JPH0375953A - Information gathering device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the delay of re-activation of a network by temporarily gathering memory information in an auxiliary storage and transferring memory information to a host computer at the time when the data communication volume between the host computer and a communication processing device is a reference value or small. CONSTITUTION:An instructing means 11 receives the information gathering request from a host system to transmit memory information gathering instruction data to a communication processing device ES2, and a memory information gathering indication receiving means F1 receives the data to request gathering to a memory information gathering means F2. The means F2 gathers memory information and transfers it to an auxiliary storage device M1. A data communication volume monitor means F3 checks whether there is memory information in the device M1 or not. When there is memory information, the data communication volume between a host computer ES1 and the device ES2 is measured and is compared with a reference value; and when it is smaller than the reference value, memory information is gathered, and its transfer is requested to a memory information transfer means F4, and memory information is transferred to the computer ES1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is applied to a communication network in which a host computer and a terminal device perform data communication via a communication processing device.

In particular, the present invention relates to means for collecting memory information of a communication processing device.

〔overview〕

The present invention provides a method for collecting memory information in a communication processing device through which data exchanged between a host computer and a terminal device passes, when the amount of communication between the terminal device and the host computer is small. By collecting the information, it is possible to reduce the negative impact on the communication load caused by the collection.

[Conventional technology]

In the conventional example, memory information is directly transferred from the communication processing device to the host computer in response to a memory information collection request from the communication processing device from a higher level.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In this way, in the conventional example, memory information is immediately and directly transferred from the communication processing unit to the host computer in response to a memory information collection request from the communication processing unit from the upper level. In addition, when the network goes down online, it takes a lot of time to collect information from the memory of the communication processing device, which causes a delay in the reactivation of the network.

The present invention aims to eliminate such drawbacks, and to provide an information collection device that can prevent adverse effects on communication load and delay in network reactivation.

Means for Solving Problem C] The present invention is included in a communication network that includes a host computer and a communication processing device connected to the host computer via a data path, and is capable of collecting memory information from the host computer. In an information collection device comprising an instruction receiving information collection means for collecting memory information related to this communication processing device in response to a request, and a transfer means for transmitting this memory information to the host computer via the data path, Auxiliary storage means for temporarily storing the memory information collected by the reception information collection means, and measuring the data communication amount of the data path, and when this measured value is less than a predetermined value, the data is temporarily stored in the auxiliary storage means. The present invention is characterized by comprising data communication amount monitoring means for extracting memory information and providing it to the transfer means.

[Effect]

The host computer and the terminal device perform data communication via the communication processing device. The host computer accepts a communication processing device system memory information collection request from a higher level, and instructs the communication processing device to collect communication processing device system memory information according to the content of the request.

When the communication processing device receives a communication processing device system memory information collection instruction from the host computer system, it instructs communication processing device system memory information collection according to the contents of the instruction. Memory information of the communication processing device is actually collected into the auxiliary storage device according to the communication processing device system memory information collection instruction.

On the other hand, the amount of data communication per unit time between the host computer system and the communication processing device system is monitored, and if the amount of data communication falls below a predetermined reference value, the communication processing device in the auxiliary storage device Transfer system memory information to the host computer. The host computer receives communication processing device system memory information transferred from the communication processing device, and stores this received memory information in the memory of the host computer.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of this embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1, in this embodiment, the host computer ES
It is composed of a communication processing device ES2 and a communication processing device ES2. Here, the host computer ESI is composed of a memory information collection instruction means H1 and a memory information reception means H2, and the communication processing device ES2 is composed of a memory information collection instruction reception means F1, a memory information collection means F2, and a data communication quantity monitoring means F3;
It is composed of a memory information transfer means F4 and an auxiliary storage device M1. That is, in this embodiment, the host computer ES
I and a communication processing device ES2 connected to this host computer ESI via a data path,
In response to the memory information collection request from the host computer ESI, the memory information collection instruction receiving means F1, the memory information collection means F2, and the memory information collection means F2, which are the instruction reception information collection means to collect memory information related to this communication processing device ES2, It is equipped with a memory information transfer means F4 which is a transfer means for transferring data to the host computer ESI via the above-mentioned data path. Measures the amount of data communication between the auxiliary storage device Ml, which is an auxiliary storage means for storing data, and the data path, and when this measured value is less than a predetermined value, extracts the memory information temporarily stored in this auxiliary storage means. and data communication amount monitoring means F3 provided to the transfer means.

FIG. 2 is a processing diagram of the memory information collection instruction means H1.

