JP2000267839A - Method and system for installation for computer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a method and a system which automate the setting of individual information to a computer and improve work efficiency. SOLUTION: This system preliminarily prepares respective individual information of plural computers, stores and holds it in a table 31, is provided with a means 51 which copies software of an installation object from a means 11 storing the software of an installation object to a recording means 61 inside a computer for the selected computer, retrieves and extracts individual information corresponding to the computer from the table 31 in setting the individual information to the computer and sets the individual information of the computer to a prescribed place of a storage part 62 in the computer based on a storage means (63) managing the storing place for the individual information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an information processing system, and more particularly to an environment setting method and system at the time of software installation on a computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Software installation in a computer system such as a personal computer is usually performed manually when the number is small. That is, an installation medium for an operating system or an application program to be installed is prepared, and these installation programs are activated and installed one by one.

However, such an installation method requires installation work time and man-hours, and when installing on a large number of personal computers, a disk medium on which an operating system and application programs are installed in advance is prepared. In addition, a method of performing copying between media from this disk medium to a disk medium of another personal computer has been used.

For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 4-305737 discloses a method of installing a program in a plurality of computer systems having a built-in hard disk drive, without the need for extra backup and without the need for much time. As a method of installing a program in a personal computer or the like, each computer system is provided with two interfaces for input / output of a hard disk drive, and the computer systems are sequentially connected via the two interfaces. A method has been proposed in which a program is installed on a hard disk device of one computer system, and then the program is transferred from the computer system to a hard disk device of another computer system so that the programs are installed one after another.

As an automatic installation system, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-87460 discloses an installation system for automatically installing basic software and applications from a server device. The identification number information of the personal computer is read, the installation information of the identification number information is read from the installation server using the identification number information as a key, and based on the installation information, the corresponding software is read into the storage device of the installation server. A system that reads environment setting information and installs basic software has been proposed.

Further, as a publication related to individual information setting, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-362762, for example, includes an environment storage means for storing a terminal device use environment requested by an operator. When used, the operator recognition means recognizes the operator and sets the applicable terminal device usage environment, so that the operator can use any of the terminal devices that compose the system to achieve the optimal usage environment unique to the operator. An information processing system that can be set has been proposed.

[0007]

In the above-mentioned conventional installation method, the setting of the personal information of the personal computer must be performed manually, and there are problems such as man-hours and erroneous setting due to human error. .

Recently, with the development and spread of network technology, personal computers are usually used by being connected to a LAN (local area network), and LAs are used.
It is necessary to change the environment settings such as various individual information for connecting to the N. If these settings are changed manually, labor and time are required, and there is a possibility that an error may occur in the settings. It is.

The installation system described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-87460 installs the basic software individually for each personal computer based on the installation information based on the identification number information of each personal computer. However, the installation procedure for uniformly installing the same software and setting the individual information has a redundant system configuration, and is not a suitable system.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method and a system for automatically setting individual information in a computer and improving work efficiency. is there.

[0011]

According to the present invention for achieving the above object, individual information of each of a plurality of computers is prepared in advance, stored in a table, and stored in a table. When copying the software to be installed from the means for storing the software to be installed to the recording means inside the computer and setting the individual information for the computer, the individual information corresponding to the computer is obtained from the table. To extract the individual information of the computer, and set the individual information at a predetermined location in a storage device inside the computer. In the present invention, based on the extracted individual information, the individual setting information is set in a predetermined portion of the storage unit inside the computer by referring to a storage unit storing position information for setting the individual information. .

In the present invention, the table is further provided with flag information for managing whether or not the setting process of the individual information has been completed for each computer. After copying the software to be installed to the recording means inside the computer, for the computer registered in the table, with reference to the flag information, search for a computer for which the setting of the individual information is not completed,
In setting the individual information for the searched computer, the flag information of the table is set to the individual information setting, and the individual information corresponding to the computer is searched to extract the individual information of the computer. The personal information may be set in a predetermined location of a storage unit inside the computer by referring to a storage unit that stores position information for setting the individual information based on the individual information. .

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when setting an individual environment of a computer, for example, the individual information of the computer, which is created in advance by using spreadsheet software or the like and stored and held in a table format, is searched, and the computer is searched from the information. Is extracted, and the individual setting information of the computer is set at a predetermined location in a storage device inside the personal computer based on this information.

