WO2016107155A1 - Asset management method and system - Google Patents

Abstract

An asset management method, the method comprising: receiving an asset query request, and performing an asset query according to the asset query request; upon receipt of a query result, topologically displaying the query result. An asset level relationship is intuitively displayed via a topology graph, assisting operation and maintenance personnel to quickly locate the asset and easily query the asset.

Description

Asset management method and system Technical field

This paper covers the field of data center technology, and in particular relates to an asset management method and system.

Background technique

In the current data center, the asset management subsystem is a very important management node for the later basic operation and maintenance. Usually, the asset management subsystem uses tabular and text filtering query management, so that it is impossible for the operation and maintenance personnel to quickly Viewing the overall asset status, asset distribution, and detailed location of assets brings a relatively large amount of work to day-to-day management.

For example, you need to query the quantity and status of assets in a location. As an operation and maintenance personnel, you need to use a tabular query and filter the statistical results. The final result is also displayed in text form. The operation and display are not intuitive enough, especially the asset information is relatively large. It is time consuming and labor intensive.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention provides an asset management method and system, which can visually display the hierarchical relationship of assets through a topology diagram, which can help the operation and maintenance personnel to quickly locate assets and facilitate asset inquiry.

An asset management method, the method comprising:

Receiving an asset query request, and performing an asset query according to the asset query request;

After obtaining the query result, the query result is displayed in a topology.

Optionally, the method further includes the following features:

Receiving an asset query request, performing an asset query according to the asset query request, including:

After receiving the asset query request, the foreground application module generates a uniform resource locator URL request carrying the query information and sends the request to the background application module.

After receiving the URL request, the background application module parses the URL request, obtains query information, performs a query in the database according to the query information, and obtains a query result.

Optionally, the method further includes the following features:

After obtaining the query result, the query result is displayed in a topology, including:

After the background application module obtains the query result, the scalable vector graphics SVG data is generated according to the query result and the corresponding query information, and the SVG data is sent to the foreground application module;

The foreground application module draws a topology map of the asset according to the SVG data and displays the same.

Optionally, the method further includes the following features:

After obtaining the query result, the query result is displayed in a topology, including:

After determining that the asset query request is to query the device details under the basic unit, if the information of all the devices in the basic unit is obtained, the information of each device under the basic unit is displayed in the device topology view. include:

Displaying information of the basic unit on the nth node of the device topology diagram, and displaying information of the upper m level unit to which the base unit belongs on the nth level node of the device topology diagram, where the device topology map is displayed The information of each device in the basic unit is displayed on the n+1th node, and the information of the module under the device is displayed on the n+2th node of the device topology diagram; wherein m and n are positive integers , n>1, m=1, 2,..., n-1.

Optionally, the method further includes the following features:

After obtaining the query result, the query result is displayed in a topology, including:

After determining that the asset query request is to query the quantity of assets and/or the state of the asset under the jth node of the i-th level, if the number of assets satisfying the query condition is obtained under the jth node of the i-th level And/or statistical information of the asset status, the geographical information and the statistical information of the queried asset are displayed in the regional topology map, and both i and j are positive integers.

Optionally, the method further includes the following features:

After obtaining the query result, the query result is displayed in a topology, including:

After determining that the asset query request is to query the quantity of assets and/or the state of the asset under the jth node of the i-th organization, if the number of assets satisfying the query condition is obtained under the jth node of the i-th organization And/or statistical information of the asset status, the organization information and the statistical information of the queried asset are displayed in the organization topology map.

An asset management system is provided, the system comprising:

The foreground application module is configured to: receive an asset query request, generate a query request carrying the query information, and send the query request to the background application module; after receiving the drawing data returned by the background application module, draw a topology map of the asset according to the drawing data and Display

The background application module is configured to: after receiving the query request sent by the foreground application module, parse the query request, obtain query information, and send a query request carrying the query information to the database module; and receive the return of the database module After the query result, the drawing data is generated according to the query result and the corresponding query information, and the drawing data is sent to the foreground application module;

The database module is configured to: after receiving the query request, perform a query in the database, and obtain a query result and return the result to the background application module.

Optionally, the system further includes the following features:

The foreground application module is configured to: receive an asset query request of the user, generate a uniform resource locator URL request carrying the query information, and send the request to the background application module; after receiving the scalable vector graphics SVG data returned by the background application module, according to The SVG data is used to draw a topology map of the asset and display the same;

The background application module is configured to: after receiving the URL request sent by the foreground application module, parsing the URL request, obtaining query information, and sending a query request carrying the query information to the database module; receiving the return of the database module After the query result, the scalable vector graphics SVG data is generated according to the query result and the corresponding query information, and the SVG data is sent to the foreground application module.

