JP6985685B2 - Information environment management system and its operation method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a technique for constructing a complicated information system, and particularly to a management system for constructing a complicated information environment quickly and flexibly and a method for operating the management system.

Information with multiple computer equipment in an information system with multiple computer equipment, such as a computer classroom with multiple computers installed at a school, or a corporate intranet that includes multiple computer equipment for distribution to employees. When constructing an environment, in addition to installing the operating system and software program in the computer equipment one by one, first install the specified operating system and the specified software program according to the needs in one computer device, and then the operating. The operating environment image file (image) is created with the environment, and the specified operating system and software are created in the image file related to the operating environment by the specified installation program on other computer equipment having similar hardware equipment. It is common to quickly set up the same operating environment for other computer equipment by implementing the program.

It is one of the common means of constructing an information system equipped with a plurality of computers, and is suitable for a simple information environment.

In addition, in order to build multiple different information environments based on user needs and conditions such as time, prepare multiple operating environment image files containing operating systems and software programs that meet the different needs, and then prepare multiple operating environment image files. Similarly, according to the actual needs, a predetermined installation program provides a means for each computer device to realize an operating environment corresponding to the operating environment image file.

However, for more complex information systems, there are many differences, such as operating system differences such as Windows®, Linux®, MacOS®, hardware differences, documents, graphics. , The above means are not applied because the requirements for the operating environment of each computer differ due to the difference in usage such as video editing or the difference in usage time zone. In addition, if you are setting up multiple computer devices with traditional image files, and if there is a request to update or modify any of the operating systems, software programs or hardware drivers, the above means will recreate the image files. Because you have to do it, it will be more troublesome.

On the other hand, in the conventional technology, a high-class hardware environment is used to collectively install various operating environments with all functions, and it corresponds according to the actual needs when using it. The solution of choosing an operating environment is considered to be the easiest. However, other than the unselected operating environment becoming an idle resource, the cost of preparing high-class hardware or a lot of software is high, for example, because the price is too high and the idle resource is excessive. Or, problems such as poor operating efficiency of the computer occur. Further, when constructing an information system, if various computer devices equipped with hardware having different specification levels are prepared in advance, there is a risk that the flexibility in handling such as being able to change according to needs may be lost.

An object to be solved by the present invention is to provide a complicated information environment management system and an operation method thereof, which can quickly and flexibly construct a complicated information environment management system.

The present invention discloses a management system for a complex information environment. The management system may include one or more image file management hosts, thereby providing one or more image files for setting up the operating environment. A management system for a complex information environment includes a computer device that runs the operating system and runs agent programs on the operating system. By executing the emulator with the agent program, the virtual disk is executed by the image file stored in the real storage medium of the computer device. In a computer device, the operating environment is realized by the virtual disk. Further, by executing the synchronizer in the agent program, the image file in the storage medium of the computer device can be updated synchronously with the one or more image file management hosts.

Further, when the computer device is started, the emulator in the agent program can be set to execute the image file in the storage medium of the computer device as a virtual disk and execute the reproduced operating environment. At the same time, the synchronizer in the agent program updates the image files in the storage medium of the computer device synchronously based on the corresponding image files in the management host of one or more image files. When a plurality of image files exist in a computer device, the plurality of image files can be synchronized by executing the operating environment realized by one of the image files. It also contains image files for virtual disks that are being run in the operating environment on computer equipment.

In addition, in complex information environment management systems, multiple image file management hosts provide multiple virtual disk image files for running the operating environment required by one or more computer devices, as well as by a sync server. , Manage multiple image files Manage multiple image files stored on each host. The synchronization server submits an index corresponding to each image file by a synchronizer running on a computer device. The index is a collection of specific image files stored in a plurality of image file management hosts and the locations of items in the image files.

Further, in the one or more image file management hosts, the image files of one or a plurality of virtual disks required for one or a plurality of operating environments to be realized in a plurality of computer devices can be stored in a plurality of computers through a network. Can be provided to the device.

In another embodiment, when running the operating environment, the synchronizer, based on the index table, determines, for example, the difference between the image file followed by the virtual disk associated with the operating environment and the image file on the image file management host. It is detected by comparing data blocks in the image file, and an update request is generated based on the obtained difference to perform synchronous update.

