Distributed data processing system and error analysis information saving method appropriate therefor

A distributed data processing system comprising:

• a plurality of servers respectively having a function to execute data processing in cooperation with each other via a communication network;
• and
• a monitoring terminal apparatus connected to said communication network,
• wherein said monitoring terminal apparatus has a management table containing a plurality of data records, each having an index code including a software identifier and at least one set of resource definition data defining resources related to saving operation of error analysis information,
• and wherein when said monitoring terminal apparatus receives an error notifying message including the software identifier from any one of said servers, said monitoring terminal apparatus instructs a server, defined by a data record corresponding to the software identifier as one of the resources, to save the error analysis information. 3. The distributed data processing system according to claim 2, wherein each set of resource definition data defines a server to perform saving operation on error analysis information, a data file including the error analysis information and an output file where the error analysis information is saved,
• and wherein said monitoring terminal apparatus designates the data file and the output file defined by the resource definition data, and instructs said server to save the error analysis information.

A monitoring terminal apparatus connected to a plurality of servers via a communication network, comprising:

• a management table containing plural sets of resource definition data defining resources related to saving operation of error analysis information corresponding to a plurality of index codes each including a software identifier of a software program executed on each of said servers;
• means for, when an error notifying message including the software identifier is received from any one of said servers, searching said management table for at least one set of resource definition data corresponding to the software identifier included in the error notifying message;
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• means for transmitting a control message instructing to save the error analysis information to a server defined by the searched resource definition data as one of the resources.

An error analysis information saving method in a distributed data processing system comprising a plurality of servers which perform data processing in cooperation with each other via a communication network and a monitoring terminal apparatus connected to said communication network, wherein said monitoring terminal apparatus has a management table for storing a plurality of data records each comprising an identifier of a software program and at least one set of resource definition data defining resources related to saving operation of error analysis information,

• said method comprising the steps of:
• transmitting an error notifying message including the identifier of a software program being executed, from one of said plurality of servers where a software error has been detected during data processing, to said monitoring terminal apparatus;
• upon reception of the error notifying message, referring to data record corresponding to the software identifier of the error notifying message stored in said management table, by said monitoring terminal apparatus;
• instructing a server, defined by the referred data record as one of the resources, to save the error analysis information, from said monitoring terminal apparatus;
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• performing saving operation on the error analysis information by said server instructed to save the information.