Operation management system, operation management method, and operation management program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12526181-B2
Application number	US-202418441459-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2024
Priority date	Sep 15, 2023
Publication date	Jan 13, 2026
Grant date	Jan 13, 2026

Abstract

The present invention includes: a plurality of operation templates describing at least one procedure for managing operation of a system; a conflict determination unit that determines whether or not, upon execution of a specific procedure included in a specific operation template among the plurality of operation templates, a conflict possibly hindering execution of another procedure included in another operation template among the plurality of operation templates will be generated; and a presentation unit that presents information on the specific procedure to an outside before the specific procedure is actually executed in a case where the conflict determination unit determines that execution of the specific procedure will generate the conflict.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An operation management system, comprising:
a processor; a display coupled to the processor; and a memory, coupled to the processor, storing instructions that when executed by the processor configures the processor to: manage a plurality of operation templates describing at least one procedure for managing operation of a system, store an attribute management table that manages information of whether to set an attribute enabling changes to the operation of the system or set an attribute not enabling changes to the operation of the system, determine whether, upon execution of a specific procedure included in a specific operation template among the plurality of operation templates, a conflict hindering execution of another procedure included in another operation template among the plurality of operation templates will be generated, determine, as a result of referring to the attribute management table, that the conflict will be generated, upon determining the specific procedure described in the specific operation template is a procedure for changing the operation of the system even though the specific procedure has the attribute not enabling changes to the operation of the system, and present, on the display, information of the specific procedure before the specific procedure is actually executed upon determining that execution of the specific procedure will generate the conflict.

2 . The operation management system according to claim 1 , wherein the attribute management table manages each procedure included in at least one operation template among the plurality of operation templates managed by the operation template management table.

3 . The operation management system according to claim 1 , wherein, the processor is configured to, upon determining execution of the specific procedure will generate the conflict, present, on the display, information regarding the system for which the specific procedure is to be executed, together with the specific procedure.

4 . The operation management system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
store a priority level management table that manages which procedure should be prioritized among other procedures generating a conflict and the specific procedure, and upon determining that execution of the specific procedure will generate the conflict, refer to the priority level management table and present, on the display, a priority level.

5 . The operation management system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
store a profile that manages setting items for managing the operation of the system, and that includes, as the setting items, a setting item indicating an attribute of the system, and a setting value of the setting item, and determine whether updating a setting value of a specific setting item of the profile will generate a conflict hindering execution of any procedure included in some other operation template among the plurality of operation templates.

6 . The operation management system according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to store a namespace management table that manages a constraint condition not enabling duplication of a namespace for namespaces relating to setting values of the setting items,
determine, as a result of referring to the namespace management table, whether there is a violation of the constraint condition, and upon determining there is a violation, present, on the display, at least the setting value of the specific setting item.

7 . The operation management system according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to, upon determining there is a violation of the constraint condition, determine whether it is possible to set, for the specific setting item, a setting value for avoiding duplication, and, upon determining that it is possible to set the setting value for avoiding duplication, set the setting value for the specific setting item.

8 . An operation management method, comprising:
storing an attribute management table that manages information of whether to set an attribute enabling changes to the operation of the system or set an attribute not enabling changes to the operation of the system; determining whether, upon execution of a specific procedure included in a specific operation template among a plurality of operation templates describing at least one procedure for managing operation of a system, a conflict hindering execution of another procedure included in another operation template among the plurality of operation templates will be generated; determining, as a result of referring to the attribute management table, that the conflict will be generated, upon determining the specific procedure described in the specific operation template is a procedure for changing the operation of the system even though the specific procedure has the attribute not enabling changes to the operation of the system; and presenting, on a display, information of the specific procedure before the specific procedure is actually executed upon determining that execution of the specific procedure will generate the conflict.

9 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an operation management program that when executed by a computer configures the computer to execute steps comprising:
storing an attribute management table that manages information of whether to set an attribute enabling changes to the operation of the system or set an attribute not enabling changes to the operation of the system; determining whether, upon execution of a specific procedure included in a specific operation template among a plurality of operation templates describing at least one procedure for managing operation of a system, a conflict hindering execution of another procedure included in another operation template among the plurality of operation templates will be generated; determining, as a result of referring to the attribute management table, that the conflict will be generated, upon determining the specific procedure described in the specific operation template is a procedure for changing the operation of the system even though the specific procedure has the attribute not enabling changes to the operation of the system; and presenting, on a display, information of the specific procedure before the specific procedure is actually executed upon determining that execution of the specific procedure will generate the conflict.

Assignees

• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• Tameshige Takashi
• Kitawaki Jun

Classifications

• H04L41/0866

  Checking the configuration · CPC title

• H04L41/18

  Delegation of network management function, e.g. customer network management [CNM] · CPC title

• H04L41/0843

  based on generic templates · CPC title

• H04L41/0695 Primary

  the faulty arrangement being the maintenance, administration or management system · CPC title