A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1. An information storage section (11) of a storage device (1) stores software to be installed on a personal computer. Information copying means (51)
Copies the contents of the information storage unit (11) to the information storage unit (61) of the storage device (6) of the personal computer (5).

In the personal computer management table (31) stored in the storage medium (3), the individual information of each personal computer for a plurality of personal computers is stored in the host name of the personal computer (for identifying the computer on the network). Name) is stored.

The individual unit search means (52) of the personal computer (S) receives the host name of the personal computer from the input device (2) and searches the personal computer management table (31) using the input host name as a key. If the individual information of the personal computer having the host name is registered, the individual information is read from the personal computer management table (31), and the individual part information management table (63) storing the storage position information of the individual information is read. ), The individual information storage unit (6)
2) Set at a predetermined location. If not recorded as a host name, an error message is displayed on the output device (4).

FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the present invention.
, The personal computer management table (31 ') includes flag information for managing whether or not individual information setting processing has been performed for each computer, and includes an information storage unit (61) inside a plurality of computers. After copying the software to be installed into the personal computer management table (31 '), the computer refers to the flag information to search for a computer whose individual information has not been set. When setting the individual information in the searched computer, the flag information of the personal computer management table (31 ') is set to be set, the individual information of the computer is extracted, and the individual information is set based on the individual information. Individual part information management table (6) storing information storage location information ) See, the individual information may also be set at a predetermined position of the individual information storage section (62).

According to the embodiment of the present invention, individual information can be automatically set for a plurality of personal computers.

The storage device (1) may be provided on the server device side connected to the personal computer (5) via a LAN or the like, and the storage medium (3) is also provided on the server device side. The transmission may be performed via a network.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a storage device 1, an input device 2 such as a keyboard, a storage medium 3, an output device 4 such as a display, and a personal computer 5 are provided.

The storage device 1 includes an information storage unit 11. The personal computer 5 includes an information copying unit 51, an individual unit search unit 52, an individual unit setting unit 52, and a storage device 6.
And

Floppy disk or CD-ROM
The storage medium 3 stores a personal computer management table 31.

The storage device 6 includes an information storage unit 61, and the information storage unit 61 includes an individual information storage unit 62 and an individual information management table 63.

Each of these means operates as follows.

The information storage unit 11 of the storage device 1 stores an operating system for operating a personal computer and application programs necessary for business.

FIG. 2 is an example showing the contents of the personal computer management table 31 created by spreadsheet software or the like. Personal computer management table 31
, Individual information for each computer is registered for each entry (record), and each record is composed of items such as an IP (Internet Protocol) address on a LAN, a host name, a login account, and password information. including. Among them, the host name is used as a key when searching the personal computer management table 31 for individual information.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the individual information management table 63 of the storage device 61. For each item included in one entry (record) of the personal computer management table 31, position information to be written into the individual information storage unit 62, and attribute information such as the number of digits and the character type are stored.

The information copying means 51 inputs information in the information storage section 11 of the storage device 1 and copies the contents to the information storage section 61 of the storage device 6.

The individual part search means 52 is a personal computer management table 3 stored in the storage medium 3 based on the host name given from the input device 2 such as a keyboard.
Search for 1. If a record with a matching host name is found, the contents of the entry are read. On the other hand, as a result of searching the personal computer management table 31, if a matching host name is not found, a message indicating that search is impossible is displayed on the output device 4 such as a display.

In the individual part setting means 53, the record read from the personal computer management table 31 by the individual part search means 52 is decomposed for each item, and where the content of the item is set is obtained from the individual information management table 63. Then, the data is written to the individual information storage unit 62.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the first embodiment of the present invention. Next, the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

First, the entire contents of the information storage unit 11 in the storage device 1 are directly copied to the information storage unit 61 in the storage device 6 of the personal computer 5 (step A1).

Next, the character string (host name) input from the input device 2 is supplied to the individual unit search means 52 (step A2).

A search is made as to whether the same host name as this character string is registered in the personal computer management table 31 (step A3).

Personal computer management table 31
If the same host name as the character string entered in is registered in the personal computer management table 31,
One record (entry) including the host name is obtained (step A4).

Until all the items in the record are processed (step A5), the processing of the individual part setting means 53 is performed. That is, one item in the record is taken out (step A6), and information on where to set the item in the individual information storage unit 62 is obtained from the individual information management table 63 (step A7). The information is written in the individual information storage unit 62 in accordance with the information obtained from 63 (step A8).

