JP2003204328A - Management device and management method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a management device with excellent operation efficiency wherein the amount of collected information is reduced, and a communication line and an apparatus load can be suppressed. <P>SOLUTION: There is provided information decision means 1A, in which status information is set hierarchically, associated with host integrated information JT and low details information JS, and when the status information is collected from a monitoring device 2, the integrated information JT collected this time and the integrated information JT collected previous time are compared. When no change in the details information JS is decided, the collection of the details information upon the collection of information is not executed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a management device (manager device) for centrally managing status information (integrated information and detailed information) provided by a plurality of monitoring devices (agent devices).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional management device (manager device), integrated information and detailed information of monitoring targets are collected from a plurality of monitoring devices (agent devices), and the integrated information is notified to an administrator in a visible or audible display. , Monitored by the administrator collecting detailed information of each monitoring device (agent device) as necessary (eg network)
A configuration for managing the state of is known.

FIG. 7 shows an image diagram of information transmission of a conventional management device and monitoring device. In FIG. 7, the management device 50
Collects and manages the integrated information JT1 and the detailed information JS1 to JSn that represent the status of the monitoring target from the monitoring device 51 on a regular basis, thereby determining whether the status of the monitoring target transmitted from the monitoring device 51 is normal or abnormal. Is notified to the administrator, and if the state is abnormal, the person in charge of the monitoring device 51 or the maintenance person is contacted to take measures against the abnormality of the monitoring target.

When collecting information from the monitoring device 51, the conventional management device 50 is configured to collect the integrated information JT1 first, and then the detailed information JS1 to JSn periodically.

A conventional management (monitoring) device, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-340333, divides a network integrated monitoring (management) device and a large-scale network, and divides each of the divided networks. Intermediate monitoring (management)
By arranging the devices and instructing each intermediate monitoring device from each integrated monitoring device about the monitoring target and the monitoring cycle, the information that the status has changed from the monitoring targets covered by each intermediate monitoring device is collected, and The network integrated monitoring device is notified of the state change, so that the failure of the monitoring target is sensed.

[0006]

Since the conventional management apparatus 50 shown in FIG. 7 periodically collects the integrated information JT1 and detailed information JS1 to JSn of the monitoring target from the monitoring apparatus 51,
When there are a plurality of monitoring devices 51 and the detailed information JS1 to JSn to be collected is large, the amount of information becomes enormous, the information processing load of the management device 50 becomes heavy, and a lot of information processing is required. There are challenges that take time.

In addition, in the event of an emergency when a failure occurs in the monitored object, a huge amount of detailed information is collected, so that the detailed information with the failure is displayed and notified to the administrator of the management apparatus 50. , There is a problem that requires time.

Further, in the conventional management apparatus 50, when there are many monitoring apparatuses 51 and monitoring targets, the information amount of the integrated information JT1 and the detailed information JS1 to JSn also increases, and the management apparatus 5
The load on the line connecting 0 and the monitoring device 51 may also increase.

The conventional management (monitoring) device disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-340333 has a network integrated monitoring (management) device and an intermediate monitoring (management) device for each divided network. Since the devices are distributed, when the network is large and a failure occurs in the monitoring target, it takes time for the integrated network monitoring (management) device to receive detailed information, and failure countermeasures are delayed. There is a risk.

Furthermore, since the conventional management (monitoring) device disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-340333 has a plurality of intermediate monitoring (management) devices, a failure occurs in the intermediate monitoring (management) device or an intermediate There is a problem that maintenance and inspection of the monitoring (management) device requires time and man-hours.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and its purpose is to reduce the amount of information to be collected and to suppress the load on the communication line and the device, which is excellent in operational efficiency. To provide.

[0012]

In order to solve the above problems, a management apparatus according to the present invention is a management apparatus which collects and manages status information of a monitoring target supplied from a monitoring apparatus. When the status information is collected from the monitoring device by hierarchically setting it by associating it with the integrated information and the lower detailed information, the integrated information collected this time is compared with the integrated information collected last time, and there is no change in the detailed information. When it is determined that the detailed information is not collected at the time of collecting information, the information judging means is provided.

