Computer system, log collection method and computer program product

• US 20060225073A1
• Filed: 06/06/2005
• Published: 10/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Nakano, Takahiro, Anzai, Tomoya, Akagawa, Etsutaro
• Application Number:
  US11/144,770
• Publication Number:
  US 20060225073A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3419 by assessing time
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3495 for systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/805 Real-time
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/815 Virtual middleware or OS functionality using virtual machines to implement generic software techniques for error detection or fault masking G06F11/1484
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/52 Program synchronisation; Mutual exclusion, e.g. by means of semaphores
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/36 Monitoring, i.e. supervising the progress of recording or reproducing for digital recording G11B20/00 and s.gr.; for monitoring, testing or measuring of TV recorders of the type covered by H04N5/76 and subgroups, see H04N17/06

Abstract

Provided is a computer system in which a plurality of virtual machines operate on a host computer. The host computer has a time subtraction table for storing the time subtraction with the respective virtual machines, and a log collection unit for collecting the logs of the respective virtual machines. The log contains a time stamp which shows at least the log output time. The log collection unit corrects the time stamp of the logs collected from the respective virtual machines based on the time subtraction stored in the time subtraction table. According to this computer system, the logs of the virtual machines operating in a time series that is different from the time series of the host computer can be collected upon integrating the time series of the virtual machines and the host computer.

Claims

1. A computer system in which a plurality of virtual machines operate on a host computer;

the host computer comprising;

a time subtraction table for storing a time subtraction with the respective virtual machines; and

a log collection unit for collecting a log of the respective virtual machines;

wherein the log contains a time stamp which shows at least a log output time, and said log collection unit corrects the time stamp of the log collected from the respective virtual machines based on the time subtraction stored in the time subtraction table.

2. The computer system according to claim 1, said time subtraction table further stores a subtraction acquisition time showing the time when the time subtraction with said virtual machines is acquired, and said log collection unit corrects the time stamp based on the time subtraction in the subtraction acquisition time that is newer than the time of the time stamp among the subtraction acquisition times stored in said time subtraction table, yet which is the closest to the time of the time stamp.

3. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein said log collection unit collectively outputs the logs of the corrected time stamps of the plurality of virtual machines.

4. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein, in addition to the time stamp, the log further contains a log message, and said log collection unit contains the log of a pre-corrected time stamp output time in the log message.

5. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein said log collection unit collects the log from said virtual machines by transmitting a log collection order to said virtual machines.

6. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein said virtual machines send a time change notification to said host computer each time the time of said virtual machines is changed.

7. The computer system according to claim 6, wherein said log collection unit collects the time subtraction with said virtual machines upon receiving said time change notification.

8. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of virtual machines and said host computer are respectively connected to different networks.

9. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein said computer system is a NAS file server.

10. A method of collecting a log of a computer system in which a plurality of virtual machines operate on a host computer, comprising the steps of:

acquiring a time subtraction of the respective virtual machines and the host computer;

collecting a log of the virtual machines; and

correcting a time stamp of the log collected from the virtual machines based n the time subtraction.

11. The log collection method according to claim 10, wherein, in the step of collecting the log, said host computer further acquires a subtraction acquisition time showing the time in which the time subtraction with said virtual machines is acquired, and in the step of correcting the time stamp, the time stamp is corrected based on the time subtraction in the subtraction acquisition time that is newer than the time of said time stamp among the subtraction acquisition times stored in said time subtraction table, yet which is the closest to the time of said time stamp.

12. The log correction method according to claim 10, further comprising a step of collectively outputting the logs of the corrected time stamps of said a plurality of virtual machines.

13. The log collection method according to claim 10, further comprising a step of containing the log of a pre-corrected time stamp output time in the log message of said log.

14. The log collection method according to claim 10, further comprising a step of collecting said log from said virtual machines by said host computer transmitting a log collection order to said virtual machines.

15. The log collection method according to claim 10, further comprising a step of said virtual machines sending a time change notification each time the time of said virtual machines is changed.

16. The log collection method according to claim 15, further comprising a step of said host computer acquiring the time subtraction with said virtual machines upon receiving said time change notification from said virtual machines.

17. A computer program product wherein a computer program for making a computer system, in which a plurality of virtual machines operate on a host computer, execute the log collection method according to claim 10 is recorded on a recording medium.