JP2018156546A - Monitoring device, monitoring method, monitoring program - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to more stably monitor a process group.
A monitoring apparatus 1 according to the present invention connects a process group 3 having a plurality of processes in which individual function processing 14 and monitoring function processing 15 are executed, and processes in the process group 3 as a monitoring target process group 3a. It has a connection processing unit 7b and a monitoring processing unit 7d for executing monitoring between monitoring target process groups.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a monitoring device, a monitoring method, and a monitoring program in an apparatus having a process group that executes various functions for various facilities such as roads, rivers, and buildings.

  A process group composed of a plurality of processes may be provided to execute various functions for various facilities, for example. Specifically, in order to realize multiple functions such as a data measurement function that measures water level and power, a data analysis function, an alarm function when an abnormality occurs, and a display function that displays the transition status of input data, The necessary functions are realized by sharing processes in each process. And, in order to collect and accumulate all kinds of data, it is required to operate normally at all times except during maintenance.

  On the other hand, if each process terminates abnormally due to a problem such as a software malfunction, the function in charge of the process may not be available. In order to quickly recover from such a malfunction, a mechanism for monitoring each process may be provided (Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-214962 (see abstract, etc.)

  Patent Document 1 discloses that a monitoring specialized process positioned higher than each process is provided to monitor whether each process is operating normally. However, there is a problem that if the specialized monitoring process does not operate normally due to a defect or the like, it becomes impossible to monitor each process.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to more stably monitor a process group having individual functions.

  The monitoring apparatus according to the present invention includes a process group having a plurality of processes in which individual function processing and monitoring function processing are executed, a connection processing unit that connects processes in the process group as monitoring target process groups, and monitoring target process groups And a monitoring processing unit for executing the monitoring in (1).

  Since the monitoring apparatus of the present invention executes a monitoring process in a monitoring process group in which processes in the process group are connected to each other in a process group having a plurality of processes in which individual function processing and monitoring function processing are executed, It is possible to detect abnormal processes stably. In other words, the process group monitoring does not work when an abnormality occurs in the monitoring specialized process as compared with a case where a monitoring specialized process for monitoring the process group is separately provided.

1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an apparatus according to Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an operation flow according to the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows the attribute information (monitoring necessity necessity) of the process group which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 4 is a monitoring relationship diagram of process groups according to the first embodiment. 2 is a diagram showing an internal structure of a process according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an internal structure of a process according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the state at the time of the abnormal process discovery in the process monitoring which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an operation flow according to a modified example 1a of the first embodiment. FIG. It is a figure which shows the state at the time of abnormal process discovery in the monitoring of the process group which concerns on the modification 1a of Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the attribute information (relationship between necessity of monitoring object and importance) of the process group which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows the attribute information which described the relationship between the importance which concerns on Embodiment 2, and an abnormal process process type. It is a figure which shows the attribute information (the presence or absence of a stable state, instability) of the process group which concerns on Embodiment 3. FIG. It is a figure which shows the attribute information which described the relationship between the instability and abnormal process process kind which concern on Embodiment 3. FIG. FIG. 10 is a connection diagram of monitoring target process groups based on importance according to a fourth embodiment. FIG. 20 is a connection diagram of monitoring target process groups based on the degree of instability according to Modification 4a of Embodiment 4. FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram illustrating an apparatus according to a fifth embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an operation flow according to the fifth embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display screen according to a fifth embodiment. FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an operation flow according to Modification 5a of Embodiment 5. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a display screen according to modification 5a of the fifth embodiment. FIG. 16 shows a display screen according to modification 5b of the fifth embodiment.

