JPH06222957A - Automatic event information method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To appropriately inform of even the frequency generation or occasional generation of event by judging whether a designated interval time has elapsed or not for each kind of the detected event and informing a managing device of the judged result. CONSTITUTION:When any event is generated in an information processing system S1, this generated event is detected by an event detection part 3, and the time when the last event in the same kind of the detected event is generated and the number of times of event generation and read from a generated event storage part 4. Then, the time interval is calculated from the read time when the last event is generated and the time when the detected event is generated, and the time when the detected event is generated is outputted and stored in the generated event storage part 4. Then, it is judged whether the time interval exceeds the designated time interval or not and corresponding to the judged result, an informing part 7 informs a managing device M1 of the information concerning the event. In this way, when the events are frequently generated within a short time, the device M1 is collectively informed corresponding to the time interval between the generated events and the number of times of generation and when the event is occasionally generated at the time interval, the device M1 is immediately informed of that.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic event notification method for a network in which a plurality of information processing systems are connected by communication lines, and more particularly to a management device for managing the plurality of information processing systems through communication lines when an event occurs. The present invention relates to an automatic event notification method for automatically reporting the occurrence of an event.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method of reporting event information such as a failure occurrence, an item in which a management device that manages events occurring in a plurality of information processing systems issues a notification request and a managed device side issues a notification request There are two types of methods known: a method of notifying the management apparatus of the above, and a method of the management apparatus voluntarily reporting to the management apparatus each time an event occurs that is designated in advance by the management apparatus.

Here, in the latter automatic event notification method, that is, in the method of spontaneously notifying the management device of a predetermined item from the management device each time an event occurs, the same event frequently occurs within a short time. Then, a large number of notifications of the same event are sent in a short time, which imposes a burden on communication processing and affects the original processing of the information processing system connected to the communication line.

On the other hand, in order to avoid the above-mentioned drawback, for example, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-208747, some events that occur in the information system are not notified to the management device each time they occur. , A failure automatic notification method of an information processing system which reports when the number of occurrences of the event reaches a specified number is described.

However, in the above method, when the target event occurs sporadically with a sufficient time interval, it is not notified immediately because the specified number of times has not been reached, and the event occurs to some extent. However, there is a disadvantage that it may not be reported for a long time.

There is no problem even if a large number of events of the same type occur in a long time, but in the case where they occur continuously in a short time, there are some events that have serious problems. That is, there is a drawback in that different properties of the same type of event cannot be recognized depending on the frequency of occurrence.

[0007]

As described above, in the conventional automatic event notification method, since the notification is made when the number of occurrences of the event reaches the specified number of times, it is sporadically made with a sufficient time interval. There was a problem that it was not reported immediately when it occurred.

[0008] Further, there is a problem that even the same type of event has a serious problem due to different occurrence frequencies, and it is not possible to recognize the different nature of the event depending on the occurrence frequency.

Therefore, the present invention eliminates such a problem, does not affect the communication processing of the information processing system connected to the communication line, and is appropriate even if the event occurs frequently or only once. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic event notification method capable of notifying users and recognizing different characteristics of the same type of event depending on the occurrence frequency.

[0010]

A first aspect of the present invention is an automatic event reporting method for reporting a phenomenon occurring on the managed device side to a management device, wherein the managed device is at least one predetermined event. The first step of detecting the occurrence of
Secondly, for each type of event detected in the first step, it is determined whether or not the time interval from the previous event occurrence to the current event occurrence has passed a predetermined time interval.
And a third step of determining whether or not the number of occurrences of the event has reached a predetermined designated number of occurrences for each type of event detected in the first step, and the designated time in the second step. If it is determined that the interval has elapsed, it is determined that the specified time interval has not elapsed in the fourth step of notifying the management device that the detection event has occurred, and the second step, and When it is determined in the third step that the specified number of occurrences has been reached,
A fifth step of notifying the management device that the detection event has occurred is provided.

