Method of managing operation of computer system

• US 20030200310A1
• Filed: 04/17/2003
• Published: 10/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1997
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eiji Matsumura, Toshiaki Hirata
• Original Assignee: Eiji Matsumura, Toshiaki Hirata
• Inventors: Hirata, Toshiaki, Matsumura, Eiji
• Granted Patent: US 7,165,106 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4843 by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/485 Task life-cycle, e.g. stopping, restarting, resuming execution G06F9/4881 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications

Abstract

Object matters handled by each program constituting a work are assorted and classified into a system, and an ID information for discriminating the work is added to a definition information relating to the execution of the work and to an information representing the events which occur with the execution of the work, in order to achieve a unitary management. A priority is assigned to each event occurring with the execution of the work, and whether the information representing the event is to be transferred or stored is decided so as to accomplish the objectives described above.

Claims

1. A method of managing the operation of a computer system in a network system which includes a plurality of management object computers, said method comprising the steps of:

supervising, by a supervisory manager computer, a work dividedly executed by a plurality of said management object computers by using event information collected according to identification (ID) information regarding said work, said event information representing various events occurring during execution of a divided work in each of said management object computers;

managing said event information by adding said ID information for discriminating said work from which said divided work was divided;

storing event information in a database supervised by each management objective computer;

selecting specific event information from said event information stored in said database supervised by said each management objective computer according to contents of said event information;

storing said selected event information in a database supervised by said supervisory manager computer; and

displaying said selected event information on a screen of said supervisory manager computer to permit an operator of said supervisory manager computer to manage execution of said application,

wherein said managing of event and ID information eliminates a need for examining in advance said computers executing said work.

2. A method of managing the operation of a computer system according to claim 1, wherein control of execution of said work can be done by sorting and managing various definition information relating to execution of said work by adding ID information for discriminating said work without the need for examining in advance said computer storing a definition of said work.

3. A method of managing a computer system according to claim 1, wherein priority is assigned to event information representing various events occurring during execution of said divided work in each of said computers,

wherein an event having a high priority is immediately transferred to a computer supervising said work,

wherein other events are integrated in a computer in which each event occurs or in a computer close to said computer in which the event occurs, and

wherein only those events which are necessary are retrieved when they become necessary at the time of supervision of said work and are transferred to a computer supervising said work so as to reduce the transfer quantity of information without imposing a limitation to the supervisory work.

4. A method of managing the operation of a computer system according to claim 2, wherein said various definition information relating to execution of the work are overlappingly stored in a plurality of computers so that the time necessary for looking up said various definition information at the time of execution of said work can be reduced without imposing a limitation on collective management of said various definition information.

5. A method of managing an application in a supervisory manager computer for managing execution of said application executed by a plurality of management object computers, said method comprising the steps of:

adding, by a plurality of said management object computers, identification (ID) information for discriminating said application to event information representing events occurring during execution of said application;

storing said event information representing said events in a data base of each management object computer;

selecting specific event information from said event information stored in said database of said each management object computer according to contents of said event information and transferring said selected event information to said supervisory manager computer;

storing, by said supervisory manager computer, said selected event information representing a particular event in a manager data base; and

displaying said selected event information on a screen of said supervisory manager computer to permit an operator of said supervisory manager computer to manage execution of said application.

6. A method of managing an application in a supervisory manager computer according to claim 5, further comprising the steps of:

retrieving, by said supervisory manager computer, said event information representing said events stored in said master data base by using ID information for discriminating said application as a key; and

outputting a retrieving result.

10. A computer-readable recording medium recording a program executable by a computer for accomplishing said method of managing an application in a supervisory manager computer according to claim 5.

12. A method of managing an application in a supervisory manager computer according to claim 5, further comprising the steps of:

assigning priority information representing a priority to said event information representing said events;

judging, by a plurality of said computers, whether said event information representing said events is to be transferred to said supervisory manager computer in accordance with said priority information representing said priority; and

transferring predetermined event information representing a predetermined event to said supervisory manager computer and storing other event information representing other events in a data base.