Preferably, between the emulator and the synchronizer, the request queue records requests for real-time synchronous updates, and the data queue temporarily stores the image file update items that the synchronizer obtained from the image file management host. It is composed.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY According to the present invention, an embodiment relating to an operation method of a management system for a complicated information environment is disclosed. It runs an agent program in the operating system when the boot process takes place on the computer device and moves to the operating system, in which the emulator is virtual based on the image file stored in the computer device's real storage medium. Run the disk. The virtual disk contains the operating environment required for the computer equipment. By executing the synchronization function of the synchronizer in the agent program, items included in multiple image files required for synchronous update are acquired from the image file management host. The synchronization function also includes dynamically updating the image file corresponding to the operating environment being executed on the computer device.

Further, the condition for acquiring the image file corresponding to a specific operating environment is a kind or a combination thereof selected from the user authority, the role of each computer device, or the time for executing the role.

According to the above, it is possible to provide a complicated information environment management system and an operation method thereof that can quickly and flexibly construct a complicated information environment management system.

It is 1 of the schematic diagram which shows the embodiment which constructs the management system of a complicated information environment. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment for constructing a management system for a complicated information environment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the embodiment of the management system of a complicated information environment. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment for constructing a management system for a complicated information environment. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment for constructing a management system for a complicated information environment. It is a figure which shows the embodiment of the mechanism which associates an operating environment with an image file. It is a flowchart which shows the embodiment which locks in an operating environment and acquires the corresponding image file. It is 1 of the flowchart which shows the embodiment of the operation method of the management system. It is 2 of the flowchart which shows the embodiment of the operation method of the management system.

In order to further understand the features and technical contents of the invention, the detailed description and the accompanying drawings relating to the present invention will be referred to below. However, the accompanying drawings provided are provided for reference only and are not intended to limit the scope of the claims of the present invention.

The "complex information environment management system and its operation method" disclosed by the present invention will be described below in a specific embodiment. Those skilled in the art can understand the merits and effects of the present invention from the published contents of the present specification. The present invention can be implemented or applied by other different embodiments. Each subsection in the present specification may also be uniformly modified and modified based on various viewpoints or applications without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Further, the drawings of the present invention are for simple and schematic explanations, and do not show practical dimensions. In the following embodiments, the technical matters relating to the present invention will be further described, but the published contents are not limited to the present invention.

In addition, although various parts or signals may be described in the present specification by terms such as "first", "second", and "third", these parts or signals are limited by these terms. It's not something. It should be understood that these terms are primarily intended to distinguish one component from another, or one signal from another. Also, the term "or" as used herein may include any one or more combinations of related items, depending on the actual circumstances.

The present invention discloses a management system for a complicated information environment and a method for operating the same. In the complicated information environment management system, a plurality of computer devices such as a personal computer, a laptop, and a workstation are mainly arranged in a local information system, and each computer device has hardware components (CPU, RAM, storage). Spaces) and software components (operating systems, drivers, applications) may have different requirements, or even the same computer device may have different hardware and software usage rights depending on the user.

For example, in a computer device in a complex information environment management system submitted for the operating environment of a computer such as a computer classroom, a corporate LAN, or a network company, which is constructed in response to various usage requests such as requests related to software or hardware. Now, run the virtual disk from the image file on the storage medium through the emulator. The virtual disk contains the operating system and software programs required to operate each computer device. When those image files are located on one or more image file management hosts and you want to operate a particular computer device individually, submit a request to the management host to get the corresponding image files. This makes it possible to build an operating environment quickly and flexibly. The image file is generated by a specific calculation method based on a data block in a computer storage medium, and includes an operating system and a software program in a computer system to realize an operating environment. It is a thing.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment for constructing a management system for a complicated information environment.

According to this embodiment, the user end is provided with the computer device 10. The computer device 10 includes computer hardware components such as a processor, a memory, and a real storage medium 105, and examples thereof include those capable of executing an operating system, a software program, and a network connection such as a personal computer and a laptop computer. ..

