Method and system for displaying integrated log information

• US 7,360,214 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2003
• Issued: 04/15/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Hatakeyama, Atsushi, Satomi, Mitsunori
• Primary Examiner(s): An; Meng-Al T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WAI, ERIC CHARLES
• Application Number:
  US10/438,696
• Publication Number:
  US 20040148327A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,798 Days
• Field of Search: 709/227, 709/224, 718/100
• US Class Current: 718/100
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]

Abstract

A method for collecting log information relating to specific processing from pieces of log information for integration is disclosed. Session information, which is given every time log information is processed and included in the log information held by a server, is recorded in a session-information management table. In addition, how session information associates with others among different pieces of log information is recorded in a session-information association table. Recursively searching the session-information association table by use of session information specified by a user through a target log entry input unit enables identification of a set of session information relating to the processing to which the user pays attention. Information corresponding to each of the session information related is collected from log information, and is integrated according to the recorded data and time of a log.

Claims

1. An integrated log displaying method used in an integration server that is connected via a network to a plurality of processing servers which perform a set of processing while mutually transmitting and receiving information, said integration server holding log information as an operation history relating to the set of processing, the method comprising the steps of:

collecting log information via the network from the server in which holds log information as a history of processing;

extracting session information and session related information from the log information;

storing the session information extracted in a session-information management table;

storing association between the session information extracted in a session-information association table;

integrating the log information relating to specified session information obtained by referring to said session-information management table and said session-information association table; and

displaying the log information integrated on a display screen.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

specifying a log information ID and session information to search said session-information management table and said session-information association table.

3. The method according to claim 1, comprising the steps of:

storing definition information about all log information in a log-configuration definition table; and

selecting a piece of definition information about the log information defined in said log-configuration definition table; and

collecting selectively the log information included in the server according to the definition information.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein said log-configuration definition table stores a layer ID representing a layer in which a server is located, a log information ID being an identifier given to uniquely identify each log information, a server name being an identifier used to uniquely identify a server where log information exists, a log file name representing a name of a file in which log information is recorded, a log format represents a format in which log information is recorded and a related session flag being a flag indicating whether or not related session information is included in the log information.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said session-information management table stores a log information ID indicating the log information and session information therein.

6. The integrated log displaying system according to claim 1, wherein said session-information association table

stores a log information ID indicating the log information, session information and related session information relating to the session information therein.

7. An integrated log displaying system comprising:

a log information collection unit that selectively collects log information via a network from a server in which holds log information as a history of processing;

a session-information extraction unit that extracts session information and session related information from the log information collected by said log information collection unit;

a session-information management table that stores the session information extracted by said session-information extraction unit;

a session-information association table that stores association between the session information extracted by said session-information extraction unit;

a log information integrating unit that integrates the log information collected through said log information collection unit relating to specified session information obtained by referring to said session-information management table and said session-information association table; and

a display unit that displays the log information integrated on a display screen.

8. The integrated log displaying system according to claim 7, wherein said integrated log displaying system is constructed by an integration server being connected via the network to servers that perform a set of processing while mutually transmitting and receiving information and holding log information as a history of processing in its own server.

9. The integrated log displaying system according to claim 7, further comprising:

a means for specifying a log information ID and session information to search said session-information management table and said session-information association table.

10. The integrated log displaying system according to claim 7, further comprising:

a log-configuration definition table that stores definition information about all log information,

wherein said session-information extraction unit selects a piece of definition information about the log information defined in the log-configuration definition table, and then collects the log information included in a server through the log information collection unit.

11. The integrated log displaying system according to claim 10, wherein said log-configuration definition table stores a layer ID representing a layer in which a server is located, a log information ID being an identifier given to uniquely identify each log information, a server name being an identifier used to uniquely identify a server where log information exists, a log file name representing a name of a file in which log information is recorded, a log format representing a format in which log information is recorded, and a related session flag being a flag indicating whether or not related session information is included in the log information.

12. The integrated log displaying system according to claim 7, wherein said session-information management table stores a log information ID indicating the log information and session information therein.

13. The integrated log displaying system according to claim 7, wherein said session-information association table

stores a log information ID indicating the log information, session information and related session information relating to the session information therein.

14. The integrated log displaying system according to claim 13, wherein said session-information association table stores Cookie 1, TranID 1, and TranID 2 as the session information therein.

15. The integrated log displaying system according to claim 7, wherein a plurality of partial log information collected are integrated by said log information integrating unit in order of log recorded time information in a log entry.

16. A computer-readable storage medium for storing a program for executing an integrated log displaying method used in an integration server connected via a network to a plurality of processing servers, comprising the steps of:

collecting log information via the network from the server in which holds log information as a history of processing;

extracting session information and session related information from the log information;

storing the session information extracted in a session-information management table;

storing association between the session information extracted in a session-information association table;

integrating the log information relating to specified session information obtained by referring to said session-information management table and said session-information association table; and

displaying the log information integrated on a display screen.

17. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 16, further comprising the steps of:

specifying a log information ID and session information to search said session-information management table and said session-information association table.

18. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 16, comprising the steps of:

storing definition information about all log information in a log-configuration definition table;

selecting a piece of definition information about the log information defined in said log-configuration definition table; and

collecting selectively the log information included in the server according to the definition information.

19. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 16, wherein said session-information management table stores a log information ID indicating the log information and session information therein.

20. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 16, wherein said session-information association table

stores a log information ID indicating the log information, session information and related session information relating to the session information therein.