Abstract: An information processing apparatus monitors one or more apparatuses based on information on multiple items acquired from the apparatuses. Information on an item #3 is associated with information on items #1 and #2. The information processing apparatus examines the information on the item #3. In the case where no failure is detected in the examination of the information on the item #3, the information processing apparatus omits examination of the information on the items #1 and #2. On the other hand, in the case where a failure is detected in the examination of the information on the item #3, the information processing apparatus examines the information on each of the items #1 and #2.

Abstract: A method for processing data includes storing a type information of a configuration element of a first data process system in association with an identification information of the configuration element in a configuration information storage part, determining the type information corresponding to a message output from the first data process system, the message including the identification information, comparing a first message group including a plurality of first messages and a second message group including a plurality of second messages, the plural second messages being stored in association with the type information of a second data process system in a message group storage part, determining whether the plural first messages match the plural second messages, and determining whether the type information of the plural first messages match the type information of the plural second messages when the plural first messages do not match the plural second messages.

Abstract: A present method includes: identifying a component item that satisfies a predetermined condition concerning an indicator value for an influenced range within a system, from among plural component items included in the system, by using data regarding the plural component items and relationships among the plural component items; extracting component items included in a predetermined range from the identified component item, based on the data; and generating one or plural failure patterns, each of which includes one or plural sets of one component item of the extracted component items and a failure type corresponding to the one component item, by using data including, for each component item type, one or plural failure types.

Abstract: An information collection device acquires information from a plurality of devices connected through a network. The information collection device includes: a first addition unit that adds, for each of the devices, an information collection duration required to collect information of the devices to a communication duration required to communicate with the devices; a second addition unit that adds a maximum duration among the durations by addition of the first addition unit to a predetermined time to obtain a first time; a subtraction unit that subtracts the information collection duration of each of the devices from the first time; a first setting unit that sets a time obtained by the subtraction unit as a second time that is when information collection starts at each of the devices; and an acquisition unit that acquires information obtained by the information collection that starts at the second time.

Abstract: A relationship-information storage unit stores relationships between configuration items. The configuration items belong to an information system and are stored in multiple databases. A first counting unit compares, across the databases, attribute values of one configuration item in each of the databases, thereby counting a matching-attribute-value count. A second counting unit identifies a configuration item having a relationship with the one configuration item, for which the first counting unit counts the matching-attribute-value count, by referring to the relationship-information storage unit. Then, the second counting unit compares, across the databases, attribute values of the identified configuration items to count a matching-attribute-value count. A similarity calculation unit calculates similarity between the configuration items, based on the matching-attribute-value count counted by the first counting unit and the matching-attribute-value count counted by the second counting unit.

Abstract: Upon receiving a request to change an attribute value for a certain configuration item (CI), it is determined whether a first pattern exists that includes a first condition, which is satisfied with change relating to the request. Each pattern includes a first condition relating to a certain change of an attribute value for a first CI and a second condition relating to an attribute value, which is to be changed at a same timing as the certain change, for a second CI that has a predetermined relation with the first CI. Upon determining that there is the first pattern, it is determined whether a second condition of the first pattern is satisfied, based on another request to be processed with the request or the like. Upon determining that the second condition of the first pattern is satisfied, a predetermined processing is performed.

Abstract: A resource searching device includes a requirement acquisition unit configured to acquire resource requirement information including resource requirements for a plurality of resources, the resources being related to a deployment request of a plurality of received resources and being related to devices or connections between the devices; a calculation unit configured to refer to system configuration information including information on the resources related to devices and connections between the devices in an information processing system to be managed, and to calculate fulfillment rate information including a fulfillment rate for each of the resources that satisfy the resource requirements; and a searching unit configured to search for a plurality of resources corresponding to the deployment request of the plurality of resources by sequentially selecting the resources that satisfy the resource requirements on the basis of the fulfillment rate information and the connections between the devices in the deployme

Abstract: On the basis of a possible value of a variable that is specified by a conditional sentence extracted from a script that is used for the first system configuration and on the basis of a possible value of an item in configuration information on the first system configuration, a verification device creates a first association relationship that indicates the relationship between the variable and the item. On the basis of a possible value of a variable that is specified by a conditional sentence extracted from a script that is used for a second system configuration and on the basis of a possible value of an item in configuration information on the second system configuration, the verification device creates a second association relationship between the variable and the item. The verification device extracts a difference between the first association relationship and the second association relationship.

Abstract: An operation environment migration support device obtains, from first and second physical server devices, element information on an element of a virtual resource, obtains subdivided element information which is information on a subdivided element indicative of an element which constructs the element indicated by the element information, determines whether or not types of a communication network and information on the virtual machine which belongs to the communication network match up respectively, determines that a performance of a subdivided element indicated by subdivided element information obtained from the second physical server device exceeds a performance of a subdivided element indicated by element information obtained from the first physical server device, and outputs information which indicates that an operation environment for the virtual machine of the first physical server device is migratable to the second physical server device.

Abstract: A detection method includes: calculating a statistic for each of Q configuration items, where Q is at least one, among a plurality of configuration items, according to a first frequency and a second frequency, when an occurrence of a failure of a certain type is predicted according to a first pattern, which is a combination of P messages output from the Q configuration items within a period not longer than a predetermined length of time, where P is not less than Q; and generating result information according to the statistic, the result information indicating at least one configuration item in which the failure of a certain type is predicted to occur with a probability that is at least higher than a probability with which the failure of a certain type is predicted to occur in another of the plurality of configuration items.

