JP2514147B2 - Network information management system - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is a network information management system configured so that the management side can efficiently organize and manage the information about the network at each base side that constitutes the network, and can also create and provide accurate management data. It is about the system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Since network information is composed of a huge amount of resources, it is necessary to hold management data for each resource in order to manage it. By the way, with regard to such management data, conventionally, the management side of the network manages the information of each site side in the form of a document in the form of a file.

[0003]

With the recent sophistication of information, the network in operation continues to expand while absorbing various needs, and the network information held by the bases forming the network continues to grow. Following this, the amount of information and materials managed by the management side has become enormous accordingly. Therefore, due to changes and additions to these information and materials,
In order to maintain the effectiveness of information such as timely collection of information and provision of accurate and prompt information, it is essential to organize and manage materials such as checking the consistency of information that is always accumulated, and work for that purpose. , The labor was also great.

Further, in the case where the management material is documented as in the conventional case, it takes too much time to find the past history information necessary for the recovery in the event of an emergency such as the occurrence of a failure, and the recovery is performed. There was a problem that the work was time-consuming.
Further, in the conventional network system, the mutual information / material configuration of the system details (configuration diagram specifically showing the connection relationship between terminals and devices on the site side) is not retained and managed as information. However, it was not possible to grasp the specific contents of the configuration of the site where the failure occurred, and it was not possible to respond promptly and effectively.

The present invention is intended to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to enable a network information manager to efficiently create and manage network information related to a data communication network, retrieve it, and deal with emergencies. It is to provide a network information management system for carrying out.

[0006]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide, in a network information management system for managing network information, an information input unit for inputting information necessary for managing network information, an information searching unit for searching information, and an information This is achieved by a network information management system characterized in that the management side is provided with an auxiliary function unit for performing the backup process and the load process, and a display unit for displaying the input and search information.

Further, the network information is, for example, contact information, device name, base-side information such as VTAM / NCP, base-side internal device configuration information, and line information, and the base-side internal device configuration is based on each of the above information. It is preferable to create a diagram and display it on the display unit.

[0008]

In the network information management system, the information input section on the management side that manages network information
Network information on the site side, that is, for example, site side information, site side premises equipment configuration information, line information is input, a site side premises equipment configuration diagram is created based on these information, and displayed on the display unit. . Further, in the information search unit, for example, the parameter information of the base-side terminal can be searched by using each base-side information stored in the storage unit as a key, and reference information when a new base-side terminal is newly added can be obtained. Further, it is possible to obtain the recovery information used at the time of failure by searching the search information indicating the past failure status and the like. The auxiliary function unit has a function of backing up and loading network information. The display section displays the information input content and the information search content.

As described above, the network information accumulated at each site side can be easily retrieved even in an emergency when a failure occurs, so that it can be promptly used for recovery measures. In other words, even if network information is stored and managed in the form of documents as in the past, if the amount becomes enormous, it will be complicated to organize and store and it will not be easy to search. It is possible to solve troubles and problems such as being unable to quickly respond to an emergency.

In addition, compared to the conventional document management,
The number of management processes is small and work efficiency is improved.

[0011]

1 to 5 show an embodiment of a network information management system according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of this system, FIG. 2 is a detailed explanatory view of network information, and FIG. Is a flow chart of inputting network information, FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of information retrieval, and FIG. 5 is a site side premises device configuration diagram.

This system is composed of a computer A on the management side and a plurality of computers B ...
Various network information D accumulated in the network information accumulating unit B1 is input, updated, and searched. A1 is an information input unit, which is a network information storage unit B1 provided in the computer B, and information D1 indicating the configuration of the entire network (information indicating the distribution state and logical connection of the computers B) and information about each computer B. D2 (contact information of computer B, device configuration, premises line (LAN), etc.), host- and system-dependent information D3 (VTAM / NCP and information of each application program), and maintenance information D4 ( Information relating to maintenance services for lines and terminal devices) and necessary related knowledge information D5 (manual information when somewhat specialized handling is required, eg failure occurrence / restoration information) are accumulated.

A2 is an information retrieval unit, which is a computer B
The above-mentioned network information D (D1 to D5) stored in each network information storage unit B1 of ... Is searched from the management-side computer A. A3 is an auxiliary function unit that performs a backup process of the network information D read into the hard disk of the management computer A to a floppy disk or a reverse process of loading the network information D.

A4 is a display unit provided in the management side computer A. The network information D input from the information input unit A1 to the network information storage unit B1 provided in the computer B ... Or the search information retrieved by the information retrieval unit A2. (This search information is not only a search for only the network information D that has been input, but also information that has been processed and created based on the information that has been sequentially input and accumulated, such as the site-side premises equipment configuration diagram. (Including) is appropriately displayed.

