In-operation system check processing device, method, and program thereof

A method of in-operation system check processing, comprising:

• determining an exploration range of addresses of devices in a network system which actually are in operation based on design data related to device to constitute the network system and to a connection and containment relationships to be realized among the devices in the network system;
• identifying devices that exist in the exploration range;
• identifying a connection relationship or a containment relationship among the identified devices based on the design data;
• outputting automatic exploration result data which includes the identified devices and the identified connection and containment relationships among the identified devices;
• storing the output automatic exploration result data;
• detecting, based on the automatic exploration result data and check conditions that indicates an actually or potentially problematic device, a connection relationship of devices and a containment relationship of the devices and caution information thereof, a device corresponding to the problematic device or a combination of devices corresponding to one of the relationships;
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• outputting caution information related to the detected device and combination of devices.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an in-operation system check processing program for having a computer execute processing for checking a configuration of a network system that connects a plurality of computers by a network, the computer having a data storage unit for storing design data and check conditions, the in-operation system check processing program causing the computer to function as:

• a design data storage unit for storing design data of devices to constitute a network system and a connection and a containment relationship to be realized between the devices in the network system;
• a check list storage unit for storing check conditions that indicate an actually or potentially problematic device and a connection relationship of devices and a containment relationships of devices and caution information thereof;
• an automatic exploration unit for determining an exploration range of addresses of devices in the network system which actually are in operation based on the design data, identifying devices that exist in the exploration range, identifying a connection relationship or a containment relationship among the identified devices based on the design data, and outputting automatic exploration result data which includes the identified devices and the identified connection and identified containment relationships;
• an automatic exploration result data storage unit for storing the output automatic exploration result data;
• a system check unit for detecting, based on the automatic exploration result data and the check conditions, a device corresponding to the device or a combination of devices corresponding to one of the relationships in the check conditions;
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• a caution information output unit for outputting caution information related to the detected device and combination.