The operating system 100 is executed in the computer device 10. The operating system 100 executes the agent program 110. The agent program 110 executes an emulator 101 to realize a virtual disk based on the image file 106 stored in the storage medium 105 of the computer device 10. To the operating system 100, the virtual disk is considered a real storage space in which the operating environment can run.

The agent program 110 creates an image file (image) 106 stored in the storage medium 105 of the computer device 10 as a virtual disk, whereby the operating environment can be executed by the virtual disk. The operating environment may further include one or more software programs, other than including the operating system (which has the software tools required for the computer operating system). As the resource of the image file 106, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, a remote host such as the image file management host 12 may be used. In the agent program 110, for example, by a specific step such as the image file synchronizer 101 exemplified here, a specific image file, for example, an image file 122 from the image file management host 12 is set as a computer as an image file 106 to be synchronized. It may be transmitted to the storage medium 105 of the device 10. The emulator 101 executed by the agent program 110 realizes a virtual disk based on the image file 106. A virtual disk includes a given operating system, or an operating environment with several software programs. The user can actually use the operating environment. In particular, according to the complicated information environment management system constructed by the method submitted by the present invention, it is possible to provide an operating environment for executing on a virtual disk quickly and flexibly according to the needs of a user.

According to a specific embodiment, the computer device 10 communicates with the image file management host 12 through a network (local network or the Internet) or a predetermined connection path by a communication circuit provided therein. The image file management host 12 operates in the network as a host. The image file management host 12 stores image files created in a plurality of operating environments, and can be provided to a computer device provided at the user's end via a network. That is, the corresponding image file can be transmitted according to the needs of the computer device at each user's end.

In this embodiment, the operating system 100 of the computer apparatus 10 operates the image file synchronizer 103 by executing the agent program 110, whereby the image file is based on the request related to the operating environment set by the user. The corresponding image file is read from the management host 12, thereby realizing the operating environment in response to the request. Other than that, the synchronizer may dynamically update the image file from the image file management host 12 or acquire necessary items according to the immediate needs of the user. Items include, for example, software programs that run in an operating environment.

The image file management host 12 shown in FIG. 1 is used to provide a plurality of image files. The plurality of image files are formed by a plurality of items in one or a plurality of operating environments. For example, FIG. 1 shows a first image file 121, a second image file 122, and a third image file. 123 and the like are exemplified. These image files are calculated from the data blocks occupied by the operating system and software programs in the computer equipment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing another embodiment for constructing a management system for a complicated information environment.

FIG. 2 shows the computer device 20. Among them, one or a plurality of image files (a, b, c, d) may be stored in the real storage medium (for example, a hard disk) 205. Each image file represents one operating environment. The computer device 20 runs the operating system 200, and when the operating system 200 is running, the agent program 210 activates the emulator 201 and the image file synchronizer 203. The emulator 201 creates one or more virtual disks from one or more image files obtained from the real storage medium (eg, hard disk) of the computer device 20. The operating environment contained in a specific virtual disk is the operating environment used by the user. At the same time, the agent program 210 activates the image file synchronizer 203, and one or more image files (a, b,) stored in the real storage medium 205 of the computer apparatus 20 in synchronization with the remote image file management host. Update c and d).

According to the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, it can be seen that in the storage medium 205, the virtual disks created by the image files a, b, c, and d can realize different operating environments. Each operating environment includes different operating systems and software programs. All of them are provided to be executed on the computer device 20 according to the needs of the user, and can be updated or added in synchronization with the remote image file management host by the image file synchronizer 203. can. In the present embodiment, when an update request is made, as long as there is a difference not only in the operating environment during operation but also in all the image files stored in the storage medium 205, each of them is specified. Synchronous update is performed with the image file management host (211, 212, 213). In addition, for example, a message is notified to the user that the synchronous update can be performed, and the update is performed according to the user's instruction, or the user performs the synchronous update according to the schedule set by the agent program, or the system performs the synchronous update. Synchronous update may be performed while idle.

