JP2002278780A - Network system and resource analysis system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To provide a resource analysis system capable of collecting resource usage status of a business processing program for each business and executing resource analysis for improving resource allocation and the like for each business. A business type notification program (103) of a WWW server (102) determines a business type when each program is started, checks a process ID assigned at the time of starting the program, and checks a business type, a process ID, and the like. To the collection agent 101. The collection agent 101 inquires of the OS about the resource usage status such as the CPU usage rate based on the business type and the process ID received from the business type notification program 103 and collects the result. The management agent of the performance analysis system 20 200. Then, the DB conversion tool 220 stores the resource usage status collected in this manner in the log file 21.
0 is normalized as an OLAP database table, and a multidimensional DB 230 is created.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a network system for performing resource analysis such as an intranet system, and a resource analysis system. The present invention relates to a network system and a resource analysis system capable of executing resource analysis for performance improvement for each task.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an intranet system, for example, CGI (Common Gat)
business processing program (this is C
GI programs) are developed for each business, and
The WW server has started and executed them as, for example, a process or a thread.

[0003] This CGI program has an OS
(Operating System) is executed as one process or thread. Therefore, when processing requests are transmitted from many client terminals to the WWW server at the same time, the number of CGI programs corresponding to the number of requests is started and executed in parallel, and system resources such as the CPU are consumed exclusively. was there.

However, in such a situation,
Conventionally, load changes and resource use changes over time cannot be captured in business units, and there has been no means for obtaining clues for improving system performance.

As a means for improving system performance, a mechanism for collecting and analyzing the resource usage of these CGI programs has been constructed in an intranet system. There is also a problem that the overhead for analyzing the situation puts pressure on normal business processing, and an accurate analysis result cannot be obtained.

[0006]

As described above, conventionally, load changes and resource use changes due to time zones cannot be grasped in business units, and there is no means for obtaining a clue for improving system performance. Or, although a system for collecting and analyzing resource usage was built inside the system, the overhead of analyzing that resource usage weighed down on normal business processing, and accurate analysis results could not be obtained. There was a problem that it could not be obtained.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and collects the resource use status of a business processing program for each business, and executes a resource analysis for resource allocation improvement and performance improvement for each business. It is an object of the present invention to provide a resource analysis system and a network system capable of performing the above.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention firstly provides a process ID assigned when a business processing program is activated.
And the task type of the task to which the task processing program belongs is notified to the collection agent that collects the resource usage status of the task processing program. Second, the resource usage status of the task processing program collected by the collection agent is notified. A multidimensional database having a plurality of axes for referring to from various viewpoints is created. For this purpose, the present invention provides a business processing system in which a plurality of client terminals and a server computer are connected via a first network, and a resource analysis system for performing resource analysis of the business processing system. In a network system connected via a network, the server computer, in response to a request from the client terminal, a business processing program management unit that manages activation and execution of the business processing program, Collection means for collecting at least the resource use status for each job; a process identifier assigned when the job processing program is started by the job processing program management means; and a job type of the job to which the job processing program belongs To the collection means And a transmission unit for transmitting the resource use status of the business process program collected by the collection unit to the resource analysis system, wherein the resource analysis system transmits the business process program transmitted from the server computer. Storage means for receiving the resource usage status of the program and storing it in a log file; and inputting the resource usage status of the business processing program stored in the log file by the storage means, and referring to this resource usage status from various viewpoints A multidimensional database creating means for creating a multidimensional database having a plurality of axes for performing the analysis, and a multidimensional database created by the multidimensional database creating means in response to an analysis request from the client terminal transferred via the server computer. To improve resource allocation and performance using the multi-dimensional database Run at least business-specific resources analysis, to provide a network system, characterized by comprising an analysis means for returning to the client terminal via said server computer and the analytical results.

According to the present invention, for example, it is possible to analyze from which various viewpoints the resources of the intranet system are concentrated in various tasks, and as a result, it is possible to appropriately improve resource allocation and performance. Becomes

Further, by executing the analysis of the resource use status on the resource analysis system connected to the business processing system via the network, the overhead for the resource analysis is reduced as in the conventional business processing system. It is possible to obtain an accurate analysis result without compressing.

[0011]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a network system to which a resource analysis system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 1, the network system comprises a business processing system 10 and a performance analysis system 20.
Are connected via the Internet 30.

