Management system, management computer, managed computer, management method and program

• US 7,680,921 B2
• Filed: 09/10/2003
• Issued: 03/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Emaru, Hironori, Hirata, Toshiaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee; Philip C
• Application Number:
  US10/660,300
• Publication Number:
  US 20040107278A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,379 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/224, 702/186, 702/179, 340/506
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3034 where the computing system component is a storage system, e.g. DASD based or network based digital input from or digital output to record carriers G06F3/06; digital recording or reproducing G11B20/18; for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS], H04L67/1097
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3065 Monitoring arrangements determined by the means or processing involved in reporting the monitored data error or fault reporting or logging G06F11/0766

Abstract

A management system of one embodiment of the invention has a management computer and a managed computer which is managed by the management computer. The management computer comprises a communication device configured to receive operating data of a monitoring object inside a managed computer and information relating to an event. A processor is configured to identify from the operating data received by the communication device a portion of the operating data which relates to the event, based on the operating data and the information relating to the event indicating trouble occurrence or performance decrement of the monitoring object.

Claims

1. In a management system including a management computer and a plurality of managed computers to be managed by the management computer, the management computer comprising:

a communication device configured to receive operating data of a monitoring object inside a first managed computer, from among the plurality of managed computers, and information relating to an event from a sender managed computer;

a memory to store the operating data received by the communication device, the operating data including an identifier associated with the first managed computer;

a storage device; and

a processor configured to compare the identifier associated with the first managed computer with the sender managed computer that sends the information relating to the event; and

wherein the processor determines that the first managed computer is same as the sender managed computer, storing the information relating to the event and the operating data of the monitoring object associated with the event, in the memory, or

wherein the processor determines that the first managed computer is different from the sender managed computer, not storing the information relating to the event and the operating data of the monitoring object associated with the event, in the memory; and

wherein when the event indicates a parameter of the monitoring object exceeds a threshold value, and the information relating to the event is stored in the memory, then the operating data received is stored in the storage device, and

wherein when the event does not indicate the parameter of the monitoring object exceeds the threshold value or the information relating to the event is not stored in the memory, then the operating data received is not stored in the storage device.

2. The management computer as set forth in claim 1,

wherein the information relating to the event includes at least one of information showing presence or absence of occurrence of the event, information showing an occurrence time of the event, and information showing a classification of the event, and

wherein the processor of the management computer is configured to identify a portion of the operating data which relates to the event, based on the operating data and the information relating to the event including the at least one of the information showing presence or absence of occurrence of the event, the information showing the occurrence time of the event, and the information showing the classification of the event.

3. The management computer as set forth in claim 1,

wherein the management computer is configured to manage the plurality of managed computers, wherein the communication device is configured to receive the operating data of monitoring objects inside the plurality of managed computers and the information relating to an event, wherein the information relating to an event includes host information identifying from the operating data received by the communication device a portion of the operating data which is received from the managed computer in which the event occurred, and wherein the processor of the management computer is configured to identify the portion of the operating data which relates to the event, based on the operating data and the information relating to the event including the host information.

4. The management computer as set forth in claim 3,

wherein the information relating to the event includes information showing presence or absence of occurrence of the event, and wherein the processor of the management computer is configured to identify the portion of the operating data which relates to the event, based on the operating data and the information showing presence or absence of occurrence of the event.

5. The management computer as set forth in claim 1,

wherein the monitoring object includes at least one of a hardware structure part in a storage device connected to the management computer through a network and a program stored in the storage device in the managed computer.

6. The management computer as set forth in claim 1 wherein a portion of the operating data identified by the process is to be used for trouble analysis and to carry out the trouble analysis.

7. A management system comprising a management computer and a plurality of managed computers which are managed by the management computer,

wherein a first managed computer, from among the plurality of managed computers, includes:

a managed computer processor which is configured to obtain operating data from a monitoring object inside the first managed computer and to generate information relating to an event, the event including information indicating a parameter of the monitoring object exceeds a threshold value; and

a managed computer communication device which is configured to transmit the operating data from the monitoring object and the information relating to the event to the management computer, and

wherein the management computer includes;

a management computer communication device which is configured to receive the operating data from the managed computer communication device and the information relating to the event from a sender managed computer;

an operating data buffer to store the operating data received by the management computer communication device, the operating data including an identifier identifying the first managed computer;

a data storage; and

a management computer processor which is configured to compare the identifier identifying the first managed computer which includes the monitoring object with the sender managed computer that sends the information relating to the event, and

wherein the management computer processor determines that the first managed computer is same as the sender managed computer, storing the information relating to the event and the associated operating data of the monitoring object associated with the event, in the operating data buffer, or

wherein the management computer processor determines that the first managed computer is different from the sender management computer, not storing the information relating to the event and the associated operating data of the monitoring object associated with the event, in the operating data buffer; and

wherein when the event indicates the parameter of the monitoring object exceeds the threshold value and the information relating to the event is stored in the operating data buffer, then the operating data received is stored in the data storage,

wherein when the event does not indicate the parameter of the monitoring object exceeds the threshold value or the information relating to the event is not stored in the operating data buffer, then the operating data received is not stored in the data storage.

