REMEDYING METHOD FOR TROUBLES IN VIRTUAL SERVER SYSTEM AND SYSTEM THEREOF

• US 20090300416A1
• Filed: 08/05/2008
• Published: 12/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: WATANABE, Kentaro, Masuoka, Yoshimasa
• Granted Patent: US 7,945,814 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/19
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1438 Restarting or rejuvenating
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1461 Backup scheduling policy
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1484 involving virtual machines

Abstract

According to the invention, a managing server, using a snapshot-appended information table which stores management information for identifying snapshots of a virtual server, a setting change table which stores setting change information on the virtual server, and a policy table which stores policies to be met by the virtual server, acquires the setting change information from the setting change table, selects the setting change information items from the acquired setting change information matching policies stored in the policy table, acquires management information on the snapshots of the virtual server from the snapshot-appended information table, identifies a snapshot of the virtual server with reference to the acquired management information, changes the identified snapshot of the virtual server based on the selected setting change information items, and rolls back the virtual server according to the changed snapshot.

Claims

1. A method for remedying system troubles in virtual servers, comprising the steps of:

in a managing server using a snapshot-appended information table which stores management information for identifying snapshots of a virtual server, a setting change table which stores setting change information on the virtual server, and a policy table which stores policies to be met by the virtual server,

acquiring the setting change information from the setting change table;

selecting the setting change information items from the acquired setting change information matching policies stored in the policy table;

acquiring management information on the snapshots of the virtual server from the snapshot-appended information table;

identifying a snapshot of the virtual server with reference to the acquired management information;

changing the identified snapshot of the virtual server based on the selected setting change information items; and

rolling back the virtual server according to the changed snapshot.

2. The method for remedying system troubles in virtual servers according to claim 1, wherein in response to a rollback request, the steps of the identification and the change of the snapshot are executed.

3. A method for remedying system troubles in virtual servers according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

generating another virtual server;

putting the identified snapshot of the virtual server onto the another virtual server with reference to the snapshot-appended information table;

based on the selected setting change information items, changing the snapshot on the another virtual server instead of the identified snapshot of the virtual server;

storing the changed snapshot of the another virtual server; and

in response to a rollback request, reading the stored snapshot of the another virtual server into the virtual server.

4. A method for remedying system troubles in virtual servers according to claim 3, wherein in response to detection of a setting change of the virtual server, the steps of the acquisition of the setting change information from the setting change table and the selection of the setting change information items from setting change information matching policies stored in the policy table are executed.

5. The method for remedying system troubles in virtual servers according to claim 4, wherein the detection of the setting change of the virtual server is the detection of the attainment by the number of requests to the virtual server, after the setting change of the virtual server, of a prescribed value.

6. A method for remedying system troubles in virtual servers according to claim 1, wherein the managing server, has a business configuration table which identifies another virtual server being related to business, the virtual server being related to the business, further comprising the steps of:

identifying the another virtual server with reference to the business configuration table;

acquiring the setting change information of the another virtual server from the setting change table;

selecting another setting change information items from the acquired setting change information of the another virtual server, the acquired setting change information matching policies stored in the policy table;

acquiring another management information on the snapshots of the another virtual server from the snapshot-appended information table;

identifying another snapshot of the another virtual server with reference to the acquired another management information;

changing the identified another snapshot of the another virtual server based on the selected another setting change information items; and

in response to a rollback request, rolling back the another virtual server according to the changed another snapshot.

7. The method for remedying system troubles in virtual servers according to claim 6, wherein the managing server, further uses a setting restriction table which manages restrictive conditions between the setting change information of the virtual server and the another virtual server, further comprising the step of selecting setting change information items satisfying the restrictive conditions of the setting restriction table from the selected setting change information items and the selected another setting change information items.

8. A virtual server system comprising:

an operation executing server causing a virtual server to execute;

a virtual server control device having a snapshot-appended information table which stores management information for identifying snapshots of the virtual server; and

a managing server having a setting change table for storing setting change information of the virtual server, and a policy table for storing policies to be met by the virtual server, acquiring the setting change information from the setting change table, selecting the setting change information items from the acquired setting change information matching policies stored in the policy table, acquiring management information on the snapshots of the virtual server from the snapshot-appended information table, identifying a snapshot of the virtual server with reference to the acquired management information, changing the identified snapshot of the virtual server based on the selected setting change information items, and rolling back the virtual server according to the changed snapshot.

9. The virtual server system according to claim 8, wherein the managing server, in response to a rollback request, identifies and changes the snapshot.

10. The virtual server system according to claim 8, wherein the managing server, generates another virtual server, puts the identified snapshot of the virtual server onto the another virtual server with reference to the snapshot-appended information table, based on the selected setting change information items, changes the snapshot on the another virtual server instead of the identified snapshot of the virtual server, stores the changed snapshot of the another virtual server;

and in response to a rollback request, reads the stored snapshot of the another virtual server into the virtual server.

11. The virtual server system according to claim 10, wherein the managing server, in response to detection of a setting change of the virtual server, executes the acquisition of the setting change information from the setting change table and the selection of the setting change information items from setting change information matching policies stored in the policy table.

12. The virtual server system according to claim 11, wherein the detection of the setting change of the virtual server is the detection of the attainment by the number of requests to the virtual server, after the setting change of the virtual server, of a prescribed value.

13. The virtual server system according to claim 8, wherein the managing server, has a business configuration table which identifies another virtual server being related to business, the virtual server being related to the business, identifies the another virtual server with reference to the business configuration table, acquires the setting change information of the another virtual server from the setting change table, selects another setting change information items from the acquired setting change information of the another virtual server, the acquired setting change information matching policies stored in the policy table, acquires another management information on the snapshots of the another virtual server from the snapshot-appended information table, identifies another snapshot of the another virtual server with reference to the acquired another management information, changes the identified another snapshot of the another virtual server based on the selected another setting change information items, and in response to a rollback request, rolls back the another virtual server according to the changed another snapshot.

14. The virtual server system according to claim 13, wherein the managing server, uses a setting restriction table which manages restrictive conditions between the setting change information of the virtual server and the another virtual server, and selects setting change information items satisfying the restrictive conditions of the setting restriction table from the selected setting change information items and the selected another setting change information items.