JPS62281031A - Editing system for equipment updating system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily, rapidly, and surely generate a system having a new function, by displaying an input/output device constituting data on a CRT display device, after the data outputted by a current system generating macro instruction is stored at a data storing means. CONSTITUTION:An instruction to perform the system edit of an equip ment before updating in a large scale general purpose computer is issued by a system generating macro. Following that, the generation 1, and the execution 2 of a job control language are performed based on the system generating macro, and the constitution data of the equipment obtained by the execution 2 of the job control language, is stored at a data storing means 4. At the time of updating the equipment, a stored 4 constitution data of the equipment is updated. Since the constitution data of the equipment at a time when the system is generated first is utilized, it is not necessary to generate the constitution data of the equipment anew at a stage of the system generating macro, at the time of updating. In other words, the update of the equipment can be performed without interposing the system generating macro.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] 3. Detailed Description of the Invention [Summary] By storing input/output device configuration data etc. output by an existing system generation macro instruction in a data storage means and then displaying it on a CRT display device, This makes it possible to easily, quickly, and reliably generate a system with new functions by updating input/output devices, etc.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a system Φ generation that generates a new system by updating input/output devices, etc. and selecting new functions in accordance with the user's equipment configuration and requirements in a large general-purpose computer. Create a job control language based on macro instructions and execute the job control language to create a new system (target
The present invention relates to an equipment update system editing method that stores and uses a database of all equipment support devices and equipment support of a large general-purpose computer in a data storage means when generating a system.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, there have been system editing methods such as I10 Generation (IloGEN) when introducing an input/output device as shown in FIG.

In the hydraulic type, input/output devices are installed based on instructions from the system generation (SYSGEN) macro deck IO to create an operating Φ system suitable for the user's purpose. In stage I, a macro check is performed to check whether there are any grammatical errors in the system generation macro instruction (SYSGEN macro) 10 (written in assembly language), and stage
Job control language (JCL) that executes and edits the system.
, a language prepared for instructing a computer to control information necessary for job execution in order to perform automatic continuous processing of jobs (11). In stage II, this job control language is executed, the assembly language is translated into machine language by assembling, and the data library (D
L I B) Calls the (12) input/output support module (management information of the input/output device) stored in the volume, and selects and updates the input/output support module for updating the input/output device (13) ). Thus, using the selected and updated input/output support module,
Generate a target system with updated input/output devices 14)
In addition, the result 15 is printed out and used for system generation management inspection.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

By the way, in the past, when introducing an input/output device, etc., as mentioned above, it was done by updating the macro instructions of the equipment component part of the 5YSGEN macro deck of the system editor.

However, since the 5YSGEN macro deck 10 includes parts other than device configuration data, updating the input/output devices is not only complicated, but also the macro check in stage 2 targets the entire macro deck, making the process complicated and time-consuming. It takes. In addition, 5YS specifies the functions of each device.
Since it is done with GEN Macro Deck IO, 4-1! when updating! i- There is a problem that there is a possibility that an error such as adding a function that should not be made may occur.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a system editing method that allows equipment such as input/output devices to be updated easily, quickly, and reliably.

[Technical means for solving the problems] As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention aims to (1) create a job control language based on system generation macro instructions and (2) execute the job control language. When performing system generation (3), in a system editing method for equipment update that stores and uses system construction data for a large general-purpose computer in a data storage means, the equipment obtained by executing job control language (2) The configuration data is stored in the data storage means 4), and the device configuration data and system construction data are displayed (5) and the device configuration data is updated (6). The system construction data is selected and updated (7) and the target system is generated based on the system construction data (3).

[Effect]

In the present invention, first, for system generation, the system editing of the equipment before the update of the large-scale general-purpose computer is commanded using GRO.

Next, the job control language is created (1) and executed (2) based on the system generation macro, and the device configuration data obtained by the job control language execution (2) is stored in the data storage means ( 4). In the present invention, when updating a device, the stored (4) device configuration data is used. Therefore, in the present invention, since the device configuration data used when the system was first created is used, there is no need to create new device configuration data at the system generation macro stage when updating the device.

In other words, when updating one device, it is performed without using a system generation macro.