  Hereinafter, a monitoring method, a monitoring program, and a monitoring device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments. In addition, the same configurations and members in the embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 shows an apparatus 1 for managing water level, electric power, etc. The monitoring apparatus in the present invention is a monitoring apparatus as the apparatus 1 itself or a subset of elements related to monitoring in the apparatus 1. It monitors whether or not a plurality of included processes are operating normally. The device 1 includes a storage unit 2, a CPU 6 as a processing circuit, a control unit 7 that receives a command from the CPU 6 and controls the device 1, and an interface circuit 8, each of which includes a system bus as a first connection unit. 9 is configured to be communicable. The storage unit 2 includes attribute information 5 for performing mutual monitoring of each process of the process group 3 (process A to process N, N: natural number) and each process of the process group 3. The process group 3 may include an abnormal process 4 that does not function normally.

  The process group 3 stored in the storage unit 2 is called by the CPU 6 and the control unit 7, and various processes are performed on the equipment 11 that is the monitoring target connected to the apparatus 1 through the LAN 10 as the second connection unit. For example, the equipment 11 is a road, a river, a building, or the like, and each process in the called process group 3 is executed as individual function processing related to the equipment 11 that is executed based on input information from the user by the input unit 100. Functions such as accumulation, abnormal value detection, graph display, form display, and interlocking processing are shared and executed. Specifically, the process A is in charge of the data storage function, the process B is in charge of the abnormal value detection function, and the process C is in charge of the graph display function. The input information may be hardware such as a keyboard and a mouse, voice recognition, and the like.

  The control unit 7 also includes an attribute information acquisition unit 7a that acquires attribute information from the attribute information 5, a connection processing unit 7b that connects each process of the process group 3, and a process group 3 connected by the connection processing unit 7b. On the other hand, it includes a monitoring processing unit 7c that executes monitoring processing between processes in the process group 3, and an abnormal process processing unit 7d that receives the result of the monitoring processing unit 7c and performs an operation on the process group 3. Is done.

  The CPU 6 is an example of a processing circuit, and may be a DSP (Digital Signal Processor) and a system LSI (Large Scale Integration) in addition to a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The storage unit 2 includes a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a flash memory, an EPROM (Enable Program Read Only Memory) and other nonvolatile or volatile semiconductor memories, a magnetic disk, a flexible memory, It is configured to include one or more of an optical disc, a compact disc, and a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc). The configuration of the hardware has been described with respect to the first embodiment, but each embodiment of the present invention can employ the same hardware configuration.

  Next, the operation will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 shows an operation flow of the apparatus 1 and is described step by step. First, an activation command for the process group 3 is generated from the control unit 7 based on a trigger (not shown) or information input by the user (step S1). Then, individual function processing of the device 1, that is, data accumulation for the equipment 11, detection of abnormal values, and the like are executed (step S2).

  On the other hand, after step S1, in parallel with the individual function processing in step S2, the attribute information acquisition unit 7a (see FIG. 1) in the control unit 7 reads the attribute information 5 regarding the process group 3 as the start of the monitoring process flow. Perform (attribute information acquisition step S3). FIG. 3 is a diagram showing attribute information related to each process in the process group 3, and stores information on the process name 12 and the monitoring target (necessity) 13. Those to be monitored are defined by “◯”, and those not to be monitored are defined by “×”. As a setting method of this attribute information 5, a process that does not fall into an abnormality in the process group 3, a process that has multiple processes and no problem even if an abnormality occurs, and a process that does not want to be loaded are excluded from monitoring. May be. Although it is efficient to perform the monitoring process on the monitoring target process group based on the attribute information 5, all the processes in the process group 3 are not monitored without reading the attribute information 5. (See FIG. 4).

  Then, upon receiving this attribute information 5, the connection processing unit 7 b (see FIG. 1) in the control unit 7 receives each attribute of the process group 3 as disclosed in FIG. Are connected in a ring shape (loop shape) to construct a monitoring target process group 3a (connection process group) (connection step S4). That is, the monitoring target process group 3a in which the attribute information of the monitoring target 11 in FIG. As will be described later, the process group 3 may be connected based on the result of the abnormal process.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the individual function processing in step S2 is in operation (step S5). That is, if the individual function process S2 is completed, the monitoring processing system in step S5 may be terminated. As a result, if the operation of the individual function processing is finished, the monitoring processing system is finished (step S6).