In this example, a synchronization server 21 is provided. The synchronization server 21 is an image file distributed to a plurality of image file management hosts, for example, a first image file management host 211, a second image file management host 212, and a third image file management host shown in the drawing. Used to control 213 (actual quantities are not limited to the examples shown in the drawings). Each image file management host stores image files formed by items in different operating environments. The synchronization server 21 is the first image file management host 211, the second image file management host 212, and the third image file management host 212 according to the index (index) corresponding to each image file submitted by the synchronizer 203 of the computer device 20. Image file management Specify the image file stored in any one of the hosts 213. Then, the computer device 20 executes the image file to update the operating environment.

FIG. 3 shows that one or more image file management hosts (311, 312, 313) communicate with and connect to a plurality of computer devices (301, 302, 303) through a network 30 in a management system for a complicated information environment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the embodiment.

In this example, a plurality of image files are stored in the first image file management host 311, the second image file management host 312, and the third image file management host 313 installed at the far end. There is. According to those image files, the operating environment can be executed on the computer devices 301, 302, 303. When the operating system of any one of the computer devices 301, 302, and 303 executes the operating environment by the emulator of the agent program, the image file synchronizer in the computer device uses the above synchronization server (21) based on the index data. , The difference item of the corresponding image file is acquired from the first image file management host 311, the second image file management host 312, and the third image file management host 31 on the network 30 via FIG. 2).

The first image file management host 311 and the second image file management host 312, and the third image file management host 313 simultaneously operate the operating environment on a plurality of computer devices 301, 302, and 303 by the synchronization server, respectively. Can be executed.

And FIG. 4 shows still another embodiment for constructing a management system of a complicated information environment. Although one image file management host 40 is shown in FIG. 4, in reality, a plurality of image file management hosts may be provided. A plurality of image files are stored in the image file management host 40, and each image file is composed of a plurality of data blocks (blocks) and is stored in the storage medium of each image file management host 40. In the storage medium, data blocks 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409 are formed as schematically shown in the drawings. Among them, one or more data blocks (401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409) are provided to a plurality of image files, that is, each computer device (41, 42). Form an image file. In the storage medium, the data blocks included in the image file are not necessarily continuous data blocks. In fact, the contents of each image file may be stored in different memory blocks.

In this embodiment, the first computer device 41 is shown. In the first computer apparatus 41, the first image file 410 includes data blocks 411, 421, 413, 414 and is used to execute the operating environment. When the first computer device 41 is started, the image file synchronizer automatically acquires the data block corresponding to the image file from the image file management host 40 according to the predetermined index information.

In the present embodiment, the first computer device 41 executes the first image file 410 for realizing a predetermined operating environment. In the first image file 410, the data block 411 is the data block 401 in the image file management host 40, the data block 412 is the data block 402 in the image file management host 40, and the data block 413 is the data block in the image file management host 40. In 403, the data block 414 corresponds to the data block 404 in the image file management host 40. Thereby, the first image file 410 corresponding to the operating environment operating in the computer device 41 can be executed.

Similarly, the second image file 420 for a given operating environment operating in the second computer device 42 includes data blocks 421, 422, 423, 424, 425. A specific operating environment is realized by combining data blocks 421, 422, 423, 424, and 425. When the second computer device 42 is started, the image file synchronizer reads each data block in the corresponding second image file 420 from the image file management host 40 based on the index. According to this embodiment, in the second image file 420, the data block 421 is the data block 405 in the image file management host 40, the data block 422 is the data block 406 in the image file management host 40, and the data block 423 is the image. The data block 407 in the file management host 40, the data block 424 correspond to the data block 408 in the image file management host 40, and the data block 425 corresponds to the data block 409 in the image file management host 40. Thereby, the second image file 420 corresponding to the operating environment operating in the second computer device 42 can be executed.

Similarly, in this embodiment, it is shown that the operating environment executed by different computer devices (41, 42) corresponds to the data block in the image file management host 40. By combining data from multiple data blocks to create an image file for a given operating environment, a complex information environment management system can be quickly and flexibly equipped with each function according to user needs. You can build an operating environment.

