WO2015184904A1

WO2015184904A1 - Method, device and system for upgrading data collection agent

Info

Publication number: WO2015184904A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/074889
Authority: WO
Inventors: 何谦; 丁岩
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-08-27
Filing date: 2015-03-23
Publication date: 2015-12-10
Also published as: CN105376085A

Abstract

A method, device and system for upgrading data collection agent are provided, wherein the upgrading method includes that: a network manager configures an upgrading packet; and the network manager upgrades the data collection agent according to the configured upgrading packet. By the present invention, the network manager configures an upgrading packet, and upgrades the data collection agent according to the configured upgrading packet. The technical solution greatly reduces repetitive operations during the process of upgrading the data collection agent, overcomes the problem of fussy and inefficient upgrading for the data collection agent, and decreases the error rate during the upgrading process, avoids the omission phenomenon, and improves the success rate of upgrading the data collection agent.

Description

Method, device and system for upgrading data collection agent

Technical field

This paper relates to the field of upgrading data collection agents, and in particular, to a method, device and system for upgrading a data collection agent.

Background technique

In a communication network, a network management system usually manages multiple network elements. When multiple network element system performance data and service data need to be collected, we need to deploy a data collection agent to collect indicators of services running on the operating system and operating system. Reported to the upper network management. In general, the number of network elements managed by the network management system is relatively large, and the number of data collection agents is also relatively large. Therefore, when we add business statistics, we need to upgrade the data collection agent. At this time, if we upgrade each of the network data collection agents one by one, and also need to compare whether the current data collection agent needs to be upgraded, this will be a lot of work.

In the related art, the method of upgrading the data collection agent is to manually or through tool upgrade to set up the data collection agent installed on the device, which is feasible for a small number of data collection agents, but if the number of data collection agents reaches several At ten or even hundreds of times, this traditional upgrade method becomes very cumbersome and inefficient, and there are often upgrade errors or omissions in this traditional upgrade method.

Summary of the invention

The present invention is to provide a method, device and system for upgrading a data collection agent, to solve the problem of cumbersome and inefficient upgrade of a large number of deployment data collection agents, and to improve the success rate of the upgrade.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the following technical solutions are adopted:

A method of upgrading a data collection agent, comprising:

Network management configuration upgrade package;

The network management device upgrades the data collection agent according to the upgrade package.

Optionally, the step of upgrading, by the network management, the data collection agent according to the upgrade package includes:

Sending, by the network management, an upgrade notification to the data collection agent;

Receiving, by the network management, a download upgrade package request sent by the data collection agent;

The network management system sends the upgrade package to the data collection agent.

Optionally, the step of the network management to send an upgrade notification to the data collection agent includes:

After the data collection agent is offline and re-registered with the network management system, the network management device re-issues the upgrade notification to the data collection agent.

Optionally, the step of the network management resending the upgrade notification to the data collection agent includes:

The network management compares the version of the data collection agent that is re-registered in the network management with the current version of the network management, and if the version of the network management system is higher than the version of the data collection agent, The data collection agent delivers the upgrade notification.

Optionally, the step of configuring the upgrade package by the network management system includes at least one of the following steps:

The network management is configured by a preset;

The network management is configured according to the version of the data collection agent.

Optionally, the step of configuring according to the version of the data collection agent includes:

The network management system compares the current version of the network management system with the data collection agent version. If the version of the data collection agent is higher than the version of the network management system, the network management system downloads the version of the data collection agent and performs configuration.

Optionally, the upgrade package includes: upgrade content, a predefined upgrade operation process, and a version description file, where

The upgrade operation flow is performed by the data collection agent;

The version description file is used for version comparison.

Optionally, the network management configuration upgrade package further includes: checking the legality of the upgrade package, and if it is legal, continuing to configure the upgrade package.

An apparatus for upgrading a data collection agent, including a configuration module and an upgrade module, wherein:

The configuration module is configured to: configure an upgrade package;

The upgrade module is configured to: upgrade the data collection agent according to the upgrade package.

Optionally, the upgrade module includes a notification unit, a receiving unit, and a sending unit, where:

The notification unit is configured to: send an upgrade notification to the data collection agent;

The receiving unit is configured to: receive a download upgrade package request sent by the data collection agent;

The sending unit is configured to: send the pre-configured upgrade package to the data collection agent.

Optionally, the notification unit is further configured to: re-issue the upgrade notification to the data collection agent after the data collection agent goes offline and re-registers with the network management.

Optionally, the notification unit is further configured to: after the data collection agent is offline and re-registered by the network management, perform a version of the data collection agent that is re-registered in the network management system and a current version of the network management system. In contrast, if the version of the network management is higher than the version of the data collection agent, the upgrade notification is sent to the data collection agent.

Optionally, the configuration module includes a manual configuration unit and an automatic configuration unit, where:

The manual configuration unit is configured to: manually configure an upgrade package;

The automatic configuration unit is configured to be configured according to a version of the data collection agent.

Optionally, the automatic configuration unit is configured to be configured according to the version of the data collection agent as follows:

Comparing the current version of the network management with the data collection agent version. If the version of the data collection agent is higher than the version of the network management system, download the version of the data collection agent and perform configuration.

The upgrade operation flow is performed by the data collection agent;

The version description file is set to: perform version comparison.

Optionally, the configuration module is further configured to: check the legality of the upgrade package, and if it is legal, continue to configure the upgrade package.

A system for upgrading a data collection agent, comprising a network management system and at least one data collection agent, wherein

The network management is configured to: configure an upgrade package, and upgrade the data collection agent according to the upgrade package;

The data collection agent is configured to perform an upgrade process according to the upgrade package configured by the network management system.

Optionally, the data collection agent is further configured to: stop the data collection when the upgrade process is performed, and restart the data collection after the execution upgrade process is completed.

With the technical solution of the present invention, the network management system configures an upgrade package, and the network management device upgrades the data collection agent according to the configuration upgrade package. The upgrade of the data collection agent greatly reduces the repetitive operation, overcomes the cumbersome and inefficient problem of upgrading the data collection agent; reduces the error rate in the upgrade process and avoids the omission phenomenon, and improves the success of the data collection agent upgrade. rate.

BRIEF abstract

The drawings described herein are intended to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are intended to be a part of the invention. In the drawing:

1 is a flow chart 1 of a method for upgrading a data agent according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a second flowchart of a method for upgrading a data agent according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a third flowchart of a method for upgrading a data agent according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a structural block diagram 1 of an upgrade data proxy device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a structural block diagram 2 of an upgrade data proxy device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

6 is a structural block diagram 3 of an upgrade data proxy device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a structural block diagram of an upgrade data agent system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Preferred embodiment of the invention

The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in conjunction with the embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for upgrading a data collection agent. FIG. 1 is a flowchart of an upgrade data collection agent according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the method includes the following steps:

S101, the network management configuration upgrade package;

S102: The network management device upgrades the data collection agent according to the upgrade package configured above.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the network management system configures an upgrade package, and the network management device upgrades the data collection agent according to the upgrade package configured above. The upgrade of the data collection agent greatly reduces the repetitive operation, overcomes the cumbersome and inefficient problem of upgrading the data collection agent; reduces the error rate in the upgrade process and avoids the omission phenomenon, and improves the success of the data collection agent upgrade. rate.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the network management device upgrades the data collection agent according to the upgrade package, including: sending an upgrade notification to the data collection agent; and receiving a download upgrade package request sent by the data collection agent; The upgrade package configured above is sent to the data collection agent. 2 is a flow chart of an upgrade data collection agent according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes the following steps:

S201, the network management configuration upgrade package;

S202. After the network management system configures the upgrade package, the network management agent sends an upgrade notification to the data collection agent.

S203: After receiving the upgrade notification sent by the upgrade network management, the data collection agent sends a request for downloading the upgrade package to the network management.

S204: The network management system receives the download upgrade package request sent by the data collection agent, and sends the configured upgrade package to the data collection agent.