Optionally, the system further includes the following features:

The foreground application module is configured to: after receiving the drawing data returned by the background application module, draw a topology map of the asset according to the drawing data and display, including:

After determining that the asset query request is to query the device details under the basic unit, if the information of all the devices in the basic unit is obtained, the information of each device under the basic unit is displayed in the device topology view. include:

Displaying information of the basic unit on the nth level node of the device topology diagram, and displaying information of the upper m level unit to which the base unit belongs on the nth mth node of the device topology map, where The information of each device in the basic unit is displayed on the n+1th node of the device topology diagram, and the information of the module under the device is displayed on the n+2th node of the device topology diagram; wherein, m and n are both Is a positive integer, n>1, m=1, 2,...,n-1.

Optionally, the system further includes the following features:

The foreground application module is configured to: after receiving the drawing data returned by the background application module, draw a topology map of the asset according to the drawing data and display, including:

After determining that the asset query request is to query the quantity of assets and/or the state of the asset under the jth node of the i-th level, if the number of assets satisfying the query condition is obtained under the jth node of the i-th level And/or statistical information of the asset status, the geographical information and the statistical information of the queried asset are displayed in the regional topology map, and both i and j are positive integers.

Optionally, the system further includes the following features:

The foreground application module is configured to: after receiving the drawing data returned by the background application module, draw a topology map of the asset according to the drawing data and display, including:

After determining that the asset query request is to query the quantity of assets and/or the state of the asset under the jth node of the i-th organization, if the number of assets satisfying the query condition is obtained under the jth node of the i-th organization And/or statistical information of the asset status, the organization information and the statistical information of the queried asset are displayed in the organization topology map.

A computer readable storage medium storing program instructions that, when executed, implement the methods described above.

An asset management method and system provided by the embodiments of the present invention can visually display the hierarchical relationship of assets through a topology diagram, which can help the operation and maintenance personnel to quickly locate assets and facilitate asset inquiry.

BRIEF abstract

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of an asset management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a device topology according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an area topology according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a tissue topology according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an asset management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiments of the invention

The embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments in the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other.

As shown in FIG. 1 , an embodiment of the present invention provides an asset management method, where the method includes:

S10. Receive an asset query request, and perform an asset query according to the asset query request.

S20: After obtaining the query result, performing the topology display on the query result;

The method may also include the following features:

The receiving an asset query request, performing an asset query according to the asset query request, including:

After receiving the asset query request, the foreground application module generates a URL (Uniform Resoure Locator) requesting to send the query information to the background application module;

After receiving the URL request, the background application module parses the URL request, obtains query information, performs a query in the database according to the query information, and obtains a query result;

The query information includes query type information; the query type information includes: a device detail query, an area query, or an organization query.

After obtaining the query result, the query result is displayed in a topology, including:

After the background application module obtains the query result, the scalable vector graphics SVG data is generated according to the query result and the corresponding query information, and the SVG data is sent to the foreground application module;

The foreground application module draws a topology map of the asset according to the SVG data and displays the same.

The database includes a relational database and a configuration management database CMDB (Configuration Management Database, CMDB);

Wherein the relational database is used to store attribute information of an asset; the CMDB is used for storing a hierarchical association of assets; the relational database maintains data synchronization with the CMDB;

The attribute information of the asset includes: an asset identifier, information of a basic unit corresponding to the asset, and module information of the asset;

The attribute information of the asset further includes: organization information of the asset ownership and/or geographical information where the asset is located;

Topology management mainly includes device topology management, area topology management, and organization topology management. The asset topology is managed from three different dimensions, as follows:

After receiving the asset query request, performing an asset query according to the asset query request, including:

After receiving the asset query request, after determining that the asset query request is to query the device details under the basic unit, acquiring information about all devices in the basic unit;

The information of the device includes: an identifier of the device;

The information of the device may further include: information about a module on the device;

The information of the module includes: an identifier of the module;

Wherein the base unit comprises: a rack;

After obtaining the query result, the query result is displayed in a topology, including:

After determining that the asset query request is to query the device details under the basic unit, if the information of all the devices in the basic unit is obtained, the information of each device under the basic unit is displayed in the device topology view. include:

