Server information management apparatus, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein server information management program, and server information management method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9973388-B2
Application number	US-201514685705-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 14, 2015
Priority date	Apr 24, 2014
Publication date	May 15, 2018
Grant date	May 15, 2018

Abstract

A processor of a server information management apparatus detects an added server to a management target system. Also the processor specifies an attribute of the added server based on a communication state of the added server, first management information related to the added server, and second management information related to a communication destination server of the added server. Therefore, it is possible to precisely determine an attribute of a server which is added to a business system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A server information management apparatus comprising:
a processor
wherein the processor
detects an added server to a management target system;
specifies a first type of the added server based on information on installed software of the added server;
specifies a second type of the added server based on at least one of a performance of a communication executed by the added server and a type of a communication destination server of the added server; and
determines, based on a coincidence between the first type specified and the second type specified, whether or not a type of the added server is the first type specified or the second type specified.

2. The server information management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor
determines whether or not the first type is identical to the second type; and
specifies, when the first type and the second type are identical to each other, the first type or the second type as the type of the added server.

3. The server information management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor specifies a sever group to which the added server belongs based on the determined type of the added server, the type and an operation state of the communication destination server, and a type and an operation state of an existing sever connected to the communication destination server; and
associates the specified server group and the communication destination server with the added server to execute setting a result of the associating as management information related to the added server.

4. The server information management apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein, when it is determined that an existing server group including the existing server is operable based on the type of the added server, the type and the operation state of the communication destination server, and the type and the operation state of the existing server, the processor specifies the existing server group as the server group to which the added server belongs.

5. The server information management apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor
determines whether or not the specified server group is available for a service; and
extracts, when it is determined that the specified server group is available for the service, the added server belonging to the server group and the communication destination server as operation targets.

6. The server information management apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the processor sets an operation state of the added server to be operable in the management information when it is determined that the specified server group is available for the service.

7. The server information management apparatus according to claim 5 ,
wherein the processor determines that the service is available when a web server belonging to the sever group is capable of response and login to the server group is possible.

8. The server information management apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor determines whether or not an operation target server extracted as an operation target from among a plurality of servers belonging to the management target system is the added server to detect the added server.

9. The server information management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the performance of the communication includes a communication log at a time of setup in a setup log file.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a server information management program, the program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:
detecting an added server to a management target system;
specifying a first type of the added server based on information on installed software of the added server;
specifying a second type of the added server based on at least one of a performance of a communication executed by the added server and a type of a communication destination server of the added server; and
determining, based on a coincidence between the first type specified and the second type specified, whether or not a type of the added server is the first type specified or the second type specified.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 10 , wherein the process further comprises:
determining whether or not the first type is identical to the second type; and
specifying, when the first type and the second type are identical to each other, the first type or the second type as the type of the added server.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 10 , wherein the process further comprises:
specifying a sever group to which the added server belongs based on the determined type of the added server, the type and an operation state of the communication destination server, and a type and an operation state of an existing sever connected to the communication destination server; and
associating the specified server group and the communication destination server with the added server to execute setting a result of the associating as management information related to the added server.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 12 ,
wherein the process further comprises:
when it is determined that an existing server group including the existing server is operable based on the type of the added server, the type and the operation state of the communication destination server, and the type and the operation state of the existing server, specifying the existing server group as the server group to which the added server belongs.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 12 ,
wherein the process further comprises:
determining, when it is determined that the specified server group is available for the service, whether or not the specified server group is available for a service; and
extracting the added server belonging to the server group and the communication destination server as operation targets.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 14 ,
wherein the process further comprises setting an operation state of the added server to be operable in management information when it is determined that the specified server group is available for the service.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 14 ,
wherein the process further comprises determining that the service is available when a web server belonging to the sever group is capable of response and login to the server group is possible.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 10 ,
wherein the process further comprises determining whether or not an operation target server extracted as an operation target from among a plurality of servers belonging to the management target system is the added server to detect the added server.

18. A server information management method comprising:
detecting, by a computer, an added server to a management target system;
specifying, by the computer, a first type of the added server based on information on installed software of the added server;
specifying, by the computer, a second type of the added server based on at least one of a performance of a communication executed by the added server and a type of a communication destination server of the added server; and
determining, by the computer, based on a coincidence between the first type specified and the second type specified, whether or not a typ

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Oki Yoshio
• Tsujide Hisashi
• Masuda Yuu
• Kawahara Ryuichi
• Sakemoto Masayuki
• Tachibana Haruhiko
• Utsumi Toshiyuki
• Okada Hiroyoshi

Classifications

• H04L41/5012

  determining service availability, e.g. which services are available at a certain point in time · CPC title

• H04L67/16

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L41/0853

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

• H04L41/12 Primary

  Discovery or management of network topologies · CPC title

• H04L67/51 Primary

  Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services · CPC title