A second aspect of the invention is an automatic event reporting method for reporting an event occurring on the managed device side to the managing device, wherein the managed device detects the occurrence of at least one predetermined event. One step, based on the function information for each type of event that represents the relationship between the time interval between the occurrence events and the weight value for this time interval, the weight value of each event type detected in the first step is calculated. A second step of performing a cumulative calculation, a third step of determining whether or not the result of the cumulative calculation exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and a detection of the result when the predetermined threshold value is exceeded in the third step. And a fourth step of notifying the management device that an event has occurred.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the invention, the managed device detects the occurrence of at least one kind of predetermined event, and from the time when the last event occurred to the time when the current event occurred for each kind of the detected event. It is determined whether or not the time interval has passed a predetermined designated time interval, and whether or not the number of occurrences of the event has reached a predetermined designated number of occurrences for each type of detected event. . Then, when it is determined that the specified time interval has elapsed, the management apparatus is notified that the detection event has occurred, it is determined that the specified time interval has not elapsed, and the specified number of occurrences. When it is determined that the detected event has occurred, the management apparatus is notified that the detected event has occurred, so that it is possible to appropriately notify both an event that occurs frequently and an event that occurs only once.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the managed device first detects the occurrence of at least one kind of predetermined event, and then determines the relationship between the time interval between the occurring events and the weight value for this time interval. The weighted value is cumulatively calculated for each type of detected event based on the function information for each type of event shown. Then, it is determined whether or not the result of this cumulative calculation exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and when it exceeds the predetermined threshold value, the fact that the detection event has occurred is notified to the management device. , Even if the events are of the same type, it is possible to automatically recognize and report an event having a property that the occurrence of the event varies depending on the occurrence frequency.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, the first invention to which the method of the first invention is applied
The automatic event notification system of the embodiment will be described.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the automatic event notification system of the first embodiment. In FIG. 1, the automatic event notification system includes an automatic event notification device 10 included in the information processing system S1 and a management device M1 to which the information processing system S1 including the automatic event notification device 10 is connected via a bus B1. Composed of and. Although not shown, a plurality of information processing systems including the automatic event notification device 10 are connected to the bus B1.

The automatic event notification device 10 further includes a condition setting unit 1 for setting conditions for notifying the management device M1 of the occurrence of an event, a condition storage unit 2 for storing the conditions set by the condition setting unit 1, and an event An event detection unit 3 that detects an occurrence, an occurrence event storage unit 4 that stores the occurrence time and the number of occurrences of an event, an immediate / collective determination unit 5 that determines whether an immediate notification or a collective notification is made based on a time interval, and whether a collective notification is made based on the number of occurrences It is composed of a collective notification determination unit 6 for making such a judgment and a notification unit 7 for notifying the management device of the occurrence of an event.

Next, the operation of the automatic event notification device 10 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the automatic event notification processing of the automatic event notification apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment.

Here, the automatic event notification device 10 performs processing for a plurality of types of events, but in the following description, for the sake of convenience of description, only the processing of events of the same type will be described.

Further, a plurality of events predetermined by the management device M1 as notification conditions, a designated number of events to occur and a designated time interval which is a time interval between events are stored in the condition storage unit 2 from the condition setting unit 1. It is assumed that the event occurrence storage unit 4 stores the number of event occurrences and the previous event occurrence time for each of a plurality of predetermined events.

In FIG. 2, when an event occurs in the information processing system S1, the event detecting section 3 detects the event (step 100) and obtains the occurrence time of the detected event (step 101). Furthermore, the occurrence event storage unit 4
The previous event occurrence time of the same kind as the event detected from and the number of occurrences of the event are read (step 102). And
The time interval is obtained from the read event occurrence time and the detected event occurrence time (step 103), and
The occurrence time of the detected event is output to and stored in the occurrence event storage unit 4 (step 104).

Next, in step 105, the condition storage unit 2
Read the specified time interval corresponding to the event detected from.
Then, it is determined whether or not the time interval obtained in step 103 has passed the specified time interval (step 106). If the result of determination is that the specified time interval has elapsed, step 1
Move to 10. On the other hand, if the designated time interval has not elapsed, the process proceeds to step 107.