In an embodiment of the present invention, after the data collection agent is offline and re-registered with the network management, the upgrade notification is sent to the data collection agent. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an upgrade data collection agent according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the method includes the following steps:

S301, the data collection agent is re-registered in the network management system after being offline;

S302: The network management compares the version number of the data collection agent that is re-registered in the network management with the current version of the current version of the network management system;

S303. After the version number is compared, if the version number of the data collection agent is smaller than the current version number of the network management system, that is, the current version of the network management system is higher than the version of the data collection agent, the network management device sends an upgrade notification to the data collection agent.

S304: After receiving the upgrade notification, the data collection agent downloads the upgrade package to the network management side, and the steps of S203-S204.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the network management configuration upgrade package is manually performed. As shown in FIG. 3, an upgrade package is manually preset, and then manually configured to the network management system.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the network management configuration upgrade package is performed according to a version of the data collection agent. Specifically, after the upgrade, the data collection agent synchronizes the upgraded version number to the network management system through the heartbeat message, and the network management system receives the version number sent by the data collection agent and compares with the current version number of the network management system. When the current version number of the network management system is smaller than the version number sent by the data collection agent, that is, the version of the data collection agent is higher than the current version number of the network management system, the network management system automatically downloads the version of the data collection agent, and then performs configuration.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the upgrade package configured by the network management includes: upgrade content, a predefined upgrade operation flow, and a version description file. The upgrade operation process in the upgrade package may be recognized and executed by the data collection agent; the version description file in the upgrade package may include: an upgrade package version number, an upgrade package creation time, and an upgrade serial number, where the upgrade serial number is uniquely incremented. These version description files can be used to compare and match versions.

In an embodiment of the present invention, after configuring the upgrade package, the network management system may also check the legality of the upgrade package configured above. As shown in Figure 3, after the upgrade package is configured, the NMS checks whether the configured upgrade package is legal before sending the upgrade notification to the data collection agent. Among them, the content checked by the network management includes: the correctness of the upgrade file in the upgrade package, and the compatibility of the version. If the result of the check does not meet the legality requirement, an error message is sent; if the check result meets the legality requirement, the upgrade notice is sent to the data collection agent.

In an embodiment of the present invention, after the upgrade of the data collection agent is completed, the upgrade log may be reported to the network management system; the data collection agent may report the alarm information to the network management system after the upgrade fails.

The embodiment of the invention further discloses a computer program, including program instructions, which, when executed by the network management, enable the network management system to execute any of the above-mentioned upgrade data proxy methods.

The embodiment of the invention also discloses a carrier carrying the computer program.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided an apparatus for upgrading a data collection agent for implementing the method of the above embodiment of the present invention, which may be a software module stored in a storage medium for execution by a processor. 4 is a structural block diagram of an apparatus for upgrading a data collection agent according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the apparatus may include: a configuration module 501 and an upgrade module 502, wherein the configuration module 501 is configured to: configure an upgrade. The upgrade module 502 is configured to: upgrade the data collection agent according to the upgrade package.

Through the embodiment of the present invention, the configuration module 501 configures an upgrade package, and the upgrade module 502 upgrades the data collection agent according to the upgrade package configured as described above. The upgrade of the data collection agent greatly reduces the repetitive operation, overcomes the cumbersome and inefficient problem of upgrading the data collection agent; reduces the error rate in the upgrade process and avoids the omission phenomenon, and improves the success of the data collection agent upgrade. rate.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the upgrading module 502 may include: a notification unit, a receiving unit, and a sending unit. The notification unit is configured to: send an upgrade notification to the data collection agent; the receiving unit is configured to: receive a download upgrade package request sent by the data collection agent; and send, by the sending unit, the pre-configured The upgrade package is sent to the data collection agent.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the notification unit is further configured to: after the data collection agent is offline and re-registered with the network management, re-issue the upgrade notification to the data collection agent. Specifically, the following steps may be included:

S601, the data collection agent is re-registered in the network management after being offline;

S602. The notification unit of the upgrade module 502 compares the version number of the data collection agent that is re-registered in the network management with the current version of the current version of the network management system.

S603. After the version number is compared, if the version number of the data collection agent is smaller than the current version number of the network management system, that is, the version of the network management system is higher than the version of the data collection agent, the notification unit resends the upgrade to the data collection agent. Notice;

S604. After receiving the upgrade notification, the data collection agent sends a download upgrade package request to the network management.