Abstract: A data management unit stores therein configuration items including attribute items described according to different schemas. A dictionary candidate retrieval unit specifies a combination of a pair of attribute items, which defines a correspondence relation between the attribute items of the different schemas, as a dictionary definition item, and retrieves, as a dictionary candidate, a combination of the attribute names corresponding to the same attribute value in the attribute items, which are described according to the schemas, of the dictionary definition item from the data management unit. A dictionary generation unit generates dictionary information defining synonymity between the attribute names of the different attribute items described according to the different schemas based on the dictionary candidate retrieved by the dictionary candidate retrieval unit. A dictionary management unit stores therein the dictionary information generated by the dictionary generation unit.

Abstract: A configuration management system includes a plurality of MDRs that stores information about resources as configuration items, a FCMDB, a plurality of proxy apparatuses, and a proxy management apparatus, wherein the proxy management apparatus receives configuration items from the MDRs, reconciles the receives configuration items, selects a destination proxy apparatus such that the numbers of configuration items stored in the proxy apparatuses are substantially equal to each other, and sends the reconciled configuration items to the selected proxy apparatus, wherein the proxy apparatuses store configuration items sent from the proxy management apparatus, and wherein the FCMDB receives a query from a client, selects among the plurality of proxy apparatuses a proxy apparatus that stores a configuration item that is to serve as a query result, and receives the configuration item from the selected proxy apparatus.

Abstract: A detection apparatus includes first and second calculating units and a storing unit. The first calculating unit calculates, when a configuration of a system is changed or the like and a combination of messages occurs, a ratio of the number of occurrences of an event at time points corresponding to a time of occurrence of the combination to the number of occurrences of the combination. The second calculating unit calculates an indicator to determine whether the combination of the messages is used to detect occurrence of the event or to detect a sign of occurrence of the event, based on the ratio and on the number of occurrences of the event. When the indicator indicates that a condition is satisfied, the storing unit stores the combination of the messages as a combination used to detect occurrence of the event or to detect the sign of occurrence of the event.

Abstract: An update control device includes an acquiring unit, a classifying unit, and an update processing unit. The acquiring unit acquires component information that indicates a component in multiple devices. The classifying unit calculates the similarity of the component information related to the multiple devices acquired by the acquiring unit and classifies, on the basis of the calculated similarity, the multiple devices into one or multiple device groups. The update processing unit performs a process for updating systems of the devices that are classified into the same device group by the classifying unit.

Abstract: A disclosed method includes: generating a first rule for each parameter from first data including a parameter value of each parameter; generating a second rule for each parameter from second data that is data after at least one parameter value included in the first data was changed; generating, for each group including one or plural parameters, a pair of the first rule and the second rule, which include a parameter of the group; calculating, for each pair, a first consistency ratio by applying the first rule included in the pair to the second data and a second consistency ratio by applying the second rile included in the pair to the first data; with respect to a first pair whose second consistency ratio exceeds the first consistency ratio, presenting a parameter value of a parameter, which contradicts the second rule included in the pair, in the second data to a user.

Abstract: A snapshot management method includes detecting a change in a configuration of a virtual machine; recording, in a storage unit, a snapshot of a file system of the virtual machine when the change in the configuration is detected; and determining a stable operation of the virtual machine by monitoring an operation status of the virtual machine and deleting, from the storage unit, the last recorded snapshot for the virtual machine when the operation status satisfies a predetermined condition.

Abstract: A network system includes a plurality of cloud systems. Each of the plurality of cloud systems includes a plurality of servers. Each of the plurality of servers allows virtual machines to run thereon. A first cloud system of the plurality of cloud systems includes a first generator and a deployer. The first generator generates, on the basis of first performance information regarding one virtual machine and a first predetermined coefficient predetermined for the first cloud system, second performance information regarding the one virtual machine. The first performance information is included in a first augmented image of the one virtual machine. The first augmented image is created in a second cloud system other than the first cloud system. The deployer deploys the one virtual machine on one of the plurality of servers included in the first cloud system on the basis of the generated second performance information.

Abstract: A configuration information management device includes a storage unit for storing a configuration item and an item relationship. The configuration information management device controls to cause the storage unit or the different configuration information management device to store the item relationship. The configuration information management device also controls to cause the storage unit or the different configuration information management device containing a configuration item connected to the item relationship to store a replica of the item relationship. When a search request including a series of the configuration item and the item relationship is accepted, the configuration information management device decomposes the search request such that the configuration item and the item relationship arranged in series are together treated as a unit of processing, and performs a search process for each unit of processing.

Abstract: An administration device in a system in which a first device group and a second device group are connected to a network. The administration device acquires first communication history of the first device group and second communication history of the second device group, compares first specific information which specifies communication source and communication destination of the first communication history and second specific information which specifies communication source and communication destination of the second communication history while referring to relating information and detects a setting error of the second specific information set in the devices of the second device group based on a result of the comparison.

Abstract: A managing apparatus includes: a storing unit configured to store fault co-occurrence information storing the number of detection times that a first message pattern indicating a message group including messages received from an information processing system in a predetermined duration is deleted; a determining unit configured to detect the first message pattern, to read the number of detection times from the fault co-occurrence information, to calculate a co-occurrence probability of the fault and the first message pattern based on the number of detection times, and to determine that the fault has occurred if the co-occurrence probability is equal to or higher than a threshold value; and an updating unit configured to create a second message pattern indicating a message group obtained by excluding a message output by a changed component from the first message pattern, and to update the first message pattern to the second message pattern.