Furthermore, in the present invention, when updating, device configuration data and system construction data before and after the update are displayed. therefore,
This means that you can immediately grasp the update status.

〔Example〕

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the present invention.

This embodiment relates to an input/output device generation (IloGEN) that performs updates such as introduction of input/output devices among system generations. The driver system 20 is a system that performs IPL (initial program loader), and work such as installing input/output devices is performed under this system. Driver system 20 is starter Q
System 21 or existing operating system (
22) is used. The starter system 21 is a system provided to perform system building generation at centers that do not have an existing system, and the starter system 23 is used to restorage the starter system 21 (24).
and system creation program SMP (S y
Stem Modification Program
m) *DTR(Data Ter+winal
SMP is a service program that facilitates the management of operating system level information and update of corrections thereon using Ready) tape (25).
This is obtained by copying the module (26).

The 5YSGEN macro 27 is a source card that issues instructions for selecting, assembling, and linking each component of the operating system to create a system program that meets the user's requirements.

The assembler 28 uses an assembly writing program to pass the program input into the system through the assembly process.
Create a job control language for system editing,
This macro checks whether the contents defined by the YSGEN macro are grammatically correct.

At this time, standard provided data necessary for generating the new system is input from the DLIB volume (described later).

As a result, a job stream is created and punched onto the tape 29, and the results are simultaneously printed in the job stream list (31).

Here, stage 30 including assembly 28 and output to tape 29 corresponds to job control language creation 1 in FIG.

In the next stage 32, the execution order of the job stream, which is a predetermined set of job control languages created in the previous stage 30, is determined by assembling, link editing, etc., and the job streams are sequentially executed and translated into machine language. This stage 3
2 corresponds to execution 2 of the job control language in FIG. The equipment configuration data of the input/output device created at that time is stored in the ILB volume as a data storage means (33). In this embodiment, a DASD (direct access storage) volume is used as the DILB volume.

The system creation data stored on the DILB tape 40 is edited using SMP to create system construction data (all input/output support device databases as all equipment support device databases, input/output support modules as equipment support modules, etc.). Stored. The equipment configuration data obtained at stage 32 is accessed and the equipment configuration data is updated (34).

At that time, the device configuration data before and after the update and the entire input/output support device function database are displayed on a CRT display device as a display means (35), so the update can be easily performed and the input/output support device function database for updating can be checked for correctness. It is only necessary to perform this on the equipment configuration data of the output device.

Furthermore, the input/output support module stored in the DILB volume is selected and updated based on the updated equipment configuration data (36), and the target system is generated using the selected and updated input/output support module (37). ). At that time, the results executed at stage 32 are printed out (38).

〔Effect of the invention〕

As is clear from the above configuration, in the present invention, the device configuration data created before the update can be used, so there is no need to input the system generation (SYSGEN) macro to create a new device configuration database. Moreover, since the present invention updates the device configuration data by storing it in the data storage means without going through the system generation macro deck, it only targets the device configuration data without including parts other than the device configuration as in the past. Therefore, updating and checking can be done easily and quickly.

Furthermore, since the display means displays device-specific function selection items for each device, function specification errors are reduced.

In this way, the present invention provides a system editing method that performs easy, fast, and reliable equipment updating.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a principle flowchart according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart according to an embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart according to a conventional example. 1 (30)... Creation of job control language (stage)
2 (32)...Execution of job control language (stage)
3.37...Purpose system generation 4.33...Data storage 5.35...Display 6.34...Equipment configuration data update 7 (3B)...Equipment support/module selection form update (input/output support selection/update)

Claims (1)

[Claims] When creating a job control language (1) based on system generation macro instructions, executing the job control language (2) and generating a target system (3), data storage means is stored in advance. In a system editing method for updating equipment that stores and uses data for system construction of a large general-purpose computer, the equipment configuration data obtained by executing the job control language (2) is stored in the data storage means (4), and the equipment configuration is Display data and system construction data (
5) While updating the device configuration data (6), selecting and updating the system construction data based on the updated device configuration data, and (7) generating the target system based on the system construction data. (3) A device update system editing method characterized by: