MANAGEMENT SERVER, TENANT PATTERN VALIDATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER SYSTEM

• US 20140165136A1
• Filed: 12/09/2013
• Published: 06/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: OZAWA, Yoji, OGAWA, Yukio, YASUDA, Yoshiko, HIMURA, Yosuke
• Granted Patent: US 9,363,294 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0873 Checking configuration conflicts between network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/205 involving negotiation or determination of the one or more network security mechanisms to be used, e.g. by negotiation between the client and the server or between peers or by selection according to the capabilities of the entities involved negotiation of communication capabilities H04L69/24

Abstract

A management server which manages a tenant pattern being information for forming a tenant being an application system for executing a predetermined application by using computer resources within a computer system, the tenant pattern including a configuration item and an ID pool, the management server having: pattern parts information for managing the configuration item as a pattern part that forms the tenant pattern; validation rule information for storing a detail of validation processing for a composition of the tenant pattern; and the management server further comprising: a tenant pattern generation unit; a tenant designing unit for designing a composition of the tenant, and generating a configuration detail for actually building the tenant on the computer system; and a validation execution unit for executing the validation processing for the tenant pattern and the configuration detail based on the validation rule information.

Claims

1. A management server, which is coupled to a computer system including a plurality of computers, and which manages a tenant pattern being information for forming a tenant being an application system for executing a predetermined application by using computer resources within the computer system,

the tenant pattern including:

a configuration item including a parameter necessary for generation of the tenant and a determination method for a value of the parameter; and

an ID pool for storing the value assigned to the parameter at a time of the generation of the tenant,

the management server comprising;

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor; and

a network interface coupled to the processor,

the management server having;

first pattern parts information for managing the configuration item as a pattern part that forms the tenant pattern;

validation rule information for storing a detail of validation processing for a composition of the tenant pattern generated by using at least one the pattern part; and

tenant pattern information for storing the composition of the tenant pattern generated by using the at least one the pattern part,

the management server further comprising;

a tenant pattern generation unit for generating the tenant pattern by using the pattern part;

a tenant designing unit for designing a composition of the tenant by using the tenant pattern, and generating a configuration detail for actually building the tenant on the computer system based on the designed composition of the tenant; and

a validation execution unit for executing the validation processing for one of the tenant pattern and the configuration detail based on the validation rule information.

2. The management server according to claim 1, wherein:

the management server further has second pattern parts information for managing the ID pool as the pattern part;

the validation rule information includes first validation rule information obtained by associating a first target parameter in the validation processing with a first parameter value range that is assumable by the first target parameter for each type of the plurality of computers used when generating the tenant; and

the validation execution unit is configured to;

identify a second parameter value range that is assumable by the first target parameter in the tenant pattern based on the first validation rule information, the first pattern parts information, and the second pattern parts information;

identify the computer for which the first target parameter is set, and select the first parameter value range corresponding to the type of the identified computer;

determine whether the first parameter value range includes the second parameter value range; and

notify of the fact that the tenant pattern is illegal and a suggested correction generated based on the first validation rule information, in a case where it is determined that the first parameter value range does not include the second parameter value range.

3. The management server according to claim 1, wherein:

the validation rule information includes second validation rule information obtained by associating a second target parameter in the validation processing with a type of another parameter referred to by the second target parameter; and

the validation execution unit is configured to;

identify the type of the another parameter referred to by the second target parameter based on the second validation rule information and the tenant pattern information;

determine whether the type of the another parameter referred to by the second target parameter included in the second validation rule information matches the identified type of the another parameter; and

notify of the fact that the tenant pattern is illegal and a suggested correction generated based on the second validation rule information, in a case where it is determined that the type of the another parameter referred to by the second target parameter included in the second validation rule information does not match the identified type of the another parameter.

4. The management server according to claim 3, wherein the validation execution unit is configured to:

extract the parameter whose type is the same as the type of the another parameter referred to by the second target parameter included in the second validation rule information based on the tenant pattern information, in a case where the pattern part including the second target parameter is added to the tenant pattern being generated; and

notify of the extracted parameter as a candidate for the another parameter referred to by the second target parameter.

5. The management server according to claim 1, wherein:

the validation rule information includes third validation rule information for defining a configuration order of a plurality of configuration items; and

the validation execution unit is configured to;

determine, after the tenant pattern is generated, whether the configuration order of a plurality of target configuration items included in the generated tenant pattern is proper based on the third validation rule information and the tenant pattern information; and

notify of the fact that the tenant pattern is illegal and a suggested correction generated based on the third validation rule information, in a case where it is determined that the configuration order of the plurality of target configuration items included in the generated tenant pattern is wrong.

