Computer system, computer system information processing method, and information processing program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9379944-B2
Application number	US-201114110882-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 17, 2011
Priority date	May 17, 2011
Publication date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016

Abstract

A management server acquires software configuration information, hardware configuration information, and operation achievement information from each server system; generates server operation achievement information for managing operation achievements of each server system based on each acquired information; generates server operation achievement statistic information by aggregating the software configuration information about each server system based on the generated server operation achievement information; and, upon receipt of a software configuration decision request from a requestor server system, selects the software configuration information which matches a hardware configuration of the requestor server system, from the server operation achievement statistic information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computer system comprising:
a plurality of server systems for processing data; and
a management server for managing each server system,
wherein the management server comprises:
a memory;
a network interface configured to send and receive information to and from each server system via a network; and
a hardware processor configured to
acquire software configuration information indicating a software configuration about software mounted in each server system, hardware configuration information indicating a hardware configuration of each server system, and operation achievement information indicating operation achievements of each server system from each server system;
generate and retain server operation achievement information in the memory for managing operation achievements of each server system based on each acquired information; and
decide software configuration information, which matches a hardware configuration of a requestor server system, which issues a software configuration decision request, based on the retained server operation achievement information upon receipt of the software configuration decision request from the requestor server system among the plurality of server systems;

wherein the management server is further configured to acquire the operation achievement information from each server system on a real-time basis and update the retained server operation achievement information in accordance with the acquired operation achievement information;
wherein the management server is further configured to access security information publicized at a communication site connected to the network, acquire security information about software mounted in each server system from the publicized security information, and add the acquired security information to the retained server operation achievement information;
wherein the management server is further configured to acquire information defining a software configuration and a server characteristic, which are essential to update the software configuration of the requestor server system, and operation policy information including information, in which an important item when updating the software configuration of the requestor server system is defined, from the requestor server system and decide the software configuration information, which matches the hardware configuration of the requestor server system, based on the server operation achievement information, to which the security information is added, and the acquired operation policy information; and
wherein the management server is further configured to aggregate the software configuration information about each server system based on the server operation achievement information, to which the security information is added; generate server operation achievement statistic information for managing the operation achievement information about each server system with respect to each piece of the aggregated software configuration information; execute processing for filtering the generated server operation achievement statistic information by using the operation policy information; identify software configuration information, which satisfies a requirement defined by the operation policy information, from among the generated server operation achievement statistic information based on a result of the filtering processing; generate filtered server operation achievement statistic information for managing the operation achievement information about each server system with respect to each piece of the identified software configuration information; and select the software configuration information, which matches the hardware configuration about the requester server system, from the generated filtered server operation achievement statistic information.

2. A computer system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the management server: searches the generated filtered server operation achievement statistic information based on items defined as the important item among the acquired operation policy information; performs ranking of each piece of software configuration information of the generated filtered server operation achievement statistic information to decide an order of compatibility with a highly-valued item as an operation achievement from among the items defined as the important item; and decides software configuration information which is ranked number one in the ranking to be the software configuration information which matches the hardware configuration of the requestor server system.

3. A computer system according to claim 2 ,
wherein the management server transfers the content of the decided software configuration information and the content of the software configuration information mounted in the requester server system to the requestor server system and displays the content of the decided software configuration information and the content of the software configuration information mounted in the requestor server system on a display screen of the requestor server system.

4. A computer system according to claim 3 ,
wherein on condition that the decided software configuration information is adopted by the requester server system, the management server transfers activation data for activating the decided software configuration information to the requestor server system.

5. A information processing method for a computer system including a plurality of server systems for processing data and a management server for managing each server system by sending and receiving information to and from each server system via a network,
the information processing method comprising:
a step executed by the management server acquiring software configuration information indicating a software configuration about software mounted in each server system, hardware configuration information indicating a hardware configuration of each server system, and operation achievement information indicating operation achievements of each server system from each server system;
a step executed by the management server generating and retaining server operation achievement information for managing operation achievements of each server system based on each acquired information;
a step executed by the management server deciding software configuration information, which matches a hardware configuration of a requester server system, which issues a software configuration decision request, based on the retained server operation achievement information upon receipt of the software configuration decision request from the requestor server system among the plurality of server systems;
a step executed by the management server acquiring the operation achievement information from each server system on a real-time basis;
a step executed by the management server updating the retained server operation achievement information in accordance with the acquired operation achievement information;
a step executed by the management server accessing security information publicized at a communication site connected to the network;
a step executed by the management server acquiring security information about software mounted in each server system from the publicized security information;
a step executed by the management server adding the acquired security information to the retained server operation achievement information;
a step executed by the management server acquiring information defining a software configuration and a server characteristic, which are essential to update the software configuration of the requestor server system, and operation policy information including information, in which an important item when updating the software configuration of the requestor server system is defined, from the requestor server system; and
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Assignees

• Kinoshita Naohide
• Uchida Tomohito
• Tokunaga Shinichi
• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• Kinoshita Naohide
• Uchida Tomohito
• Tokunaga Shinichi

Classifications

• G06F11/32

  with visual {or acoustical} indication of the functioning of the machine · CPC title

• G06F11/3409

  for performance assessment · CPC title

• G06F11/3051

  Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the configuration of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring the presence of processing resources, peripherals, I/O links, software programs (verification or detection of system hardware configuration G06F11/2247) · CPC title

• G06F11/3006

  where the computing system is distributed, e.g. networked systems, clusters, multiprocessor systems (multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46; allocation of resources G06F9/50) · CPC title

• G06F8/60 Primary

  Software deployment · CPC title