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US 9,880,912 · App. 14/334,733 · Granted Jan 30, 2018

Information processing system, control method of information processing system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

Inventor: Ryosuke Kokubo (Kannami, JP)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
G06F11/2028G06F11/2038G06F11/2048G06F11/3048G06F11/3089
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Patent No.
US 9,880,912
App. No.
14/334,733
Granted
Jan 30, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The information processing system includes a first management device, a second management device coupled to the first management device, and a first information processing device coupled to the second management device, wherein the second management device receives, from the first information processing device, a notification indicating that an operation state of the first information processing device is changed from a first state to a second state, and the second management device transmits the notification to the first management device after a first time period is collapsed after receiving the notification, the first time period being defined based on the second state.

Claims (65)

1. An information processing system comprising:

a first management device;

a second management device coupled to the first management device; and

a first information processing device and a second information processing device coupled to the second management device,

wherein the second management device configured to:

receive, from the first information processing device, a notification indicating a first state or a second state as an operation state of the first information processing device,

transmit the notification to the first management device after a time period has elapsed after the notification is received, the time period being changeable according to whether the notification indicates the first state or the second state as the operation state of the first information processing device, and

store information associating a plurality of values of the time period with a plurality of operation states of the first information processing device, respectively, and

select one of the plurality of values when the notification indicates the first state and select another one of the plurality of values when the notification indicates the second state,

the first management device is configured to transmit the notification to the second management device after receiving the notification,

the second management device is configured to transmit the notification received from the first management device to the second information processing device after receiving the notification from the first management device, and

wherein the time period for the transmission of the notification while the first information processing device is in the second state and the first information processing device is down is shorter than while the first information processing device is in the second state and the first information processing device is running.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the notification includes state information that indicates the second state, and type information that indicates a type of the first information processing device, and

the time period is defined based on the state information and the type information.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the time period to transmit the notification from the second management device to the first management device is a first time period, and

the second management device transmits the notification after a second time period that is defined based on the second state.

4. The information processing system according to claim 3 , wherein

the first state is a running state, and the second state is a down state, and

the second information processing device is in the first state when the second information processing device receives the notification from the second management device.

5. The information processing system according to claim 4 , wherein

the second information processing device executes failover process after the second information processing device receives the notification.

6. The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein

the first information processing device is a server, and

the type information indicates that the type of the first information processing device corresponds to at least one of a file server, a calculation server, and a management server.

7. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first information processing device detects the operation state of the first information processing device at first time intervals that are set based on the second state after the operation state of the first information processing device is changed from the first state to the second state.

8. The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein the time period to transmit the notification to the first management device is a first time period, and

the second management device transmits the notification after a second time period, and

the first management device receives the notification from the second management device, and transmits the notification to the second management device after a third time period has elapsed after receiving the notification, the third time period being defined based on the second state.

9. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the information processing system includes a plurality of information processing devices which includes the first information processing device and the second information processing device,

when a number of the plurality of information processing devices or a number of information processing devices that are in a running state among the plurality of information processing devices is equal to a threshold value or more, the second management device transmits the notification to the first management device after the time period has elapsed after receiving the notification.

10. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first management device and the second management device are servers.

11. A control method of an information processing system that includes a first management device, a second management device coupled to the first management device, and a first information processing device and a second information processing device coupled to the second management device, the method comprising:

transmitting a notification indicating a first state or a second state as an operation state of the first information processing device, from the first information processing device to the second management device; and

transmitting the notification, from the second management device to the first management device, after a time period has elapsed after the second information processing device receives the notification, the time period being changeable according to whether the notification indicates the first state or the second state as the operation state of the first information processing device, and the second management device storing information associating a plurality of values of the time period with a plurality of operation states of the first information processing device, respectively, and selecting one of the plurality of values when the notification indicates the first state and select another one of the plurality of values when the notification indicates the second state,

wherein the first management device transmits the notification to the second management device after receiving the notification,

the second management device transmits the notification received from the first management device to the second information processing device after receiving the notification from the first management device, and

wherein the time period for the transmitting of the notification while the first information processing device is in the second state and the first information processing device is down is shorter than while the first information processing device is in the second state and is running.

12. The control method according to claim 11 , wherein

the notification includes state information that indicates the second state, and type information that indicates a type of the first information processing device, and

the time period is defined based on the state information and the type information.

13. The control method according to claim 11 , wherein the time period to transmit the notification from the second management device to the first management device is a first time period, and

the second management device transmits the notification after a second time period that is defined based on the second state.

14. The control method according to claim 13 , wherein

the first state is a running state, and the second state is a down state, and

the second information processing device is in the first state when the second information processing device receives the notification from the second management device.

15. The control method according to claim 14 , further comprising:

executing failover process with the second information processing device after the second information processing device receives the notification.

16. The control method according to claim 12 , wherein

the first information processing device is a server, and

the type information indicates that the type of the first information processing device corresponds to at least one of a file server, a calculation server, and a management server.

17. The control method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

detecting the operation state of the first information processing device at first time intervals that are set based on the second state after the operation state of the first information processing device is changed from the first state to the second state.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a control program that causes an information processing system to execute a process, the information processing system including a first management device, a second management device coupled to the first management device, and a first information processing device and a second information processing device coupled to the second management device, the process comprising:

transmitting, a notification indicating a first state or a second state as an operation state of the first information processing device, from the first information processing device to the second management device; and

transmitting the notification, from the second management device to the first management device, after a time period has elapsed after the second information processing device receives the notification, the time period being changeable according to whether the notification indicates the first state or the second state as the operation state of the first information processing device, and the second management device storing information associating a plurality of values of the time period with a plurality of operation states of the first information processing device, respectively, and selecting one of the plurality of values when the notification indicates the first state and select another one of the plurality of values when the notification indicates the second state,

wherein the first management device transmits the notification to the second management device after receiving the notification,

the second management device transmits the notification received from the first management device to the second information processing device after receiving the notification from the first management device, and

wherein the time period for the transmitting of the notification while the first information processing device is in the second state and the first information processing device is down is shorter than while the first information processing device is in the second state and is running.

19. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the information processing system includes a plurality of information processing devices including the first information processing device and the second information processing device, and

the time period is set so as to reduce a peak load of a network including the first management device, the second management device and the plurality of information processing devices.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2014
From: KOKUBO, RYOSUKE
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 033370/0552 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-169188 · Aug 16, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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