IP Library Granted Patent US 8,554,829
Granted Patent B2
US 8,554,829 · App. 13/173,358 · Granted Oct 8, 2013

Virtual server ID managing system, integrated monitoring system, virtual server ID managing program, and integrated monitoring program

Inventor: Mineyuki Tamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,554,829
App. No.
13/173,358
Granted
Oct 8, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a system including an integrated monitoring system and its monitoring target system, a technology capable of achieving detailed monitoring for a plurality of virtual servers or others by appropriately identifying the plurality of virtual servers, managing their ID information, and others is provided. The present system includes an ID managing function of performing ID management for a monitor processing for each of a plurality of virtual servers (server instances) in the monitoring target system. The ID managing function performs a processing of providing a uniquely-identifiable ID (instance ID) to each of the plurality of server instances and identifies each of the server instances by referencing the ID at the monitor processing.

Claims (25)

1. An integrated monitoring system comprising:

a monitoring target system including a computer for storing one or more activation-source server disk images and monitoring setting information and a server device for operating a processing for each of a plurality of server instances activated as each of a plurality of virtual servers from each of the one or more activation-source server disk images, wherein;

a monitoring server device for performing a monitor processing for each of the plurality of virtual servers by using a processing by a monitoring agent, which targets at the monitoring target system; and

a storage device for storing an ID managing program for making the computer execute an information processing of ID management for the monitor processing for each of the plurality of server instances which is each of the plurality of virtual servers,

in the server device of the monitoring target system, the monitoring agent being operated, the monitoring agent performing a predetermined monitoring processing which targets at the virtual server in accordance with the monitoring setting information for each of the server disk images,

the monitoring server device performing the monitor processing for the virtual server by using the processing by the monitoring agent,

the ID managing program includes an ID providing unit, an ID storage unit, and a monitor-data transmitting unit included in the monitoring agent of the server device and a monitor-data receiving unit included in the monitoring server device,

the ID providing unit performing a processing of providing an ID which is uniquely identifiable to each of the plurality of server instances and a processing of determining whether to newly generate and provide an ID based on a predetermined reference at the activation of the server instance to generate and provide the new ID different from an existing ID if the server instance is newly activated or to provide the same ID as an ID at a previous activation so as to continuously use the ID by using information stored by the ID storage unit if the server instance is restarted,

the ID storage unit performing a processing of storing information containing the ID provided to each of the server instances into the monitoring setting information for each of the server disk images,

the monitor-data transmitting unit thereof performing a processing of transmitting monitor data to which information containing the ID provided to the server instance is attached,

the monitor-data receiving unit performing a processing of retrieving the information containing the ID attached to the received monitor data, and

the monitoring server device uniquely indentifying all of the plurality of server instances of the monitoring target system by referencing the monitor data and the information containing the ID and performing the monitor processing in accordance with the identification.

2. The integrated monitoring system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the monitoring target system is a public cloud system,

the server instance which is the virtual server operated by the server device provides a predetermined service processing to a user terminal, and,

as the monitoring agent operated by the server device, a plurality of monitoring agents each operated so as to correspond to each of the plurality of virtual servers are provided.

3. The integrated monitoring system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the monitoring server device or a terminal device connected to the monitoring server device performs a processing of displaying the information containing the ID provided to each of the server instances based on the monitor data on a screen.

4. The integrated monitoring system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the ID contains first information for uniquely identifying each of the one or more activation-source server disk images and second information for uniquely identifying each of the plurality of server instances activated from the activation-source server disk images.

5. The integrated monitoring system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the ID combines first information for uniquely identifying each of the one or more activation-source server disk images and second information for uniquely identifying each of the plurality of server instances activated from the activation-source server disk images.

6. The integrated monitoring system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the ID managing program includes a network-information confirming program, and,

at the activation of the server instance, the network-information confirming program performs a processing of confirming network information allocated to the server instance or a server device for operating the server instance to generate and provide a new ID different from an existing ID if the network information has been changed from a period of a previous operation, or to provide the same ID as an ID at the period of the previous operation so as to continuously use the ID if the network information has not been changed therefrom.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jul 6, 2012
From: HITACHI INFORMATION SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 028554/0864 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2011
From: TAMURA, MINEYUKI
To: HITACHI INFORMATION SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 026529/0061 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-072328 · Mar 29, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120254284A1 · Oct 4, 2012