COMPUTER SYSTEM EVALUATION METHOD, COMPUTER SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER SYSTEM

• US 20160006630A1
• Filed: 05/17/2013
• Published: 01/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: SAKASHITA, Yukinori, NAGURA, Masataka, NAKAJIMA, Jun, ICHIKAWA, Yujiro
• Application Number:
  US14/771,690
• Publication Number:
  US 20160006630A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2028 eliminating a faulty processor or activating a spare
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2094 Redundant storage or storage space G06F11/2056 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0661 by reconfiguring faulty entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0859 by keeping history of different configuration generations or by rolling back to previous configuration versions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0873 Checking configuration conflicts between network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/24 using dedicated network management hardware
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters

Abstract

When one of nodes performs a prescribed task, a management computer: obtains a replaceable part value group containing configuration information for components of a group that includes the node, and stores the obtained replaceable part value group in history information; receives at least one node to be evaluated; obtains a replaceable part value group containing configuration information for respective components of a group that includes said node to be evaluated, and stores the obtained replaceable part value group in history comparison target information; selects a combination of the history comparison target information and the history information having matching elements; calculates an evaluation value for the selected combination of the history comparison target information and the history information; and outputs a combination of an evaluation value and a node identifier indicating the history comparison target information and the history information having the matching elements.

Claims

1. An evaluation method of a computer system that includes a management computer having a processor and a memory and coupled with a host computer and a storage apparatus via a switch apparatus, the management computer being configured to evaluate components of nodes including the host computer and the storage apparatus, the evaluation method comprising:

a first step wherein, when one of the nodes performs a prescribed task, the management computer obtains a replaceable part value group containing configuration information for components of a group that includes the node, and stores the obtained replaceable part value group in history information;

a second step wherein the management computer receives at least one node to be evaluated;

a third step wherein the management computer obtains a replaceable part value group containing configuration information for respective components of a group that includes said node to be evaluated, and stores the obtained replaceable part value group in history comparison target information;

a fourth step wherein the management computer selects a combination of the history comparison target information and the history information having matching elements;

a fifth step wherein the management computer calculates an evaluation value for the selected combination of the history comparison target information and the history information; and

a sixth step wherein the management computer outputs a combination of an evaluation value and a node identifier indicating the history comparison target information and the history information having the matching elements.

2. The evaluation method of a computer system according to claim 1,

wherein the replaceable part value includes an identifier that defines a component of the node and a part information identifier,

wherein the history information includes an identifier for the node, a part defined identifier, and a part information value,

wherein the history comparison target information includes an identifier of the node, a part defined identifier, and a part information value, and

wherein, in the fourth step, the management computer selects a combination of the history comparison target information and the history information having the part defined identifier and the part information value matching each other.

3. The evaluation method of a computer system according to claim 1,

wherein the management computer has replaceable part defined information that includes an evaluation coefficient and a priority level for the configuration information,

wherein, in the fourth step, the management computer compares the elements of the history comparison target information and the history information based on the priority level, and

wherein, in the fifth step, the management computer obtains, from the replaceable part defined information, an evaluation coefficient that corresponds to the configuration information represented by the selected combination of the history comparison target information and the history information, and calculates the evaluation value based on said evaluation coefficient.

4. The evaluation method of a computer system according to claim 3,

wherein the replaceable part defined information further includes a necessity flag that determines validity or invalidity of the calculated evaluation value, and

wherein, in the fifth step, if the necessity flag indicates invalid, the management computer makes the evaluation value invalid.

5. The evaluation method of a computer system according to claim 3,

wherein the replaceable part defined information includes, as the configuration information, at least one of chassis information, model information, driver information, firmware information, and software configuration information for each of the host computer, the storage apparatus, and the switch apparatus.

6. An control method of a computer system that includes a management computer having a processor and a memory and coupled with a host computer and a storage apparatus via a switch apparatus, the management computer being configured to control components of nodes including the host computer and the storage apparatus, the control method comprising:

a first step wherein, when one of the nodes performs a prescribed task, the management computer obtains a replaceable part value group containing configuration information for components of a group that includes the node, and stores the obtained replaceable part value group in history information;

a second step wherein the management computer receives at least one node to be controlled and content of the control for said node;

a third step wherein the management computer obtains a replaceable part value group containing configuration information for each component of a group that includes said node to be controlled, and stores the obtained replaceable part value group in history comparison target information;

a fourth step wherein the management computer selects a combination of the history comparison target information and the history information having matching elements;

a fifth step wherein the management computer calculates an evaluation value for the selected combination of the history comparison target information and the history information;

a sixth step wherein the management computer selects, as a node to be controlled, a combination of an evaluation value and a node identifier for the history comparison target information and the history information having the matching elements; and

a seventh step wherein the management computer conducts the control on said node selected as a node to be controlled.