In addition, when the operating environment is run on each computer device, the image file synchronizer is remotely located with one or more image files stored on the storage medium of the computer device on time based on the index. Image file management Detects differences from one or more image files stored in the host 40. For example, a plurality of data blocks of the image file (410, 420) in the computer device (41, 42) and the image file in one or more image file management hosts are compared, and the difference of the image file is obtained. Then, synchronous update is performed by generating an update request based on the obtained difference.

By the way, the image file in the computer device (41, 42) and the image file in the image file management host 40 can be matched by the synchronization mechanism. Matching also includes synchronizing changes in items (eg, changes, increases or decreases). When synchronizing, in addition to the image files of the operating environment that are operating at the same time, when multiple image files are included in the computer device (41, 42), the remaining non-operating image files are also via the synchronization mechanism. Can be synchronized. Also, this synchronization may be performed when the computer device is idle so as not to affect other work on the computer device (41, 42).

In this way, when comparing with the image file synchronizer and confirming that there are multiple differences between the image file on the computer device (41, 42) and the image file on the image file management host, a plurality of schedules are used. By managing update requests, the synchronizer updates the image files in order on a schedule.

Further, FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment for constructing a management system for a complicated information environment. In this embodiment, the operating system 50 operated by the computer device, which is the user's end, operates the emulator 501 and the image file synchronizer 503 by the agent program 510. The image file synchronizer 503 updates in synchronization with the image file management host at the remote end by connecting the synchronization server 52.

By the way, in a complicated information environment management system, when a predetermined computer device is started and initialized in the operating system, the emulator 501 creates a virtual disk from an image file in a real storage medium, and further, an image. The file synchronizer 503 acquires image file data according to needs from an image file management host (not shown in FIG. 5) based on the connection information of the index, and further forms an operating environment.

In a computer device, when the agent program 510 run by the operating system runs the image file synchronizer 503, the image file synchronizer 503 may be provided with an index with an image file based on the virtual disk of the operating environment. The index may also contain blocks of data that have not yet been read into the image file based on the virtual disk in the operating environment. The index information is primarily associated with the data block of each image file on the remote image file management host (as shown in FIG. 4). In particular, since each index is associated with an image file in the image file management host or a data block in the image file, the remote image file management host end and the user are associated with each index in order to detect the difference. A comparison may be made for the data blocks at both ends of the end. For example, based on the index information, the data block of the image file on the user's computer device is compared with the data block of the image file on the associated image file management host to determine if it needs to be updated. do.

In the present embodiment, an update request and related image file information may be recorded between the emulator 501 and the image file synchronizer 503 by a queue. For example, the request queue 512 records requests for synchronous updates in order to create a schedule, thereby defining the order in which the image file synchronizer 503 synchronously updates the image files. The data queue 511 temporarily stores the image file update item (which may be displayed as a data block) obtained from the image file management host by the image file synchronizer 503, and is defined in the queue with it. The image file of the computer device storage medium is updated according to the above order.

FIG. 6 shows an embodiment in which a plurality of image files corresponding to a plurality of operating environments are installed. In this embodiment, the complex information environment management system provides a checklist suitable for various needs (for example, various operating environments) according to the user authority and the setting of each computer device, and the checklist is provided. Various index information is described in. The items described may include the location of the corresponding image file for each operating environment.

For example, FIG. 6 shows a checklist with a plurality of columns. The checklist contains information about a plurality of image file management hosts 61 in the management system. Thereby, the system can know the storage location of the image file. In this example, A, B, and C display different image file management hosts.

The second column shows time 62. As a result, the provision of the operating environment becomes more flexible in the management system of the complicated information environment. That is, it is possible to provide an appropriate operating environment depending on the time other than the user's authority (for example, User ID). Referring to the column of operating environment 63, in this example, when the computer device is started at 3:00 pm or a specific user account is registered, the operating environment by the image file A2 is provided. On the other hand, when the computer device is started at 10 am or a specific user account is registered, the operating environment by the image file B1 will be provided, and the registration time is 5 pm. In some cases, the operating environment will be provided by the image file C3.

