Information processing apparatus and control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9715522-B2
Application number	US-201514658284-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 16, 2015
Priority date	Mar 28, 2014
Publication date	Jul 25, 2017
Grant date	Jul 25, 2017

Abstract

A storage unit stores update data corresponding to transactions being executed and indicating updating processes yet to be reflected in a database. A control unit generates a list indicating transactions. When apparatuses executing transactions are switched from an information processing apparatus to another information processing apparatus, the control unit transmits the list to the other information processing apparatus, and migrates the update data to the other information processing apparatus based on the list.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus that manages a database, comprising:
a memory that stores one or more sets of update data indicating updating processes yet to be reflected in the database and corresponding to one or more transactions being executed; and
a processor that performs a process including:
generating a list indicating the one or more transactions,
transmitting the list to another information processing apparatus when switching apparatuses executing transactions from the information processing apparatus to the another information processing apparatus, and
migrating the one or more sets of update data to the another information processing apparatus based on the list.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when two or more sets of update data corresponding to two or more transactions are stored in the memory, the migrating determines an order of migrating the two or more sets of update data to the another information processing apparatus based on the list.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein, when a processing request belonging to one transaction corresponding to one set of yet-to-be-migrated update data of the two or more transactions is received by the information processing apparatus, the migrating increases a migration priority of the one set of yet-to-be-migrated update data.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when a first processing request belonging to one transaction is transmitted to the information processing apparatus, a second processing request indicating the same process as that of the first processing request is transmitted to the another information processing apparatus, and
wherein the process further includes discarding the first processing request received by the information processing apparatus, after starting migration of the one or more sets of update data.

5. A control method of a computer that manages a database, comprising:
generating, by a processor, a list indicating one or more transactions being executed;
transmitting, by the processor, the list to another computer when an apparatus executing transactions is switched from the computer to the another computer; and
migrating, by the processor, one or more sets of update data corresponding to the one or more transactions indicating an updating process which is yet to be reflected in the database, to the another computer based on the list.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that causes a computer to perform a process comprising:
generating a list indicating one or more transactions being executed;
transmitting the list to another computer when an apparatus executing transactions is switched from the computer to the another computer; and
migrating one or more sets of update data corresponding to the one or more transactions indicating an updating process which is yet to be reflected in the database, to the another computer based on the list.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Hirose Atsuhito
• Kawakami Toshihiro
• Yamamoto Akihiro
• Tanaka Tamaki
• Yamada Toshiaki
• Kitamura Yuichi

Classifications

• G06F16/2365 Primary

  Ensuring data consistency and integrity · CPC title

• G06F16/283

  Multi-dimensional databases or data warehouses, e.g. MOLAP or ROLAP · CPC title

• G06F17/30371 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30592

  Physics · mapped topic