Method of monitoring device forming information processing system, information apparatus and information processing system

• US 8,225,011 B2
• Filed: 08/16/2011
• Issued: 07/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Soeda, Takayoshi, Kuroda, Takaki
• Primary Examiner(s): TSENG, CHENG YUAN
• Application Number:
  US13/211,016
• Publication Number:
  US 20110302332A1
• Time in Patent Office: 336 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 710/18
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3466 Performance evaluation by tracing or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0213 Standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0853 by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information

Abstract

A monitoring apparatus communicatively coupled to one or more devices forming an information processing system manages each of the devices by setting the device to be in any one of monitoring states including a monitoring target to be always monitored, a semi-monitoring target to be determined if there is a change in resources and a non-monitoring target being neither the monitoring target nor the semi-monitoring target. The monitoring apparatus newly acquires resource information on a device whose monitoring state is currently set to be the monitoring target or the semi-monitoring target, and determines if any of the resources of the device is changed on the basis of the newly acquired resource information, the resource information acquired last time, and a determination condition. When determining that any of the resources has been changed, the monitoring apparatus outputs a screen prompting a change of the monitoring state of the device.

Claims

1. An information system comprising:

a plurality of devices including resources; and

a monitoring apparatus configured to manage monitoring states corresponding to the plurality of devices,

wherein each of the monitoring states is selected at least from a monitoring target state and a semi-monitoring target state,

wherein the monitoring apparatus is further configured to acquire one of a state value and a performance value of a first resource in a first device whose monitoring state is set to be the monitoring target state, and

wherein the monitoring apparatus is further configured to determine whether or not a second device whose current monitoring state is set to be the semi-monitoring target state is changed, and to output information prompting a change of a monitoring state of the second device from the semi-monitoring target state to the monitoring target state, if the second device is changed,

wherein the monitoring apparatus is further configured to acquire, after changing the monitoring state of the second device to be the monitoring target state, one of a state value and a performance value of a second resource in the second device,

wherein the acquisition of the one of a state value and performance value of the first resource is executed based on a schedule for checking the abnormal state of the first device, and

wherein the change of the second device is decided by;

acquiring first resource information from the second device at a first timing;

acquiring second resource information from the second device at a second timing; and

comparing the first resource information and the second resource information.

2. An information system according to claim 1,

wherein the monitoring apparatus is further configured to acquire one of an event log and a security log from the first device.

3. An information system according to claim 1,

wherein each of the monitoring states is further selected from a non-monitoring target state, and

wherein the monitoring apparatus is further configured to acquire one of a state value and a performance value of a third resource in a third device whose monitoring state is set to be the non-monitoring target state.

4. An information system according to claim 1,

wherein the change of the second device is a configuration or setting change of the second device.

5. An information system according to claim 1,

wherein the change of the second device is determined based on a rule set by a user interface.

6. A monitoring apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store a monitoring program; and

a CPU configured to execute the monitoring program;

wherein the monitoring program, when executed, causes the CPU to;

manage monitoring states corresponding to a plurality of devices including resources, wherein each of the monitoring states is selected at least from a monitoring target state and a semi-monitoring target state;

acquire one of a state value and a performance value of a first resource in a first device whose monitoring state is set to be the monitoring target state;

determine whether or not a second device whose monitoring state is set to be the semi-monitoring target state is changed; and

output information prompting a change of a monitoring state of the second device from the semi-monitoring target state to the monitoring target state, if the second device is changed,

wherein, after changing the monitoring state of the second device to the monitoring target state, the monitoring program causes the CPU to acquire one of a state value and a performance value of a second resource in the second device,

wherein the acquisition of the one of the state value and the performance value of the first resource is executed based on a schedule for checking the abnormal state of the first device, and

wherein the change of the second device is decided by;

acquiring first resource information from the second device at a first timing;

acquiring second resource information from the second device at a second timing; and

comparing the first resource information and second resource information.

7. A monitoring apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the monitoring apparatus is configured to acquire one of an event log and a security log from the first device.

8. A monitoring apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein each of the monitoring states is further selected from a non-monitoring target state, and

wherein the monitoring apparatus is configured to acquire one of a state value and a performance value of a third resource in a third device whose monitoring state is set to be the non-monitoring target state.

9. A monitoring apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the change of the second device is a configuration or setting change of the second device.

10. A monitoring apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the change of the second device is determined based on a rule set by a user interface.

11. A memory storing a monitoring program, the monitoring program comprising steps executed by a monitoring apparatus of:

managing monitoring states corresponding to a plurality of devices including resources, wherein each of the monitoring states is selected at least from a monitoring target state and a semi-monitoring target state;

acquiring one of a state value and a performance value of a first resource in a first device whose monitoring state is set to be the monitoring target state;

determining whether or not a second device whose monitoring state is set to be the semi-monitoring target state is changed;

outputting information prompting a change of a monitoring state of the second device from the semi-monitoring target state to the monitoring target state, if the second device is changed; and

acquiring a state value or a performance value of a second resource in the second device after changing the monitoring state of the second device to be the monitoring target state,

wherein the acquisition of the state value or the performance value of the first resource is executed based on a schedule for checking the abnormal state of the first device, and

wherein the change of the second device is decided by;

acquiring first resource information from the second device at a first timing;

acquiring second resource information from the second device at a second timing; and

comparing the first resource information and second resource information.

12. A memory storing a monitoring program according to claim 11, wherein the monitoring program further comprises a step executed by a monitoring apparatus of:

acquiring one of an event log and a security log from the first device.

13. A memory storing a monitoring program according to claim 11,

wherein each of the monitoring states is further selected from a non-monitoring target state, and

wherein the monitoring program further comprises a step executed by a monitoring apparatus of:

causing the monitoring apparatus to acquire one of a state value and a performance value of a third resource in a third device whose monitoring state is set to be the non-monitoring target state.

14. A memory storing a monitoring program according to claim 11,

wherein the change of the second device is a configuration or setting change of the second device.

15. A memory storing a monitoring program according to claim 11,

wherein the change of the second device is determined based on a rule set by a user interface.