The management apparatus according to the present invention hierarchically sets the status information in association with the higher-level integrated information and the lower-level detailed information, and collects the status information from the monitoring apparatus when collecting the status information from the monitoring apparatus. When it is determined that the detailed information has not changed by comparing it with the collected integrated information, the information judgment means that does not execute the detailed information collection at the time of collecting information is provided. Is not required, the amount of information to be collected can be reduced, and the load on the communication line and the device can be suppressed, so that the operational efficiency can be improved.

Further, the information judging means according to the present invention compares the integrated information acquired this time by the integrated information acquisition means with the previously acquired integrated information stored in the integrated information storage means, and if there is no change in the detailed information. When the determination is made, the integrated information determination means for terminating the collection processing and returning to the information management processing without collecting the detailed information at the time of information collection is characterized.

The information judging means according to the present invention compares the integrated information acquired this time by the integrated information acquiring means with the previously acquired integrated information stored in the integrated information storage means, and judges that there is no change in the detailed information. In this case, since the integrated information determining means for ending the collection processing and returning to the information management processing without collecting the detailed information at the time of collecting information is provided, only collecting the integrated information reduces the amount of information to be collected. It is possible to suppress the load on the communication line and the device.

Further, the integrated information judging means according to the present invention, when it is considered that there is a change in detailed information,
To activate the detailed information acquisition means, to instruct the communication means of a status information acquisition request for acquiring detailed information of the monitoring device, and to update the acquired detailed information in the detailed information storage means via the buffer updating means. Is characterized by.

The integrated information determination means according to the present invention activates the detailed information acquisition means and issues a status information acquisition request for acquiring the detailed information of the monitoring device when it is considered that there is a change in the detailed information. Since the content of the detailed information storage means is updated via the buffer updating means by instructing the communication means and the acquired detailed information, only when there is an abnormality in the integrated information,
The detailed information related to the integrated information can be collected and updated, and the minimum detailed information can be collected to identify the abnormality of the monitoring target of the corresponding monitoring device.

Further, the information judging means according to the present invention supplies a status information acquisition request to the monitoring device to the integrated information acquiring means and the detailed information acquiring means based on the input information supplied from the input means, and also sets a timer. The integrated information acquisition means is provided with an information collection management means for managing the time for acquiring the integrated information from the monitoring device on a regular basis.

The information judging means according to the present invention supplies a status information acquisition request to the monitoring device to the integrated information acquiring means and the detailed information acquiring means based on the input information supplied from the input means, and further comprises a timer, Since the integrated information acquisition unit is equipped with an information collection management unit that manages the time to acquire integrated information from the monitoring device on a regular basis, it collects integrated information or detailed information when integrated information is abnormal, The collection cycle can be freely set, and convenience can be improved.

Furthermore, the management method of the management device according to the present invention is a method for collecting and managing the status information of the monitoring target supplied from the monitoring device, and a step of collecting integrated information of the management target (S1). And a step of comparing the integrated information of this time with the integrated information of the previous time (S2), and a step of determining whether or not there is a change in the detailed information based on the integrated information (S3).
And a step of omitting the acquisition of the detailed information when it is determined that the detailed information has not changed (S4), and a step of collecting the detailed information when the detailed information may be changed (S5). And a step (S6) of updating the collected detailed information and a step (S7) of notifying the updated detailed information.

The management method of the management apparatus according to the present invention includes a step (S1) of collecting integrated information to be managed and a step (S) of comparing the integrated information of this time with the integrated information of the previous time.
2), a step of determining whether or not the detailed information has changed based on the integrated information (S3), and a step of omitting acquisition of the detailed information when it is determined that the detailed information has not changed (S3)
4), a step (S5) of collecting detailed information when there is a possibility that there is a change in detailed information, a step (S6) of updating the collected detailed information, and a step of notifying the updated detailed information (S5). Since S7) is provided, it is possible to determine the abnormality of the monitoring target of the monitoring device by collecting only the integrated information, minimize the enormous amount of detailed information, and reduce the load on the communication line and the device. Since it can be suppressed, the operational efficiency can be improved.

[0022]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the present invention, the status information of the monitoring target provided from the monitoring device is integrated with higher-level integrated information,
It is hierarchically classified into lower level detailed information related to the integrated information, and the collected integrated information is compared with the already collected integrated information. If there is no change in the detailed information, it is judged that the monitoring target is normal, and the information is By not collecting a large amount of detailed information, the load on the device and the load on the communication line are suppressed,
On the other hand, it is a management device that responds to a failure to be monitored by collecting and processing the corresponding detailed information only when it is considered that the detailed information has changed.

