[54] METHOD OF CREATING INFORMATION FOR EXECUTING NETWORK MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS FROM A SIMPLIFIED DEFINITION OF AN OPERATION SEQUENCE AND PROVIDING A NETWORK MANAGEMENT OPERATION SEQUENCE, USED IN THE INFORMATION
[75] Inventors: Kiminori Sugauchi; Michio Suzuki, both of Yokohama; Youji Kamata, Chigasaki; Shuji Watanuki; Takashi Aoyama, both of Yokohama, all of Japan
[73] Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
[21] Appl. No.: 648,419
[22] Filed: May 15, 1996
[30] Foreign Application Priority Data
May 19, 1995 [JP] Japan 7-121112
[51] Int. CI. G06F 17 60
[52] U.S. CI 395/200.53; 395/702; 395/705;
395/682; 395/683
[58] Field of Search 395/200.01, 682,
395/705, 702, 683, 200.53
[56] References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
5,317,742 5/1994 Bapat 395/680
5,504,906 4/1996 Lutoff 395/682
5,519,868 5/1996 Allen et al 395/705
5,586,255 12/1996 Tanaka et al 395/200.53
In a network management system in which a management application performs management operations on respective managed objects in a communication network, a template management portion stores a processing sequence described by the user into a database, and when a start request is given from a management application, a processing sequence execution portion issues a table generating request to an internal table generating portion. The internal table generating portion generates tables and then delivers an end report and the generated tables to the processing sequence execution portion, so that the processing sequence execution portion executes management operations for managed objects on the basis of the set of tables. The aforementioned processing is repeated whenever a start-up request arises from the management application. Thus, a user not only can describe behavior of management services without consciousness of a program language but also can execute management operations by describing the behavior.
8 Claims, 54 Drawing Sheets