In step 107, the number of occurrences of the event read in step 102 is counted up, and the collective notification determination unit 6 outputs and stores it in the occurrence event storage unit 4 (step 107). Further, the designated number of times corresponding to the detected event is read from the condition storage unit 2 (step 108), and it is determined whether or not the number of event occurrences counted up in step 107 has reached the read designated number (step 109). If the result of the judgment is that the specified number of times has not been reached,
This process ends. On the other hand, if the specified number of times has been reached, the process proceeds to step 110.

In step 110, the notification unit 7 sets the number of occurrences of the event stored in the occurrence event storage unit 4 to "0". (Step 110). Then, information on the event (type of event detected in step 100, number of times of event occurrence, time of event occurrence) is reported to the management device M1 (step 111).

As described above, in the first embodiment, the fact that the events frequently occur within a short period of time is collectively notified by the time interval between the occurring events and the number of occurrences, and is also sporadically made at intervals of time. When it occurs, it will notify you immediately.

Here, the condition storage unit 2 and the occurrence event storage unit 4
The storage configuration of will be described.

FIG. 3 shows the condition storage unit 2 and the occurrence event storage unit 4.
It is a figure which shows the memory structure of. Here, FIG. 3A is a storage configuration of the condition storage unit 2, and FIG. 3B is a storage configuration of the occurrence event storage unit 4. In FIG. 3A, the specified time interval and the specified number of times are set in the condition storage unit 2 for a plurality of types of events A to E preset by the management device M1. For example, for the event B, 100 seconds is set as the designated time interval and 10 times as the designated number of times.

Further, in FIG. 3B, the number of occurrences detected by the event detection unit 3 and the occurrence time of the detected event are stored for the events A to E corresponding to FIG. For example, with respect to the event B, it is stored that the number of occurrences is 3 and the last event occurrence time is 12:13:67.

Next, an automatic event notification system according to the second embodiment will be described.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the automatic event notification system of the second embodiment. In FIG. 4, the automatic event notification device 20 includes an automatic event notification device 20 included in the information processing system S2, and a management device in which the information processing system S2 including the automatic event notification device 20 is connected via a bus B2. And M2. Although not shown, a plurality of information processing systems including the automatic event notification device 20 are connected to the bus B2.

The automatic event notification device 20 also includes a condition setting unit 1 for setting conditions for notifying the management device M2 of the occurrence of an event.
1, a condition storage unit 12 that stores the conditions set by the condition setting unit 11, an event detection unit 13 that detects an event, an occurrence event storage unit 14 that stores the occurrence time and the number of occurrences of the event, whether an event has occurred An event occurrence determination unit 15 for determination, an immediate / collective determination unit 16 for determining whether an immediate notification or a collective notification is made from a time interval, and a notification unit 1 for notifying the management device of the occurrence of an event.
It is composed of 7.

Next, the operation of the automatic event notification device 20 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart.

FIG. 5 shows the automatic event notification device 2 of the second embodiment.
It is a flowchart which shows the automatic event notification process procedure of 0.

The automatic event notification device 20 processes a plurality of types of events, but in the following description, only the same type of events will be processed for convenience of description.

Further, the condition setting unit 11 has a plurality of events predetermined by the management apparatus M2 as notification conditions, a specified number of events to occur, and a specified time interval which is a time interval between events.
It is further assumed that the condition storage unit 12 stores the event occurrence count and the previous event occurrence time for each of a plurality of predetermined events. In FIG. 5, the event detection unit 13 reads the previous event occurrence time and the event occurrence frequency from the occurrence event storage unit 14 at each designated time interval of the condition storage unit 12 (step 120).
Then, it is determined whether the number of occurrences of the event read by the event occurrence determination unit 15 is "0" (step 121). When the number of occurrences of the event is "0" as a result of the determination, this process ends. On the other hand, when the number of occurrences of the event is other than "0", the time interval is obtained from the occurrence time of the event read in step 120 and the current time (step 122).