Further, the monitoring target of the management apparatus of the present invention is the one in which the normal state is overwhelmingly large and the monitoring target rarely fails in a limited time.

FIG. 1 is an image diagram to which the management apparatus according to the present invention is applied. In FIG. 1, a management device (manager device) 1 collects status information (integrated information, detailed information) of monitoring targets from monitoring devices (agent devices) 2 to 6 connected by a communication line, and a screen is displayed as notification information. The manager M is notified by an alarm sound or the like.

FIG. 2 is a basic image diagram of an embodiment of information transmission of the management device and the monitoring device according to the present invention. In FIG. 2, the monitoring device (agent device) 2 is hierarchically set with upper-level integrated information JT1 and lower-level detailed information JS1 to JSn, which are status information of the monitoring target, and there is no failure (abnormality) in the monitoring target. In this case, the higher-level integrated information JT1 is transmitted to the management device (manager device) 1 via the communication line.

The management apparatus 1 collects and stores the normal integrated information JT1 and the detailed information JS1 to JSn of the monitoring apparatus 2 (in the case of FIG. 1, the monitoring apparatuses 2 to 6) before starting the operation, and operates. Integrated information J sometimes transmitted from the monitoring device 2
Prepare for determination of normality or abnormality of T1 and detailed information JS1 to JSn.

When the operation is started, the management device 1 collects the integrated information JT1 from the monitoring device 2, compares the collected integrated information JT1 with the integrated information JT1 stored prior to the operation, and changes the detailed information. The presence or absence of is determined. When there is no change in detailed information, detailed information JS1 related to integrated information JT1 ~
The JSn collection is not executed, but the next integrated information JT1 is collected and compared.

On the other hand, when it is considered that the detailed information is changed, the detailed information JS1 to JSn is collected, and the collected detailed information JS1 to JSn and the detailed information JS1 to JSn stored prior to the operation are respectively collected. The detailed information JS1 to JSn that is considered to be changed is detected and stored, and the detailed information JS1 to JSn that is considered to be changed (abnormal) is notified to the manager M of the apparatus on a screen or an alarm sound.

As shown in FIG. 2, when there is no abnormality in the integrated information JT1, it is determined that the monitoring target is normal (during normal time), so the collection processing and the determination processing of the integrated information JT1 are set in the timer. It can be executed in a short time.

On the other hand, if the integrated information JT1 is abnormal, the monitoring target is determined to be a failure (at the time of failure). Therefore, the collection processing and the determination processing of the detailed information JS1 to JSn are comparatively long. Although it takes time, it is possible to perform processing within the range of regular collection processing, since failures to be monitored are extremely rare.

FIG. 4 is an example of integrated information and detailed information according to the present invention. In FIG. 4, the integrated information JT is
It represents higher-level items such as the block operation state of the monitoring target, the device LED (light emitting diode) state, the block communication state, the node LED state, and the block BAT (battery) state.

On the other hand, the detailed information JS includes the package LED (light emitting diode) to be monitored, the package basic state,
Package detail status, backup BAT (battery), package failure status, control bus status, Major
It represents subordinate items such as cause of failure and cause of failure in Minor.

The integrated information JT and the detailed information JS are
One piece of integrated information JT may be formed in association with a plurality of detailed information JS, and the integrated information JT may be set to change if even one of the plurality of detailed information JS is abnormal. Further, when a lot of detailed information JS is set for one integrated information JT, the detailed information JS is divided into a plurality of groups,
It is also possible to set a plurality of lower group aggregate information JG having a smaller scale than the integrated information JT.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the management apparatus according to the present invention. In FIG. 3, the management device 1
Is based on a microprocessor and is provided with information judging means 1A. The information judging means 1A is composed of the information collecting management means 8 and the integrated information judging means 11.

Further, the management device 1 includes an input means 7, an information collection management means 8, an integrated information acquisition means 9, a communication means 10, an integrated information determination means 11, a detailed information acquisition means 12, a buffer collection means 13, and a buffer update means. 14, an integrated information storage unit 15, a detailed information storage unit 16, an output control unit 17, and a display unit 18, which are connected to the monitoring device 2 via a communication line (or communication network) L.