Displaying information of the basic unit on the nth node of the device topology diagram, and displaying information of the upper m level unit to which the base unit belongs on the nth level node of the device topology diagram, where the device topology map is displayed The information of each device in the basic unit is displayed on the n+1th node, and the information of the module under the device is displayed on the n+2th node of the device topology diagram; wherein m and n are positive integers , n>1, m=1, 2,...,n-1;

The information of the basic unit includes: an identifier of the basic unit;

Wherein, when the device under the basic unit includes a module, the information of the module is also displayed on the n+2th node of the device topology map;

The information of the module includes: an identifier of the module;

The information about each device in the basic unit is displayed in the device topology view, including:

When the base unit is a rack, the topology display is performed according to the hierarchical relationship between the data center, the area node, the equipment room, the data center micro module, the rack, the device, and the module;

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the foreground application module detects that the user selects the device detail query, and the user selects the data center (for example, ZTE), the regional node (for example, Nanjing Second District), and the data center micro through the pull-down menu. After the module MDC (micro data center) room (for example, ZTE-ERoom), the data center micro-module (for example, ZTE-12R-A), and the rack (for example, R2), the foreground application module sends a URL request to the background application module. The above query information is carried. The background application parses the URL request, obtains the query information, and performs the query in the database to obtain the device information in the rack R2: there are two devices, and the device IDs are B001003 and A001004, respectively, wherein the device A001004 includes a module. The module ID is B001001. The background application generates SVG data according to the queried device information and the location information of the rack R2, and sends the SVG data to the d3.js drawing application, and draws the rack R2 and the rack R2 by the d3.js drawing application. A hierarchical topology diagram of the device, the hierarchical topology map being displayed in a browser.

After receiving the asset query request, performing an asset query according to the asset query request, including:

The regional node of the data center is displayed by the regional topology map. If the user is queried for the number of assets and/or the asset status of the jth node in the i-th region, the j-th node of the i-th region is obtained. Information about all devices that meet the query criteria, the number of devices, and/or the state of the device;

After obtaining the query result, the query result is displayed in a topology, including:

After determining that the asset query request is to query the quantity of assets and/or the state of the asset under the jth node of the i-th level, if the number of assets satisfying the query condition is obtained under the jth node of the i-th level And/or statistical information of the asset status, the geographical information and the statistical information of the queried asset are displayed in the regional topology map;

The status of the device includes: inbound, enabled, or scrapped.

For example, as shown in Figure 3, the foreground application module detects that the user has selected the data center (than For example, ZTE) performs regional inquiry, and the user enters the query condition: the storage time is between December 25, 2014 and December 26, 2014, the device status is inbound, and the screening area is Nanjing, then the foreground application module Sending a URL request to the background application module, where the URL request carries the query information. The background application parses the URL request, obtains the query information, performs a query in the database, and obtains information of the device that satisfies the above query condition, and the number of devices is four. The background application generates SVG data according to the counted device quantity information and the corresponding query information, and sends the SVG data to the d3.js drawing application, and the d3.js drawing application draws the area under the data center (for example, ZTE). The node and the number of devices that the Nanjing node meets the query conditions are four.

After receiving the asset query request, performing an asset query according to the asset query request, including:

The organization node of the data center is displayed through the organization topology diagram, and after detecting that the user queries the number of assets and/or the asset status under the jth node of the i-th organization, the sub-j node of the i-th organization is obtained. Information about all devices that meet the query criteria, the number of devices, and/or the state of the device;

After obtaining the query result, the query result is displayed in a topology, including:

After determining that the asset query request is to query the quantity of assets and/or the state of the asset under the jth node of the i-th organization, if the number of assets satisfying the query condition is obtained under the jth node of the i-th organization And/or statistical information of the asset status, the organization information and the statistical information of the queried asset are displayed in the organization topology diagram, and i and j are positive integers;

The status of the device includes: inbound, enabled, or scrapped.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the foreground application module detects that the user selects an organization query for the enterprise (for example, ZTE Corporation), and the user inputs the query condition: the storage time is from December 24, 2014 to 2014. The device status is any state, and the screening mechanism is the cloud computing and the business enterprise testing department. The foreground application module sends a URL request to the background application module, where the URL request carries the query information. The background application parses the URL request, obtains the query information, performs a query in the database, and obtains information of the device that satisfies the above query condition, and the number of devices is four. The background application generates SVG data according to the counted device quantity information and the corresponding query information, and sends the SVG data to the d3.js drawing application, and the d3.js drawing application draws the organization of the enterprise (for example, ZTE Corporation) Hierarchical relationship diagram and display The number of devices that meet the query conditions in the cloud computing and government business testing department is four.

