JP2001060178A - Selecting method for remote control object - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve operability by extracting the connection destination to be connected for remote control matched to conditions out of plural connection destinations on a managing device corresponding to various kinds of information in the case of selecting the connection destination to be connected for remote control out of plural connection destinations connected with the managing device by a network. SOLUTION: The connection destination has an information transmitting part 142 for transmitting the information of the connection destination acquired by an agent system inside the connection destination to a managing device 11 and when the managing device writes data received from the connection destination in a data vase 12 and the user of the managing device 11 designates the conditions of the connection destination at the same time, the managing device extracts the connection destination on the basis of information in the data base 12 and displays it on the screen of the managing device. Thus, the selection of the connection destination is facilitated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a computer system having a plurality of connection destinations connected to one or a plurality of management devices via a network. On how to select the connection destination.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method of selecting a connection destination when remote control is performed from a management apparatus, a connection destination list is displayed, and information indicating the status of the connection destination is added and displayed as additional information, A method of displaying only the active connection destination has been devised and actually commercialized.

[0003] As in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-320341, information on input / output devices is displayed, further classified into a plurality of types for each function, and by specifying the function, the corresponding input / output device is easily selected. There is an invention. Also, JP-A-10-32034
The method disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 1 is effective in an environment where the number of functions is subdivided and the number of PCs is small, but there are many PCs of the same type, and when only a specific PC is selected from among them, has no effect.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, when a connection destination is selected by the management device, only the status (or function) of the connection destination can be used as additional information. However, it has not been solved that it is difficult to select a connection destination suitable for the purpose from many connection destinations and there is a problem in operability.

An object of the present invention is to provide, in addition to the connection destination status (whether the connection destination is operating or stopped) notified from the connection destination, connection destination system information (user name, user information, OS information,
Machine information) and event information (application name, importance, message content) such as application failure at the connection destination are collected on the management device, and a plurality of collected conditions are represented by A.
The search condition of the ND condition and the OR condition is designated or selected from the screen.

[0006] It is to facilitate selection of a connection destination by displaying only objects that match the designation and narrowing down the connection destinations.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a connection destination has the following functions.

In the connection destination system, after the system is started,
The connection destination monitoring unit that constantly monitors the status of the connection destination is operating. The connection destination monitoring unit notifies the management device of a change in the status of the connection destination at the timing of starting and stopping the connection destination system.

Further, the management apparatus is notified of connection destination information (user name, user information, OS information, machine specifications, etc.). When an event such as a failure occurs at the connection destination, the connection destination monitoring unit detects the event and notifies the management device of the failure information.

[0010] In order to achieve the above object, the management device has the following functions.

The management device manages various information received from the connection destination. When the user of the management device selects a connection destination, if the user specifies conditions of the connection destination, the management device selects and displays a connection destination that meets the conditions from the information acquired from the connection destination. With this function, when selecting a connection destination from the management device, it is possible to select the connection destination from the minimum necessary options (connection destinations).

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a computer system including a single management device 11 and a plurality of connection destinations 14 connected by a computer network 13.

The management device 11 has a function of receiving and managing information on a connection destination and a function of narrowing down connection destinations based on the managed information.

The function of receiving and managing connection destination information operates as follows.

First, the information monitoring unit 114 is started by starting the apparatus.

The information monitoring unit 114 is always operating.
When data is transferred from the connection destination, the information receiving unit 115 is activated, and when the display content needs to be updated, the data display unit 113 is activated to perform processing.

The information receiving unit 115 is activated by the information monitoring unit that has detected that the connection destination has notified, and receives the information.

The received information is written into 12 databases by the 111 database updating unit.

When data is written to the database, information notified from the connection destination is written in the corresponding area using the connection destination name as a key.

Information notified from the connection destination by this function is always stored in the database.

A function for narrowing down data connection destinations based on the following database information will be described.

In this function, the user activates the connection destination selection unit 116, and the user specifies search conditions for the connection destination.

The connection destination selection unit uses the database reference unit 112 to search the database for data that matches the search condition specified by the user, and displays the data in the connection destination selection unit.

When there is a change in the screen display on the management device in accordance with the update of the information in the database, the information monitoring unit detects the change and activates the data display unit to update the display screen of the connection destination selection unit.

The database reference unit 112 has a function of reading data from the database 12 in response to a request from the data display unit 113.

The data display unit 113 displays information in the database 12 in response to a user request or data update.

The connection destination selection unit 116 provides a user with a screen interface (FIG. 4) for selecting a connection destination.

The fourteen connection destinations have a function of notifying the management device of the connection destination information.

At the connection destination 14, 1
The connection destination monitoring unit 41 is activated. After the connection destination is started, the connection destination monitoring unit resides in the connection destination and monitors the status change, and when there is a status change (when the device is started / stopped / system information is changed), the information acquisition unit of 143 is started. After obtaining the information, 14
The information is notified to the management device 11 using the information transmission unit 2.

As an explanation of the individual parts, the information acquisition unit 143 acquires various information of the connection destination and creates information for transmitting to the management device. Further, when the status of the connection destination is updated, data for notifying a change in the status is also created.