  As disclosed in FIG. 5, in the storage unit 2, each process of the process group 3 includes a monitoring function processing unit 14 that implements monitoring function processing and an individual function processing unit 15 that implements individual function processing. It consists of Then, under the control of the control unit 7 from the monitoring processing unit 7c (see FIG. 1), the monitoring function processing unit 14 is called and monitoring processing as a monitoring program is executed. FIG. 4 shows the relationship between the own process and the monitored process when the monitoring process is executed using the monitoring function processing unit 14 (step S7). That is, the relationship is such that the process A monitors the process C, the process C monitors the process D, and the process D monitors the process E. In this relationship, the monitoring processing unit 7c may monitor the process A in a sequence, for example, from the process A to the process A via the process N in FIG. 4 or the process A monitors the process B. In the meantime, the process B may monitor the process C and the process C may monitor the process D in parallel.

  Note that the monitoring program is a program for executing each process of the monitoring target process group 3a. As shown in FIG. 5, the source code related to the monitoring process of the monitoring target process group 3a is shared, and each process is originally in charge. Generating a program execution file together with the processing being performed has the effect of reducing the burden on the person in charge of production when creating a program for each process. As shown in FIG. 6, in addition to sharing the source code, the individual function processing unit 15 may individually create an execution file and store the monitoring function processing unit 14 a as a library in the storage unit 2. In this case, by making it possible to dynamically read the monitoring function process from the monitoring function processing unit 14a during the monitoring process of the monitoring target process group 3a, the burden on the production staff at the time of producing the program for each process is further reduced. There is an effect.

  FIG. 7 shows the state of the monitoring target process group 3a when the process A to the process D is normal due to some influence, but the process E becomes the abnormal process 4 at a certain timing. Specifically, the processes from process A to process D are normal. For example, when there is no reaction even if a signal for monitoring is sent as a monitoring process from process D to process E, process E is discovered as an abnormal process ( Step S8). In this case, when monitoring is performed in a sequence, the process prior to the process E cannot be monitored, but each process monitors the monitoring destination process in parallel as described above. In this manner, the processes ahead of the process E can be monitored except for the process E monitored process.

  If the process E is found to be an abnormal process 4, the information is transmitted to the control unit 7, and the abnormal process processing is executed by the abnormal process processing unit 7d (see FIG. 1) in the control unit 7 (abnormal). Process processing step S9). Abnormal process processing means that if abnormal process 4 is found, it is determined that device 1 cannot continue to operate normally, an alarm is sounded, and a notification is sent to the user to request a recovery action for device 1. Can do. Alternatively, the apparatus 1 may be automatically restarted. On the other hand, if the abnormal process 4 is not found in step S8, the process returns to step S5 again to check whether the individual function process is in operation, and the monitoring process in step S7 is continued.

  Since the process group 3 is connected as a monitoring target process group 3a and monitoring is performed, the abnormal process 4 can be surely discovered regardless of which process the abnormal process 4 occurs in the process group 3. Further, since it is not necessary to provide a special monitoring process, the configuration is simplified.

Modification 1a
In the first embodiment, the process ends in step S9 as shown in FIG. 2, but in the present modified example 1a, after the process D that has become the abnormal process 4 is reduced as shown in FIG. The monitoring target process group 3a is again connected as a monitoring target to be loop-connected.

  In this way, processes other than the abnormal process 4 can be continuously used, and the user can execute functions using other normal processes without stopping the apparatus 1. .

Embodiment 2. FIG.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a state when an abnormal process is found in the monitoring of the process group 3. In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, after the process E that has become the abnormal process 4 is degenerated, the monitoring target process group 3a is loop-connected again as the monitoring target, but in this embodiment, the monitoring process is monitored. An abnormal process is performed based on the importance as attribute information corresponding to each process of the target process group 3a.

  Each process in the process group 3 constituting the apparatus 1 has a degree of importance for process continuity depending on the process that is originally in charge. For example, if an abnormality occurs in the process in charge of data collection, the data displayed on the device 1 is not updated, so that the monitoring application is not performed. On the other hand, in the process in charge of the graph display function, there is no problem in using the apparatus 1 unless the user performs a graph display operation.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 10, in the attribute information 5a, information on the importance 16 is stored in addition to the information on the process name 12 and the monitoring target (necessity) 13, and in the attribute information 5b in FIG. And the corresponding abnormal process type 17 are stored. Therefore, each process of the monitoring target process group 3a is configured to execute the abnormal process processing type 17 corresponding to the importance 16 stored in FIG. Specifically, in FIG. 10, each process in the process group 3 that has a significant influence as the apparatus 1 is described as importance: high or medium. In FIG. 11, those having high importance are restarted and important. If the degree is medium, the user is notified of the state and the subsequent process is selected, and if the degree of importance is low, the function is degraded.

  For example, the process A in FIG. 10 is “monitoring target” and the importance is “high”. Therefore, if the process A is detected as the abnormal process 4 according to the attribute information 5b of FIG. 11, the apparatus 1 is “restarted” as the abnormal process. This is because it is considered possible to return the abnormal process 4 to normal by restarting. On the other hand, when the process E is detected as the abnormal process 4, since the importance of the process E is “low”, the function of the process E is reduced rather than the restart of the apparatus 1.

  In this way, an alarm is sounded that the device 1 is abnormal and the user is restarted or notified to the user. On the other hand, with respect to an abnormality in a process with a slight influence, the abnormal process 4 is degenerated and the monitored process The loop of the group 3a is reconfigured (reconnected), and the apparatus 1 is continuously operated in the function degenerate state. The reconfiguration of the loop may be performed by the connection processing unit 7b or may be performed by the abnormal process processing unit 7d.

  The degenerated abnormal process 4 is notified to the user by an error message or the like when operating the related function. When the monitoring target process group 3a is an aggregate that is not so important, when the abnormal process 4 is found without preparing the attribute information 5a of importance as shown in FIG. The abnormal process 4 may be automatically degenerated and another monitoring target process group 3a may be reconnected.

  As described above, when a process having a high degree of importance becomes an abnormal process 4, the apparatus 1 is restarted instead of reducing the function of the abnormal process and the process having a low degree of importance is abnormal. When the process 4 is reached, the function is degenerated. Therefore, it is possible to maintain a good balance between continuing to exhibit the original function of the device and reducing the interruption time related to the user's operation of the device.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
In the second embodiment, the continuation processing is performed based on the importance of each process of the monitoring target process group 3a. However, in this embodiment, each of the monitoring target process group 3a based on the result of the monitoring processing is performed. An abnormal process is performed according to the degree of instability as an attribute of the process.

  In the first and second embodiments, the abnormal process 4 performs function degradation or restarts as the apparatus 1 when the abnormal process 4 is found. As a result of the monitoring process, each of the monitoring target process groups 3a It is also possible to detect whether the process type is stable or unstable. That is, although it is not a complete abnormality as a process, it is configured to be able to grasp a state where there is a case where it does not function and a case where it does not function. For convenience, the processes in the monitoring target process group 3a that are in an unstable state are also called abnormal processes 4. Even in this stable state, there are relatively high and low stability, and in this embodiment, as a result of monitoring processing, abnormal process processing based on the degree of instability in the abnormal process is performed. Configured to do.

  In FIG. 12, as the attribute information 5c1, information on the process name 12, the unstable state 18, and the degree of instability 19 of each monitoring target process group 3a is stored as a result of the monitoring process. Specifically, as the evaluation of the stable state, “○: stable”, “△: unstable”, “×: out of function”, “N / A: not monitored” indicates “△: unstable” Are evaluated as “high”, “medium”, and “low” as the instability 19 of the monitoring process.

  In FIG. 13, information on the degree of instability 19 and the abnormal process processing type 17 is stored as attribute information 5c2. Therefore, the monitoring target process group 3a has the attribute information 5c1 shown in FIG. 12 based on whether or not the attribute information 5c1 shown in FIG. 12 is in a stable state as a result of the monitoring process. Abnormal process processing is executed according to the abnormal process processing type.

  For example, process N is unstable, but the degree of instability is low. Therefore, the status of the abnormal process processing is maintained as it is, and is left as it is until it gets worse. Process D is unstable and the degree of instability is medium. Therefore, the user is notified and the subsequent processing is determined. Since the process E is unstable and the degree of instability is high, function degeneration is performed.

  In this way, by performing abnormal process processing based on the degree of instability of the monitored process group 3a, even if the abnormal process 4 functions to some extent, it can continue to be used and the degree of anxiety has increased. Let the user make a decision, and if the degree of instability is high, the function is degraded, so that the reduction of the interruption time to the user's device 1 is suppressed, and the operation is balanced with continuing to perform the original function. Can be done.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
In the above embodiment, the function degradation as the abnormal process processing and the restart of the apparatus 1 are described based on the attribute information of the monitoring target process group 3a. In the present embodiment, the monitoring target is based on this attribute. The connection configuration of the process group 3a is determined. The connection configuration in this case is effective when a monitoring target process group is used as a monitoring target process group that serially monitors processes one by one.

  The connection configuration of the monitoring target process group 3a will be described with reference to the attribute information 5a shown in FIG. 10 and using FIG. 14 which is a connection diagram of the monitoring target process group 3a based on the importance. Of the monitoring target process group 3a, the process A is high in importance, the processes C, D, F, and N are medium in importance, the process E is low in importance, and the process F and subsequent processes N are important. Suppose that it is inside. In this case, as shown in FIG. 14, process A becomes the starting point of monitoring, thereafter, processes with medium importance are arranged, and process E with low importance is finally arranged. This connection is realized in connection step S4 in FIG.

  In this way, by monitoring an important process in the monitoring process first, the risk that an important process cannot be monitored is reduced as compared with a case where an unimportant one is viewed first. In other words, if a process with low importance is set as the monitoring start side, once the abnormal process 4 is found on the start side, monitoring of the subsequent processes does not proceed. Even monitoring is not perfect. According to the connection method of the monitoring target process group 3a according to the present embodiment, monitoring can be performed preferentially from important processes, and the stability of the entire apparatus 1 is ensured.

Modification 4a
In the fourth embodiment, attention is focused on the connection of the monitoring target process group focusing on the process having high importance. However, the present modification 4a is characterized by focusing on the process having high degree of instability. With reference to the attribute information 5c1 described in FIG. 12, the connection of the monitoring target process group 3a using FIG. 15, which is a connection diagram of the monitoring target process group 3a based on the degree of instability (stability, stable state). The configuration will be described. The connection configuration in this case is also effective when a loop-like monitoring target process group is used.

  Of the monitored process group 3a, the processes A and C have no unstable elements, that is, are in a stable state, and the processes D to N are in an unstable state. Among the processes that are in an anxious state, the process N has a low degree of instability, the process E has a high degree of instability, and the processes D and F, the process F and the process N before the process N are considered to have a medium instability. Then, the permutation of the monitoring target process group in the next monitoring process is changed by the abnormal process process S10 in FIG.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 15, process A (or process C) is the starting point of monitoring, and thereafter processes with a low degree of instability are arranged, and finally process E has a high degree of instability. In this way, in the monitoring process for the monitoring target process group 3a, a stable process or a process with a low degree of instability even in an unstable state is seen first, so that a process with a high degree of instability is seen first. This is effective in increasing the number of processes that can be monitored.

  In other words, if a process with a high degree of instability is set as the monitoring start side, there is a high possibility that an abnormal process 4 will occur on the starting side, and monitoring of subsequent processes may not proceed, but this configuration can be monitored. Thus, even if the abnormal process 4 occurs once, it is possible to confirm by monitoring that many processes in the other monitoring target process group 3a are normal. Accordingly, the stability of the entire apparatus 1 is ensured as in the configuration in which the process with high importance is monitored first.

Embodiment 5. FIG.
In the first to fourth embodiments, it is assumed that internal processing is performed for each process included in the apparatus 1, but a display screen is provided and various displays related to monitoring are performed on the display screen. FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing an apparatus according to the present embodiment.

  The display screen 20 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an operation flow, and FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a result of monitoring processing on a display screen. FIG. 17 is characterized in that a display information generation step (display information generation step S101) is provided for the operation flow shown in FIG. The information generated in the display information generation step S101 is displayed on the display screen 20 shown in FIG.

  For example, assume that the monitoring process result of FIG. 12 is obtained as a result of performing the monitoring process according to the attribute information 5 described in FIG. The information is displayed as shown in FIG. In this way, by providing a display screen that mimics the concept of monitoring processing and displaying the monitoring results and abnormality occurrence status of the monitored process group 3a, it becomes possible to visually grasp the monitoring situation and the failure occurrence situation. , It is easier for users to use and is expected to be effective in shortening the time to pursue the cause.

Modification 5a
This modification will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 and 20. In the present modification, related information other than the monitoring status is displayed on the display screen 20, or various operations can be performed as the abnormal process processing in the abnormal process processing step S9 while referring to the display screen 20. Features. Specifically, a step of generating display information (display information generation step S102) in FIG. 19 is provided. For example, when the log of the abnormal process 4 is displayed as the related information 21 as a result of the monitoring process, or the processing method selection for the abnormal process 4 is displayed as the related information 22, various operations and situations regarding the abnormal process are displayed. If it can be grasped, it is easier for the user to use, and further time reduction of the cause search can be expected, or the interruption time of the apparatus 1 can be reduced.

  Further, the user may be able to change the connection of the monitoring target process group 3a. Specifically, it is possible to perform an operation on the display screen by using the mouse pointer 100a by the input unit 100 so as to exclude a process unstable by the user's judgment from being monitored (function degeneration of the abnormal process 4). Referring to FIG. 20, before the connection change of the monitoring target process group 3a by the user, the monitoring process is performed from the process D to the process F through the process E. By the user judgment, the mouse pointer 100a is used. The process D monitors the process F, that is, the function of the process E is degraded. In this case, since it is possible to determine whether to perform the function degeneration based on the judgment of the user, it is possible to operate the stable device 1 in a state desired by the user.

Modification 5b
This modification is characterized in that it is configured such that a processing method related to abnormal process processing when an abnormal process 4 is found in advance can be determined by the user on the display screen 20.

  FIG. 21 shows a setting screen that can be set by the user on the display screen 20. For example, the importance as the attribute information of the monitoring target process group 3a is set by the user so that the abnormal process processing steps S9 and S10 are performed based on the degree of instability. Specifically, depending on the degree of instability, the apparatus 1 is automatically restarted only when the degree of instability is “high”, or the user is allowed to select a processing method each time. It is possible to set in advance that the apparatus 1 is automatically restarted. Further, as a reference for restarting the apparatus 1, a threshold value may be freely set based on the importance of the abnormal process.

  In this way, since the abnormal process processing steps S9 and S10 are performed by a method determined in advance by the user, compared to a method of selecting how to process each time an abnormal process 4 is found, It is possible to reduce the burden on the user.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, each process constituting the apparatus 1 has been described, but this configuration realizes a function by a plurality of processes such as other systems, middleware, and operation systems that operate in a shared and coordinated manner. It is possible to apply also to what is doing.

  Note that the present invention can be freely combined with each other within the scope of the invention, and each embodiment can be appropriately modified or omitted.

  1 device (monitoring device), 2 storage unit, 3 process group (process A to process N), 3a monitoring target process group (connected process group), 4 abnormal process, 5 attribute information, 6 CPU, 7 control unit, 8 interface Circuit, 9 first connection section (system bus), 10 second connection section (LAN), 11 equipment (monitoring target), 14 monitoring function processing section (monitoring function processing), 15 individual function processing section (individual function processing), 100 input unit, S3 attribute information acquisition step, S4 connection step, S7 monitoring processing step, S9, S10 abnormal process processing step.

Claims (26)

A process group having a plurality of processes in which individual function processing and monitoring function processing are executed;
A connection processing unit for connecting the processes in the process group as a process group to be monitored;
And a monitoring processing unit that executes monitoring processing between the processes in the monitoring target process group. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an abnormal process processing unit configured to execute an abnormal process for continuing the monitoring process when an abnormal process is detected in the monitoring target process group as a result of the monitoring process. Monitoring device. The monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the abnormal process processing unit restarts the monitoring apparatus when the abnormal process is detected. The monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when the abnormal process is detected, the abnormal process processing unit excludes the abnormal process and reconnects the monitoring target process group. Attribute information about each process in the process group is stored in the storage unit,
The monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein at least one of the connection processing unit and the abnormal process processing unit is executed based on the attribute information. The attribute information includes importance regarding each process of the process group.
The monitoring apparatus according to claim 5.   The monitoring apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the abnormal process processing unit executes the abnormal process according to the importance corresponding to the abnormal process. The monitoring apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the abnormal process processing unit excludes the abnormal process and reconnects the monitoring target process group when the importance of the abnormal process is low. The monitoring apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the abnormal process processing unit restarts the monitoring apparatus when the importance of the abnormal process is high. The monitoring apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the attribute information includes an instability level of each process based on a result of the monitoring process. The monitoring apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the abnormal process processing unit executes the abnormal process processing according to the degree of instability of each process. The monitoring apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the abnormal process processing unit excludes the abnormal process and reconnects the monitoring target process group when the instability of the abnormal process is low. The monitoring apparatus according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the abnormal process processing unit maintains the abnormal process when the instability of the abnormal process is low. When the connection processing unit connects the process group in a ring shape to be the monitoring target process group, the monitoring process is executed at a stage before the process having the lower importance level than the process having the lower importance level. The monitoring apparatus according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein the monitoring apparatus is configured to be performed. The connection processing unit connects the process group in a ring shape to form the monitoring target process group, and the monitoring process is performed at a stage before the process having the high degree of instability for the process having the low degree of instability. The monitoring apparatus according to claim 10, wherein: is executed. 16. A display information generation unit that generates display information for displaying information on at least one of the connection processing unit, the monitoring processing unit, and the abnormal process processing unit on a screen. The monitoring device according to any one of the above. The monitoring apparatus according to claim 16, wherein at least one of the connection processing unit and the abnormal process processing unit changes a connection configuration of the monitoring target process group according to information input to the display information by a user. . A display information generating unit that generates display information for displaying information on at least one of the connection processing unit, the monitoring processing unit, and the abnormal process processing unit on a screen;
The display information generation unit displays a screen on which a type of processing in the abnormal process processing according to the attribute information can be selected,
The monitoring apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the abnormal process processing unit executes the abnormal process processing according to the type selected by a user. A method for monitoring an apparatus having a process group consisting of a plurality of processes,
A connection step of connecting the monitoring target process group in the process group to each other;
And a monitoring process step for executing a monitoring process on the monitoring target process group connected in the connection step. 20. The monitoring method according to claim 19, further comprising an abnormal process processing step for continuing the monitoring process when an abnormal process is detected in the monitoring target process group in the monitoring process step. The monitoring method according to claim 20, wherein the abnormal process processing step restarts the apparatus. 21. The monitoring method according to claim 20, wherein in the abnormal process processing step, the abnormal process is excluded and the monitoring target process group is reconnected. A monitoring program causing a computer to execute the monitoring method according to any one of claims 19 to 22. Each program that executes each process of the monitoring target process group, and includes an individual function processing unit that executes a function of each process and a monitoring function processing unit that performs a monitoring process. The monitoring program according to claim 23. The monitoring program according to claim 24, wherein the monitoring function processing unit has a common configuration in each of the programs. The monitoring program according to claim 23, wherein the monitoring program is a monitoring function processing unit called from a library in each program that executes each process of the monitoring target process group.

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