6. The management server according to claim 1, wherein:

the management server further has tenant instance information for storing information relating to an instance of the tenant generated based on the configuration detail generated by using the tenant pattern;

the validation rule information includes fourth validation rule information obtained by associating a first target configuration item in the validation processing with an upper limit value of a number of instances in the first target configuration item; and

the validation execution unit is configured to;

refer to the tenant instance information when the tenant is generated by using the tenant pattern to determine whether or not the number of instances of the first target configuration item becomes larger than the upper limit value of the number of instances in the first target configuration item in a case where the tenant has been generated; and

notify of the fact that the tenant is illegal and a suggested correction generated based on the fourth validation rule information, in a case where it is determined that the number of instances of the first target configuration item is larger than the upper limit value of the number of instances in the first target configuration item.

7. The management server according to claim 6, wherein:

the fourth validation rule information includes the upper limit value of the number of instances in the first target configuration item for each performance requirement for the computer;

the tenant pattern generation unit determines the upper limit value of the number of instances in the first target configuration item from the fourth validation rule information based on the performance requirement required by the tenant pattern to be generated, in a case where the tenant pattern is generated by using the pattern part including the first target configuration item; and

the validation execution unit determines whether the number of instances of the first target configuration item becomes larger than the determined upper limit value of the number of instances of the first target configuration item, in a case where the tenant pattern is generated by using the generated tenant pattern.

8. The management server according to claim 1, wherein:

the validation rule information includes fifth validation rule information for storing a correspondence relationship between a second target configuration item in the validation processing and another configuration item necessary to set the second target configuration item; and

the validation execution unit is configured to;

identify the computer for which the second target configuration item is set when the tenant is generated by using the tenant pattern;

determine whether the another configuration item necessary to set the second target configuration item is set for the identified computer; and

notify of the fact that the tenant pattern is illegal and a suggested correction generated based on the fifth validation rule information in a case where it is determined that the another configuration item necessary to set the second target configuration item is not set for the identified computer.

9. The management server according to claim 3, further comprising a validation rule generation unit for generating the validation rule information,

wherein the validation rule generation unit is configured to:

refer to the tenant pattern information to select the configuration item to be a target;

identify the parameter that refers to the another parameter from among the parameters included in the selected configuration item; and

generate the second validation rule information based on the identified parameter and the another parameter referred to by the identified parameter.

10. The management server according to claim 6, wherein:

the management server further has extraction string information being information on a string for generating the validation rule information from a manual for the computer;

the management server further comprises a validation rule generation unit for generating the validation rule information; and

the validation rule generation unit is configured to;

extract one of;

a parameter value range that is assumable by a predetermined parameter for each model of the computer; and

the upper limit value of the number of instances in a predetermined configuration item, from the input manual based on the extraction string information; and

perform one of;

generation of the first validation rule information based on the extracted parameter value range that is assumable by the predetermined parameter for each model of the computer; and

generation of the fourth validation rule information based on the extracted upper limit value of the number of instances in the predetermined configuration item.

11. The management server according to claim 6, wherein:

the management server is further coupled to a computer for validation for obtaining a performance requirement;

the management server further has performance requirement check scenario information including a performance check command for the computer and a string for obtaining performance information from a response to the performance check command;

the management server further includes a validation rule generation unit for generating the validation rule information; and

the validation rule generation unit is configured to;

select a combination of the configuration items for checking the performance requirement from a input list of a plurality of configuration items;

check the performance requirement required by the computer for validation based on the performance requirement check scenario information; and

generate the fourth validation rule information based on the combination of the configuration items and the checked performance requirement.

12. A tenant pattern validation method executed a management server, which is coupled to a computer system including a plurality of computers, for managing a tenant pattern being information for forming a tenant being an application system for executing a predetermined application by using computer resources within the computer system,

the tenant pattern including:

a configuration item including a parameter necessary for generation of the tenant and a determination method for a value of the parameter; and

an ID pool for storing the value assigned to the parameter when generating the tenant,

the management server including;

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor; and

a network interface coupled to the processor,

the management server having;

first pattern parts information for managing the configuration item as a pattern part that forms the tenant pattern;

validation rule information for storing a detail of validation processing for a composition of the tenant pattern generated by using at least one the pattern part; and

tenant pattern information for storing the composition of the tenant pattern generated by using the pattern part,

the tenant pattern validation method including;

a first step of generating, by the management server, the tenant pattern by using the at least one the pattern part;

a second step of designing, by the management server, a composition of the tenant by using the tenant pattern, and generating a configuration detail for actually building the tenant on the computer system based on the designed composition of the tenant; and

a third step of executing, by the management server, the validation processing for one of the tenant pattern and the configuration detail based on the validation rule information.

13. The tenant pattern validation method according to claim 12, wherein:

the management server further has second pattern parts information for managing the ID pool as the pattern part;

the validation rule information includes first validation rule information obtained by associating a first target parameter in the validation processing with a first parameter value range that is assumable by the first target parameter for each type of the plurality of computers used when generating the tenant; and

the third step includes;

identifying a second parameter value range that is assumable by the first target parameter in the tenant pattern based on the first validation rule information, the first pattern parts information, and the second pattern parts information;

identifying the computer for which the first target parameter is set, and selecting the first parameter value range corresponding to the type of the identified computer;

determining whether the first parameter value range includes the second parameter value range; and

notifying of the fact that the tenant pattern is illegal and a suggested correction generated based on the first validation rule information, in a case where it is determined that the first parameter value range does not include the second parameter value range.