7. The control method of a computer system according to claim 6,

wherein the replaceable part value includes an identifier that defines a component of the node and a part information identifier,

wherein the history information includes an identifier of the node, a part defined identifier, and a part information value,

wherein the history comparison target information includes an identifier of the node, a part defined identifier, and a part information value, and

wherein, in the fourth step, the management computer selects a combination of the history comparison target information and the history information with the part defined identifiers and the part information values matching each other.

8. The control method of a computer system according to claim 6,

wherein the management computer has replaceable part defined information that includes an evaluation coefficient and a priority level for the configuration information,

wherein, in the fourth step, the management computer compares the elements of the history comparison target information and the history based on the priority level, and

wherein, in the fifth step, the management computer obtains, from the replaceable part defined information, an evaluation coefficient that corresponds to the configuration information represented by the selected combination of the history comparison target information and the history information, and calculates the evaluation value based on said evaluation coefficient.

9. The control method of a computer system according to claim 8,

wherein the replaceable part defined information further includes a necessity flag that determines validity or invalidity of the calculated evaluation value, and

wherein, in the fifth step, if the necessity flag indicates invalid, the management computer makes the evaluation value invalid.

10. The control method of a computer system according to claim 8,

wherein the replaceable part defined information includes, as the configuration information, at least one of chassis information, model information, driver information, firmware information, and software configuration information for each of the host computer, the storage apparatus, and the switch apparatus.

11. A computer system, comprising:

a management computer having a processor and a memory;

a host computer; and

a storage apparatus,

wherein the management computer is coupled with the host computer and the storage apparatus via a switch apparatus,

wherein the management computer is configured to evaluate components of nodes including the host computer and the storage apparatus, and

wherein the management computer includes;

a replaceable part value obtaining part that receives a group including said node and that obtains a replaceable part value group including configuration information for components of the group;

a history information generating part that obtains, when one of the nodes conducts a prescribed task, a replaceable part value group for components of the group including said node from the replaceable part value obtaining part, and the history information generating part storing the obtained replaceable part value group in history information; and

a history similarity calculating part that receives at least one node to be evaluated, obtains a replaceable part value group including configuration information for respective components of a group including said node to be evaluated from the replaceable part value obtaining part, stores the obtained replaceable part value group in history comparison target information, selects a combination of the history comparison target information and the history information having matching elements, calculates an evaluation value for the selected combination of the history comparison target information and the history information, and outputs a combination of an evaluation value and a node identifier of the history comparison target information and the history information having matching elements.

12. The computer system according to claim 11,

wherein the replaceable part value includes an identifier that defines a component of the node and a part information identifier,

wherein the history information includes an identifier of the node, a part defined identifier, and a part information value,

wherein the history comparison target information includes an identifier of the node, a part defined identifier, and a part information value, and

wherein the history similarity calculating part selects a combination of the history comparison target information and the history information with the part defined identifiers and the part information values matching each other.

13. The computer system according to claim 11,

wherein the management computer has replaceable part defined information that includes an evaluation coefficient for the configuration information and a priority level, and

wherein the history similarity calculating part compares elements of the history comparison target information and the history information based on the priority level, obtains, from the replaceable part defined information, an evaluation coefficient that corresponds to the configuration information represented by the selected combination of the history comparison target information and the history information, and calculates the evaluation value based on said evaluation coefficient.

14. The computer system according to claim 13,

wherein the replaceable part defined information includes a necessity flag that determines validity or invalidity of the calculated evaluation value, and

wherein, in the fifth step, if the necessity flag indicates invalid, the evaluation value is made invalid.

15. The computer system according to claim 13,

wherein the replaceable part defined information includes, as the configuration information, at least one of chassis information, model information, driver information, firmware information, and software configuration information for each of the host computer, the storage apparatus, and the switch apparatus.