Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer network managing
Reexamination Certificate
1998-10-27
2001-04-17
Sheikh, Ayaz (Department: 2155)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer network managing
C709S224000, C709S241000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06219701
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is related to a managing computer connected to a network to which a plurality of computers are connected, for managing these computers. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a technique capable of managing administrate operations executed in the respective computers in a batch mode by the managing computer.
Managing computers for managing administrate operations are described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,169,655 entitled to Weng et al., and U.S. Pat. No. 5,642,508 entitled to Miyazawa. The administrate operations involve a job execution process; and a process executed when a specific event occurs.
In a large-scaled computer system where a plurality of administrate operations may be combined with each other to be executed, since definitions as to the respective administrate operations must be separately performed and also execution results must be independently confirmed, the management for the total computer system can be hardly carried out.
More specifically, in a large-scaled computer system, there are certain possibilities that a plurality of administrate operations which are executed in combination with each other are executed over a plurality of computers. Under such a circumstance, in order to realize a total management as a computer system, processed contents as to all of administrate operations may be preferably defined and execution results thereof may be preferably confirmed by using a single computer, namely a single managing computer.
However, in the case that the definitions of the processed contents and the confirmations of the execution results as to all of the administrate operations may be performed by one managing computer, since the managing computer must be communicated with the respective computers, a specific care should be paid to the network traffics.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to realize such a computer system to which a plurality of computers are connected. In this computer system, a managing computer for managing these computers can manage administrate operations executed in the respective computers are managed in a batch mode.
Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to avoid such that an extra load is given to a network connecting a managing computer group, which is caused by an operation managing computer.
To achieve the above-described object, there is provided a managing computer comprising:
an acquiring device for acquiring log information and event information from any of plural computers connected via a network to each other, said log information indicating as to whether or not an execution of an operation process is carried out under normal condition, and said event information indicating concisely as to whether or not an execution of an operation process is carried out under normal condition;
a data controller for storing into a database, operation definition information used to define a schedule of process operations executed in said plural computers in relation to said log information and said event information acquired by said acquiring device; and
a display device for displaying said operation definition information in relation to event information related to a process operation defined by said operation definition information with reference to the information stored in said database. It is possible to provide a managing computer, according to a first aspect of the present invention, is featured by such a managing computer connected to a network to which a plurality of computers are connected, for managing these computers, comprising:
acquisition means for acquiring log information indicative of an execution result of an administrate operation executed in each of the computers and also event information indicative of an event occurred in an execution stage of the administrate operation from each of said computers;
storage means for into a database, operation definition information in which a schedule of the administrate operations executed in the respective computers, and also the log information and the event information acquired by said acquisition means; and
display means for displaying the operation definition information related to the respective computers in relation to log information and event information of an administrate operation defined by the operation definition information with reference to the information stored into the database by the storage means.
Also, a managing computer, according to a second aspect of the present invention, is featured by such a managing computer connected to a network to which a plurality of computers are connected, for managing these computers, comprising:
acquisition means for acquiring log information indicative of an execution result of an administrate operation executed in each of the computers and also event information indicative of an event occurred in an execution stage of the administrate operation from each of said computers;
storage means for into a database, operation definition information in which a schedule of the administrate operations executed in the respective computers, and also the log information and the event information acquired by said acquisition means; and
display means for displaying both a region for describing a list of administrate operations defined by the operation definition information related to each of the computers and also another region for describing log information of said computer on the same screen with reference to the information stored into the database by the storage means. It is possible to display relative information between an event and event definition information together with either of them.
Also, a managing computer, according to a third aspect of the present invention, is featured by such a managing computer connected to a network to which a plurality of computers are connected, for managing these computers, comprising:
definition means for forming in a batch mode both a schedule of each of administrate operations and operation definition information in which a computer which should execute each of the administrate operations is defined;
distribution means for distributing the operations definition information;
acquisition means for acquiring the operation definition information individually formed by the computers from the respective computers and operation definition information in which a portion of the operation definition information distributed by the distribution means and related to the own computer is expanded by the computer from the distributed operation definition information, and also for acquiring log information indicative of an execution result of an administrate operation executed in each of the computers and also event information indicative of an event occurred in an execution stage of the administrate operation from each of said computers;
storage means for into a database, the operation definition information acquired by the acquisition means, and also the log information and the event information acquired by the acquisition means; and
display means for displaying the operation definition information related to the respective computers in relation to log information and event information of an administrate operation defined by the operation definition information with reference to the information stored into the database by the storage means.
It should be understood that each of the computers managed by the managing computer according to the third aspect many expand the operation definition information of a portion related to the own computer from the operation definition information distributed from the managing computer, and also many convert both the log information and the event information of the administrate operation executed by the own computer into a predetermined common format.
Also, in the third aspect, the above-explained definition means may define such a computer which should execute the administrate operation by employing predetermined information for indicating all of the computers
Fujino Shuji
Hirata Toshiaki
Miyazaki Satoshi
Sato Toshio
Urano Akihiro
Antonelli Terry Stout & Kraus LLP
Hitachi , Ltd.
Sheikh Ayaz
Winder Patrice
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