US 9,286,246 B2 · System for managing task that is for processing to computer system and that is based on user operation and method for displaying information related to task of that type

Abstract

The display computer displays a management screen having a first area and a second area. In the first area, information related to a computer system, and an input object for a work operation that is a user operation for registering a task of a processing to a computer system into a management computer or an object for displaying the input object are displayed. In the second area, a summary view related to at least one task registered into the management computer is displayed. The summary view has a status object for each status of task, the status object includes an object indicating a status and a value indicating a number of tasks of the status. When the management computer detects a modification of a status of each task that has been registered, the display computer updates a value of a number of tasks in the second area.

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A display method implemented by a management system managing a computer system, comprising:

(a) displaying a management screen including:
(a1) a first area including computer system information related to the computer system, and including an input object for registering management tasks, which correspond to specified processings that the computer system is instructed to perform, into the management system or an object for displaying the input object for registering the management tasks, which correspond to specified processings that the computer system is instructed to perform;
and
(a2) a second area which is separate from and smaller than the first area, and which is displayed without being affected by an operation of the first area, and which includes:
a number of management tasks of which a task status is a waiting status, and an object indicating the waiting status, wherein all management tasks having the waiting status are management tasks for which execution has not yet commenced;
a number of the management tasks of which the task status is a running status, and an object indicating the running status;
and
a number of the management tasks of which the task status is a finished status, and an object indicating the finished status,
(b) in accordance with a user operation to the input object, registering a new management task of which the task status is the waiting status, incrementing the number of the management tasks of which the task status is the waiting status, accepting a new user operation to the first area before finishing the new management task, identifying a management task of the management tasks of which the task status is the waiting status that has the oldest update time, changing the task status of the identified management task having the oldest update time to the running status, and executing the identified management task having the oldest update time, and
(c) detecting a management task of which the task status is changed from one of the waiting status, the running status, and the finished status to another one of the waiting status, the running status, and the finished status;
and
(d) according to (c), changing the number of the management tasks that corresponds to the task status to which the task status is changed;
wherein a Web browser and a management client program is executed by the management system so that the displaying of (a) is performed, the management client program is a Rich Internet Application (RIA),
wherein the method further comprises:
(e) displaying a second input object on a front of the first area in accordance with the user operation to the input object before the registration of management task in (b), and causing the management screen to be in a disable status;
(f) receiving input information according to the second input object, for the registration of the management task in (b);
and
(g) closing the second input object and canceling the disabled status of the management screen,
wherein said registration of the new management task in (b) is performed further in accordance with the input information according to the second input object,
wherein during the closing of the second input object in (g), the second input object is moved toward the object indicating the wait status, with a size of the second input object being reduced smoothly, and
wherein the management tasks are storage operation tasks for a storage system included in the computer system, where the storage operation tasks include at least one of:
(1) creating a logical volume;
(2) allocating a logical volume that has been created to a host;
(3) associating a pool storage area to a virtual volume;
and (4) associating a real volume with a virtual volume.

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A non-transitory computer readable medium for a management system managing a computer system, storing a computer program causing the management system to:

(a) display a management screen including:
(a1) a first area including computer system information related to the computer system, and including an input object for registering management tasks, which correspond to specified processings that the computer system is instructed to perform, into the management system or an object for displaying the input object for registering management tasks, which correspond to specified processings that the computer system is instructed to perform;
and
(a2) a second area which is separate from and smaller than the first area, and which is displayed without being affected by an operation of the first area, and which includes:
a number of the management tasks of which a task status is a waiting status, and an object indicating the waiting status, wherein all management tasks having the waiting status are management tasks for which execution has not yet commenced;
a number of the management tasks of which the task status is a running status, and an object indicating the running status;
and
a number of the management tasks of which the task status is a finished status, and an object indicating the finished status,
(b) in accordance with a user operation to the input object, register a new management task of which the task status is the waiting status, incrementing the number of the management tasks of which the task status is the waiting status, accepting a new user operation to the first area before finishing the new management task, identifying a management task of the management tasks of which the task status is the waiting status that has the oldest update time, changing the task status of the identified management task having the oldest update time to the running status, and executing the identified management task having the oldest update time, and
(c) detect a management task of which the task status is changed from one of the waiting status, the running status, and the finished status to another one of the waiting status, the running status, and the finished status;
and
(d) according to (c), change the number of the management tasks that corresponds to the task status to which the task status is changed;
wherein a Web browser and a management client program is executed by the management system so that the displaying of (a) is performed, the management client program is a Rich Internet Application (RIA),
wherein the computer program further causing the management system to:
(e) display a second input object on a front of the first area in accordance with the user operation to the input object before the registration of management task in (b), and cause the management screen to be in a disable status;
(f) receive input information according to the second input object, for the registration of the management task in (b);
and
(g) close the second input object and canceling the disabled status of the management screen,
wherein said registration of the new management task in (b) is performed further in accordance with the input information according to the second input object,
wherein during the closing of the second input object in (g), the second input object is moved toward the object indicating the wait status, with a size of the second input object being reduced smoothly, and
wherein the management tasks are storage operation tasks for a storage system included in the computer system, where the storage operation tasks include at least one of:
(1) creating a logical volume;
(2) allocating a logical volume that has been created to a host;
(3) associating a pool storage area to a virtual volume;
and (4) associating a real volume with a virtual volume.

