SYSTEM AND PROGRAM FOR MANAGING MANAGEMENT TARGET SYSTEM

• US 20150248119A1
• Filed: 11/07/2012
• Published: 09/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Miyaki, Mariko, Yamasaki, Kenta, Shiga, Yoko, Morimura, Tomohiro
• Granted Patent: US 9,958,843 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/321 Display for diagnostics, e.g. diagnostic result display, self-test user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/069 using logs of notifications; Post-processing of notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5032 Generating service level reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/067 using time frame reporting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring

Abstract

A management system has a topology display screen of a management target system with an area, where icons of system components are typically displayed in the related art, which is embedded and displayed with a graph of a monitor value of the system component. A band having a predetermined width is displayed to show a relation between system display objects indicating the system components. The width of the band is determined by the number of requests which are transmitted or received by the system components. When a time-sequential graph of the monitor value of a system component is displayed, a vertical bar which can be operated by an input/output device is displayed in the graph. When the operation of the vertical bar is detected, an icon indicating integrity of the management target system at a time indicated by the vertical bar is displayed in the vicinity of the vertical bar.

Claims

1. A management system which manages a management target system, comprising:

a storage resource configured to store a management program;

a CPU configured to execute the management program; and

an input/output device,

the CPU being configured to execute the management program to;

(1) repeatedly receive a plurality of monitor values from a plurality of system components included in the management target system so as to store a history of the respective monitor values in the storage resource, and

(2) cause the input/output device to;

(2a) display a system display object which is a display object indicating the system component with respect to each of the plurality of system components, and

(2b) display a relation between the plurality of system components, and

a graph of the history of the monitor values acquired from the system component being included in the system display object.

2. The management system according to claim 1, wherein

at least some of the plurality of system components are system components which can monitor a plurality of items,

the CPU is configured to execute the management program to:

(3) detect a first trigger for changing an item of a graph included in a first system display object indicating a first system component from a first item to a second item, and

(4) change a display from a graph of the first item included in the system display object to a graph of the second item in response to the detection of the first trigger, and

the change of the display is performed by rotating a column or a plate displayed in three dimensions so as to be switched from the graph of the first item displayed in a first side surface of the column or the plate to the graph of the second item.

3. The management system according to claim 2, wherein

the CPU is configured to execute the management program, in response to the first trigger, to:

(5) select a second system component relating to the first system component, and

(6) switch an item of a graph included in a second system display object indicating the second system component to another item by rotating a column or a plate displayed in three dimensions.

4. The management system according to claim 3, wherein

the CPU is configured to execute the management program to:

(7) detect a second trigger for display information of the first system component in detail,

(8) magnify a display size of the first system display object corresponding to the first system component using an animation, and display information of a detailed display target in the first system display object after the magnification, and

(9) move a display position of the system display object of the system component relating to at least the first system component so as not to be overlapped with the first system display object after the magnification using the animation.

5. The management system according to claim 4, wherein

(9) the movement of the display position causes:

(9a) the relevant system display object to move in an upper direction in a case where the relevant system display object is displayed to the upper side of the first system display object,

(9b) the relevant system display object to move in a lower direction in a case where the relevant system display object is displayed to the lower side of the first system display object,

(9c) the relevant system display object move in the left direction in a case where the relevant system display object is displayed to the left side of the first system display object, and

(9d) the relevant system display object to move in the right direction in a case where the relevant system display object is displayed to the right side of the first system display object.

6. The management system according to claim 5,

wherein the CPU is configured to execute the management program to:

(10) detect a third trigger for displaying additional detailed information from information indicating the first system display object after the magnification, and

(11) display the additional detailed information on a system display object or/and a relation on an overlapping manner.

7. The management system according to claim 6, wherein

the CPU is configured to execute the management program to:

(A) receive information with respect to a request transmitted or received within a unit time by the first system component, and

(B) as a display of the relation between the plurality of system components of (2b);

(2b-1) determine a width of a band based on at least the number of requests, the band being displayed between the first system display object and another system display object or the outside of the management target system, and

(2b-2) display the band having the determined width.

8. The management system according to claim 7, wherein

the CPU is configured to execute the management program to,

(C) specify a request which is necessary for making a warning in the requests according to a predetermined process, and

a color of a part of the band displayed in (2b-2) is changed based on at least the number of requests which are necessary for making the warning.

9. The management system according to claim 8, wherein the request is a request which is filtered under a predetermined condition from all the requests which are received or transmitted by the first system component.

10. The management system according to claim 6, wherein

the CPU is configured to execute the management program, in (11) the displaying of the additional detailed information, to:

(11a) display the detailed information or the monitor values using a time-sequential graph,

(11b) display a vertical bar in the time-sequential graph,

(11c) when an operation of the vertical bar is detected by the input/output device, specify a time indicated by the vertical bar after the operation,

(11d) determine integrity of a response to the request of the time specified in (11c) based on a reference for determining integrity of a response to the request received by the management target system from the outside, and

(11e) display an icon indicating the integrity determined in (11d) over or near the vertical bar.

11. The management system according to claim 10, wherein

some or all of the time-sequential graphs of (11a) indicates an estimated value which is simulated based on the monitor values from the past up to the current time,

in a case where the specified time of (11c) is a past one, the determination on the integrity is made based on at least the monitor value of the past, and

in a case where the specified time of (11d) is a future one, the determination on the integrity is made based on the estimated value.

12. A method for managing a management target system by a management system which includes a storage resource, a CPU, and an input/output device, comprising:

(1) repeatedly receiving a plurality of monitor values from a plurality of system components included in the management target system so as to store a history of the respective monitor values in the storage resource;

(2) causing the input/output device to;

(2a) display a system display object which is a display object indicating the system component with respect to each of the plurality of system components, and

(2b) display a relation between the plurality of system components;

(A) receiving information on a request transmitted or received within a unit time by the first system component;

(B) as a display of the relation between the plurality of system components of (2b);

(2b-1) determining a width of a band based on at least the number of requests, the band being displayed between the first system display object and another system display object or the outside of the management target system; and

(2b-2) displaying the band having the determined width.

13. A management program of a management target system, when executed by a management system which includes a storage resource, a CPU, and an input/output device, the program causing the management system to perform:

(i) repeatedly receiving a plurality of monitor values from a plurality of system components included in the management target system so as to store a history of the respective monitor values in the storage resource;

(ii) displaying the monitor values using a time-sequential graph;

(iii) displaying a vertical bar in the time-sequential graph;

(iv) when an operation of the vertical bar is detected by the input/output device, specifying a time indicated by the vertical bar after the operation;

(v) determining integrity of a response to the request of the time specified in (iv) based on a reference for determining integrity of a response to the request received by the management target system from the outside; and

(vi) displaying an icon indicating the integrity determined in (v) over or near the vertical bar.