Information Processing Apparatus for Cloud Resource Abnormality Tracing
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Solution Overview
Problem
In cloud infrastructure management, administrators face challenges in identifying the physical resources causing abnormalities in virtual resources, especially when the number of physical resources is large, leading to difficulties in determining which resources have a high degree of influence on virtual resource operations.
Innovation Solution
An information processing method that specifies one or more physical resources on which virtual resources operate, identifies connected physical resources affecting these, and outputs information indicating both sets of resources, helping administrators quickly identify influential physical resources contributing to virtual resource abnormalities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If administrators manually identify physical resources causing abnormalities in virtual resources, then they can determine the cause of issues, but the process becomes time-consuming and inefficient when the number of physical resources is large
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an information processing apparatus that acts as an intermediary between virtual resources and physical resources. This apparatus automatically traces and identifies the physical resources influencing virtual resources, eliminating the need for administrators to manually investigate numerous physical resources. The intermediary system processes the complex mapping relationships and presents only the relevant influential physical resources, thus resolving the contradiction between identification accuracy and time consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of identifying physical resources with an automated information processing system. The system automatically traces influence relationships from virtual resources to physical resources using computational methods, substituting human administrators' manual investigation with automated software that can rapidly analyze and identify the relevant physical resources without time constraints.
2Loss of information
If all physical resources are monitored and displayed, then administrators can see the complete system state, but the complexity of the management interface increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the relevant physical resources that have a direct influence on the abnormal virtual resource from the complete set of all physical resources. Instead of displaying or monitoring all physical resources, the system selectively identifies and presents only those physical resources that are actually affecting the virtual resource in question, thus maintaining information completeness for troubleshooting while eliminating unnecessary complexity from the management interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by providing different levels of information detail to different users or situations. When an abnormality occurs in a virtual resource, the system provides detailed information about the specific physical resources influencing that virtual resource, while not overwhelming administrators with information about all other physical resources in the system. This localized information provision reduces interface complexity while maintaining necessary completeness.
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AI summary
An information processing method executed by a computer includes: specifying one or a plurality of first physical resources on which virtual resources used by a first user operate; specifying a device connected to the first physical resource and one or a plurality of second physical resources different from the first physical resource, which is connected to the device and on which virtual resources used by a user other than the first user operate; and outputting information that indicates the first physical resource and information that indicates the second physical resource.