Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10756944-B2
Application number	US-201815864024-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 8, 2018
Priority date	Jan 16, 2017
Publication date	Aug 25, 2020
Grant date	Aug 25, 2020

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to, receive a plurality of pieces of collation information corresponding to respective information items of configuration information representing information apparatus configurations, perform collation processing for collating information acquired from an information system including a plurality of information apparatuses with the plurality of pieces of collation information, and specify pieces of configuration information representing respective configurations of the plurality of information apparatuses based on specific collation information with which the largest number of successes of the collation processing for each type of information item and each model of information apparatus is detected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a memory; and
a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to:
receive a plurality of pieces of collation information corresponding to respective information items of configuration information representing information apparatus configurations,
perform collation processing for collating information acquired from an information system including a plurality of information apparatuses with the plurality of pieces of collation information, and
specify pieces of configuration information representing respective configurations of the plurality of information apparatuses based on specific collation information with which the largest number of successes of the collation processing for each type of information item and each model of information apparatus is detected,

the collation processing includes performing a loop for each of resource information of the configuration information, a loop for each of items of the configuration information, and a loop for each of keywords and patterns of the keywords of the configuration information.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the plurality of pieces of collation information has a common information part corresponding to common information that is common among the respective pieces of configuration information of the plurality of information apparatuses and a non-common information part corresponding to pieces of non-common information that are unique to the respective pieces of configuration information of the plurality of information apparatuses, and the non-common information part includes a matching condition representing a matching range, and
wherein the collation processing includes performing collation to determine whether the information acquired from the information system matches the common information part of each of the plurality of pieces of collation information and satisfies the matching condition.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the collation processing includes specifying temporary specific collation information based on collation successful results before completion of the collation processing performed on the information acquired from the plurality of information apparatuses in the information system and changing the temporary specific collation information when a change in a totalization result of the number of successes of the collation processing occurs.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information items of the configuration information include at least one of a network address and a serial number of the information apparatus.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information acquired from the information system is information acquired in accordance with Simple Network Management Protocol or Intelligent Platform Management Interface.

6. An information processing method executed by a computer, the method comprising:
receiving a plurality of pieces of collation information corresponding to respective information items of configuration information representing information apparatus configurations;
performing collation processing for collating information acquired from an information system including a plurality of information apparatuses with the plurality of pieces of collation information; and
specifying pieces of configuration information representing respective configurations of the plurality of information apparatuses based on specific collation information with which the largest number of successes of the collation processing for each type of information item and each model of information apparatus is detected,
the collation processing includes performing a loop for each of resource information of the configuration information, a loop for each of items of the configuration information, and a loop for each of keywords and patterns of the keywords of the configuration information.

7. The information processing method according to claim 6 ,
wherein each of the plurality of pieces of collation information has a common information part corresponding to common information that is common among the respective pieces of configuration information of the plurality of information apparatuses and a non-common information part corresponding to pieces of non-common information that are unique to the respective pieces of configuration information of the plurality of information apparatuses, and the non-common information part includes a matching condition representing a matching range, and
wherein the collation processing includes performing collation to determine whether the information acquired from the information system matches the common information part of each of the plurality of pieces of collation information and satisfies the matching condition.

8. The information processing method according to claim 6 , wherein the collation processing includes specifying temporary specific collation information based on collation successful results before completion of the collation processing performed on the information acquired from the plurality of information apparatuses in the information system and changing the temporary specific collation information when a change in a totalization result of the number of successes of the collation processing occurs.

9. The information processing method according to claim 6 , wherein items of the configuration information include at least one of a network address and a serial number of the information apparatus.

10. The information processing method according to claim 6 , wherein the information acquired from the information system is information acquired in accordance with Simple Network Management Protocol or Intelligent Platform Management Interface.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process comprising:
receiving a plurality of pieces of collation information corresponding to respective information items of configuration information representing information apparatus configurations;
performing collation processing for collating information acquired from an information system including a plurality of information apparatuses with the plurality of pieces of collation information; and
specifying pieces of configuration information representing respective configurations of the plurality of information apparatuses based on specific collation information with which the largest number of successes of the collation processing for each type of information item and each model of information apparatus is detected,
the collation processing includes performing a loop for each of resource information of the configuration information, a loop for each of items of the configuration information, and a loop for each of keywords and patterns of the keywords of the configuration information.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Tsugita Yusuke
• Utaka Masayoshi
• Akiyama Naoki
• Morito Eiji

Classifications

• H04L41/40

  using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities · CPC title

• H04L41/0895

  Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements · CPC title

• H04L41/0853

  by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information · CPC title

• H04L41/0213 Primary

  Standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP] · CPC title

• H04L41/0813

  characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings · CPC title