8. The management system as set forth in claim 7,

wherein the management computer processor is configured, when the information relating to the event is received, to store the information relating to event in the operating data buffer in association with the operating data stored in the operating data buffer, to write a part of the operating data stored and the information relating to the event from the operating data buffer to the data storage, the part of the operating data stored to be written to the data storage relating to the event, based on the part of the operating data stored and the information relating to the event written to the data storage.

9. The management system as set forth in claim 7,

wherein the management computer processor is configured, when the information relating to the event is received, to store the information relating to event in the operating data buffer in association with the operating data stored in the operating data buffer, to determine a part of the operating data to be written from the operating data buffer to the data storage based on the information relating to the event, and to write the part of the operating data stored from the operating data buffer to the data storage, and to carry out a trouble analysis based on the part of the operating data stored written to the data storage.

10. A management computer for monitoring a monitoring object in a managed first computer, from among a plurality of managed computers, the management computer comprising:

a communication device configured to receive operating data of a monitoring object inside the first managed computer and information relating to an event from a sender managed computer;

an operating data buffer to store the operating data received by the communication device, the operating data including an identifier identifying the first managed computer;

a data storage; and

a processor configured to compare the identifier identifying the first managed computer with the sender managed computer that sends the information related to the event; and

wherein the processor determines that the first managed computer is same as the sender managed computer, storing the information relating to the event and the operating data of the monitoring object associated with the event, in the operating data buffer, or

wherein the processor determines that the first managed computer is different from the sender managed computer, not storing the information relating to the event and the operating data of the monitoring object associated with the event, in the operating data buffer; and

wherein when the event indicates a parameter of the monitoring object exceeds a threshold value and the information relating to the event is stored in the operating data buffer, then the operating data received is stored in the data storage,

wherein when the event does not indicate the parameter of the monitoring object exceeds the threshold value or the information relating to the event is not stored in the operating data buffer, then the operating data received is not stored in the data storage.

11. The management computer as set forth in claim 10,

wherein the processor is configured, when the information relating to the event is received, to store the information relating to event in the operating data buffer in association with the operating data stored in the operating data buffer, to write the operating data stored and the information relating to the event from the operating data buffer to the data storage, and to identify from the operating data a portion of the operating data relating to the event, based on the operating data stored and the information relating to the event written to the data storage.

12. An operating management method for managing one or more monitoring objects, located in one or more managed computers, on the basis of operating data, the operating management method comprising:

receiving operating data of a monitoring object inside a first managed computer and information relating to an event from a sender managed computer;

storing the operating data in a memory, the operating data including an identifier that identifies the first managed computer that includes the monitoring object;

comparing the identifier with the sender computer that sends the information relating to the event;

storing, in the memory, the information relating to the event and the operating data of the monitoring object associated with the event when determined that the first managed computer is same as the sender managed computer;

not storing, in the memory, the information relating to the event and the operating data of the monitoring object associated with the event when determined that the first managed computer is different from the sender managed computer;

storing the operating data in a storage device when the event indicates a parameter of the monitoring object exceeds a threshold value and the information relating to the event is stored in the memory;

not storing the operating data in the storage device when the event does not indicate the parameter of the monitoring object exceeds the threshold value or the information relating to the event is not stored in the memory; and

displaying the operating data identified.

13. The operating management method as set for in claim 12, wherein the information relating to the event includes at least one of information showing presence or absence of occurrence of the event, information showing an occurrence time of the event, and information showing a classification of the event, and

identifying a portion of the operating data which relates to the event, based on the operating data and the information relating to the event including the at least one of the information showing presence or absence of occurrence of the event, the information showing the occurrence time of the event, and the information showing the classification of the event.

14. The operating management method as set for in claim 12, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the operating data of a plurality of monitoring objects, wherein the information relating to the event includes host information identifying from the operating data a portion of the operating data which is received from the monitoring object in which the event occurred, and identifying the portion of the operating data which relates to the event, based on the operating data and the information relating to the event including the host information.

15. The operating management method as set for in claim 14, wherein the information relating to the event includes information showing presence or absence of occurrence of the event, and identifying the portion of the operating data which relates to the event, based on the operating data and the information showing presence or absence of occurrence of the event.

16. In an non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for managing a monitoring object on the basis of operating data, the program comprising:

code for receiving the operating data from a first managed computer of a plurality of managed computers that includes the monitoring object inside the first managed computer;

code for storing the operating data in a memory, the operating data including an identifier that identifies the first managed computer;

code for receiving information relating to an event from a sender managed computer;

code for comparing the identifier with the sender managed computer to determine whether the first managed computer is same as or difference from the sender managed computer;

code for storing the information relating to the event and the operating data of the monitoring object associated with the event in the memory when determined that the first managed computer is same as the sender managed computer;

code for not storing the information relating to the event and the operating data of the monitoring object associated with the event in the memory when determined that the first managed computer is different from the sender managed computer;

code for storing the operating data in a storage device when the event indicates a parameter of the monitoring object exceeds a threshold value and the information relating to the event is stored in the memory;

code for not storing the operating data in the storage device when the event does not indicate the parameter of the monitoring object exceeds the threshold value or the information relating to the event is not stored in the memory; and

code for displaying the operating data identified.