Next, at step 123, the condition storage unit 1
Read the specified time interval from 2. Then step 12
It is determined whether or not the time interval obtained in 2 has passed the specified time interval read in step 123 (step 12
4). If the result of determination is that the specified time interval has not elapsed, this processing ends. On the other hand, if the designated time interval has elapsed, the routine proceeds to step 125.

In step 125, the notification unit 17 sets the number of occurrences of the event stored in the event occurrence determination unit 14 to "0". And information about the event (step 1
The type of event, the number of occurrences of the event, and the time of occurrence of the event read in 20 are reported to the management device M1 (step 12).
6).

As described above, in the second embodiment, the automatic event notification device 20 operates at every designated time interval of the condition storage section 11 and makes a determination at the time interval obtained from the event occurrence time and the current time. As a result, it is possible to prevent a situation in which an event has not occurred since the previous event occurred until the present time, and thus the state of being accumulated without being notified is reported.

As described above, in the second embodiment, the notification operation is not performed when an event is detected, but at least one or more events are detected and when the designated time interval has elapsed, The event detected by is reported. In other words, if the time from the detection of one event to the detection of the next event is long, it will not be accumulated for a long time and not notified.

Therefore, the following application example is conceivable in which the first and second embodiments are processed simultaneously.

As an application example, the condition storage unit 2 and the occurrence event storage unit 4 in the first embodiment and the condition storage unit 2 and the occurrence event storage unit 4 in the second embodiment are not set to be independent from each other, but are set to 1. It is shared as one common condition storage unit and a common event storage unit. That is,
Since the common condition storage unit and the common occurrence event storage unit operate as a reference, the notification of the first embodiment and the notification of the second embodiment do not overlap, and the notification of the first embodiment is different from that of the second embodiment. With the added advantage, the further improved notification operation of the first embodiment can be performed.

The operation of the conventional automatic event notification apparatus of the information processing system for the same event group and the automatic event notification apparatus of the first embodiment and the above-described application example will be described in comparison.

FIG. 6 is a time chart comparing the operations of the automatic event notification device of the conventional information processing system and the automatic event notification device of the first embodiment and the above-described application example with respect to the same event group.

In FIG. 6, the event automatic notification device of the conventional information processing system and the event automatic notification device described in the first embodiment and the above-mentioned application example are operated under the same conditions and compared. . That is, the events that occur are of the same type, and the times of occurrence of the events are the same. Further, the number of times of designation used in the conventional method, the first embodiment and the above-mentioned applied example is also "3 times". Further, the designated time interval used in the first embodiment and the above-mentioned application example is "1 second".

6 (a), (b), and (c), event occurrence points P1a to P10a and event occurrence points P1b to P1b to
Each of P10b and event occurrence points P1c to P10c indicates the occurrence of an event, and the notification of each system with respect to the event is made at the notification time points T1a to T3a and the notification time points T1b to T5b.
And notification times T1c to T7c. And
Δt represents the length of time (1 second).

First, FIG. 6A will be described. Figure 6
(A) is an event notification time chart by the conventional automatic event notification device. In FIG. 6A, the event occurrence point P1a-
When an event frequently occurs in a short time such as P5a, the number of times of notification to the management device can be suppressed to a small number (time of notification T1a). However, since only the number of event occurrences is considered, the event occurrence points P4a and P4
5a is not notified to the management device until the event of the event occurrence point P6a occurs (report time T2a), and similarly, the event occurrence points P7a and P8a also notify the management device until the event of the event occurrence point P9a occurs. Not done (time point T3
a).

Therefore, in the case of an event that occurs sporadically at time intervals, the notification may be delayed.