As shown in FIG. 5, an embodiment of the present invention provides an asset management system, where the system includes:

The foreground application module is configured to receive an asset query request, generate a query request carrying the query information, and send the query request to the background application module; after receiving the drawing data returned by the background application module, draw a topology map of the asset according to the drawing data and perform display;

The background application module is configured to: after receiving the query request sent by the foreground application module, parse the query request, obtain query information, and send a query request carrying the query information to the database module; and receive the query returned by the database module After the result, the drawing data is generated according to the query result and the corresponding query information, and the drawing data is sent to the foreground application module;

The database module is configured to perform a query in the database after receiving the query request, and obtain the query result and return the result to the background application module.

The system may also include the following features:

The foreground application module is configured to receive an asset query request, generate a uniform resource locator URL request carrying the query information, and send the request to the background application module; after receiving the scalable vector graphics SVG data returned by the background application module, according to the The SVG data is used to draw a topology map of the asset and display it;

The background application module is configured to: after receiving the URL request sent by the foreground application module, parse the URL request, obtain query information, and send a query request carrying the query information to the database module; and receive the query returned by the database module After the result, the scalable vector graphics SVG data is generated according to the query result and the corresponding query information, and the SVG data is sent to the foreground application module.

The foreground application module is configured to: after receiving the drawing data returned by the background application module, draw a topology map of the asset according to the drawing data, and display, including:

After determining that the asset query request is to query the device details under the basic unit, if the information of all the devices in the basic unit is obtained, the information of each device under the basic unit is displayed in the device topology view. include:

Displaying information of the basic unit on the nth level node of the device topology diagram, and displaying information of the upper m level unit to which the base unit belongs on the nth mth node of the device topology map, where The information of each device in the basic unit is displayed on the n+1th node of the device topology diagram, and the information of the module under the device is displayed on the n+2th node of the device topology diagram; wherein, m and n are both Is a positive integer, n>1, m=1, 2,...,n-1.

The foreground application module is configured to: after receiving the drawing data returned by the background application module, draw a topology map of the asset according to the drawing data, and display, including:

After determining that the asset query request is to query the quantity of assets and/or the state of the asset under the jth node of the i-th level, if the number of assets satisfying the query condition is obtained under the jth node of the i-th level And/or statistical information of the asset status, the geographical information and the statistical information of the queried asset are displayed in the regional topology map.

The foreground application module is configured to: after receiving the drawing data returned by the background application module, draw a topology map of the asset according to the drawing data, and display, including:

After determining that the asset query request is to query the quantity of assets and/or the state of the asset under the jth node of the i-th organization, if the number of assets satisfying the query condition is obtained under the jth node of the i-th organization And/or statistical information of the asset status, the organization information and the statistical information of the queried asset are displayed in the organization topology map.

Wherein, the database comprises a relational database and a configuration management database CMDB;

The relational database is used to store attribute information of the asset; the CMDB is used to store a hierarchical association relationship of the asset; and the relational database maintains data synchronization with the CMDB.

The asset management method and system provided by the foregoing embodiments can visually display the hierarchical relationship of assets through a topology diagram, which can help the operation and maintenance personnel to quickly locate assets and facilitate asset inquiry.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the steps described above can be accomplished by a program that instructs the associated hardware, such as a read-only memory, a magnetic or optical disk, and the like. Optionally, all or part of the steps of the foregoing embodiments may also be implemented by using one or more integrated circuits. Accordingly, the modules/units in the foregoing embodiments may be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of software functional modules. achieve. The invention is not limited to any specific form of combination of hardware and software.

It is to be understood that the invention may be susceptible to various other modifications and changes in the embodiments of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Corresponding changes and modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims.

Industrial applicability

An asset management method and system provided by the embodiments of the present invention can visually display the hierarchical relationship of assets through a topology diagram, which can help the operation and maintenance personnel to quickly locate assets and facilitate asset inquiry.

