Resource Management System, Resource Information Providing Method and Program

• US 20080141261A1
• Filed: 10/21/2005
• Published: 06/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Machida, Fumio
• Granted Patent: US 8,191,068 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/104
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3495 for systems

Abstract

To provide a resource management system capable of stably providing most recently updated resource information at a high speed. A resource information update unit collects resource information from a plurality of agents by means of agent connection management unit according to an update schedule of resource information stored in a schedule storage unit, and stores the same in a resource information storage unit. A retrieval processing unit accesses the resource information storage unit to acquire retrieval results of resource information. A static schedule generation unit selects update interval for each of resource information, generates a static schedule, and store the same in the schedule storage unit.

Claims

1-21. -21. (canceled)

22. A resource management system comprising a resource information providing server for providing resource information relating a plurality of resources connected to a network in response to a request from a resource user, wherein:

the resource information providing server includes;

a resource information storage unit storing therein resource information;

a schedule storage unit storing therein an updating schedule of the resource information stored in the resource information storage unit; and

a resource information update unit for acquiring the resource information based on the schedule stored in the schedule storage unit; and

updating the resource information stored in the resource information storage unit by the acquired resource information; and

the schedule storage unit stores therein at least an updating schedule having an updating interval defined for each resource for which resource information is to be acquired.

23. The resource management system according to claim 22, wherein the different types of resources have different updating time intervals.

24. The resource management system according to claim 22, wherein the resource information providing server further includes a static schedule generation unit for generating the updating schedule generation unit for generating the updating schedule based on to at least one of the pieces of the information including the performance of the resource information providing server, an expected frequency of updating resource information, an expected frequency of request for resource information from resource users, an updating time length expected to required to update each piece of resource information and a number of resources, and storing the generated updating schedule in the schedule storage unit.

25. The resource management system according to claim 22, wherein the resource information providing serve further includes a dynamic schedule generation unit for dynamically modifying the updating schedule stored in the schedule storage unit based on at least one of a state of the resources, a state of the resource information providing server and a state of the communication line.

26. The resource management system according to claim 25, wherein the dynamic schedule generation unit modifies the updating schedule based on an increase or decrease of the number of resources.

27. The resource management system according to claim 25, wherein the dynamic schedule generation unit shortens the updating interval of the resource information for which the request is produced when a request for resource information is produced by a resource user.

28. The resource management system according to claim 25, wherein the dynamic schedule generation unit shortens the updating interval of the resource information relating to a trouble when the trouble arises to any of the resources or a communication line.

29. The resource management system according to claim 24, wherein the dynamic schedule generation unit shortens the updating interval of the resource information of an altered resource when the configuration of a resource is altered.

30. The resource management system according to claim 25, wherein the dynamic schedule generation unit prolongs the updating interval of the resource information that has not altered by past updates of resource information.

31. The resource management system according to claim 25, wherein the dynamic schedule generating unit prolongs the updating interval of resource information as a whole when a load of the resource information providing server or the communication line rises.

32. The resource management system according to claim 22, characterized by further comprising an agent for collecting resource information from the resources, the agent being adapted to transmit resource information to the resource information update unit.

33. The resource management system according to claim 32, wherein the agent registers notification conditions and an automatic notification request that specifies resource information in advance and, when notification conditions specified by the automatic notification request arise, the agent transmits the resource information specified by the automatic notification request to the resource information update unit.

34. The resource management system according to claim 22, wherein the updating schedule specifies the resource information to be acquired at each of the pollings that the resource information update unit carries out at a predetermined time interval.

35. The resource management system according to claim 34, wherein the upper limit of the resource information to be acquired at each polling is specified based on the memory capacity of the resource information providing server.

36. A resource management system comprising a resource information providing server for providing resource information relating to a plurality of resources connected to a network in response to a request from a resource user, characterized in that:

the resource information providing server includes;

a resource information storage unit storing resource information;

a schedule storage unit storing an updating schedule of the resource information stored in the resource information storage unit;

a resource information update unit for acquiring the resource information according to the schedule stored in the schedule storage unit and updating the resource information stored in the resource information storage unit by the acquired resource information; and

a dynamic schedule generation unit for dynamically modifying the updating schedule stored in the schedule storage unit based on at least one of a state of the resources, a state of the resource information providing server and a state of the communication line.

37. A method for providing resource information by means of a resource information providing server for providing resource information relating to a plurality of resources connected to a network, in response to a request from a resource user, the method comprising:

storing in a schedule storage unit an updating schedule defining an updating timing of resource information and including an updating interval selected at least for each resource for which resource information is to be acquired;

acquiring resource information based on the updating schedule stored in the schedule storage unit and storing the acquired resource information in a resource information storage unit; and

providing the resource information stored in the resource information storage unit in response to a request from a resource information user.

38. The resource management method according to claim 37, wherein the different types of resources have different updating time intervals.

39. A method for providing resource information by means of a resource information providing server for providing resource information relating to a plurality of resources connected to a network in response to a request from a resource user, the method comprising:

storing an updating schedule defining the updating timing of resource information in a schedule storage unit;

acquiring resource information according to the updating schedule stored in the schedule storage unit and storing the acquired resource information in a resource information storage unit;

dynamically modifying the updating schedule stored in the schedule storage unit based on at least one of a state of the resources, a state of the resource information providing server and a state of a communication line; and

providing the resource information stored in the resource information storage unit in response from a resource information user.

40. A computer readable program for a resource information providing server for providing resource information relating to a plurality of resource connected to a network, in response to a request from a resource user, the program defining:

storing in a schedule storage unit an updating schedule defining an updating timing of resource information and including an updating interval selected at least for each resource for which resource information is to be acquired;

acquiring resource information based on the updating schedule stored in the schedule storage unit and storing the acquired resource information in a resource information storage unit; and

providing the resource information stored in the resource information storage unit in response to a request from a resource information user.

41. The program according to claim 40, wherein the different types of resources have different updating time intervals.

42. A computer readable program for a resource information providing server for providing resource information relating to a plurality of resources connected to a network, in response to a request form a resource user, the program defining:

storing an updating schedule defining the updating time of resource information in a schedule storage unit;

acquiring resource information according to the updating schedule stored in the schedule storage unit and storing the acquired resource information in a resource information storage unit;

dynamically modifying the updating schedule stored in the schedule storage unit based on at least one of a state of the resources, a state of the resource information providing server and a state of communication line; and

providing the resource information stored in the resource information storage unit in response to a request from a resource information user.