The application monitoring unit 144 generates a message for notifying the management apparatus of a change in the status of the running application when the resident connection destination monitoring unit constantly monitors the application and changes the status of the running application. Be launched for The created data is notified to the management device by the information transmission unit started by the connection destination monitoring unit.
FIG. 2 is a connection destination management table of the database 12 of the management device, and stores data associated with the connection destination name 21 as a key item. The operation status 22 manages whether the connection destination is operating or stopped. The user name 23 manages the name, ID, and the like of the connection destination user. The 24 user information stores additional information of the user, such as the department to which the user belongs.
The 25 machine specifications store information on the connection destination machine.
The application name 26 stores the application name when an event is notified from the connection destination application. The importance of 27 stores the importance when an event occurs in the connection destination application. The message content 28 stores a message for an event that has occurred in the connected application.

Upon detecting an event such as a failure at the connection destination, the application monitoring unit 144 refers to the message table shown in FIG. 3 and adds the application name 31, importance 32, and message information 3 to the message notified to the management device.
3 is added to notify the management device.

For example, when a failure occurs in the database at the connection destination having the message table shown in FIG. 3, the database is searched from the application name 31 and the area 32 indicating the importance of this failure is referenced. Referring to the area of the message content 33, the message content is notified to the management apparatus with the information "Failed in the database. Follow the instructions of the maintenance staff."

The management apparatus also stores such information in the application name 26, the importance 27, and the message content 28 in FIG.

When the status of the connection destination is changed, the system operates as follows. Connection destination monitoring unit 141 of the connection destination
Detects the change, activates the information acquisition unit 143, and creates data to be transmitted to the management device. This data is transmitted to the management device by the information transmission unit 142 activated by the connection destination monitoring unit. The database update unit 111 in the management apparatus writes the data received from the connection destination as status 22 data in the connection destination management table in the database.

As shown in FIG. 4, when selecting a connection destination, the management apparatus can specify an arbitrary condition by AND or OR from the screen of the management apparatus.

For example, when it is desired to specify (user information = technical section) AND (importance = A) as in Example 1 of FIG. 4, the interface of claim 1 of the present invention is the first in 41 condition specifying sections. (Condition A) designates "user information = technical department", and designates "importance = A" as the second condition (condition B). Further, "condition A AND condition B" is designated in the condition code designation part 42. When the extraction is performed under this condition, only the connection point Point2 in which the failure of the importance A has occurred in the technical department is displayed on the management device.

Example 2 is the case of claim 2.

(User Information = Technical Department) When Searching for a Connection Destination of AND (Machine Specification = CPU 100) A list of items on the database (“operation status”, “user name”) , "User information", "
"Machine specification", "Application name", "Importance", "Message content") are displayed.

When selecting user information as an extraction condition,
By displaying a list of values for the corresponding item (in this case, “sales department”, “technical department”, “development department”) as in the selection item list of the user information 44, the user can select the item. It saves you the trouble of inputting.

A list of 45 machine specification selection items is also displayed for each item, saving the user the trouble of inputting the values of the selection items.

Items for which the value of the selection item is not specified (operation status, user,...) Are not taken as conditions for extraction.

For example, this time, when the technical section is specified in the information of the user and the CPU 100 is specified in the machine specification, the connection destinations Point 2 and Point 5 satisfying the two conditions are displayed, and the displayed information can be selected.

FIG. 5 shows the flow of processing at the connection destination.

When the connection destination is started (S51), the connection destination notifies that the connection has been started (S52), and further notifies the system information of the connection destination (S53).

Thereafter, a failure (S55) of the application is notified (S56) during various normal operations (S54) at the connection destination.

When the connection destination stops (S57), the application monitoring unit detects the stop, and the information transmission unit notifies the management device that the connection destination is stopped (S58).

FIG. 6 shows a processing flow of a connection destination selection method.

When the user activates the connection destination selection section 116 of the management apparatus (S61), the user specifies the conditions of the connection destination in the selection information section (41) and the conditional expression specification section (42) (S6).
2). Extract the connection destination that meets the conditions from the database (S
63), the connection destination selection unit displays a list of connection destinations meeting the conditions (S64).

When the user selects a connection destination from the connection destination list (S65), the management device connects to the connection destination (S66).
Is possible.

FIG. 7 shows a method of displaying a display result when connection destinations are narrowed down.

This figure shows the selection result of Example 2 in FIG.

The item name displayed as the information of the connection destination is displayed in the display item explanation section 71. As for the display, all the targets of the search result are displayed on the selection result display section 72.

This time, Point2 and Point5 are selected, and when Point2 is selected as shown in FIG. 7, the connection from the management device to Point2 is started.

[0056]

According to the present invention, when a management device selects a connection destination for remote control from a plurality of connection destinations connected via a network, the connection destination can be extracted from the management device based on various information. There is an effect that the operation of selecting a specific connection destination can be easily performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a connection destination management table.

FIG. 3 shows a message table.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example on the management device.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation status of the connection destination and the transmission of system information.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a connection destination selection method.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a selection result of a connection destination.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 management device, 12 database, 13 computer network, connection destination.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A means for managing information notified from a connection destination in order to select a connection destination in a computer system including a plurality of connection destinations connected via a network;
Means for detecting and notifying a change in information of the connected system;
A method of selecting a remote operation target, which has a function of specifying managed information as a search condition on a screen and narrowing down a target connection destination. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when selecting a connection destination, a list of narrowing-down condition items of the connection destination is displayed, and when an item is specified as a narrowing-down condition in the list, the value of the narrowing-down condition item is changed. Remote operation target characterized by having a function to search from the information to be managed, display it on the screen and specify the search conditions of the user, narrow down and display the target connection destination, and facilitate the selection of the connection destination How to choose.