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A management system for managing a computer system, comprising:

at least one processor;
and
at least one storage resource storing a computer program causing the processor to:
(a) display a management screen including:
(a1) a first area including computer system information related to the computer system, and including an input object for registering management tasks, which correspond to specified processings that the computer system is instructed to perform, into the management system or an object for displaying the input object for registering management tasks, which correspond to specified processings that the computer system is instructed to perform;
and
(a2) a second area which is separate from and smaller than the first area, which is displayed without being affected by an operation of the first area, and which includes:
a number of the management tasks of which a task status is a waiting status, and an object indicating the waiting status, wherein all management tasks having the waiting status are management tasks for which execution has not yet commenced;
a number of the management tasks of which the task status is a running status, and an object indicating the running status;
and
a number of the management tasks of which the task status is a finished status, and an object indicating the finished status,
(b) in accordance with a user operation to the input object, register a new management task of which the task status is the waiting status, incrementing the number of the management tasks of which the task status is the waiting status, accepting a new user operation to the first area before finishing the new management task, identifying a management task of the management tasks of which the task status is the waiting status that has the oldest update time, changing the task status of the identified management task having the oldest update time to the running status, and executing the identified management task having the oldest update time, and
(c) detect a management task of which the task status is changed from one of the waiting status, the running status, and the finished status to another one of the waiting status, the running status, and the finished status;
and
(d) according to (c), change the number of the management tasks that corresponds to the task status to which he task status is changed;
wherein a Web browser and a management client program is executed by the management system so that the displaying of (a) is performed, the management client program is a Rich Internet Application (RIA),
wherein the computer program further causing the processor to:
(e) display a second input object on a front of the first area in accordance with the user operation to the input object before the registration of management task in (b), and causing the management screen to be in a disable status;
(f) receive input information according to the second input object, for the registration of the management task in (b);
and
(g) close the second input object and canceling the disabled status of the management screen,
wherein said registration of the new management task in (b) is performed further in accordance with the input information according to the second input object,
wherein during the closing of the second input object in (g), the second input object is moved toward the object indicating the wait status, with a size of the second input object being reduced smoothly, and
wherein the management tasks are storage operation tasks for a storage system included in the computer system, where the storage operation tasks include at least one of:
(1) creating a logical volume;
(2) allocating a logical volume that has been created to a host;
(3) associating a pool storage area to a virtual volume;
and (4) associating a real volume with a virtual volume.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Description11,713 words

Summary1,152 words

#The present invention relates to a technique for managing a task.

#As an example of a computer system that is a target of a management, there can be mentioned for instance a storage system that has a plurality of physical storage devices. Conventionally, a storage system has been managed by one computer. In recent years however, a storage system has been managed by a management system that is configured by a plurality of computers that include a management computer and a display computer that is coupled to the management computer (see Patent Literature 1). For the management system of this type, the display computer has a user interface device (for instance, a display and a keyboard), and the management computer transmits the information for a display to the display computer and/or receives the information for an input from the display computer.

#The display computer executes a dedicated program for a display in a quintessential way. Or more specifically, the display computer downloads a Java applet via the Web browser and executes the Java applet.

Brief description of the drawings15 figures

#FIG. 1 shows an example of a Web browser screen in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

#FIG. 2 shows an example of a Web browser screen after a switchover of a tab screen.

#FIG. 3A shows a second area 120 at a point of time. FIG. 3B shows an example of a highlighting that is executed in the case in which the number of storage operation tasks of the status “Finished” is increased. FIG. 3C shows that the highlighting shown in FIG. 3B is canceled in the case in which a certain period of time elapses after the highlighting is started.

Detailed description10,128 words

#A mode for the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

#In the following descriptions, a wide variety of information will be described by an expression of “xxx table” in some cases. However, a wide variety of information can also be represented by a data structure other than a table. In order to indicate that a data structure is not depended on, “xxx table” can also be referred to as “xxx information”.

#In the following descriptions, a processing will be described while using a “program” as a subject in some cases. However, since a program executes a predetermined processing while using a storage resource (such as a memory) and/or a communication interface device (such as a communication port) in an appropriate fashion in the case in which the program is executed by a processor (such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit)), a subject of a processing can also be a processor. A processing that is described while a program is used as a subject can also be a processing that is executed by a processor or a management system that has the processor (for instance, a display computer (such as a client) or a management computer (such as a server)). Moreover, the processor can also be a CPU itself, or can also include a hardware circuit that executes a part or a whole of a processing that is executed by the processor. A program can also be installed to each controller from a program source. A program source can also be a program distribution server or a storage medium, for instance. A program distribution server can also be a management computer.

Facts

Application

13/060,387Filed 10 Sep 2010

Published

US 2012/0066633 A115 Mar 2012

Granted

15 Mar 2016

Term ends

9 Nov 2030

Estimated · how

20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment, including 60 days of adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification12 codes

G06F 13/10
Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units: program…
G06F 3/0605
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management: by facilitating the interaction with a user or administrator
G06F 3/0631
Configuration or reconfiguration of storage systems: by allocating resources to storage systems
G06F 3/0653
Making use of a particular technique: monitoring storage devices or systems

Timeline

10 Sep 2010Application filedUS 13/060,387
23 Feb 2011Assigned to Hitachi, Ltd.assignment of assignor's interest
15 Mar 2012PublishedUS 2012/0066633 A1
15 Mar 2016GrantedUS 9,286,246 B2
20 Aug 2024Assigned to Hitachi Vantara, Ltd.company split
12 Oct 2026TodayWithin its term
9 Nov 2030Term endsEstimated, includes 60 days of adjustment

System for managing task that is for processing to computer system and that is based on user operation and method for displaying information related to task of that type

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System for managing task that is for processing to computer system and that is based on user operation and method for displaying information related to task of that type

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