Method for controlling managing computer, medium for storing control program, and managing computer

• US 6,938,082 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2001
• Issued: 08/30/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Yamamura, Norio, Sato, Toshio, Miyazaki, Satoshi, Hirata, Toshiaki, Urano, Akihiro, Fujino, Shuji
• Primary Examiner(s): Winder, Patrice
• Application Number:
  US09/793,970
• Publication Number:
  US 20010054094A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,644 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/224, 709/229, 709/103, 709/213
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0748 in a remote unit communicating with a single-box computer node experiencing an error/fault remote testing G06F11/2294
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0769 Readable error formats, e.g. cross-platform generic formats, human understandable formats
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3017 where the computing system is implementing multitasking multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46; allocation of resources G06F9/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3051 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the configuration of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring the presence of processing resources, peripherals, I/O links, software programs verification or detection of system hardware configuration G06F11/2247
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3068 where the reporting involves data format conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3086 where the reporting involves the use of self describing data formats, i.e. metadata, markup languages, human readable formats
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/328 Computer systems status display G06F11/327 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3476 Data logging G06F11/14, G06F11/2205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/86 Event-based monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/069 using logs of notifications; Post-processing of notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]

Abstract

A managing computer is provided having an acquiring device for acquiring log information and event information from among a plurality of computers connected via a network to each other into a common database of the managing computer. A data controller may be provided for storing into the common database of the managing computer, operation definition information used to define a schedule of process operations executed in the plurality of computers in relation to the log information and the event information acquired by the acquiring device. A display device may display the operation definition information in relation to event information related to a process operation defined by the operation defining information with reference to the information stored in the database.

Claims

1. A computer system comprising:

a plurality of computers executing an operation process; and

a managing computer connected with said plurality of computers;

wherein said managing computer comprises;

an acquiring device for acquiring log information and event information from among a plurality of computers connected via a network to each other into a common database, said log information indicating as to whether or not an execution of an operation process is carried out under normal condition, and said event information indicating whether or not an execution of an operation process is carried out under normal condition;

a data controller for storing into said common database of said managing computer, operation definition information used to define a schedule of process operations executed in said plurality of computers in relation to said log information and said event information acquired by said acquiring device; and

a display device for displaying said operation definition information in relation to event information related to a process operation defined by said operation definition information with reference to the information stored in said common database of said managing computer.

2. A computer system according to claim 1,

wherein one of said plurality of computers further comprises:

a normalizing element for normalizing log information and event information with respect to a process operation executed in said one computer into a normalized format; and

an outputting process for outputting said log information and said event information normalized in said one computer.

3. A computer system according to claim 2,

wherein each of said log information and said event information respectively owns a tag indicative of said log information and a tag representative of said event information.

4. A computer system according to claim 1, said managing computer further comprising:

an selecting device to select information displayed on said display device.

5. A computer system according to claim 4, said managing computer further comprising:

a display control device to control information displayed on said display device based on the information selected by said selecting device.

6. A computer system according to claim 1, wherein the log information indicates whether the execution of the operation process is carried out under the normal condition or an error condition.

7. A computer system according to claim 1, wherein the event information indicates whether the execution of the operation process is carried out under the normal condition or an error condition.

8. A computer system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of computers includes an operation execution element to receive operation definition information from the managing computer, the operation execution element comprising a job execution control unit, a power supply control unit, and a print execution control unit to execute together administrative operations defined by the operation definition information.

9. A computer system comprising:

a plurality of computers; and

a managing computer connected with said plurality of computers by a network;

wherein said managing computer comprises;

an acquiring device for acquiring log information and event information from among the plurality of computers connected via the network to each other into a common database, said log information indicating whether an execution of a job operation is carried out under a normal condition or an error condition, and said event information indicating whether an execution of a job operation is carried out under the normal condition or the error condition;

a data controller for storing into said common database of said managing computer, operation definition information used to define a schedule of job operations executed in said plurality of computers in relation to said log information and said event information acquired by said acquiring device;

a display device for displaying said operation definition information in relation to event information related to a job operation defined by said operation definition information with reference to the information stored in said common database of said managing computer; and

a selecting device to select information displayed on said display device.

10. A computer system according to claim 9, wherein the managing computer further comprises a display control device to control information displayed on said display device based on the information selected by said selecting device.

11. A computer system according to claim 9,

wherein one of said plurality of computers further comprises:

a normalizing element for normalizing log information and event information with respect to a job operation executed in said one computer into a normalized format; and

an outputting process for outputting said log information and said event information normalized in said one computer.

12. A computer system according to claim 9,

wherein each of said log information and said event information respectively owns a tag indicative of said log information and a tag representative of said event information.

13. A computer system according to claim 9, wherein at least one of the plurality of computers includes an operation execution element to receive operation definition information from the managing computer, the operation execution element comprising a job execution control unit, a power supply control unit, and a print execution control unit to execute together administrative operations defined by the operation definition information.