The above embodiments do not limit the invention. Conditions that can be set in order for a management system of a complicated information environment to flexibly provide various operating environments include, for example, a user account, computer device recognition information, usage time, and the like. A management system for a complex information environment has user privileges (for example, each user has their own needs), the role of computer equipment (for example, the needs of computer equipment differ depending on whether it is a computer classroom or a laboratory), Depending on conditions such as time, or any combination of these conditions, the computer device will be provided with the exact image file stored in the image file management host.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of registering in a computer device, acquiring a corresponding image file, and realizing an operating environment that meets the conditions. Prior to the flow in FIG. 7, after the computer device has been booted, a general boot process, such as the initialization of the basic input / output system (BIOS) and the self-diagnosis procedure (POST) at power-on, is performed. Then, the boot process provided by the management system of the complex information environment is performed to determine the operating environment to be realized.

In this embodiment, first, the computer device is moved to the initialization operating environment by the management system of the complicated information environment, starting from step S701. In step S703, the system provides a user interface to request the user to log in, and determines the user authority by logging in with the user identification code (user ID). In this case, the login service program generates a request message regarding the image file based on the user identification code, so that the system can generate a request message regarding the image file based on the checklist (step S705), as shown in FIG. You can get the top of the corresponding image file.

Among them, in this embodiment, the conditions for acquiring the image file of a specific operating environment include user authority (user recognition code), role of each computer device (recognition information), and time (for example, time to serve the role). Or login time, time required for the role), or any combination thereof. According to the above conditions, the management system can provide corresponding image file information. Further, as shown in step S707, the emulator reads a predetermined image file based on the location of the image file. As shown in step S709, the emulator executes a predetermined computer operating environment. Further, in step S711, a synchronous inspection is performed on time by the image file synchronizer.

The flow according to the embodiment of the management system operation method of a complicated information environment is referred to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In this flow, first, the computer device executes the operating system through the boot process (step S801). Next, an agent program is executed in the operating system, and the emulator creates a virtual disk with the image file required for the operating environment (step S803). In this embodiment, the image file may be acquired from a remote image file management host by an image file synchronizer. As a result, the operating environment is executed in the virtual disk via the image file (step S805).

In this case, the agent program executes the image file synchronizer to detect the difference in the image files (step S807). In this embodiment, one or more image files in the storage medium of the computer device may be updated synchronously by communicating with one or more image file management hosts through the synchronization server shown in another embodiment. can. The image files to be updated also include image files based on the operating environment virtual disk in operation. The content to be updated includes data blocks in the image file.

In the image file update, for example, the image file management host stores various operating environment image files used by a plurality of computer devices, and the image file management host immediately displays the operating system and software program in the image file management host. Can be updated. Updates include, for example, operating system upgrades, program updates, program fixes, and the like. Therefore, the operating environment running on the computer device at the user's end can be synchronously updated and kept up to date.

Among them, the image file synchronizer is the corresponding image file stored in the image file management host connected to the operating system running on the above virtual disk, and the image file currently in use. It is possible to detect on time whether there is a difference between the two. For example, by setting up a schedule to activate the synchronizer by the agent program, the synchronizer checks each (block) block one by one and detects the difference from the corresponding image file in the image file management host. can do.

When the image file synchronizer detects the existence of a plurality of differences, an update schedule can be set based on the differences in the image files. That is, one or a plurality of update requests are managed according to the provided schedule (step S809). Thereby, the synchronizer can update the image file based on a predetermined schedule (step S811).

In the meantime, the synchronizer will use the update schedule based on the request queue as a priority for updating the image file (or a predetermined data block). For the emulator, when another priority is added, the synchronizer may update the schedule accordingly.

In this embodiment, the flowchart of the embodiment of the management system operation method of the complicated information environment shown in FIG. 9 is referred to. In this embodiment, in an operating system operating in a particular image file (step S901), if a predetermined need arises (step S903), eg, if a predetermined software component is required, the operating system is driven by an emulator. The system checks to see if the given item (eg, a software component) exists and informs the operating system of its needs. If the emulator determines that the particular image file or data block is missing (step S905), the synchronizer receives the needs of the higher priority data block in which the emulator arose, and the synchronizer further receives it. A corresponding index is created to form a request message, and the request message is added to the request queue (step S907). In this case, if it is an update request with a high priority, the image file synchronizer updates the schedule in the update request request queue so that the image file synchronizer updates the schedule and the data. The request for the block is preferentially processed (step S909), and the image file is updated based on the schedule (step S911).

