Management system for managing information system

• US 10,169,303 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2014
• Issued: 01/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Sato, Yosuke, Shibata, Kousuke, Ootsubo, Kazuki, Ishida, Takaichi, Fujii, Tsutomu, Kimura, Tomoki
• Primary Examiner(s): Baderman, Scott T
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mrabi, Hassan
• Application Number:
  US15/124,688
• Publication Number:
  US 20170017617A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,680 Days
• Field of Search: 715227
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/00 Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units interface circuits for specific input/output devices G06F3/00 ; multiprogram control therefor G06F9/46; multiprocessor systems G06F15/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/177 of tables; using ruled lines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

A management system displays a plurality of elements detected from an information system according to a horizontal relation view (HRV) format which is a multi-column display format, based on information of the plurality of detected elements. In the HRV format display, the plurality of columns correspond to a plurality of types, and include a key column which is a column serving as a key for aggregated display and an aggregation target column subjected to aggregated display according to the key column. The key column includes key objects which represent information on elements belonging to the corresponding type and which are arranged vertically. A lateral area of each of the key objects in the aggregation target column includes aggregation objects indicating aggregation information of elements related to an element represented by the key object, whereby the key objects and the related aggregation objects are arranged on the same row.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a management program causing at least one computer, coupled to an information system including a plurality of elements of a plurality of types, to execute acts comprising:

(I) detecting the plurality of elements by collecting configuration information from the information system including the plurality of elements of the plurality of types;

(II) selecting a plurality of display target types from among the plurality of types;

(III) receiving a designation of one of the display target types serving as a key type for aggregated display from among the display target types; and

(IV) displaying information on the plurality of elements according to a horizontal relation view (HRV) format which is a multi-column display format having a plurality of display target columns corresponding to the respective display target types,

wherein (IV) displaying the information according to the HRV format includes;

(A1) selecting a plurality of key elements belonging to the key type;

(A2) displaying a plurality of key objects each being an object indicating information of the plurality of key elements selected in (A1), in a key column corresponding to the key type; and

(A3) for each key object and the display target type other than the key type;

(A3a) calculating aggregation information of a non-key element which belongs to the display target type and is related to the key element selected in (A1); and

(A3b) displaying an aggregation object which is an object indicating the aggregation information calculated in (A3a), so that at least a portion of the aggregation object is included in an area in which the display target column corresponding to the display target type crosses an area in which the key object displayed in (A2) is extended in a horizontal direction;

wherein the key column of key objects and multiple display target columns of aggregation objects are displayed; and

wherein in each display target column, for any given row, one or more non-key elements corresponding to the aggregation object in the given row are related to the key element represented by the key object on the same given row as the aggregation object.

2. The computer readable medium according to claim 1, the acts further comprising:

(B1) detecting a height enlargement request that designates a predetermined key element from among the key elements selected in (A1); and

(B2) in order to secure an enlarged area including at least an area in which a predetermined key object representing the information on the predetermined key element is extended in the horizontal direction;

(B2a) moving one or more of the key objects other than the predetermined key object to outside of the enlarged area;

(B2b) moving the aggregation objects displayed in relation to the one or more of the key objects moved in (B2a) to the outside of the enlarged area;

(B3) selecting the non-key elements related to the predetermined key element; and

(B4) displaying the information on the predetermined key element and information on the non-key elements selected in (B3) according to a vertical element list view (VEL) format in the enlarged area.

3. The computer readable medium according to claim 2, wherein (B4) displaying the information according to the VEL format display in the enlarged area includes:

(C1) displaying predetermined key object representing the information on the predetermined key element in the key column corresponding to the key type; and

(C2) for each of the display target types other than the key type,

(C2a) selecting the non-key elements belonging to the respective display target type from the non-key elements related to the predetermined key element; and

(C2b) displaying respective non-key objects representing the information on the non-key elements selected in (C2a) in the display target column corresponding to the respective display target type such that the non-key objects are arranged in a vertical direction in the display target column add in language about upper of 1^st object and lower of last object aligning in the horizontal direction with upper and the lower of the predetermined key object in the enlarged area.

4. The computer readable medium according to claim 2, wherein (B2) further includes:

(E1) for each deployment target type;

(E1a) selecting a sub-type of a non-key element included in the type;

(E1b) selecting a sub-element which is included in the predetermined key element or the non-key element selected in (B3) and belongs to the sub-type selected in (E1a); and

(E1c) displaying information on the sub-element selected in (E1b) according to the multi-column display format in an area in which the deployment target column crosses the enlargement target area.

5. The computer readable medium according to claim 3, the acts further comprising:

(F1) selecting an element subjected to emphasis display from among the predetermined key element or the non-key elements selected in (C2b);

(F2) selecting an element related to the element selected in (F1) from among the predetermined key element or the non-key elements selected in (C2b); and

(F3) emphasizing an object representing information on the elements selected in (F1) and (F2).

6. The computer readable medium according to claim 3, wherein, for at least one of the HRV format and the VEL format, when the number of display objects belonging to each column is larger than an allowable number corresponding to a height of the column, performing, on at least the column, a reduced-scale display representing that part of the display objects have been reduced in a height direction.