The input means 7 is composed of a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, a voice input device, etc., collects state information (integrated information JT and detailed information JS), inputs periodical time settings, etc., and inputs the information. It is supplied to the collection management means 8.

The information collection management means 8 sends status information (integrated information JT and detailed information JS) from the monitoring device 2 to the integrated information acquisition means 9 or the detailed information acquisition means 12 based on the input information supplied from the input means 7. In order to supply the status information acquisition request.

Further, the information collection management means 8 is the input means 7
The integrated information JT or the detailed information JS is acquired from the integrated information storage means 15 or the detailed information storage means 16 in the output control means 17 based on the input information supplied from the display means 18
Instruct them to make a visible or audible display.

Further, the information collection management means 8 is equipped with a timer, and manages the time for periodically acquiring the integrated information (integrated information JT and detailed information JS) from the monitoring device 2 by the integrated information acquisition means 9.

The integrated information acquisition means 9 instructs the communication means 10 to acquire the integrated information JT from the monitoring device 2 when a status information acquisition request is periodically or suddenly supplied from the information collection management means 8. . In addition, integrated information acquisition means 9
Provides the integrated information JT supplied from the communication means 10 to the integrated information determination means 11.

The communication means 10 can send and receive the status information acquisition request from the integrated information acquisition means 9 or the detailed information acquisition means 12 to and from the monitoring device 2 (SNMP, UDP,
The protocol is converted to IP or the like), and data is exchanged with the monitoring device 2.

The integrated information determination means 11 compares the integrated information JT acquired this time by the integrated information acquisition means 9 with the previously acquired integrated information JT stored in the integrated information storage means 15,
When the integrated information JT of this time and the integrated information JT of the previous time match, the detailed information JS at the time of information collection is not executed, the collection process is terminated, and the process returns to the information management process.

If the current integrated information JT and the previous integrated information JT do not match, the integrated information judging means 11 supplies the detailed information acquiring means 12 with a request for collecting the detailed information JS at the time of collecting information.

The detailed information acquisition means 12 is driven only when the judgment result of the integrated information judging means 11 indicates that the integrated information JT of this time and the integrated information JT of the previous time do not match, and the detailed information JS is acquired by the monitoring device 2. To the communication means 10 and update the contents of the detailed information storage means 16 with the acquired detailed information JS via the buffer updating means 14.

The buffer collecting means 13 reads out the status information (integrated information JT and detailed information JS) stored in the integrated information storage means 15 and the detailed information storage means 16 by the buffer updating means 14.

The buffer updating means 14 receives an instruction from the detailed information acquisition means 12 and stores integrated state information (integrated information JT and detailed information JS) collected from the monitoring device 2 in the integrated information storage means 15 and the detailed information storage means 16. Update the contents of.

The integrated information storage means 15 is a rewritable R
It is composed of a memory such as AM or EEPROM, and stores the integrated information JT of the monitoring device 2 acquired by the integrated information acquisition means 9.

The detailed information storage means 16 is a rewritable R
The detailed information JS of the monitoring device 2 which is composed of a memory such as AM or EEPROM is acquired by the detailed information acquisition means 12, and the already stored detailed information JS is updated.

The output control means 17 is the information collection management means 8
If there is a screen operation request or a screen display / non-display request from the integrated information JT or detailed information JS acquired from the monitoring device 2.
When it is necessary to re-draw and display the status information (integrated information JT and detailed information JS), it is necessary to suddenly notify the administrator M. Take control. Further, the data from the information collection management means 8 and the buffer collection means 13 is edited and supplied to the display means 18.

The display means 18 is an LCD (liquid crystal) or TFT.
A display device such as (thin film transistor), an audio device such as a speaker, and a visible / audible display of the acquisition result of the state information (integrated information JT and detailed information JS), a visible / input display of the input data from the input means 7. Audible display.

The management device 1 collects and manages the status information JT of the monitoring target supplied from the plurality of monitoring devices 2, and the information judging means 1A uses the status information as the upper integrated information JT and the lower level integrated information JT. When the status information is collected from the monitoring device 2 by hierarchically setting it in association with the detailed information JS, the integrated information JT collected this time is compared with the integrated information JT collected last time, and there is no change in the detailed information JS. If it is determined that the information determination unit 1A performs a process of not collecting detailed information at the time of information collection.