S605. The receiving unit of the upgrade module 502 receives the download upgrade sent by the data collection agent. Package request

S606. The sending unit of the upgrade module 502 sends the configured upgrade package to the data collection agent according to the upgrade package request.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the configuration module 501 further includes a manual configuration unit. As shown in FIG. 5, configuring the upgrade package by the manual configuration unit is mainly performed manually, manually setting an upgrade package, and then passing through the configuration module 501. The manual configuration unit is configured into the network management.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the configuration module 501 further includes an automatic configuration unit. As shown in FIG. 5, configuring the upgrade package by the automatic configuration unit is performed according to the version of the data collection agent. Specifically, after the upgrade, the data collection agent synchronizes the upgraded version number to the network management system through the heartbeat message, and the receiving unit of the upgrade module 502 receives the version number sent by the data collection agent and the current version number of the network management system. For comparison, if the current version number of the network management is smaller than the version number sent by the data collection agent, that is, the version of the data collection agent is higher than the current version of the network management, the receiving unit of the upgrade module 502 automatically downloads the version of the data collection agent. The automatic configuration unit of the configuration module 501 then configures according to the version of the downloaded data collection agent described above.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the upgrade package configured by the configuration module 501 includes: upgrade content, a predefined upgrade operation flow, and a version description file. The data collection agent can identify the upgrade operation process in the upgrade package and can execute the process; the version description file in the upgrade package can include: an upgrade package version number, an upgrade package creation time, and an upgrade serial number, where the upgrade serial number is The only increments are that these version description files can be used to compare and match versions.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the configuration module 501 can also check the legality of the configured upgrade package. After the configuration module 501 is configured, the configuration module 501 automatically checks whether the configured upgrade package is legal. The configuration module 501 checks the legality of the upgrade package, including: checking the correctness of the upgrade file in the upgrade package, and matching the version. If the result of the check does not meet the legality requirement, the "error" prompt message is sent; if the check result meets the legality requirement, the notification unit of the upgrade module 502 starts to send an upgrade notification to the data collection agent.

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 6, the foregoing apparatus may further include: a log management module 503. After the data collection agent is upgraded, the upgrade log can be sent to the log management module 503, and the log management module 503 collects all the upgrade logs sent by the data collection agent. Save the line for subsequent troubleshooting.

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 6, the foregoing apparatus may further include: an alarm module 504, where the data collection agent may send the alarm information to the alarm module 504 after the upgrade fails, and the alarm module 504 collects the data collection agent. The alarm information sent for subsequent review.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a system for upgrading a data collection agent is provided. FIG. 7 is a structural block diagram of an upgrade data collection agent system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the system may include: a network management system and at least A data collection agent. The network management device is configured to: configure an upgrade package, and is further configured to: upgrade the data collection agent according to the upgrade package; and the data collection agent is configured to: perform an upgrade process according to the upgrade package configured by the network management system.

The embodiment of the invention also discloses a network management system, which includes any of the above-mentioned upgrade data collection agent devices.

Through the embodiment of the present invention, the network management system configures an upgrade package, and upgrades the data collection agent according to the configured upgrade package. The upgrade of the data collection agent greatly reduces the repetitive operation, overcomes the cumbersome and inefficient problem of upgrading the data collection agent; reduces the error rate in the upgrade process and avoids the omission phenomenon, and improves the success of the data collection agent upgrade. rate.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when the data collection agent performs the upgrade process, the data collection process is stopped, and after the data collection agent upgrade process is completed, the data collection is restarted.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the various modules or steps of the present invention described above can be implemented by a general-purpose computing device that can be centralized on a single computing device or distributed across a network of multiple computing devices. Alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device such that they may be stored in the storage device by the computing device and, in some cases, may be different from the order herein. The steps shown or described are performed, or they are separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or a plurality of modules or steps thereof are fabricated as a single integrated circuit module. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. Various modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in the art. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Industrial applicability

With the technical solution of the present invention, the network management system configures an upgrade package, and the network management device upgrades the data collection agent according to the configuration upgrade package. The upgrade of the data collection agent greatly reduces the repetitive operation, overcomes the cumbersome and inefficient problem of upgrading the data collection agent; reduces the error rate in the upgrade process and avoids the omission phenomenon, and improves the success of the data collection agent upgrade. rate. Therefore, the present invention has strong industrial applicability.