Next, an input flow of each network information D input from the information input unit A1 of the management computer A will be described. (1) Input flow of information D1 indicating the entire network configuration: LINE address, PU address, LU address information input Line speed input Terminal type input (2) Base management information D2 input flow: Base contact input (・TEL, NO, name of person in charge) Device configuration input (model name, number) Site premises device input (configuration drawing) (3) Host / system dependent information D3 input flow: VTAM / NCP (4) Line information and maintenance information D4 input flow: Line basic information input (line name / section name, branch name, contractor name, user code, line (Identification number) Input of user site name Input of line maintenance contact information (TEL, NO, name of person in charge) (5) Required related information, failure occurrence / recovery information D5 input flow: Input of damage base information (・ failure terminal information, ・ failure line information, ・ date and time of occurrence) Input of fault recovery information (・ input of fault recovery processing, ・ restoration date and time) Next, from the information retrieval unit A2 of the management-side computer A to the computer Information retrieval of the above-mentioned respective network information D (D1 to D5) stored in each network information storage unit B1 of B ... will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. (1) Retrieval of site information: Displayed as a site information screen (panel).

Computer B to be searched is selected.・ TEL, NO of the base contact information ・ The name of the person in charge is displayed. Search for the device configuration of the computer B to be searched-Displays the model name and number of machines that are installed or operating. NCP information-Number of LINE addresses, name-Number of CPU addresses,
Name Note that the above information is also used for searching a device configuration diagram described later, if necessary. (2) Device configuration drawing search: Displayed as a configuration drawing screen (panel).

Display of the premises of the computer B and the device configuration diagram based on the information already input. -Comment for associating device and network information-LINE address-PU address In addition, this site-side premises device configuration diagram displays a schematic diagram of the device configuration on the left side of the screen as shown in Fig. 5 on the screen (display section A4). On the right side, each device (terminal T1, T
3 ..., each device T2, T4 ...) Network information (history information such as past failure occurrence status) is displayed as character information. (3) Line information search: Displayed as a line name panel.

Line name, name, item, etc. Further, in the auxiliary function section A3 of the management computer A, backup processing of the network information D read into the hard disk of the management computer A to a floppy disk or vice versa. The procedure load process is performed.

In this way, the network information D input from the information input unit A1 of the management-side computer A forming the network and accumulated in daily work is searched from the information search unit A2 by a simple operation and displayed in real time. It is possible to display the network information D on the part A4 and output the network information D to the floppy disk or the like by the auxiliary function part A3 if necessary, or to retrieve the external information to the management computer A for use. It is possible. By constructing the system as described above, it is possible to easily retrieve the necessary network information (in this case, past history information and processing information based on past failures) when a failure occurs. It can be effectively used for recovery measures.

That is, compared to the conventional case where a huge amount of network information is managed and stored in the form of a document in the management side, the accumulated network information is used quickly and effectively. Is something that can be done.

[0021]

The network information management system according to the present invention has a network information storage unit, an information input unit for inputting information necessary for network information management, an information search unit for searching information, and an information Since the management side is provided with an auxiliary function section for performing backup processing and load processing and a display section for displaying the input and search information, network information of the base side from the information input section, for example, base side information, base side By inputting on-premises equipment configuration information and line information, a site-side on-site equipment configuration diagram can be created based on these information, and can be stored and displayed on the display unit, so that the equipment configuration on the site-side campus can be monitored and searched. In this case, it can be performed with a simple operation, and in this respect, the usability is greatly improved compared to the conventional case where the network information is managed and stored in the form of a document. Than it is.

Further, in the information retrieval unit, for example, the parameter information of the base-side terminal is searched using each base-side information stored in the storage unit as a key to obtain reference information when a new base-side terminal is newly added. In addition, it is possible to retrieve recovery information at the time of failure by searching the search information such as past failure status, and it is easy to use the network information accumulated at each site side even in the event of an emergency at the time of failure. Is searchable in
You can quickly respond to recovery measures.

Further, since the auxiliary function section has a backup processing function and a load processing function for network information, the operability is improved. That is, the present invention eliminates the complexity of searching for a huge amount of network information that is conventionally managed and stored in the form of documents,
By improving the search operation, it is possible to quickly respond to emergencies such as when a failure occurs.

Further, the network information is, for example, contact information, device name, site side information, site side premises device configuration information, and line information, and a site side premises device configuration diagram is created based on each of the above information. By displaying it on the display unit, it is possible to more surely and quickly grasp the device configuration on the site side premises.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the present system.

FIG. 2 is a detailed explanatory diagram of network information of the present system.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of inputting network information of the present system.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of information retrieval of this system.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a site side premises device of the present system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A management computer A1 information input unit A2 information search unit A3 auxiliary function unit A4 display unit B computer B1 information storage unit D (D1 to D5) network information

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A network information management system comprising a plurality of bases having a network information storage unit and a manager managing network information at these bases, and maintenance information and faults necessary for managing the network information. As information, an information input unit for inputting at least information including faulty terminal information, faulty line information, occurrence date and time, fault recovery processing contents, and restoration date and time, an information retrieval unit for retrieving the information, information backup processing and loading Based on the auxiliary function unit that performs processing, the input and search information, at least the contact information, device name, site side information, site side premises device configuration information, and line information are used to create a site side premises device configuration diagram. A network information management system characterized in that the management side is provided with a display section for displaying on a display section.