On the other hand, FIG. 6B is an event notification time chart according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 6B, when the occurrence of an event frequently occurs in a short time such as the event occurrence points P1b to P5b, the number of times of notification to the management device can be suppressed to a small number (time of notification T1.
b). Since the event automatic notification system according to the first embodiment considers the time interval from the previous event occurrence to the current event occurrence, the event occurrence points P4b and P5
b, when the event at the event occurrence point P6b occurs, the notification is collectively sent to the management device (notification time T2b). That is, the time interval between the event occurrence point P5b and the event occurrence point P6b exceeds the designated time interval stored in the condition storage unit 12. Furthermore, since the time interval between the event occurrence point P7b and the event occurrence point P6b exceeds the specified time interval stored in the condition storage unit 12, the management apparatus is immediately notified (notification time point T3b). Similarly, the event occurrence points P8b and P9b are also immediately reported to the management device (report times T4b and T5b).

Therefore, events that frequently occur within a short time are reported collectively, and events that occur sporadically at time intervals are reported immediately.

Next, FIG. 6C will be described. Figure 6
(C) is an event notification time chart according to the above application example. That is, it is an event notification time chart in which the first embodiment and the second embodiment operate in parallel. In the above application example, when the occurrence of an event frequently occurs in a short time such as the event occurrence points P1c to P5c, the number of times of notification to the management device can be suppressed to a small number (the notification time point T1.
c). Further, in the above application example, since the automatic event notification device operates even at the designated time intervals stored in the common condition storage unit even if no event occurs, the event occurrence time at the event occurrence point P5c is changed from the event occurrence time to the current time. When the time interval up to the time interval exceeds the specified time interval stored in the common condition storage unit, the management device is collectively notified (report time T2c). Further, the occurrence of the event at the event occurrence point P6c is the same as the event occurrence point P5.
Since the time interval with c exceeds the specified time interval, the management device is immediately notified (time point T3c of notification). Similarly,
The event occurrence points P7c, P8c, and P9c are also immediately notified to the management device (time points T4c, T5c, and T6).
c). Further, the event occurrence point P10c is immediately notified to the management device when the time interval from the occurrence of the event at the event occurrence point P10c to the current time exceeds the specified time interval even if the next event does not occur ( Time of notification T7c).

Therefore, in the above-described application example, as described above, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of an event from the occurrence of the event to the present time, and to prevent the event from being stored without being notified.

Next, an automatic event notification system according to the third embodiment will be described.

Here, the automatic event notification system of the third embodiment to which the method of the second invention is applied will be explained.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the automatic event notification system of the third embodiment. In FIG. 7, the automatic event notification device 30 includes an automatic event notification device 30 included in the information processing system S3, and a management device in which the information processing system S3 including the automatic event notification device 30 is connected via a bus B3. And M3. Although not shown, a plurality of information processing systems including the automatic event notification device 30 are connected to the bus B3.

The automatic event notification device 30 also includes a condition setting unit 21 for setting conditions for notifying the management device M3 of the occurrence of an event, a condition storage unit 22 for storing the conditions set by the condition setting unit 21, and an event Event detector 2 for detecting occurrence
3. Occurrence event storage unit 24 that stores the occurrence time of an event, the number of occurrences, and a weight value, an event determination unit 25 that determines a detected event by a fault level name, a difference value that calculates a weight value from a difference value that is a time interval. The calculation unit 26, a notification determination unit 27 that determines whether or not to notify from a predetermined threshold value, and a notification unit 28 that notifies the management device of the occurrence of an event.

Next, the operation of the automatic event notification device 30 according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart.

FIG. 8 is an event automatic notification processing flowchart of the automatic event notification device 30 according to the third embodiment.

Here, the automatic event notification device 30 processes a plurality of types of events, but in the following description, only the same type of event will be described for convenience of description.

Incidentally, a plurality of events which are predetermined by the management device M3 as a notification condition, a designated number of memory of the event, and a failure in which the event is divided into three predetermined failure levels of warning, light failure and serious failure. The condition setting unit 21 stores, in the condition storage unit 22, function information indicating the relationship between the level name and the difference value that is the time interval from the time when the previous event occurred to the time when this event occurred and the weight value corresponding to this difference value. The occurrence event storage unit 24 stores, for each of a plurality of predetermined events, the number of occurrences of the event, the previous event occurrence time, and the weight value under generation management. And In FIG. 8, when an event occurs in the information system S3, the event detector 23 detects the event that has occurred (step 130).

