System evaluation apparatus

• US 8,230,264 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2009
• Issued: 07/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Shigeta, Soichi, Imai, Yuji
• Primary Examiner(s): Ehne, Charles
• Application Number:
  US12/582,873
• Publication Number:
  US 20100115342A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,007 Days
• Field of Search: 714/25, 714/26, 714/27, 714/33, 714/37, 714/48
• US Class Current: 714/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3688 for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/18056 Rotary to or from reciprocating or oscillating
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/18064 Head motions
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/18072 Reciprocating carriage motions
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/1812 Alternately rotated pinion
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/1824 Slidable connections

Abstract

An apparatus for evaluating a change of an existing system to a modified system by using a test system including a subsystem having the same configuration with either of the existing subsystem and the modified system includes: a memory for storing configuration information of the test system and test information; and a processor for executing a process including: activating the test system to execute test on the subsystem, collecting test information from the test system, and storing the test result information while the subsystem has the same configuration as the existing system; confirming the test system has been modified; and activating the test system to execute test on the subsystem, collecting test result information from the test system, and storing the test result information while the subsystem has the same configuration as the modified system.

Claims

1. An apparatus for evaluating a change of an existing system to a modified system by using a test system including a subsystem having the same configuration with either of the existing system and the modified system, the apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a processor for executing a process including;

activating the test system using computers selected from a pool of computers from which computers for the existing system are selected while the existing system is in operation, collecting test result information from the test system, and storing the test result information in the memory while the subsystem has the same configuration as the existing system,

confirming the test system has been modified so that the subsystem has the same configuration as the modified system, and

activating the test system while the existing system is in operation, collecting test result information from the test system, and storing the test result information in the memory while the subsystem has the same configuration as the modified system.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the memory stores differences from the existing system are defined for the test system.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the process includes determining whether the number of computers to use for the test system are reserved.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the process includes activating the test system for each test items.

5. A method for controlling an apparatus for evaluating a change of an existing system to a modified system by using a test system including a subsystem having the same configuration with either of the existing system and the modified system, the apparatus including a memory and a processor, the method comprising:

activating the test system using computers selected from a pool of computers from which computers for the existing system are selected while the existing system is in operation, collecting test result information from the test system, and storing the test result information in the memory while the subsystem has the same configuration as the existing system by the processor;

confirming the test system has been modified so that the subsystem has the same configuration as the modified system by the processor; and

activating the test system while the existing system is in operation, collecting test result information from the test system, and storing the test result information in the memory by the processor while the subsystem has the same configuration as the modified system.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising determining whether the number of computers to use for the test system are reserved.

7. The method according to claim 5, further comprising activating the test system for each test items.

8. A method comprising:

selecting a first set of computers from a group of computers as components of a system;

selecting a second set of computers from the group of computers as additional components for testing the system;

testing the system formed by the first set of computers using the second set of computers while the first set of computers is active as the system; and

deploying the tested system in the first set of computers as an active system.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a processor to perform a procedure, the procedure comprising;

selecting a first set of computers from a group of computers as components of a system and selecting a second set of computers from the group of computers as additional components for testing the system;

testing the system formed by using the first set of computers using the second set of computers while the first set of computers is active as the system; and

deploying the tested system in the first set of computers as an active system.

10. An apparatus for evaluating a change of an existing system to a modified system by using a test system including a subsystem having the same configuration with either of the existing system and the modified system, the test system including a plurality of computers connected with each other via a network, the apparatus comprising:

a memory for storing configuration information of the test system and test information; and

a processor for executing a process including;

activating the test system to execute test on the subsystem, collecting test information from the test system, and storing the test result information in the memory while the subsystem has the same configuration as the existing system,

confirming the test system has been modified so that the subsystem has the same configuration as the modified system,

activating the test system to execute test on the subsystem, collecting test result information from the test system, and storing the test result information in the memory while the subsystem has the same configuration as the modified system, and

determining whether the number of computers to use for the test system are reserved.

11. A method for controlling an apparatus for evaluating a change of an existing system to a modified system by using a test system including a subsystem having the same configuration with either of the existing subsystem and the modified system, the test system including a plurality of computers connected with each other via a network, the apparatus including a memory for storing configuration information of the test system and test information and a processor, the method comprising:

activating the test system to execute test on the subsystem, collecting test information from the test system, and storing the test result information in the memory while the subsystem has the same configuration as the existing system by the processor;

confirming the test system has been modified so that the subsystem has the same configuration as the modified system by the processor;

activating the test system to execute test on the subsystem while the subsystem has the same configuration as the modified system, collecting test result information from the test system, and storing the test result information in the memory by the processor; and

determining whether the number of computers to use for the test system are reserved.