Influence range identification method and influence range identification apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10868744-B2
Application number	US-201815987960-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 24, 2018
Priority date	May 30, 2017
Publication date	Dec 15, 2020
Grant date	Dec 15, 2020

Abstract

An influence range identification apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire information indicating a first device in which a failure occurs. The processor searches for second devices starting from the first device based on a connection relationship among a plurality of devices. The second devices exist in a first influence range. The processor determines whether a third device exists among the second devices. The third device has abnormality due to the failure. The processor determines whether each of the second devices other than the third device exits in a second influence range starting from the third device based on the connection relationship among the second devices. The processor determines a rank of a degree of a possibility of being affected by the failure with respect to each of the second devices other than the third device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:
specifying, by the computer, a first device in which a failure occurs among a plurality of devices included in a network based on failure occurrence information;
searching, by the computer, for second devices of the plurality of devices by tracing a connection relationship among the plurality of devices indicated by a system configuration model in accordance with search information indicating a search order of the connection relationship starting from the first device, the second devices existing in a first influence range which starts from the first device and is likely to be affected by the failure, and the search order corresponding to a combination of a function of the first device and a type of the failure;
first determining, by the computer, whether a third device exists among the second devices, the third device having abnormality due to the failure of the first device, the abnormality detected by the computer by executing a process of:
determining a difference between a numerical value indicating an operational state of the third device during a period in which the failure occurred and a predetermined past time period, the operational state being one of a central processing unit (CPU) usage rate, a time change of a memory usage rate, and a time change of a write count per unit time of a disk;
determining whether the difference is equal to or larger than a threshold; and
determining that the abnormality exists when a determination is made that the difference is equal to or larger than the threshold;

second determining, by the computer, whether each of the second devices other than the third device exists in a second influence range starting from the third device based on the connection relationship among the second devices, the second influence range being likely to be affected by the abnormality of the third device and being different from the first influence range;
assigning, by the computer, a rank of a degree of a possibility of being affected by the failure with respect to each of the second devices other than the third device based on a result of the second determining; and
outputting, by the computer, rank information indicating the rank assigned in the assigning on a display.

2. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 1 , the process further comprising:
when a plurality of third devices that have abnormality due to the failure of the first device exist, third determining, by the computer, whether each of the second devices other than the plurality of third devices exists in a plurality of second influence ranges starting from each of the plurality of third devices based on the connection relationship among the second devices, the plurality of second influence ranges being likely to be affected by the abnormality of the plurality of third devices, respectively; and
assigning, by the computer, a higher rank to one of the second devices, the one of the second devices being determined to exist in the plurality of second influence ranges a higher number of times.

3. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 1 , the second determining comprising tracing, by the computer, the connection relationship among the plurality of devices starting from the third device in accordance with search information indicating a search order of the connection relationship starting from the third device, the search order corresponding to a combination of a function of the third device and the type of the abnormality.

4. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 1 , the first determining comprising comparing, by the computer, an operational state of the second devices in a time zone including an occurrence time of the failure of the first device and an operational state of the second devices in a past predetermined time zone.

5. An influence range identification method, comprising:
specifying, by a computer, a first device in which a failure occurs among a plurality of devices included in a network based on failure occurrence information;
searching, by the computer, for second devices of the plurality of devices by tracing a connection relationship among the plurality of devices indicated by a system configuration model in accordance with search information indicating a search order of the connection relationship starting from the first device, the second devices existing in a first influence range which starts from the first device and is likely to be affected by the failure, and the search order corresponding to a combination of a function of the first device and a type of the failure;
first determining, by the computer, whether a third device exists among the second devices, the third device having abnormality due to the failure of the first device, the abnormality detected by the computer by executing a process of:
determining a difference between a numerical value indicating an operational state of the third device during a period in which the failure occurred and a predetermined past time period, the operational state being one of a central processing unit (CPU) usage rate, a time change of a memory usage rate, and a time change of a write count per unit time of a disk;
determining whether the difference is equal to or larger than a threshold; and
determining that the abnormality exists when a determination is made that the difference is equal to or larger than the threshold;

second determining, by the computer, whether each of the second devices other than the third device exists in a second influence range starting from the third device based on the connection relationship among the second devices, the second influence range being likely to be affected by the abnormality of the third device and being different from the first influence range;
assigning, by the computer, a rank of a degree of a possibility of being affected by the failure with respect to each of the second devices other than the third device based on a result of the second determining; and
outputting, by the computer, rank information indicating the rank assigned in the assigning on a display.

6. An influence range identification apparatus, comprising:
a memory; and
a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to:
specify a first device in which a failure occurs among a plurality of devices included in a network based on failure occurrence information;
search for second devices of the plurality of devices by tracing a connection relationship among the plurality of devices indicated by a system configuration model in accordance with search information indicating a search order of the connection relationship starting from the first device, the second devices existing in a first influence range which starts from the first device and is likely to be affected by the failure, and the search order corresponding to a combination of a function of the first device and a type of the failure;
first determine whether a third device exists among the second devices, the third device having abnormality due to the failure of the first device, the abnormality detected by the computer by executing a process of:
determining a difference between a numerical value indicating an operational state of the third device during a period in which the failure occurred and a predetermined past time period, the operational state being one of a central processing unit (CPU) usage rate, a time change of a memory usage rate, and a time change of a write count per unit time of a disk;
determining whether the difference is equal to or larger than a threshold; and
deter

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Kondo Reiko
• Otsuka Hiroshi
• Watanabe Yukihiro
• Asaoka Masahiro
• Yokoyama Ken

Classifications

• H04L43/0817 Primary

  by checking functioning · CPC title

• H04L41/065 Primary

  involving logical or physical relationship, e.g. grouping and hierarchies · CPC title

• H04L41/12

  Discovery or management of network topologies · CPC title

• H04L41/0686

  Additional information in the notification, e.g. enhancement of specific meta-data · CPC title

• H04L43/067

  using time frame reporting · CPC title