Then, in step 131, the detected event is discriminated as a warning, a light failure or a serious failure based on the failure level name of the condition storage section 24. If it is determined to be a serious failure, the process proceeds to step 139. If it is determined to be a warning, this process is ended, and if it is determined to be a minor failure, step 132 is performed.
Move to.

In step 132, step 130
Find the time of occurrence of the event detected in. Then, the previous event occurrence time of the same type as the event detected from the occurrence event storage unit 24 is read (step 133). Further, a difference value, which is a time interval, is obtained from the read previous event occurrence time and the event occurrence time obtained in step 132 (step 134). Then, based on the function information representing the relationship between the calculated difference value and the weight value corresponding to the difference value,
A weight value corresponding to the difference value is calculated (step 13
5). Further, in step 136, the difference value calculation unit 2
6 stores this weight value in the occurrence event storage unit 24, traces back the generation-controlled weight value by the number of specified storage numbers stored in the condition storage unit 22, and calculates the added value (step 137). ).

Then, in step 138, it is determined whether or not the added value exceeds the threshold value preset by the management device M3. If the result of determination is that the threshold value has not been exceeded, this processing ends, while if the threshold value has been exceeded, the process moves to step 139.

Then, in step 139, information relating to the event (type of event detected in step 130, number of times of event occurrence, time of event occurrence) is reported to the management device M1. As described above, in the third embodiment, by using the weight value obtained from the function information of the difference value and the weight value corresponding to this difference value, the determination is performed, so that the event occurs sporadically for a long time. In some cases, even if the events are of the same kind, such as when they occur continuously in a short time, different properties of the events can be recognized depending on the occurrence frequency.

It should be noted that even if the event is not discriminated based on the three failure levels of severe failure / light failure / warning, it is obtained from the function information of the difference value and the weight value corresponding to the difference value for each event. By using the weight value, the type of event,
It enables more detailed automatic notification of events such as the frequency of occurrence.

Next, the weight value corresponding to the difference value used in the third embodiment will be described. FIG. 9 (a),
(B) and (c) show the relationship between the difference value which is the time interval from the time when the last event occurred to the time when this event occurred, and the weight value corresponding to this difference value, for each type of event. It is a figure showing an example of function information.

First, in FIG. 9A, when the difference value t is small, the weight numerical value f1 (t) corresponding to the difference value is increased,
It is a figure showing the relation between a difference value and a weight numerical value which made weight numerical value f1 (t) corresponding to a difference value small gradually as difference value t becomes large. For example, when the difference value t is 1 second, the weight value is "2.3", and when the difference value t is 5 seconds, the weight value is "0.7" and the difference value t is 10 seconds or 10 seconds. When the time is longer than a second, the weight value becomes "0". That is, even if the same type of event occurs sporadically for a long time, the weight value is "0", or is very small, and the weight value is a large value when it occurs continuously in a short time. Therefore, it is possible to recognize the different nature of the event depending on the frequency of occurrence.

Next, FIG. 9B shows the relationship between the difference value and the weight value, in which the weight value f2 (t) corresponding to the difference value is provided only when the difference value t is within 1 second. It is a figure showing.

For example, when the difference value t is 1 second, the weight value is "4", and when the difference value t is 5 seconds, the weight value is 0.
become. That is, when the difference value t is other than 1 second, all the weight numerical values are "0". Therefore, it is possible to recognize only special events in which the same type of events continuously occur within 1 second.

Next, FIG. 9C is a diagram showing the relationship between the difference value and the weight value, in which the weight value f3 (t) corresponding to the difference value is set to a constant value regardless of the difference value t. is there.

