前記仮想サーバの構成を制御する仮想サーバ制御手段を備えた物理サーバ。 - 管理対象であるコンピュータシステムの可用性要件および障害が発生した物理サーバの情報を入力するための入力手段と、
前記コンピュータシステムの構成を示す情報であるシステム構成情報および前記コンピュータシステムが備える物理サーバで稼動可能な仮想サーバの数を制限するための制約情報を参照して、前記可用性要件を満たす前記物理サーバに対する前記仮想サーバの配置を決定する冗長構成設計手段と、
前記障害が発生した前記物理サーバの情報、前記システム構成情報および前記制約情報を参照して、前記可用性要件を満たす縮退構成を決定する縮退構成決定手段と、
前記冗長構成情報および前記縮退構成決定手段で決定した前記仮想サーバの配置を示す縮退構成情報に基づいて前記物理サーバに配置された前記仮想サーバを管理するための制御要求を出力する仮想サーバ管理手段と、
を有する冗長構成管理サーバ。
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