NETWORK SYSTEM, MAINTENANCE WORK MANAGEMENT METHOD, PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM
First Claim
1. A network system comprising a maintenance object apparatus having maintenance object components as objects of maintenance work and a plurality of processing apparatuses connected to the maintenance object apparatus via a plurality of paths, whereinthe maintenance object apparatus comprises an influence determination unit configured to determine whether each of the paths in the network system is a prospective to be affected path affected by the maintenance work or a prospective to be unaffected path not affected by the maintenance work by referring to path management information that manages information about the plurality of paths anda path influence information output unit configured to output a determination result determined by the influence determination unit to the plurality of processing apparatuses as path influence information about each of the paths andeach of the processing apparatuses comprisesa maintenance possibility diagnosis unit configured to conduct a diagnosis on whether the maintenance work is performable based on the path influence information of the path connected to a local apparatus anda maintenance possibility information output unit configured to output a diagnosis result by the maintenance possibility diagnosis unit to the maintenance object apparatus as maintenance possibility information, whereinthe maintenance object apparatus outputs permission information indicating permission or refusal of the maintenance work for the maintenance object components based on the maintenance possibility information of the plurality of processing apparatuses.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
An influence determination unit configured to determine whether each path in a network system is a prospective to be affected path affected by maintenance work or a prospective to be unaffected path not affected by the maintenance work by referring to path management information, a path influence information output unit configured to output a diagnosis result to a plurality of processing apparatuses as path influence information about each of the paths, a maintenance possibility diagnosis unit configured to conduct a diagnosis on whether the maintenance work is performable based on the path influence information of the paths connected, and a maintenance possibility information output unit configured to output the diagnosis result as maintenance possibility information is included, wherein maintenance work efficiency is improved in the network system by outputting permission information indicating permission or refusal of the maintenance work for maintenance object components based on the maintenance possibility information.
10 Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A network system comprising a maintenance object apparatus having maintenance object components as objects of maintenance work and a plurality of processing apparatuses connected to the maintenance object apparatus via a plurality of paths, wherein
the maintenance object apparatus comprises an influence determination unit configured to determine whether each of the paths in the network system is a prospective to be affected path affected by the maintenance work or a prospective to be unaffected path not affected by the maintenance work by referring to path management information that manages information about the plurality of paths and a path influence information output unit configured to output a determination result determined by the influence determination unit to the plurality of processing apparatuses as path influence information about each of the paths and each of the processing apparatuses comprises a maintenance possibility diagnosis unit configured to conduct a diagnosis on whether the maintenance work is performable based on the path influence information of the path connected to a local apparatus and a maintenance possibility information output unit configured to output a diagnosis result by the maintenance possibility diagnosis unit to the maintenance object apparatus as maintenance possibility information, wherein the maintenance object apparatus outputs permission information indicating permission or refusal of the maintenance work for the maintenance object components based on the maintenance possibility information of the plurality of processing apparatuses.
-
10. A maintenance work management method in a network system comprising a maintenance object apparatus having maintenance object components as objects of maintenance work and a plurality of processing apparatuses connected to the maintenance object apparatus via a plurality of paths, the method comprising:
-
determining whether each of the paths in the network system is a prospective to be affected path affected by the maintenance work or a prospective to be unaffected path not affected by the maintenance work by referring to path management information that manages information about the plurality of paths; outputting a determined determination result to the plurality of processing apparatuses as path influence information about each of the paths; conducting a diagnosis on whether the maintenance work is performable based on the path influence information of the path connected to a local apparatus in each of the processing apparatuses and outputting the diagnosis result to the maintenance object apparatus as maintenance possibility information; and outputting permission information indicating permission or refusal of the maintenance work for the maintenance object components based on the maintenance possibility information of the plurality of processing apparatuses by the maintenance object apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
-
-
19. A processing apparatus connected to a maintenance object apparatus having maintenance object components as objects of maintenance work via a plurality of paths, wherein
the maintenance object apparatus comprises an influence determination unit configured to determine whether each of the paths is a prospective to be affected path affected by the maintenance work or a prospective to be unaffected path not affected by the maintenance work by referring to path management information that manages information about the plurality of paths, a path influence information output unit configured to output a determination result determined by the influence determination unit as path influence information about each of the paths, and a work permission information output unit configured to output permission information indicating permission or refusal of the maintenance work for the maintenance object components based on maintenance possibility information indicating a diagnosis result whether the maintenance work performed based on the path influence information of the path connected to a local apparatus is performable.
-
20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium recording a program causing a computer to execute processing comprising:
- determining whether, in a network system comprising a maintenance object apparatus having maintenance object components as objects of maintenance work and a plurality of processing apparatuses connected to the maintenance object apparatus via a plurality of paths, each of the paths in the network system is a prospective to be affected path affected by the maintenance work or a prospective to be unaffected path not affected by the maintenance work by referring to path management information that manages information about the plurality of paths,
outputting a determined determination result as path influence information about each of the paths to the plurality of processing apparatuses, and outputting permission information indicating permission or refusal of the maintenance work for the maintenance object components based on maintenance possibility information indicating a diagnosis result whether the maintenance work performed based on the path influence information of the path connected to a local apparatus is performable.
- determining whether, in a network system comprising a maintenance object apparatus having maintenance object components as objects of maintenance work and a plurality of processing apparatuses connected to the maintenance object apparatus via a plurality of paths, each of the paths in the network system is a prospective to be affected path affected by the maintenance work or a prospective to be unaffected path not affected by the maintenance work by referring to path management information that manages information about the plurality of paths,
Specification