Personal computer management table 31
As a result of the search, if the same host name as the input character string does not exist, the individual unit search unit 52 determines that the search is impossible, and displays a message indicating the search impossible on the output device 4 (step A9).

Next, the first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail using a specific example.

As shown in FIG. 2, the personal computer management table 31 stores "PC0101" to "PC
The information of the host name “0110” is registered. As shown in FIG. 3, the individual information management table 63 stores a host name, an IP address, and the like in the individual information storage unit 62.
The information necessary for writing to the memory is stored.

First, the entire contents of the information storage unit 11 of the storage device 1 are directly stored in the storage device 6 of the personal computer.
(Step A in FIG. 4)
1). For example, a copy command between media (“DISKCO
PY ”).

Next, it is assumed that the character string "PC0102" has been input from the input device 2. This character string is supplied to the individual part search means 52 (step A2).

It is checked whether the same host name as the input character string exists in the personal computer management table 31 (step A3).

Personal computer management table 31
Has the same host name as the input character string "PC010
Since “2” is registered, one record including the host name is obtained from the personal computer management table 31 (step A4). Until all the items in the record are processed (step A5), the processing of the individual unit setting means 53 is performed. That is, one item in the record is extracted (step A6), information on where to set the item in the individual information storage unit 62 is obtained from the individual information management table 63 (step A7), and the item is The information is written in the individual information storage unit 62 according to the information obtained from the management table 63 (step A8).

As an example, since the IP address of “PC0102” is “172.16.01.02”, this is stored in the individual information management table 63 in the individual information storage unit 62.
Is written to the position (10, 20) indicated by. Similarly, set the account and password.

In the above-described first embodiment of the present invention, the storage device 1 comprises a personal computer and a LAN.
The storage medium 3 may also be provided on the server device side connected to the network by means of a network or the like, and the contents (contents) of the personal computer management table or part of the individual information may be provided to the personal computer via the network. It may be configured to transmit.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of the second embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the second embodiment of the present invention is different from the first embodiment described with reference to FIG. 1 in that an input device 2 such as a keyboard and an output device 4 such as a display are provided.
Is omitted, and the individual unit search unit 52 of FIG. 1 is replaced with the individual unit acquisition unit 54.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG.
1 'has a done flag per record in addition to the individual information of the personal computer management table 31 described in the above embodiment described with reference to FIG.

The individual unit acquiring means 54 refers to the personal computer management table 31 ′ included in the storage medium 3, acquires a record whose execution flag is off, turns on the execution flag, and stores the record in the individual unit. It is supplied to the setting means 53.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the processing flow of the second embodiment of the present invention. The operation of the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, the entire contents of the information storage unit 11 in the storage device 1 are directly copied to the information storage unit 61 in the storage device 6 of the personal computer (step A1).
1).

The individual part obtaining means 54 determines whether or not the executed flag of each record in the personal computer management table 31 'is off, and checks whether or not the processing has been performed up to the last host name (step A1).
2).

When an unprocessed host whose execution flag is off remains in the personal computer management table 31 ', the personal computer management table 3
One record is obtained from 1 '(step A13).

The done flag of the record is turned on (step A14).

Until all the items in the record are processed (step A15), one item in the record is taken out (step A16), and the item is stored in the individual information storage unit 6.
2 is obtained from the individual information management table 63 (step A17), and the individual information storage unit 62 is obtained in accordance with the information obtained from the individual information management table 63.
(Step A18).

When all the items of the record have been processed,
Again, in step A12, it is determined whether or not the processing has been performed up to the last host name in the personal computer management table 31 ', and if the processing has been performed up to the last host name, the processing is ended.

In the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the host name of the computer to be set is input from the input device 2 and the host name of the computer to be set is retrieved from the personal computer management table 31 included in the storage medium 3. If so, the individual unit setting means 53 is executed, and if not, the processing is disabled and an error message is output.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, the personal computer management table 31 'is searched to determine whether the done flag is off (A2), and the first record that is off is collected (step A3). Then, the executed flag is turned on (step 4). The collected record is supplied to the individual unit setting means 53.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention will be described using a specific example.

Personal computer management table 3
The contents of 1 'are as shown in FIG. The individual unit acquisition unit 54 is a personal computer management table 3
1 '. It is determined whether or not the processed flag of the first record is on. In this case, it is off (step A).
12), the record is read (step A13), and the done flag of the record is turned on (step A1).
4).