The business processing system 10 includes a server computer 100 and N client terminals 110 each composed of, for example, a personal computer.
Computer network 1 such as an intranet
20 are connected.

The server computer 100 and the client terminal 110 include a CPU (not shown), a main memory, a magnetic disk device as a storage device, and an input / output device having an input unit such as a keyboard and a mouse and a display unit such as a display. Is connected.

The server computer 100 includes a collection agent 101, a WWW (World Wide Web) server 1
02, business type notification program 103, business processing unit 1
04a to n and a database 105.

The collection agent 101 checks the service type and process I received from the service type notification program 103.
Based on D, it inquires of the OS about resource usage such as CPU usage, memory usage, disk usage, etc., collects the result, and sends it to the management agent 200 of the performance analysis system 20 described later.

The WWW server 102 starts and executes a program for performing a corresponding business process in response to a request from a later-described WWW browser 111 of the client terminal 110, and receives from a process which is the substance of the started and executed program. The result is returned to the WWW browser 111.

The business type notification program 103 is
In the server 102, when each program is activated, the type of business is determined, the process ID assigned at the time of activation is checked, and the type of business and the process ID are notified to the collection agent 101.

Each of the business processing units 104a to 104n includes a plurality of programs for executing business processing that receives a request from the WWW server 102 (same as a request from the WWW browser 111) and returns the result. The database 105 stores various data input / output from each program of the business processing units 104a to 104n.

The client terminal 110 transmits a business request from the WWW browser 111 to the server computer 10.
0 to the WWW server 102 and receive the result.
Further, an analysis result UR described later of the performance analysis system 20 is provided.
The transfer of the L250 (results of the resource analysis relating to the business processing system 10) is performed by the later-described WW of the performance
It requests the W server 260 and displays the analysis result regarding the business processing system 10 received.

On the other hand, the performance analysis system 20 is a so-called application service provider (ASP: Applicat) on the Internet 30 for analyzing resource usage collected from a plurality of different business processing systems 10.
ion Service Provider) system, including a management agent 200, a log file 210, and a DB conversion tool 22.
0, a multidimensional DB 230, an OLAP tool 240, an analysis result URL 250, and a WWW server 260.

The management agent 200 receives the resource use status from the collection agent 101 of the business processing system 10, and collects and stores the resource use status in the log file 210.

The DB conversion tool 220 stores the log file 2
10 is normalized as an OLAP (On-Line Analytical Processing) database table, and a multidimensional DB 230
Stored as

The OLAP tool 240 is a multi-dimensional DB 23
OLA analysis is performed based on the
Output as RL250.

The WWW server 260 returns the contents of the OLAP analysis result URL 250 in response to the analysis result URL request from the WWW browser 111 of the client terminal 110 of the business processing system 10.

FIG. 2 shows a multi-dimensional database created by the DB conversion tool 220 based on the resource usage collected by the management agent 200 and stored in the log file 210.
FIG. 23 shows an example of a table format 230. FIG.
As shown in (1), data for indicating a resource use status such as a task type, a process ID, a load measurement time, a CPU use rate, a memory use amount, and a disk use amount are stored.

FIG. 3 shows this multidimensional DB 230
It is expressed as a dice for LAP, and is composed of three dimensions: a business axis, a resource axis, and a time axis. The dice are used for cutting (slicing) with an element of a certain axis, or for rolling the dice surface to change a viewpoint (dicing).

FIG. 4 shows an example in which the analysis result URL 250 output from the OLAP tool 240 is accessed and displayed from the WWW browser 111, and shows an analysis graph of the CPU usage rate by business. This graph is obtained by slicing the multidimensional DB 230 of FIG. 3 by using CPU resources. In this slicing process, first, the WWW browser 111 requests the URL of the OLAP tool 240 from the WWW server 260. Then, the OLAP tool 240 that receives this slices the multidimensional DB 230 based on the CPU usage rate of the resource axis. Similarly, FIG. 5 shows a CP for each process in the same business.
It is a graph showing the U usage rate.

As described above, the resource analysis system according to this embodiment is provided with the task type notification program 103 so that the resource use status of all the programs constituting the task processing units 104a to 104n can be collected for each task.
By providing the conversion tool 220 so that the collected resource use status of each task can be referred to from various viewpoints, it is possible to obtain analysis results as shown in FIGS.