The processing performed by the memory information collection instruction means H1 includes memory information collection request reception processing (step H11), memory information collection instruction data generation processing (step H12), and memory information collection instruction data transmission processing (step H13). configured. FIG. 3 is a processing diagram of the memory information receiving means H2. The processing performed by the memory information receiving means H2 is as follows:
Memory information/memory information transfer completion notification reception process (step H21), memory information transfer completion check process (step H22), and memory information storage process (step H2)
3). FIG. 4 is a processing diagram of the memory information collection instruction receiving means F1. Memory information collection instruction means F
The process performed in step 1 consists of memory information collection instruction data reception processing (step Fil) and memory information collection instruction processing (step F12). FIG. 5 is a processing diagram of the memory information collecting means F2. Memory information collection means F
The processing performed in step 2 consists of communication processing device system memory information collection processing (step F21), memory information transfer processing to the auxiliary storage device (step F22), and memory information collection completion check processing (step F23). be done. FIG. 6 is a processing diagram of the data traffic monitoring means F3. The processes performed by the data communication amount monitoring means F3 include checking the memory information in the auxiliary storage device (step F31), measuring the amount of data communication per unit time between the host computer system and the communication processing device system (step F32), and It consists of a process for checking the amount of data communication per hour (step F33), a process for collecting memory information from the auxiliary storage device (step F34), and a process for requesting transfer of memory information from the host computer system (step F35).

FIG. 7 is a processing diagram of the memory information transfer means F4. The processing performed by the memory information transfer means F4 includes a memory information transfer request reception process (step F41) and a memory information transfer process (F42).

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

First, the memory information collection instruction means H1 accepts a communication processing device system memory information collection request from a higher level (step H1l), and sends memory information collection instruction data that instructs the communication processing device ES2 to collect memory information. In step H12), this memory information collection instruction data is sent to the communication processing device system (step H13).

The memory information collection instruction data receiving means F1 receives the memory information collection instruction data transmitted from the host computer ESI (step F11), and the memory information collection means F2
(Step F12). Memory information collection means F
2 is a memory information collection instruction process (Step F21) to collect memory information according to the instructions from Step F12.
, transfer the collected memory information to the auxiliary storage device M1 (
Step F22). After the transfer, check whether the collection of memory information is completed (step F23), and if the collection is completed, the collection process is terminated. If the sampling is not completed, step F21. The processes of step F22 and step F23 are repeated. The data traffic monitoring means F3 first checks whether there is memory information in the auxiliary storage device Ml (step F31), and if not, ends the process. Host computer ES1 per unit time if memory information is available
and the communication processing device ES2 (step F32). After the measurement, compare the measured value with a predetermined reference value (step F33), and if the measured value is less than the reference value, The memory information is collected (Step F34), and the memory information transfer means F4 is requested to transfer the collected memory information (Step F35). After the transfer request is completed, step F32, step F33, step F
34 and step F35 are repeated. If the measured value is equal to or greater than the reference value in the data communication amount check process per unit time (step F33), the process is restarted from the auxiliary storage device memory information check process (step F31). The memory information transfer means F4 accepts the memory information transfer request from the process of transferring memory information to the host computer system (step F35) (step F41), and transfers the memory information to the host computer ESI (step F4).
2〉. The memory information receiving means H2 receives memory information or memory information transfer completion notification from the communication processing device system (step H21), and checks the received data (step H21).
Step H22).

0 If the received data is memory information, store the memory information in the memory in the host computer ESI (step H23),
If the received data is a memory information transfer completion notification, the process ends.

By performing this kind of processing in response to a memory information collection request from a communication processing unit from a higher level, it is possible to avoid placing an extra load on communication between the terminal device group and the host computer due to memory information transfer when online. When the network goes down online, the communication processing device requires less time to collect information from the memory, so the network can be quickly reactivated.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, when a host computer and a terminal device perform data communication via a communication processing device, the communication processing device transfers memory information to the communication processing device in response to a memory information collection request from a higher level communication processing device. The memory information is collected once in the system's built-in auxiliary storage device, and then transferred to the host computer when the amount of data communication between the host computer and the communication processing unit falls below a predetermined standard value. At the same time, there is no need to place an extra load on communication between the terminal equipment group and the host computer due to memory information transfer, and when the network goes down online, the time taken to collect memory information from the communication processing unit is shortened, so the network can be restarted. It has the effect of allowing rapid activation.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure ↓ is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the processing of the memory information collection instruction means of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the processing of the memory information receiving means of FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the processing of the memory information collection instruction receiving means of FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the processing of the memory information collection means of FIG. 1. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the processing of the data traffic monitoring means of FIG. 1. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the processing of the memory information transfer means of FIG. 1. ESI...Host computer, ES2...Communication processing device, Hl...Memory information collection instruction means, H2...Memory information reception means, Fl...Memory information collection instruction reception means, F2...Memory Information collection means, F3...Data communication amount monitoring means, F4...Memory information transfer means, Ml
...Auxiliary storage device. 3 JP-A-3-75953 (5) Operation of the embodiment Operation of the embodiment Operation of the embodiment Fig. 6

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Included in a communication network including a host computer and a communication processing device connected to the host computer via a data path, and capable of performing this communication in response to a memory information collection request from the host computer. In an information collection device comprising an instruction reception information collection means for collecting memory information related to a processing unit and a transfer means for transmitting this memory information to the host computer via the data path, the information collection means collects information by the instruction reception information collection means. an auxiliary storage means for temporarily storing the memory information stored in the auxiliary storage means; and an auxiliary storage means for measuring the amount of data communication on the data path, and extracting the memory information temporarily stored in the auxiliary storage means when the measured value is less than a predetermined value. An information collection device comprising: means for monitoring the amount of data traffic fed to the transfer means.