According to the second embodiment of the present invention, the host name of the computer whose environment is to be set is automatically input from the personal computer management table 31 'without inputting the host name of the computer and the like, and processing is performed. And do not mistake the host name of the computer.

Further, when setting a plurality of personal computers, the same name is set twice, and occurrence of human error such as omission of setting is avoided.

In the second embodiment, the storage device 1 may be provided in a server device connected to a plurality of personal computers via a network such as a LAN, and the storage medium 3 may also be provided in the server device. The content (content) of the personal computer management table or individual information of a part thereof may be transmitted to the personal computer via a network.

[0064]

As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

A first effect of the present invention is that the content of individual information created by spreadsheet software or the like for managing a personal computer can be set as individual information of the personal computer as it is. ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, compared with the case where individual information is set manually, generation | occurrence | production of a human error can be avoided, accuracy can be improved, the setting time of individual information can be shortened, and work efficiency can be improved.

The reason is that, in the present invention, a file created by spreadsheet software or the like for managing a personal computer is used as an input source, and this information is analyzed and individual information is automatically set in the target personal computer. To do that.

A second effect of the present invention is that the process of setting the individual information after copying the same software to a plurality of personal computers can be automated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of a personal computer management table according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of an individual information management table according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining processing of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of a personal computer management table according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 storage device 2 input device 3 storage medium 4 output device 5 personal computer 6 storage device 11 information storage unit 31, 31 ′ personal computer management table 51 information copying unit 52 individual unit search unit 53 individual unit setting unit 64 individual unit acquisition unit 61 Information storage unit 62 Individual information storage unit 63 Individual information management table

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A method in which individual information of each of a plurality of computers is created in advance and stored in a table, and the software to be installed is stored in a computer selected from the plurality of computers. After copying the software to be installed to recording means inside the computer, in setting individual information for the computer, search the table for individual information corresponding to the computer and extract the individual information of the computer. And setting the individual information at a predetermined location in a storage unit inside the computer. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein individual information of each of the plurality of computers is created in advance and stored in a table, and the software to be installed is stored in a computer selected from the plurality of computers. After copying the software to be installed to the recording means inside the computer, in setting individual information for the computer, search the table for individual information corresponding to the computer and extract the individual information of the computer. Based on the individual information, referring to a storage unit storing position information indicating where to set the individual information, and setting the individual information at a predetermined location in a storage unit inside the computer. Characteristic computer installation method. 3. Individual information of each of a plurality of computers is created in advance and stored in a table. The table further includes flag information for managing whether or not individual information has been set for each computer. From the means of storing the software to be installed,
After copying the software to be installed to the recording means inside the plurality of computers, for the computer registered in the table,
With reference to the flag information, to search for a computer for which the individual information has not been set, and to set the individual information for the searched computer, set the flag information of the table to the individual information set, and Searching the table for the individual information corresponding to the computer, extracting the individual information of the computer, based on the individual information, referring to a storage unit storing information indicating where to set the individual information. And setting the individual information in a predetermined location of a storage unit inside the computer. 4. The computer installation method according to claim 1, wherein individual information of each of the plurality of computers is created by spreadsheet software and stored in the table. 5. A storage device for storing individual information of each of a plurality of computers, a second storage device for storing software to be installed, an input device, and an input device selected via the input device. Means for copying the software to be installed from the second storage means to the recording means inside the computer, for the computer; and setting the individual information for the computer, from the first storage means to the computer Means for searching for the individual information corresponding to and extracting the individual information of the computer; and, based on the extracted individual information, referring to storage means for storing information indicating where to set the individual information. ,
Means for setting the individual information at a predetermined location in storage means inside the computer. 6. A first storage means for storing and maintaining individual information of each of a plurality of computers, wherein the first storage means manages whether individual information has been set for each computer. A second storage unit for storing software to be installed; and a plurality of computers registered in the first storage unit, the second storage unit Means for copying the software to be installed to the recording means, and for the computer registered in the second storage means, referring to the flag information to search for a computer for which the setting of the individual information has not been completed. Then, when setting the individual information for the searched computer, the flag information of the table is set in the individual information. Means for searching for the individual information corresponding to the computer and extracting the individual information of the computer, and information indicating where to set the individual information based on the extracted individual information. With reference to the storage means storing
Means for setting the individual information at a predetermined location in storage means inside the computer. 7. The first storage means stores, as the individual information, a host name of a computer to be connected to a network, together with network address information, user account information, password information, and other necessary information. The information processing system according to claim 5 or 6, wherein