13. A method of managing an application in a supervisory manager computer according to claim 12, further comprising the steps of:

retrieving said event information representing said events stored in said data base by using said ID information as a key in accordance with a request from said supervisory manager computer; and

transferring said retrieved event information representing said events to said supervisory manager computer.

7. A method of managing an application in a supervisory manager computer for managing execution of an application executed by a plurality of management object computers, said method comprising the steps of:

adding, by a plurality of said management object computers, an identification (ID) information for discriminating said application according to change information representing a change of definition information occurring during execution of said application;

storing said change information representing the change of said definition information in a database of each management object computer;

selecting specific change information from said change information stored in said database of said each management object computer according to contents of said change information and transferring said selected change information to said supervisory manager computer;

storing, by said supervisory manager computer, said selected change information representing the change of specific definition information in a master data base; and

displaying said change information on a screen of said supervisory manager computer to permit an operator of said supervisory manager computer to manage execution of said application.

8. A method of managing an application in a supervisory manager computer according to claim 7, further comprising the steps of:

retrieving, by said supervisory manager computer, said change information representing the change of said definition information stored in said master data base by using ID information for discriminating said application as a key; and

outputting the retrieving result.

9. A method of managing an application in a supervisory manager computer according to claim 7, further comprising the steps of:

accepting, by said supervisory manager computer, definition change information and transferring said definition change information to a plurality of said computers; and

changing, by a plurality of said computers, definition information corresponding to said definition change information by using said ID information as a key.

11. A computer-readable recording medium recording a program executable by a computer for accomplishing a method of managing an application in a supervisory manager computer according to claim 7.

14. A method of managing a plurality of works executed in a computer system which includes a plurality of management object computers, said method comprising the steps of:

producing ID information for discriminating one work among said plurality of works;

dividing said one work into divided works to be executed by said plurality of management object computers;

storing event information corresponding to said divided works by referring to said ID information in a database supervised by each management objective computer;

selecting specific event information from said event information stored in said database supervised by said each management objective computer according to contents of said event information;

storing said selected event information in a database supervised by a supervisory manager computer; and

displaying said selected event information on a screen of said supervisory manager computer to permit an operator of said supervisory manager computer to manage execution of said plurality of works.

15. A computer program on a computer-readable medium for supervising works executed by a management object computer, said computer program when executed causes said management object computer to perform the steps of:

reading out and displaying pre-stored information on a work;

accepting information on a work selected by a user from displayed pre-stored information;

storing event information corresponding to said work by referring to said pre-stored information in a database supervised by said management objective computer;

selecting specific event information from said event information stored in said database supervised by said management objective computer according to contents of said event information;

storing said selected event information in a database supervised by a supervisory manager computer;

retrieving information in said database supervised by said supervisory manager computer storing work ID and event information in correspondence to each other by using a work ID corresponding to said selected event information on a work selected as a key; and

displaying said retrieved information of a work on a screen of said supervisory manager computer based on said selected event information.

16. A computer program on a computer-readable program for supervising works executed by a management object computer, said computer program when executed causes said management object computer to perform the steps of:

reading out pre-stored information on a work;

displaying a list of read out pre-stored information;

accepting information on a work designated by a user from said list of displayed pre-stored information;

storing event information corresponding to said work by referring to said pre-stored information in a database supervised by said management objective computer;

selecting specific event information from said event information stored in said database supervised by said management objective computer according to contents of said event information;

storing said selected event information in a database supervised by a supervisory manager computer;

retrieving information in said database supervised by said supervisory manager computer storing work ID and event information in correspondence to each other by using a work ID corresponding to said selected event information on a work accepted as a key; and

displaying said retrieved information of a work on a screen of said supervisory manager computer based on said selected event information.