US 9,311,163 B2Granted

Configuration data management system, and configuration data management method

AssigneeNEC Corporation

InventorFumio Machida

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Abstract

In a system in which a physical server and a virtual server exist mixedly, data collected from the physical server and data collected from the virtual server are related and managed. Virtual server identification data which indicates the virtual server uniquely is generated in a network system to which the physical server belongs, to the virtual server which operates in a server virtualization function. The generated virtual server identification data can be referred to from an OS in the virtual server. The configuration data of the virtual server and the configuration data of the physical server are collected including the virtual server identification data. The configuration data of the virtual server and the configuration data of the physical server are related by using the virtual server identification data.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A configuration data management system comprising a physical server, a first data processing apparatus and a second data processing apparatus,

wherein said physical server comprises said first data processing apparatus, and
wherein said first data processing apparatus comprises:
an identification data generation function section configured to generate virtual server identification data, which indicates a virtual server uniquely in a network system to which said first data processing apparatus belongs, to said virtual server which operates by using resources of said first data processing apparatus;
an identification data reference function section configured to transmit said virtual server identification data to said virtual server;
and
a first configuration data provision function section configured to transmit said virtual server identification data to said second data processing apparatus,
wherein said virtual server comprises:
an identification data collection function section configured to receive said virtual server identification data from said first data processing apparatus;
and
a second configuration data provision function section configured to transmit said virtual server identification data to said second data processing apparatus, and
wherein said second data processing apparatus comprises:
a configuration data collection function section configured to receive said virtual server identification data from said first data processing apparatus and configured to receive said virtual server identification data from said virtual server;
a configuration data relation function section configured to store a correspondence relation of said first data processing apparatus and said virtual server based on said virtual server identification data;
and
a configuration data search function section configured to receive a search request on said virtual server
and configured to output the correspondence relation between said first data processing apparatus and said virtual server in response to said search request.

13 more elements

A second data processing apparatus, included in a physical server, comprising:

a configuration data collection function section configured to receive from a first data processing apparatus, virtual server identification data which is generated by said first data processing apparatus and which uniquely indicates a virtual server which operates on said first data processing apparatus in a network system to which said first data processing apparatus belongs
and configured to receive from said virtual server, the virtual server identification data which is transmitted to said virtual server from said first data processing apparatus and is held by said virtual server;
a configuration data relation function section configured to store a correspondence relation between said first data processing apparatus and said virtual server based on the received virtual server identification data;
and
a configuration data search function section configured to receive a search request on said virtual server and configured to output the data which indicates the correspondence relation between said first data processing apparatus and said virtual server in response to said search request.

2 more elements

A configuration data management method comprising:

a first data processing apparatus generating virtual server identification data which uniquely indicates a virtual server in a network system to which said first data processing apparatus belongs, to a virtual server which operates by using resources of said first data processing apparatus, transmitting said virtual server identification data to said virtual server, and transmitting said virtual server identification data to a second data processing apparatus;
said virtual server receiving said virtual server identification data from said first data processing apparatus and transmitting said virtual server identification data to said second data processing apparatus;
and
said second data processing apparatus receiving said virtual server identification data from said first data processing apparatus, receiving said virtual server identification data from said virtual server, managing a correspondence relation between said first data processing apparatus and said virtual server based on said virtual server identification data, receiving a search request on said virtual server, and outputting the correspondence relation between said first data processing apparatus and said virtual server in response to said search request.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/521,009Filed 17 Dec 2010
Priority: JP 2010-0033488 Jan 2010
Published: US 2013/0013732 A110 Jan 2013
Granted: 12 Apr 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G06F 9/5077
Partitioning or combining of resources: logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources
G06F 9/45558
Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors: hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
G06F 2009/45575
Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects: starting, stopping, suspending or resuming virtual machine instances
G06F
Computing and data processing