Claims

A method of upgrading a data collection agent, comprising:

Network management configuration upgrade package;

The network management device upgrades the data collection agent according to the upgrade package.
The method for upgrading a data collection agent according to claim 1, wherein the step of upgrading the data collection agent according to the upgrade package by the network management comprises:

Sending, by the network management, an upgrade notification to the data collection agent;

Receiving, by the network management, a download upgrade package request sent by the data collection agent;

The network management system sends the upgrade package to the data collection agent.
The method for upgrading an data collection agent according to claim 2, wherein the step of the network management to send an upgrade notification to the data collection agent comprises:

After the data collection agent is offline and re-registered with the network management system, the network management device re-issues the upgrade notification to the data collection agent.
The method of upgrading the data collection agent according to claim 3, wherein the step of the network management resending the upgrade notification to the data collection agent comprises:

The network management compares the version of the data collection agent that is re-registered in the network management with the current version of the network management, and if the version of the network management system is higher than the version of the data collection agent, The data collection agent delivers the upgrade notification.
The method of upgrading a data collection agent according to claim 1, wherein the step of configuring the upgrade package by the network management comprises at least one of the following steps:

The network management is configured by a preset;

The network management is configured according to the version of the data collection agent.
The method of upgrading a data collection agent according to claim 5, wherein the step of configuring according to the version of the data collection agent comprises:

The network management system compares the current version of the network management system with the data collection agent version. If the version of the data collection agent is higher than the version of the network management system, the network management system downloads the version of the data collection agent and performs configuration.
The method of upgrading a data collection agent according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the upgrade package comprises: upgrade content, a predefined upgrade operation flow, and a version description file, wherein

The upgrade operation flow is performed by the data collection agent;

The version description file is used for version comparison.
An apparatus for upgrading a data collection agent, including a configuration module and an upgrade module, wherein:

The configuration module is configured to: configure an upgrade package;

The upgrade module is configured to: upgrade the data collection agent according to the upgrade package.
The apparatus for upgrading a data collection agent according to claim 8, wherein the upgrade module comprises a notification unit, a receiving unit, and a transmitting unit, wherein:

The notification unit is configured to: send an upgrade notification to the data collection agent;

The receiving unit is configured to: receive a download upgrade package request sent by the data collection agent;

The sending unit is configured to: send the pre-configured upgrade package to the data collection agent.
The apparatus for upgrading a data collection agent according to claim 9, wherein the notification unit is further configured to: re-issue the upgrade to the data collection agent after the data collection agent goes offline and re-registers with the network management Notice.
The apparatus for upgrading a data collection agent according to claim 10, wherein the notification unit is further configured to: after the data collection agent is offline and re-registered with the network management, register the re-registered with the network management The version of the data collection agent is compared with the current version of the network management system. If the version of the network management agent is higher than the version of the data collection agent, the upgrade notification is sent to the data collection agent.
The apparatus for upgrading a data collection agent according to claim 11, wherein the configuration module comprises a manual configuration unit and an automatic configuration unit, wherein:

The manual configuration unit is configured to: manually configure an upgrade package;

The automatic configuration unit is configured to be configured according to a version of the data collection agent.
The apparatus for upgrading a data collection agent according to claim 12, wherein said automatic configuration unit is configured to be configured according to a version of said data collection agent as follows:

Comparing the current version of the network management with the data collection agent version. If the version of the data collection agent is higher than the version of the network management system, download the version of the data collection agent and perform configuration.
A system for upgrading a data collection agent, comprising a network management system and at least one data collection agent, wherein

The network management is configured to: configure an upgrade package, and upgrade the data collection agent according to the upgrade package;

The data collection agent is configured to perform an upgrade process according to the upgrade package configured by the network management system.
The system for upgrading a data collection agent according to claim 14, wherein the data collection agent is further configured to: stop the data collection when the upgrade process is performed, and restart the data collection after the execution of the upgrade process is completed.