The information judging means 1A compares the integrated information JT acquired this time by the integrated information acquiring means 9 with the previously acquired integrated information JT stored in the integrated information storage means 15,
When it is determined that there is no change in the detailed information JS, the integrated information determination unit 11 that does not collect the detailed information JS at the time of collecting information and ends the collection processing and returns to the information management processing is provided.

When it is considered that there is a change in the detailed information JS, the integrated information determination means 11 activates the detailed information acquisition means 12 to request a status information acquisition for acquiring the detailed information JS of the monitoring device 2. To the communication means 10 to update the acquired detailed information JS via the buffer updating means 14 in the contents of the detailed information storage means 16.

Further, the information judging means 1A comprises the input means 7
Integrated information acquisition means 9 based on input information supplied from
Information collection for supplying a detailed information acquisition unit 12 with a status information acquisition request to the monitoring device 2 and a timer for managing the time for acquiring the integrated information JT from the monitoring device 2 to the integrated information acquisition unit 9 on a regular basis. The management means 8 is provided.

Next, the configuration of the monitoring device 2 will be described. The monitoring device 2 includes a communication unit 19, an information collecting unit 20,
Information integration unit 21, display unit 22, state information storage unit 2
3 is provided.

The communication means 19 receives the status information acquisition request transmitted from the management device 1 and supplies it to the information collection means 20, and provides the status information (integrated information JT or detailed information JS) provided by the communication line ( Alternatively, the communication network L or the communication means 10 of the management device 1 can receive the data (SNMP, UD).
P, IP, etc.) is protocol-converted and transmitted to the communication line (or communication network) L.

The information collecting means 20 communicates the status information (integrated information JT or detailed information JS) of the monitoring apparatus 2 in response to a status information acquisition request (request for integrated information JT or detailed information JS) from the management apparatus 1. It is supplied to the management device 1 via the means 19.

The information integrating means 21 integrates a plurality of detailed information, and creates and stores integrated information for determining whether or not the monitoring target is normal. The integrated information is displayed on the display unit 2.
The user of the monitoring device 2 is notified via 2.

The display means 22 is an LCD (liquid crystal) or TFT.
It is composed of a display device such as (thin film transistor) and an audio device such as a speaker, and notifies the user of the monitoring device 2 of the status information (integrated information JT and detailed information JS).

The state information storage means 23 is a rewritable R
It is composed of a memory such as AM and EEPRPM, and stores status information (integrated information JT and detailed information JS) of a monitoring target.

Thus, the management device 1 according to the present invention
Shows the status information as upper integrated information JT and lower detailed information JS
When it is determined that there is no change in the detailed information JS by comparing the integrated information JT collected this time with the integrated information JT collected last time when the status information is collected from the monitoring device 2 by being hierarchically set in association with In addition, since the information judging means 1A which does not execute the detailed information collection at the time of collecting information is provided, it is not necessary to collect a huge amount of detailed information JS by collecting only the integrated information JT, and the amount of information collected can be reduced. Since it is possible to reduce the load on the communication line L and the device, it is possible to improve the operation efficiency.

Further, the information judging means 1A according to the present invention
If the integrated information acquisition unit 9 compares the integrated information JT acquired this time with the previously acquired integrated information JT stored in the integrated information storage unit 15, and determines that there is no change in the detailed information JS, the information is Integrated information judging means 1 for ending detailed information JS at the time of collection and returning to information management processing without completing collection processing
1 is provided, the amount of information to be collected can be reduced only by collecting the integrated information JT, and the load on the communication line L and the device can be suppressed.

Further, the integrated information judging means 11 according to the present invention activates the detailed information acquiring means 12 to acquire the detailed information JS of the monitoring device 2 when it is considered that there is a change in the detailed information JS. A detailed state information acquisition request is issued to the communication means 10 and the acquired detailed information JS is updated in the detailed information storage means 16 via the buffer updating means 14. Therefore, only when there is an abnormality in the integrated information JT, the integration is performed. The detailed information JS related to the information JT can be collected and updated, and the minimum detailed information JS can be collected and the abnormality of the monitoring target of the corresponding monitoring device 2 can be specified.