7. The computer readable medium according to claim 6, the program causing the at least one computer to execute enlarging an object representing an element that satisfies a condition among the part of the display objects subjected to the reduced-scale display, without changing a height of a range of the reduced-scale display and a height of at least one column among heights of columns including the reduced-scale display.

8. The computer readable medium according to claim 7, the program causing the at least one computer to execute enlarging, among the part of the display objects subjected to the reduced-scale display in the HRV format display, the object representing the element that satisfies the condition and also aggregation objects related to the object so that the aggregation objects have the same height as the object.

9. The computer readable medium according to claim 1, the program causing the at least one computer to execute adjusting a display position of each of the aggregation objects so that even a portion of the aggregation object does not fall within an area in which a key object which is not related to the aggregation object is extended in the horizontal direction.

10. The computer readable medium according to claim 1, the program causing the at least one computer to execute, in display the information according to the HRV format display, not drawing a relation line between the key object and the aggregation object.

11. The computer readable medium according to claim 1,

wherein each row includes a key object in the key column and an aggregation object in each of the display target columns.

12. The computer readable medium according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of types of elements include any of:

(i) Storage Area Network (SAN) to which a fibre channel (FC) switch belongs as the element, (ii) Local Area Network (LAN) to which an IP switch belongs as the element, (iii) Server Clusters to which a plurality of types of server elements belong as the element, the plurality of types of server elements including any of a virtual machine (VM), a hypervisor (HV) which controls one or more virtual machines, a cluster of hypervisors which is a parent element of HV, and a data store (DS) which is recognized by the hypervisor as a storage device, (iv) Tags to which a company which uses the virtual machine belongs as the element, and (v) Storages to which a virtual storage platform (VSP) belongs as the element.

13. The computer readable medium according to claim 12, wherein the key type is Storages.

14. A management system that manages an information system including a plurality of elements of a plurality of types having key elements of a key type and non-key elements of non-key types, comprising:

a processor configured to detect the plurality of elements by collecting configuration information from the information system;

a storage resource configured to store information on the plurality of elements; and

a display device in which the plurality of detected elements are displayed, by the processor, according to a horizontal relation view (HRV) format which is a multi-column display format,

as for displaying the plurality of elements according to the HRV,

1A) each of the plurality of columns corresponding to any one of the plurality of types,

1B) the plurality of columns including a key column which is a column corresponding to the key type and serving as a key for aggregated display and multiple aggregation target columns subjected to aggregated display according to the key column,

1C) the key column including key objects which are objects representing information on key elements belonging to the corresponding key type and which are arranged vertically, and

1D) a lateral area of each of the key objects in the aggregation target columns including aggregation objects indicating aggregation information of non-key elements related to the key element represented by the key object, so that the key objects and the related aggregation objects are arranged on a same row;

wherein the key column of key objects and multiple aggregation target columns of aggregation objects are displayed; and

wherein in each aggregation target column, for any given row, one or more non-key elements corresponding to the aggregation object in the given row are related to the key element represented by the key object on the same given row as the aggregation object.

15. The management system according to claim 14, wherein

the processor is configured to detect a request for enlarging a predetermined row, and

in order to secure an enlarged area which includes the predetermined row and has a height larger than that of the predetermined row, the processor is configured to:

(2A) move the key object and the aggregation object included in a row above or below the predetermined row, to the outside of the enlarged area; and

(2B) display information on elements corresponding to the key object and the aggregation object included in the predetermined row, in the enlarged area according to the multi-column display format.

16. The management system according to claim 15, wherein

the multi-column display format to be displayed in the enlarged area is a VEL (vertical element list view) format, and

in the VEL format display, each column includes one or more objects which are arranged vertically and each of which represents information on one or more elements belonging to the corresponding type.

17. The management system according to claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to:

(6A) select an object subjected to emphasis display from objects in the enlarged area;

(6B) select elements related to an element represented by the object selected in (6A); and

(6C) emphasize the element selected in (6A) and the element selected in (6B).

18. The management system according to claim 15, wherein

(5A) an element represented by the key object included in the predetermined row includes a plurality of first sub-components,

(5B) an element represented by the aggregation object included in the predetermined row includes a plurality of second sub-components, and

(5C) a plurality of columns displayed in the enlarged area according to the multi-column display format includes a first sub-column corresponding to a sub-type of the plurality of first sub-components and a second sub-column corresponding to a sub-type of the plurality of second sub-components.

19. The management system according to claim 14,

wherein each row includes a key object in the key column and an aggregation object in each of the aggregation target columns.

20. The management system according to claim 14, wherein the plurality of types of elements include any of:

(i) Storage Area Network (SAN) to which a fibre channel (FC) switch belongs as the element, (ii) Local Area Network (LAN) to which an IP switch belongs as the element, (iii) Server Clusters to which a plurality of types of server elements belong as the element, the plurality of types of server elements including any of a virtual machine (VM), a hypervisor (HV) which controls one or more virtual machines, a cluster of hypervisors which is a parent element of HV, and a data store (DS) which is recognized by the hypervisor as a storage device, (iv) Tags to which a company which uses the virtual machine belongs as the element, and (v) Storages to which a virtual storage platform (VSP) belongs as the element.