Summarizing the above, according to the embodiment of the complex information system and operating method so constructed, in the first embodiment, when a difference is detected by the synchronizer, the schedule is updated for the one having the difference. And update the image files synchronously based on the priority of the schedule. This ensures that the image files stored on the storage medium (including the image files related to the operating environment during operation) match the corresponding image files on the image file management host.

In the second embodiment, in the process of detecting the image file for each block and performing the synchronous update by the synchronizer, the item having the higher priority according to the priority generated by the emulator can be synchronously updated. ..

In a third embodiment, the management system of a complicated information environment further sets a corresponding index by a synchronizer by reading a data block corresponding to the needs in synchronization according to the immediate needs of the user. Then, based on the index information, the corresponding image file in the image file management host is acquired and synchronous update is performed. As a result, the purpose of constructing a management system for a complicated information environment can be achieved quickly and flexibly.

The contents disclosed above are merely preferable embodiments of the present invention, and thereby do not limit the scope of claims of the present invention. Therefore, all equivalent technical modifications made based on the contents of the specification and the accompanying drawings of the present invention shall be included in the claims of the present invention.

10 Computer equipment 100 Operating system 110 Agent program 106 Image file 101 Emulator 103 Image file Synchronizer 105 Recording medium 12 Image file management host 121 First image file 122 Second image file 123 Third image file 210 Agent program 20 Computer Device 200 Operating system 201 Emulator 203 Image file synchronizer 205 Recording medium a, b, c, d Image file 21 Synchronization server 211 First image file management host 212 Second image file management host 213 Third image file management host 301, 302, 303 Computer equipment 30 Network 311 First image file management host 312 Second image file management host 313 Third image file management host 40 Image file management host 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409 Data block 41 First computer device 411, 421, 413, 414 Data block 42 Second computer device 421, 422, 423, 424, 425 Data block 410 First image file 420 Second image File 50 Operating System 501 Emulator 503 Image File Synchronizer 511 Data Queue 512 Request Queue 52 Sync Server 510 Agent Program 61 Image File Management Host 62 Hours 63 Operating Environment S701-S711 Log in to the operating environment to get the corresponding image file. Operation Step S801-S811 Operation Step of Complex Information Environment Management System S901-S911 Operation Step of Complex Information Environment Management System

Claims (18)