Information judging means 1A according to the present invention
Supplies a status information acquisition request to the monitoring device 2 to the integrated information acquisition unit 9 and the detailed information acquisition unit 12 based on the input information supplied from the input unit 7, and includes a timer to periodically acquire the integrated information. Since the means 9 is provided with the information collection management means 8 for managing the time for acquiring the integrated information JT from the monitoring device 2, the integrated information JT is collected or the integrated information JT is acquired.
It is possible to freely set the collection cycle of the detailed information JS and the collection information of the integrated information JT when there is an abnormality, and it is possible to improve convenience.

FIG. 5 is a connection related diagram of the management device and the monitoring device according to the present invention. In FIG. 5, the management device 1 is connected to the monitoring devices N1 to N3 of the lower nodes via the direct connection ATM-SW 24 and the secondary station ATM-SW 25. Further, the monitoring devices N1 to N3 respectively monitor the monitoring targets Q1 and Q2, the monitoring targets Q3 and Q4, the monitoring targets Q5 and Q6, and transmit the status information (integrated information JT or detailed information JS) to the management device 1.

Note that either one or both of the direct connection ATM-SW 24 and the secondary station ATM-SW 25 may be used as a monitoring device, and the status information (integrated information JT or detailed information JS) may be transmitted to the management device 1. .

Next, the management method of the management apparatus will be described with reference to FIG.
Will be described with reference to. FIG. 6 is an operation flow chart of an embodiment of the management method of the management apparatus according to the present invention. In FIG. 6, in step S1, integrated information JT is collected. The operation of step S1 is executed by the information judgment means 1A (information collection management means 8) and the integrated information acquisition means 9.

In step S2, this integrated information JT is compared with the previous integrated information JT. The operation of step S2 is executed by the information judging means 1A (integrated information judging means 11).

In step S3, it is determined based on the integrated information whether the detailed information has changed. If it is determined that the detailed information JS has not changed, the process proceeds to step S4, and if it is considered that the detailed information JS has changed, the process proceeds to step S5. The operation of step S3 is executed by the information judging means 1A (integrated information judging means 11).

In step S4, the collection of detailed information JS is omitted. The operation of step S4 is executed by the information judging means 1A.

In step S5, detailed information JS is collected. The operation of step S5 is performed by the information judging means 1A.
(Information collection management means 8, integrated information determination means 11) and detailed information acquisition means 12 execute.

In step S6, the detailed information JS collected is collected.
To update. The operation of step S6 is executed by the buffer updating means 14.

In step S7, the updated detailed information JS
To notify. The operation of step S7 is executed by the buffer collection unit 13, the output control unit 17, and the display unit 18.

As described above, the management method of the management apparatus according to the present invention includes the step S1 of collecting the integrated information JT to be managed, the step S2 of comparing the integrated information JT of this time with the integrated information JT of the previous time, and the integration. It is conceivable that there is a change in the detailed information, step S3 of determining whether the detailed information has changed based on the information, step S4 of omitting the acquisition of the detailed information when it is determined that the detailed information has not changed. In this case, since the step S5 for collecting detailed information, the step S6 for updating the collected detailed information JS, and the step S7 for notifying the updated detailed information JS are provided, it is possible to collect only the integrated information JT from the monitoring device. It is possible to determine the abnormality of the monitoring target, minimize the enormous amount of detailed information JS, and reduce the load on the communication line and the device. The rate can be improved.

[0075]

As described above, the management apparatus according to the present invention sets the status information hierarchically in association with the higher-level integrated information and the lower-level detailed information, and collects the status information from the monitoring apparatus. , The integrated information collected this time is compared with the integrated information collected last time, and if it is determined that there is no change in the detailed information, the integrated information is provided because there is an information judging means that does not execute the detailed information collection at the time of information collection. It is not necessary to collect a huge amount of detailed information by only collecting the information, the amount of information to be collected can be reduced, and the load on the communication line and the device can be suppressed, so that the operation efficiency can be improved.

The information judging means according to the present invention compares the integrated information acquired this time by the integrated information acquisition means with the previously acquired integrated information stored in the integrated information storage means, and if there is no change in the detailed information. When the judgment is made, the integrated information judgment means for returning the information management processing to the end of the collection processing without collecting the detailed information at the time of collecting the information is provided. Can be reduced,
The load on the communication line and the device can be suppressed.

