MEMBER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MEMBER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS

• US 20120166387A1
• Filed: 03/05/2012
• Published: 06/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: NAKAMURA, FUMITO
• Application Number:
  US13/411,799
• Publication Number:
  US 20120166387A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/609
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/26 Functional testing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3034 where the computing system component is a storage system, e.g. DASD based or network based digital input from or digital output to record carriers G06F3/06; digital recording or reproducing G11B20/18; for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS], H04L67/1097
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3051 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the configuration of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring the presence of processing resources, peripherals, I/O links, software programs verification or detection of system hardware configuration G06F11/2247
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3055 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the status of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring if the computing system is on, off, available, not available error or fault processing without redundancy G06F11/0703; error detection or correction by redundancy in data representation G06F11/08; error detection or correction by redundancy in operation G06F11/14; error detection or correction by redundancy in hardware G06F11/16

Abstract

A member management system 1 including: a server unit 21 including: a device information collection unit 202 that collects from an attached member unique information of the attached member; a test implementation unit 204 that specifies the member with the unique information, and implements a given test; and a member information collection unit 201 that collects environment information of the given test, the environment information including the unique information and location information of the member; and a management unit 11 including: a member database 103 that associates unique information of a member, location information of the member and status information of the member with each other, and stores the unique information, the location information and the status information; and a member information management unit 101 that updates each information on the member stored into the database and being used for the given test, based on the environment information.

Claims

1. A member management system comprising:

an information processing apparatus including;

a first collection portion that collects from an attached member unique information of the attached member;

an implementation portion that specifies the member with the unique information, and implements a given test; and

a second collection portion that collects environment information of the given test, the environment information including the unique information and location information of the member; and

a management apparatus including;

a database that associates unique information of a member, location information of the member and status information of the member with each other, and stores the unique information, the location information and the status information; and

an update portion that updates each information on the member stored into the database and being used for the given test, based on the environment information.

2. The member management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the implementation portion calculates a test ending time from the progress of the given test, and calculates percent-complete information including the percent complete of the given test and a required time for the end of the test, and

the update portion registers the percent complete and the required time for the end of the test included in the percent-complete information into the database as the status information of the member being used for the given test.

3. The member management system as claimed in claim 2, wherein during the implementation of the given test, the implementation portion continuously calculates the percent-complete information, and the update portion continuously updates the percent complete and the required time for the end of the test registered into the database.

4. The member management system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the information processing apparatus includes a storage device that stores environment information and implementation time of a past test, and

the implementation portion calculates the test ending time based on the progress of the given test, and the environment information and the implementation time stored into the storage device.

5. The member management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the management apparatus includes a third collection portion that collects unique information of a member attached to the management apparatus,

when a member attached to the information processing apparatus is returned, the third collection portion collects the unique information of the returned member, and

the update portion updates each information on the returned member stored into the database, based on the unique information of the returned member.

6. The member management system as claimed in claim 5, wherein each of the information processing apparatus and the management apparatus includes a power supply that supplies an electric power to an attached member,

when the attached member is removed, each of the first collection portion and the third collection portion controls the power supply so as to stop supplying the electric power, and

when a member is attached, each of the first collection portion and the third collection portion controls the power supply so as to supply the electric power.

7. The member management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the database further stores user'"'"'s information of a member to be attached to the information processing apparatus, and

when the member to be attached to the information processing apparatus is reserved, the update portion updates the user'"'"'s information and the status information of the reserved member in the database.

8. The member management system as claimed in claim 7, wherein when the member to be attached to the information processing apparatus is not reserved, the update portion updates the user'"'"'s information in the database to warning information.

9. A member management apparatus comprising:

a database that associates unique information of a member, location information of the member and status information of the member with each other, and stores the unique information, the location information and the status information;

a first collection portion that collects the location information of the member selected from the database;

an implementation portion that specifies the member with the unique information, and implements a given test;

a second collection portion that collects environment information of the given test, the environment information including the unique information and location information of the selected member; and

an update portion that updates each information on the member stored into the database and being used for the given test, based on the environment information.

10. The member management apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the implementation portion calculates a test ending time from the progress of the given test, and calculates percent-complete information including the percent complete of the given test and a required time for the end of the test, and

the update portion registers the percent complete and the required time for the end of the test included in the percent-complete information into the database as the status information of the member being used for the given test.

11. The member management apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein during the implementation of the given test, the implementation portion continuously calculates the percent-complete information, and the update portion continuously updates the percent complete and the required time for the end of the test registered into the database.

12. The member management apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the information processing apparatus includes a storage device that stores environment information and implementation time of a past test, and

the implementation portion calculates the test ending time based on the progress of the given test, and the environment information and the implementation time stored into the storage device.

13. The member management apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the database further stores user'"'"'s information of a member to be attached to an information processing apparatus, and

when the member to be attached to the information processing apparatus is reserved, the update portion updates the user'"'"'s information and the status information of the reserved member in the database.

14. The member management apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein when the member to be attached to the information processing apparatus is not reserved, the update portion updates the user'"'"'s information in the database to warning information.