INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

• US 20130042243A1
• Filed: 06/06/2012
• Published: 02/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Yoshida, Taketoshi
• Granted Patent: US 9,075,888 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3089 Monitoring arrangements determined by the means or processing involved in sensing the monitored data, e.g. interfaces, connectors, sensors, probes, agents software debugging using additional hardware using a specific debug interface G06F11/3656; performance evaluation by tracing or monitoring G06F11/3466

Abstract

A procedure includes: receiving a request to monitor a target monitored item of the computer from a first information processing apparatus; inquiring the first information processing apparatus for a first monitoring condition; and determining a second information processing apparatus by referring to monitoring information. The monitoring information includes information indicating a specific monitored item and a monitoring condition for monitoring the specific monitored item in association with an identifier for identifying an information processing apparatus. The procedure further includes: instructing one of the first and second information processing apparatuses to monitor the target monitored item of the computer in accordance with the first monitoring condition for monitoring the target monitored item by the other one of the first and second information processing apparatuses; and instructing the other one of the first and second information processing apparatuses not to transmit a request to monitor the target monitored item.

Claims

1. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a procedure comprising:

receiving a request to monitor a target monitored item of the computer from a first information processing apparatus;

inquiring the first information processing apparatus for a first monitoring condition;

determining a second information processing apparatus by referring to monitoring information stored in a storage, the second information processing apparatus monitoring the target monitored item of the computer, the monitoring information including information indicating a specific monitored item and a monitoring condition for monitoring the specific monitored item in association with an identifier for identifying an information processing apparatus monitoring the specific monitored item;

instructing one of the first and second information processing apparatuses to monitor the target monitored item of the computer in accordance with the first monitoring condition for monitoring the target monitored item by the other one of the first and second information processing apparatuses; and

instructing the other one of the first and second information processing apparatuses not to transmit a request to monitor the target monitored item.

2. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein

the computer selects the one of the first and second information processing apparatuses, based on a given index regarding the first and second information processing apparatuses.

3. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 2, wherein

the given index is a response speed of communication with each of the first and second information processing apparatuses.

4. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, the procedure further comprising:

transmitting an identifier for identifying the other one of the first and second information processing apparatuses to the one of the first and second information processing apparatuses.

5. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a procedure comprising:

monitoring a monitored item of a first information processing apparatus in accordance with a first monitoring condition;

receiving, from the first information processing apparatus, information indicating a second monitoring condition for monitoring the monitored item and an identifier for identifying a second information processing apparatus;

storing the received information in a storage;

monitoring the monitored item in accordance with the second monitoring condition; and

transmitting, based on the identifier, a result of monitoring the monitored item in accordance with the second monitoring condition to the second information processing apparatus.

6. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 5, the procedure further comprising:

determining a schedule for monitoring the monitored item, based on the first monitoring condition and the second monitoring condition.

7. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 6, wherein

the first monitoring condition specifies a first period of monitoring cycles,

the second monitoring condition specifies a second period of monitoring cycles, and

the computer determines the schedule so as to match first monitoring timings based on the first period with second monitoring timings based on the second period.

8. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 5, the procedure further comprising:

receiving information indicating a notification condition in accordance with which the second information processing apparatus determines that a result of monitoring is abnormal;

storing the information indicating the notification condition in the storage; and

determining whether a result of monitoring is abnormal in accordance with the information indicating the notification condition stored in the storage,

wherein

the computer transmits the result of monitoring when the computer determines that the result of monitoring is abnormal.

9. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a storage to store monitoring information including information indicating a monitored item and a monitoring condition for monitoring the monitored item in association with an identifier for identifying a monitoring apparatus monitoring the monitored item; and

a processor to

receive a request to monitor a target monitored item of the information processing apparatus from a first information processing apparatus,

inquire the first information processing apparatus for a first monitoring condition,

determine a second information processing apparatus by referring to the monitoring information stored in the storage, the second information processing apparatus monitoring the target monitored item,

instruct one of the first and second information processing apparatuses to monitor the target monitored item in accordance with a monitoring condition for monitoring the target monitored item by the other one of the first and second information processing apparatuses, and

instruct the other one of the first and second information processing apparatuses not to transmit a request to monitor the target monitored item.

10. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a storage; and

a processor to

monitor a monitored item of a first information processing apparatus in accordance with a first monitoring condition,

receive, from the first information processing apparatus, information indicating a second monitoring condition for monitoring the monitored item and identifier for identifying a second information processing apparatus,

store the received information in the storage,

monitor the monitored item in accordance with the second monitoring condition, and

transmit, based on the identifier, a result of monitoring the monitored item in accordance with the second monitoring condition to the second information processing apparatus.