Furthermore, the integrated information judging means according to the present invention, when it is considered that there is a change in detailed information,
Since the detailed information acquisition means is activated, the status information acquisition request for acquiring the detailed information of the monitoring device is instructed to the communication means, and the acquired detailed information is updated in the detailed information storage means via the buffer updating means. Only when there is an abnormality in the integrated information, detailed information related to the integrated information can be collected and updated, and the minimum amount of detailed information can be collected to identify the abnormality of the monitoring target of the corresponding monitoring device. it can.

Further, the information judging means according to the present invention supplies a status information acquisition request to the monitoring device to the integrated information acquiring means and the detailed information acquiring means based on the input information supplied from the input means, and also sets a timer. Since the integrated information acquisition means is provided with an information collection management means for managing the time for acquiring the integrated information from the monitoring device on a regular basis, the integrated information is collected or detailed information is collected and integrated when there is an abnormality in the integrated information. You can freely set the information collection cycle,
It is possible to improve convenience.

Further, in the management method of the management device according to the present invention, a step (S1) of collecting integrated information to be managed.
And a step of comparing the integrated information of this time and the integrated information of the previous time (S2), a step of determining whether or not there is a change in the detailed information based on the integrated information (S3), and a case where it is determined that the detailed information does not change. To omit acquisition of detailed information (S4), to collect detailed information when there is a possibility that the detailed information may change (S5), and to update the collected detailed information (S6). And the step (S7) of notifying the updated detailed information,
Abnormality of the monitoring target of the monitoring device can be judged by collecting only integrated information, enormous amount of detailed information can also be collected to the minimum, and the load on the communication line and the device can be suppressed. It is possible to improve efficiency.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an image diagram to which a management device according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a basic image diagram of an embodiment of information transmission of a management device and a monitoring device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a management device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of integrated information and detailed information according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a connection related diagram of a management device and a monitoring device according to the invention.

FIG. 6 is an operation flow chart of an embodiment of a management method of a management device according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an image diagram of information transmission of a conventional management device and monitoring device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Management device (manager device) 1A Information judgment means 2-6 Monitoring device (agent device) 7 Input means 8 Information collection management means 9 Integrated information acquisition means 10, 19 Communication means 11 Integrated information determination means 12 Detailed information acquisition means 13 Buffer collection means 14 Buffer updating means 15 Integrated information storage means 16 detailed information storage means 17 Output control means 18,22 Display means 20 Information gathering means 21 Information integration means 23 State Information Storage Means 24 Directly connected ATM-SW 25 Secondary Station ATM-SW JT integrated information JS detailed information

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A management device that collects and manages status information of a monitoring target supplied from a monitoring device, wherein status information is hierarchically set in association with higher-level integrated information and lower-level detailed information, When collecting status information from the monitoring device, the integrated information collected this time is compared with the integrated information collected last time, and if it is determined that there is no change in detailed information, detailed information collection at the time of information collection is not executed. A management device comprising information judging means. 2. The information judging means compares the integrated information acquired this time by the integrated information acquisition means with the previously acquired integrated information stored in the integrated information storage means, and judges that there is no change in the detailed information. 2. The management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising integrated information determining means for ending the collection process and returning to the information management process without collecting the detailed information at the time of collecting the information. 3. The integrated information judging means activates the detailed information acquiring means and sends a status information acquisition request for acquiring the detailed information of the monitoring device when it is considered that there is a change in the detailed information. 3. The management device according to claim 2, wherein the communication means is instructed to update the acquired detailed information in the detailed information storage means via the buffer updating means. 4. The information judging means supplies a status information acquisition request to the monitoring device to the integrated information acquiring means and the detailed information acquiring means based on the input information supplied from the input means, and comprises a timer. 2. The management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an information collection management unit that regularly manages the time for acquiring the integrated information from the monitoring device, in the integrated information acquisition unit. 5. A method of managing a management device for collecting and managing status information of a monitoring target supplied from the monitoring device, comprising: collecting integrated information of the management target (S1); The step (S2) of comparing the previous integrated information, the step (S3) of determining whether or not the detailed information has changed based on the integrated information, and the acquisition of the detailed information when it is determined that the detailed information has not changed The step (S4) to be omitted, the step (S5) of collecting the detailed information when the detailed information may be changed, the step (S6) of updating the collected detailed information, and the updated detailed information. And a step (S7) of notifying the management apparatus.