Here, referring to FIGS. 6 and 7,
The operation procedure of this resource analysis system will be described.

First, a processing flow up to creation of the multidimensional DB 230 in this resource analysis system will be described with reference to FIG.

The WWW browser 111 of the client terminal 110 transmits a business request to the WWW of the server computer 100.
The data is transmitted to the W server 102 (step A1). On the other hand, W
The WW server 102 has a corresponding business processing unit 104a-
Start and execute the program n (step A2). At the same time, the task type notification program 103 sends the task type and the process ID to the collection agent 101 (step A3).

Each program of the business processing units 104a to 104n is transmitted to the WWW browser 1 via the WWW server 102.
11, the processing result is returned (step A4). In parallel with this, the collection agent 101 collects system resource usage of all programs from the OS at regular time intervals,
The data is transmitted to the management agent 200 of the performance analysis system 20 (step A5).

Then, the management agent 200 stores the received resource data in the log file 210 (step A6), and the DB conversion tool 220
0 to create a multidimensional DB 230 (step A
7).

Next, a processing flow when using the multidimensional DB 230 in this resource analysis system will be described with reference to FIG.

The WWW server 260 of the performance analysis system 20, which has received the system resource analysis request from the WWW browser 111, transmits a slice request on a certain axis or a dice request on a certain surface to the OLAP tool 240 (step). B1).

On the other hand, the OLAP tool 240 receiving the analysis request analyzes the multi-dimensional DB, and outputs the result to the HT.
The content is converted into content such as ML and stored in the analysis result URL 250 (step B2).

Then, the WWW server 260 has a multidimensional D
The analysis result of B is returned to the requesting WWW browser 111, and an analysis graph or the like as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 is displayed (step B3).

Thus, the W of the client terminal 110
The WW browser 111 displays resource analysis results for each task, and enables the user to appropriately perform resource allocation improvement and performance improvement.

The resource analysis is performed on the Internet 30.
The processing is executed on the performance analysis system 20 connected via the PC, so that the business processing system 10 does not generate any overhead for resource analysis.

[0042]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, resource analysis of an intranet or the like can be performed from various viewpoints for each job, and resource allocation and CPU load improvement can be appropriately performed.

In addition, outsourcing of performance analysis (AS
P) makes it possible to obtain accurate analysis results without the overhead of resource analysis squeezing normal business processing. At the same time, the TCO (Total
Cost of Ownership (asset management cost) can also be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a network system to which a resource analysis system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a D based on resource usage collected by a management agent of the embodiment and stored in a log file.
The figure which showed an example of the table format of the multidimensional DB which the B conversion tool created.

FIG. 3 is an exemplary diagram illustrating the multidimensional DB of the embodiment as a dice for OLAP;

FIG. 4 is an example of an analysis result URL output by the OLAP tool of the embodiment, accessed from a WWW browser and displayed, showing an analysis graph of the CPU usage rate by business.

FIG. 5 is an example in which an analysis result URL output by the OLAP tool according to the embodiment is accessed and displayed from a WWW browser, and a CPU for each program in a certain business processing unit;
The figure which showed the example of the utilization rate analysis graph.

FIG. 6 is an exemplary view showing a processing flow up to creation of a multidimensional DB in the resource analysis system of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an exemplary view showing a processing flow when using the multidimensional DB in the resource analysis system of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Business processing system 20 ... Performance analysis system 30 ... Internet 100 ... Server computer 101 ... Collection agent 102 ... WWW server 103 ... Business type notification program 104a-n ... Business processing unit 105 ... Database 110 ... Client terminal 111 ... WWW browser 120 ... Intranet 200 ... Management Agent 210 ... Log File 220 ... DB Conversion Tool 230 ... Multidimensional DB 240 ... OLAP Tool 250 ... Analysis Result URL 260 ... WWW Server

