Operational supervisory system for a server

• US 6,804,713 B1
• Filed: 04/14/2000
• Issued: 10/12/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: CommWorks Solutions, LLC (IP Investments Group LLC)
• Original Assignee: OKI Electric Industry Company Limited
• Inventors: Nishio, Miwa
• Primary Examiner(s): Najjar, Saleh
• Application Number:
  US09/549,687
• Time in Patent Office: 1,642 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/224, 714/31, 714/39
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0686 Additional information in the notification, e.g. enhancement of specific meta-data

Abstract

In an operational supervisory system for a server, a data registration section (21) registers a character string contained in an HTML document (12) on a server (10) to be operationally supervised. A server supervisory section (22) accesses to the HTML document on the server (10) to be operationally supervised along a schedule of a supervisory time registration section (23) and searches whether or not the character string registered in the data registration section (21) exists in the document. If the character string is not contained in the document, it is judged that the server (10) to be operationally supervised is abnormal, and a result notification section (25) notifies a supervisor notification receiver section (30) of the fact that the abnormality occurs.

Claims

1. An operational supervisory system having a supervisory server that monitors a server to be operationally supervised, comprising:

a data registration section in the supervisory server for previously registering a character string that is contained in an arbitrary document on the server to be operationally supervised;

a server supervision section in the supervisory server for requesting the server to be operationally supervised to transmit the arbitrary document, retrieving the character string registered in said data registration section from data returned from the server to be operationally supervised, and judging that a fault occurs in the server to be operationally supervised if no character string exists in the arbitrary document that matches the character string registered in said data registration section; and

means for notifying a supervisor if a fault in the server to be operationally supervised is judged to occur, that an abnormality needs to be fixed.

2. An operational supervisory system having a supervisory server as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a supervisory time registration section in the supervisory server for registering a supervisory schedule with monitoring times; and

a server supervisory section in the supervisory server for conducting a monitoring operations on the server to be operationally supervised according to the supervisory schedule.

3. An operational supervisory system having a supervisory server as claimed in claim 1, wherein said a data registration section stores an electronic mail address of a fault notification destination, and wherein said means for notifying comprises:

a message storage section for storing a predetermined message template; and

a result notification section for producing a message on fault occurrence information in said server supervision section by using the template stored in said message storage section, and for transmitting the message to the electronic mail address.

4. An operational supervisory system having a supervisory server as claimed in claim 1, wherein said a data registration section stores a facsimile number of a fault notification destination, and wherein said means for notifying comprises:

a message storage section for storing a predetermined message template; and

a result notification section for producing a message on fault occurrence information in said server supervision section by using the template stored in said message storage section, and for transmitting the message to the facsimile number.

5. An operational supervisory system having a supervisory server as claimed in claim 1, wherein said a data registration section stores a pager number of a fault notification destination, and wherein said means for notifying comprises:

a message storage section for storing a predetermined message template; and

a result notification section for producing a message on fault occurrence information in said server supervision section by using the template stored in said message storage section, and for transmitting the message to the pager number.

6. An operational supervisory system having a supervisory server as claimed in claim 1, wherein said supervisory server and said server to be operationally supervised communicate over the internet.

7. An operational supervisory system having a supervisory server that monitors a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) in a server to be operationally supervised, comprising:

a data registration section in the supervisory server for previously registering a character string contained in a processing result returned from said CGI in the server to be operationally supervised, said CGI conducting a predetermined processing to return the processing result when specific information is received by the server to be operationally and processed by said CGI;

a server supervision section in the supervisory server for transmitting specific information to the server to be operationally supervised, retrieving the character string registered in said data registration section from the processing result returned from the server to be operationally supervised, and judging that a fault occurs in the said CGI if no character string exists in the processing result that matches the character string registered in said data registration; and

means for notifying a supervisor, if a fault in said CGI is judged to occur, that an abnormality needs to be fixed.

8. An operational supervisory system having a supervisory server as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

a supervisory time registration section for registering a supervisory schedule with monitoring times; and

a server supervisory section for conducting monitoring operations on the server to be operationally supervised according to a the supervisory schedule.

9. An operational supervisory system having a supervisory server as claimed in claim 7, wherein said data registration section stores an electronic mail address of a fault notification destination, and wherein said means for notifying comprises:

a message storage section for storing a predetermined message template; and

a result notification section for producing a message on fault occurrence information in said server supervision section by using the template stored in said message storage section, and for transmitting the message to the electronic mail address.

10. An operational supervisory system having a supervisory server as claimed in claim 7, wherein said data registration section for storing a facsimile number of a fault notification destination, and wherein said means for notifying comprises:

a message storage section for storing a predetermined message template; and

a result notification section for producing a message on fault occurrence information in said server supervision section by using the template stored in said message storage section, and for transmitting the message to the facsimile number.

11. An operational supervisory system having a supervisory server as claimed in claim 7, wherein said a data registration section stores a pager number of a fault notification destination, and wherein said means for notifying comprises:

a message storage section for storing a predetermined message template; and

a result notification section for producing a message on fault occurrence information in said server supervision section by using the template stored in said message storage section, and for transmitting the message to the pager number.

12. An operational supervisory system having a supervisory server as claimed in claim 7, wherein said supervisory server and said server to be operationally supervised communicate over the internet.

13. An operational supervisory system having a supervisory server as claimed in claim 7, wherein said specific information includes a key word and said processing result includes said key word along with additional data.

14. An operational supervisory system having a supervisory server as claimed in claim 13, wherein said specific information additionally includes a value associated with the key word, and the additional data includes the value along with further data.