System managing method and apparatus for decreasing a load applied to a common processing unit

• US 6,622,146 B1
• Filed: 06/29/1999
• Issued: 09/16/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Sato, Masayuki, Kamijo, Akinori
• Primary Examiner(s): Coby, Frantz
• Application Number:
  US09/343,653
• Time in Patent Office: 1,540 Days
• Field of Search: 707/103, 707/10, 707/100, 707/102, 707/101, 707/103.R, 709/223
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0896 Bandwidth or capacity management, i.e. automatically increasing or decreasing capacities flow or congestion control using dynamic resource allocation, e.g. in-call renegotiation, H04L47/76
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99944 Object-oriented database structure

Abstract

In a system managing method and apparatus, a load applied to a common processing unit is decreased so as to improve a managing ability of the system. The system managing apparatus manages a system having a plurality of interfaces including a managed object interface and a non-managed object interface, the managed object interface handling resources as managed objects, the non-managed object interface handling resources as non-managed objects. A common processing unit performs operations common to the plurality of interfaces. A managed object interface agent is connected to the managed object interface so as to manage pointer attributes independently of the common processing unit. A non-managed object interface agent is connected to the non-managed object interface. The managed object interface agent includes a knowledge database and an agent database. The knowledge database stores information regarding a pointing instance and a pointed instance defined in each pointer attribute. The agent database holds the resources as instances of the managed object type so as to delete, add or update a value of each pointer attribute according to a process request.

Claims

1. A system managing method for managing a system having a plurality of interfaces including a managed object interface and a non-managed object interface, the managed object interface handling resources as managed objects, the non-managed object interface handling resources as non-managed objects, the system managing method comprising the steps of:

managing pointer attributes stored in a knowledge database by a managed object interface agent independently of a common processing unit performing operations common to the plurality of interfaces, the pointer attributes being representative of a relationship between instances defined in an agent database which stores resources of an apparatus as instances of a managed object type in said managed object interface;

performing a process requested by said managed object interface against the agent database by referring to the knowledge database by said managed object interface agent; and

sending a process request to said managed object interface agent when the process request is sent from one of the interfaces other than said managed object interface and when said common processing unit determines that the process request relates to the managed objects.

2. The system managing method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of:

deleting, adding or updating a value of the pointer attribute in the agent database which manages the resources as instances of the managed object type, by referring to the knowledge database defining a relationship between a pointing instance and a pointed instance defined in each pointer attribute with respect to the process request sent from one of said managed object interface and said common processing unit.

3. A system managing apparatus for managing a system having a plurality of interfaces including a managed object interface and a non-managed object interface, the managed object interface handling resources as managed objects, the non-managed object interface handling resources as non-managed objects, the system managing apparatus comprising:

a common processing unit performing operations common to the plurality of interfaces;

a managed object interface agent connected to said managed object interface, said managed object interface agent managing pointer attributes independently of said common processing unit; and

a non-managed object interface agent connected to said non-managed object interface,

wherein said managed object interface agent includes a knowledge database and an agent database, said knowledge database storing information regarding a pointing instance and a pointed instance defined in each pointer attribute, said agent database holding the resources as instances of the managed object type so as to delete, add or update a value of each pointer attribute in the agent database by referring to the knowledge database according to a process request.

4. The system managing apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein said common processing unit stores identification number correspondence table information from which an identification number used for searching said agent database in response to a process request from said non-managed object interface agent is read.