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A business processing system in which a plurality of client terminals and a server computer are connected via a first network, and a resource analysis system for performing resource analysis of the business processing system via a second network. A server system, wherein the server computer, in response to a request from the client terminal, activates a business processing program and manages the execution of the business processing program; and a resource usage status of the business processing program. At least a collecting means for collecting by business, and when the business processing program is started by the business processing program managing means, the process identifier assigned at the time of starting and the business type of the business to which the business processing program belongs are collected. Notification means for notifying the means; Transmission means for transmitting the resource usage status of the business processing program collected by the collection means to the resource analysis system, wherein the resource analysis system comprises: a resource usage status of the business processing program transmitted from the server computer. Storage means for receiving and storing, and in response to an analysis request from the client terminal transferred via the server computer, resource allocation improvement using the resource usage status of the business processing program stored in the storage means And a analyzing means for executing at least a resource analysis for performance improvement for each task and returning an analysis result to the client terminal via the server computer. 2. A business processing system in which a plurality of client terminals and a server computer are connected via a first network, and a resource analysis system for executing resource analysis of the business processing system via a second network. A server system, wherein the server computer, in response to a request from the client terminal, activates a business processing program and manages the execution of the business processing program; and a resource usage status of the business processing program. At least a collecting means for collecting by business, and when the business processing program is started by the business processing program managing means, the process identifier assigned at the time of starting and the business type of the business to which the business processing program belongs are collected. Notification means for notifying the means; Transmission means for transmitting the resource usage status of the business processing program collected by the collection means to the resource analysis system, wherein the resource analysis system comprises: a resource usage status of the business processing program transmitted from the server computer. And a plurality of storage means for receiving the resource use status of the business processing program stored in the log file by the storage means and referring to the resource use status from various viewpoints. A multidimensional database creating means for creating a multidimensional database having an axis, and in response to an analysis request from the client terminal transferred via the server computer, the multidimensional database created by the multidimensional database creating means. Resource analysis to improve resource allocation and performance. Network system run by Kutomo work, characterized by comprising an analysis means for returning to said client terminal via said server computer analysis result. 3. The multidimensional database creating means sets a resource axis, a time axis, and a business axis as a plurality of axes for referring to the resource use status from various viewpoints. Resource analysis system as described. 4. A resource analysis system which is connected to a business processing system via a network and executes resource analysis of the business processing system, wherein a resource of the business processing program transmitted from the business processing system and collected at least for each business A storage unit for receiving and storing a usage status, and in response to an analysis request from the business processing system, for improving resource allocation and performance using the resource usage status of the business processing program stored in the storage unit. Analyzing means for performing at least the resource analysis for each task and returning the analysis result to the task processing system. 5. A resource analysis system which is connected to a business processing system via a network and executes resource analysis of the business processing system, wherein a resource of the business processing program transmitted from the business processing system and collected at least for each business Storage means for receiving the usage status and storing it in a log file; and inputting the resource usage status of the business processing program stored in the log file by the storage means, and referring to the resource usage status from various viewpoints. A multidimensional database creating means for creating a multidimensional database having a plurality of axes; and resource allocation improvement using the multidimensional database created by the multidimensional database creating means in response to an analysis request from the business processing system. Perform resource analysis to improve performance and at least Analyzing means for returning the result of the analysis to the business processing system. 6. The multi-dimensional database creating means sets a resource axis, a time axis, and a business axis as a plurality of axes for referring to the resource use status from various viewpoints. Resource analysis system as described. 7. A business processing program management means for managing the activation and execution of a business processing program, a collecting means for collecting at least the resource usage status of the business processing program for each business, and the business processing program management means Notifying means for notifying the collecting means of a process identifier assigned at the time of starting the processing program and a business type of the business to which the business processing program belongs, and the business processing collected by the collecting means Storage means for storing a resource usage state of a program; analysis means for executing at least a task-based resource analysis for resource allocation improvement and performance improvement using the resource usage state of the business processing program stored in the storage means A resource analysis system comprising: 8. A business processing program management means for managing activation and execution of a business processing program, a collecting means for collecting at least the resource use status of the business processing program for each business, and the business processing program management means Notifying means for notifying the collecting means of a process identifier assigned at the time of starting the processing program and a business type of the business to which the business processing program belongs, and the business processing collected by the collecting means Storage means for storing the resource usage status of the program in a log file; and a resource usage status of the business processing program stored in the log file by the storage means for inputting the resource usage status and referring to the resource usage status from various viewpoints. Creating a multidimensional database that creates a multidimensional database with multiple axes Means for analyzing resources for improving resource allocation and performance using at least the multi-dimensional database created by the multi-dimensional database creating means. system. 9. The multi-dimensional database creating means sets a resource axis, a time axis, and a business axis as a plurality of axes for referring to the resource use status from various viewpoints. Resource analysis system as described.