Claims (12)

An asset management method, the method comprising: Receiving an asset query request, and performing an asset query according to the asset query request; After obtaining the query result, the query result is displayed in a topology. The method of claim 1 wherein: Receiving an asset query request, performing an asset query according to the asset query request, including: After receiving the asset query request, the foreground application module generates a uniform resource locator URL request carrying the query information and sends the request to the background application module. After receiving the URL request, the background application module parses the URL request, obtains query information, performs a query in the database according to the query information, and obtains a query result. The method of claim 2 wherein: After obtaining the query result, the query result is displayed in a topology, including: After the background application module obtains the query result, the scalable vector graphics SVG data is generated according to the query result and the corresponding query information, and the SVG data is sent to the foreground application module; The foreground application module draws a topology map of the asset according to the SVG data and displays the same. The method of claim 3 wherein: After obtaining the query result, the query result is displayed in a topology, including: After determining that the asset query request is to query the device details under the basic unit, if the information of all the devices in the basic unit is obtained, the information of each device under the basic unit is displayed in the device topology view. include: Displaying information of the basic unit on the nth node of the device topology diagram, and displaying information of the upper m level unit to which the base unit belongs on the nth level node of the device topology diagram, where the device topology map is displayed The information of each device in the basic unit is displayed on the n+1th node, and the information of the module under the device is displayed on the n+2th node of the device topology diagram; wherein, m and n are positive Integer, n>1, m=1, 2,...,n-1. The method of claim 3 wherein: After obtaining the query result, the query result is displayed in a topology, including: After determining that the asset query request is to query the quantity of assets and/or the state of the asset under the jth node of the i-th level, if the number of assets satisfying the query condition is obtained under the jth node of the i-th level And/or statistical information of the asset status, the geographical information and the statistical information of the queried asset are displayed in the regional topology map, and both i and j are positive integers. The method of claim 3 wherein: After obtaining the query result, the query result is displayed in a topology, including: After determining that the asset query request is to query the quantity of assets and/or the state of the asset under the jth node of the i-th organization, if the number of assets satisfying the query condition is obtained under the jth node of the i-th organization And/or statistical information of the asset status, the organization information and the statistical information of the queried asset are displayed in the organization topology diagram, and both i and j are positive integers. An asset management system includes a foreground application module, a background application module, and a database module, wherein: The foreground application module is configured to: receive an asset query request, generate a query request carrying the query information, and send the query request to the background application module; after receiving the drawing data returned by the background application module, draw a topology map of the asset according to the drawing data and Display The background application module is configured to: after receiving the query request sent by the foreground application module, parse the query request, obtain query information, and send a query request carrying the query information to the database module; and receive the return of the database module After the query result, the drawing data is generated according to the query result and the corresponding query information, and the drawing data is sent to the foreground application module; The database module is configured to: after receiving the query request, perform a query in the database, and obtain a query result and return the result to the background application module. The system of claim 7 wherein: The foreground application module is configured to: receive an asset query request, and generate a system carrying the query information. a resource locator URL request is sent to the background application module; after receiving the scalable vector graphics SVG data returned by the background application module, the topology map of the asset is drawn according to the SVG data and displayed; The background application module is configured to: after receiving the URL request sent by the foreground application module, parse the URL request, obtain query information, and send a query request carrying the query information to the database module; and return the database module after receiving After the query result, the scalable vector graphics SVG data is generated according to the query result and the corresponding query information, and the SVG data is sent to the foreground application module. A system as claimed in claim 7 or claim 8 wherein: The foreground application module is configured to display and display a topology map of the asset according to the drawing data in the following manner: After determining that the asset query request is to query the device details under the basic unit, if the information of all the devices in the basic unit is obtained, the information of each device under the basic unit is displayed in the device topology view. include: Displaying information of the basic unit on the nth node of the device topology diagram, and displaying information of the upper m level unit to which the base unit belongs on the nth level node of the device topology diagram, where the device topology map is displayed The information of each device in the basic unit is displayed on the n+1th node, and the information of the module under the device is displayed on the n+2th node of the device topology diagram; wherein m and n are positive integers , n>1, m=1, 2,..., n-1. A system as claimed in claim 7 or claim 8 wherein: The foreground application module is configured to display and display a topology map of the asset according to the drawing data in the following manner: After determining that the asset query request is to query the quantity of assets and/or the state of the asset under the jth node of the i-th level, if the number of assets satisfying the query condition is obtained under the jth node of the i-th level And/or statistical information of the asset status, the geographical information and the statistical information of the queried asset are displayed in the regional topology map, and both i and j are positive integers. A system as claimed in claim 7 or claim 8 wherein: The foreground application module is configured to display and display a topology map of the asset according to the drawing data in the following manner: After determining that the asset query request is to query the quantity of assets and/or the state of the asset under the jth node of the i-th organization, if the number of assets satisfying the query condition is obtained under the jth node of the i-th organization And/or statistical information of the asset status, the organization information and the statistical information of the queried asset are displayed in the organization topology diagram, and both i and j are positive integers. A computer readable storage medium storing program instructions that, when executed, can implement the method of any of claims 1-6.

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