14. The tenant pattern validation method according to claim 12, wherein:

the validation rule information includes second validation rule information obtained by associating a second target parameter in the validation processing with a type of another parameter referred to by the second target parameter; and

the third step includes;

identifying the type of the another parameter referred to by the second target parameter based on the second validation rule information and the tenant pattern information;

determining whether the type of the another parameter referred to by the second target parameter included in the second validation rule information matches the identified type of the another parameter; and

notifying of the fact that the tenant pattern is illegal and a suggested correction generated based on the second validation rule information, in a case where it is determined that the type of the another parameter referred to by the second target parameter included in the second validation rule information does not match the identified type of the another parameter.

15. The tenant pattern validation method according to claim 14, wherein the third step includes:

extracting the parameter whose type is the same as the type of the another parameter referred to by the second target parameter included in the second validation rule information based on the tenant pattern information, in a case where the pattern part including the second target parameter is added to the tenant pattern being generated; and

notifying of the extracted parameter as a candidate for the another parameter referred to by the second target parameter.

16. The tenant pattern validation method according to claim 12, wherein:

the validation rule information includes third validation rule information for defining a configuration order of a plurality of configuration items; and

the third step includes;

determining, after the tenant pattern is generated, whether the configuration order of a plurality of target configuration items included in the generated tenant pattern is proper based on the third validation rule information and the tenant pattern information; and

notifying of the fact that the tenant pattern is illegal and a suggested correction generated based on the third validation rule information, in a case where it is determined that the configuration order of the plurality of target configuration items included in the generated tenant pattern is wrong.

17. The tenant pattern validation method according to claim 12, wherein:

the management server further has tenant instance information for storing information relating to an instance of the tenant generated based on the configuration detail generated by using the tenant pattern;

the validation rule information includes fourth validation rule information obtained by associating a first target configuration item in the validation processing with an upper limit value of a number of instances in the first target configuration item; and

the third step includes;

referring to the tenant instance information when the tenant is generated by using the tenant pattern to determine whether or not the number of instances of the first target configuration item becomes larger than the upper limit value of the number of instances in the first target configuration item in a case where the tenant has been generated; and

notifying of the fact that the tenant is illegal and a suggested correction generated based on the fourth validation rule information, in a case where it is determined that the number of instances of the first target configuration item is larger than the upper limit value of the number of instances in the first target configuration item.

18. The tenant pattern validation method according to claim 17, wherein:

the fourth validation rule information includes the upper limit value of the number of instances in the first target configuration item for each performance requirement for the computer;

the first step includes determining the upper limit value of the number of instances in the first target configuration item from the fourth validation rule information based on the performance requirement required by the tenant pattern to be generated, in a case where the tenant pattern is generated by using the pattern part including the first target configuration item; and

the third step includes determining whether or not the number of instances of the first target configuration item becomes larger than the determined upper limit value of the number of instances of the first target configuration item, in a case where the tenant pattern is generated by using the generated tenant pattern.

19. The tenant pattern validation method according to claim 12, wherein:

the validation rule information includes fifth validation rule information for storing a correspondence relationship between a second target configuration item in the validation processing and another configuration item necessary to set the second target configuration item; and

the third step includes;

identifying the computer including the second target configuration item, in a case where the tenant is generated by using the tenant pattern;

determining whether the another configuration item necessary to set the second target configuration item is set for the identified computer; and

notifying of the fact that the tenant pattern is illegal and a suggested correction generated based on the fifth validation rule information, in a case where it is determined that the another configuration item necessary to set the second target configuration item is not set for the identified computer.

20. A computer system, comprising a plurality of computers, for managing a tenant pattern being information used for forming a tenant being an application system for executing a predetermined application by using computer resources of the plurality of computers,

the plurality of computers each including:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor; and

a network interface coupled to the processor,

the tenant pattern including;

a configuration item including a parameter necessary for generation of the tenant and a determination method for a value of the parameter; and

an ID pool for storing the value assigned to the parameter when generating the tenant,

the computer system further comprising;

a pattern parts information storage unit for managing the configuration item as a pattern part that forms the tenant pattern;

a validation rule information storage unit for storing a detail of validation processing for a composition of the tenant pattern generated by using at least one the pattern part;

a tenant pattern information storage unit for storing the composition of the tenant pattern generated by using the at least one the pattern part;

a tenant pattern generation unit for generating the tenant pattern by using the pattern part;

a tenant designing unit for designing a composition of the tenant by using the tenant pattern, and generating a configuration detail for actually building the tenant on the computer system based on the designed composition of the tenant; and

a validation execution unit for executing the validation processing for one of the tenant pattern and the configuration detail based on validation rule information.