An information environment management system equipped with one or more image file management hosts and computer equipment.
The one or more image file management hosts provide image files for one or more operating environments containing different items , each of which is composed of a plurality of data blocks. The plurality of data blocks are stored in the storage medium of the one or more image file management hosts.
The computer device is provided with a storage medium in which image files of one or more operating environments are stored.
The computer device executes an operating system, and an agent program is executed in the operating system.
The agent program executes the emulator and creates a virtual disk from the image file in the storage medium.
With the virtual disk, the computer device activates the operating environment.
By executing the image file synchronizer, the agent program makes the image file of the operating environment stored in the storage medium correspond to the image file stored in the one or more image file management hosts. Perform synchronous updates based on
In the synchronous update, the image file synchronizer automatically stores the image file from the one or more image file management hosts to the one or more image file management hosts according to the predetermined index information. Management of an information environment , including acquiring the data blocks required for synchronous updates and dynamically updating one or more items in the operating environment running on the computer device. system. When the storage medium contains one or more image files, the computer device synchronizes with the one or more image file management hosts through the image file synchronizer when the operating environment is operating. The information environment management system according to claim 1, which updates one or more image files. The information environment management system includes a checklist, and when logging in to the computer device, the location of the corresponding image file in the operating environment is acquired in the storage medium of the computer device based on the checklist. The one or more image files stored in the storage medium of the computer device may be the image file stored in the one or more image file management hosts or a data block of the image file according to the index table. The information environment management system according to claim 2, which is associated. It manages a plurality of image files distributed to the one or more image file management hosts through a synchronization server, and each of the synchronization servers is based on the image file synchronizer running on the computer device. The third aspect of claim 3 is to submit an index corresponding to an image file, wherein the index points to an image file stored in any one of the one or more image file management hosts, or a data block of the image file. The information environment management system described. The information environment management system according to claim 4, wherein the one or more image file management hosts provide services to a plurality of operating environments operating on a plurality of computer devices via a network. In the computer device, when the operating environment is operating, the image file synchronizer has each image file and the 1) based on the index table of one or more image files contained in the storage medium. The information environment according to claim 4, wherein a difference from the corresponding image file in one or a plurality of image file management hosts is detected, an update request is generated based on the obtained difference, and synchronous update is performed. Management system. 6. The image file synchronizer updates the image files in order according to the schedule by managing the plurality of update requests according to the schedule when the image file synchronizer obtains the plurality of differences. Information environment management system described in. When the image file synchronizer receives a request for a high-priority data block generated by the emulator, a corresponding index is provided, and the image file synchronizer gives priority to the request for the data block. The information environment management system according to claim 7, wherein the schedule is updated so as to be processed by the user. The request for synchronous update is recorded between the emulator and the image file synchronizer by the request queue, and the request is acquired from the one or more image file management hosts by the image file synchronizer by the data queue. The information environment management system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, which temporarily stores the updated items. Any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the condition for acquiring the image file corresponding to the operating environment is one selected from user authority, the role of each computer device, and the time during which the role is served, or a combination thereof. The information environment management system described in item 1. Steps that are transferred to the operating system through a boot process on a computer device,
In the operating system, the emulator is executed by executing the agent program, and the virtual disk is created by the image file stored in the storage medium of the computer device, and the virtual disk includes the operating environment. Steps and
When the operating system activates the operating environment,
A step of updating one or more image files stored in the storage medium of the computer device in synchronization with one or more image file management hosts by the agent program executing an image file synchronizer.
Including
Each of the one or more image files is composed of a plurality of data blocks, and the plurality of data blocks are stored in the storage medium of the one or more image file management hosts.
In the update, the image file synchronizer automatically synchronizes with the image file stored in the one or more image file management hosts from the one or more image file management hosts by the predetermined index information. It acquires data blocks required to update, based on the operating environment it is operating in said computer system, for dynamically updating one or more of the items in the dynamically corresponding the image file, information environment How the management system works. The synchronization server manages a plurality of image files distributed to the one or more image file management hosts, and the synchronization server manages each image file submitted by the image file synchronizer running on the computer device. The method of operating the information environment management system according to claim 11, which points to an image file stored in the one or more image file management hosts or a data block of the image file based on the index corresponding to the above. When the operating environment is running, the image file synchronizer detects and obtains the difference between the image file and the corresponding image file on the one or more image file management hosts based on the index. The method of operating the information environment management system according to claim 11, wherein an update request is generated and a synchronous update is performed based on the above difference. 13. The thirteenth aspect of claim 13, wherein a difference in an image file is acquired by comparing a plurality of data blocks between an image file in the computer device and a corresponding image file in the one or a plurality of image file management hosts. How to operate the information environment management system. 13. The thirteenth aspect of the present invention, wherein when a plurality of differences are obtained by the image file synchronizer, the image file synchronizer updates the image files in order according to the schedule by managing a plurality of update requests according to the schedule. How to operate the information environment management system. When the image file synchronizer receives a request for a high-priority data block generated by the emulator, a corresponding index is provided, and the image file synchronizer updates the schedule to obtain the data block. The method of operating the information environment management system according to claim 15, which preferentially processes the request relating to the above. A request for synchronous update is recorded between the emulator and the image file synchronizer by a request queue, and an update acquired from the one or more image file management hosts by the image file synchronizer by a data queue. The method of operating the information environment management system according to any one of claims 11 to 16, wherein the item is temporarily stored. Any one of claims 11 to 16, wherein the condition for acquiring the image file corresponding to the operating environment is one selected from user authority, the role of each computer device, and the time during which the role is served, or a combination thereof. How to operate the information environment management system described in item 1.

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