For example, when the difference value t is 1 second, the weight value is "1", and when the difference value t is 5 seconds, the weight value is "1". That is, regardless of the difference value t, which is the time interval, the weight numerical value also increases according to the number of times the event occurs.
Therefore, the same effect as the method of notifying when the occurrence of the event reaches the specified number of times can be obtained.

In each of the above embodiments,
Although the same phenomenon has been described, it goes without saying that it operates for each of a plurality of preset events.

[0073]

As described above, according to the first invention,
The managed device detects the occurrence of at least one predetermined event, and the time interval from the last event occurrence to the current event occurrence is predetermined for each detected event type. It is determined whether or not the interval has elapsed, and whether or not the number of occurrences of the event has reached a predetermined designated number of occurrences for each type of detected event. Then, when it is determined that the specified time interval has elapsed, the management apparatus is notified that the detection event has occurred, it is determined that the specified time interval has not elapsed, and the specified number of occurrences. If it is determined that the detected event has been reached, the management device is notified that the detected event has occurred, so it is possible to appropriately notify both frequently occurring events and single-occurring events. The management device has an advantage of being able to appropriately grasp the occurrence event and manage the managed device.

In the second aspect of the invention, the managed device first detects the occurrence of at least one kind of predetermined event, and then determines the relationship between the time interval between the occurring events and the weight value for this time interval. The weighted value is cumulatively calculated for each type of detected event based on the function information for each type of event shown. Then, it is determined whether or not the result of this cumulative calculation exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and when it exceeds the predetermined threshold value, the fact that the detection event has occurred is notified to the management device. Even if the same type of event occurs, it is possible to automatically recognize and report an event with the nature of the occurrence of the event depending on the frequency of occurrence, and the management device appropriately grasps the event and manages it. It has the advantage that the device can be managed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an automatic event notification system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an automatic event notification processing procedure of the automatic event notification system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a storage configuration diagram of a condition storage unit 2 and an event occurrence storage unit 4 according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an automatic event notification system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an automatic event notification processing procedure of the automatic event notification system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram comparing operations of a conventional method and an automatic event notification system.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an automatic event notification system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an automatic event notification processing procedure of the automatic event notification system according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a relationship between a difference value and a weight value used in the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

S1, S2, S3 Information processing system 10, 20, 30 Automatic event notification device B1, B2, B3 Bus M1, M2
M3 management device 1,11,21 condition setting unit 2,12,2
2 Condition storage unit 3, 13, 23 Event detection unit 4, 14, 2
4 Occurrence event storage unit 5,16 Immediate / collective determination unit 6
Collective notification determination unit 7,17,28 Notification unit 15
Event occurrence determination unit 25 Event determination unit 26
Difference value calculation unit 27 Notification determination unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An automatic event reporting method for reporting an event occurring on a managed device side to a management device, a first step of detecting the occurrence of at least one predetermined event, and the first step detecting the event. A second determination is made as to whether or not the time interval from the previous event occurrence to the current event occurrence has passed a predetermined designated time interval for each type of event
A step, a third step of determining whether or not the number of occurrences of the event has reached a predetermined designated number of occurrences for each type of event detected in the first step, and the designated time in the second step. If it is determined that the interval has elapsed, a fourth step of notifying the management device that the detection event has occurred, and it is determined that the specified time interval has not elapsed in the second step, and An automatic event notification method comprising: a fifth step of notifying the management device that the detected event has occurred when it is determined in the third step that the specified number of occurrences has been reached. 2. An automatic event reporting method for reporting an event occurring on a managed device side to a management device, a first step of detecting the occurrence of at least one kind of event determined in advance, and a time interval between the occurring events. And a second step of performing a cumulative calculation of the weight value for each event type detected in the first step, based on the function information for each event type that represents the relationship between the weight value and the time value. A third step of determining whether or not the result of the cumulative calculation exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and when the predetermined threshold value is exceeded in the third step, the management apparatus is informed that the detection event has occurred. Fourth to report
A method for automatically reporting an event, comprising: