JP2951175B2 - Integrated billing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an integrated charging apparatus, and more particularly to an integrated charging apparatus in a computer system comprising a plurality of processors each having its own user directory and divided and installed in regions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a general computer system, a billing process is performed according to a user's use of resources (so-called computer resources such as a CPU and a memory). That is, each time the execution of a user job is completed, a user directory provided in advance for managing users
Resources used by user jobs (CPU usage time,
Memory usage, disk usage, etc.) as the actual value of the billing information. When a user job is input, the resource amount required by the user job and the budget value of the billing information set in the user directory (the upper limit value of the resource amount permitted to be used by the user) If the actual value exceeds the budget value, execution of the user job is prohibited.

[0003] In the conventional billing apparatus, billing information is managed in units of processors. For example, a plurality of processors are connected to a communication line or the like as in a loosely-coupled multiprocessor configuration which is divided and installed in regions. However, if the configuration is such that a single user directory cannot be shared, the user's billing information is divided and registered in a user directory uniquely provided for each processor. Is being charged.

In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 4-21113,
There has been proposed a charging apparatus in a configuration such as a tightly coupled multiprocessor configuration in which a single user directory can be shared between the processors.

[0005]

As described above, in the above-described conventional charging apparatus, when a single user directory cannot be shared among a plurality of processors, the charging information of the user is stored in each processor. For each processor, it must be divided and registered in a user directory provided independently, and a billing process must be performed for each processor. In other words, since it is impossible to control the execution of the user job based on the budget value and the actual value of the billing information across the plurality of processors constituting the computer system, the user sets the budget value of the billing information for each processor from the computer center. The resources that are permitted to be used cannot be fully used effectively (for example, as a result of the user frequently using only the first processor, the actual value in the first processor reaches the budget value quickly and is prohibited). However, the actual calculation value of other processors has hardly increased, etc.).

In order to avoid the above-mentioned problems and to manage the accounting information of a plurality of processors in an integrated manner, the accounting information recorded in a user directory provided for each processor is not actually managed. There has been a problem that the work of periodically summing the calculated values and performing a comparison check with the budget value occurs, and the amount of work of the computer center increases, and the efficiency of the management work decreases.

[0007] Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide an integrated billing apparatus in which each user can fully and effectively use resources without reducing the efficiency of management work of a computer center. Is to do.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, an integrated billing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a plurality of processors each having a user registry in which user billing information is registered and updated. In a computer system that is connected via a processor and executes a user job on one of the processors, the accounting information calculated with the execution of the user job on one processor is transferred to all the other processors, The processor is provided with charging information transfer accumulating means for accumulating the charging information in the user registry in the processor.

[0009]

The operation based on the above configuration will be described.

In the integrated billing apparatus of the present invention, a plurality of processors each having a user registry for registering and updating the billing information of a user are connected via a communication control device, and a user job is assigned to one of the processors. In the computer system executed in (1), the accounting information calculated in accordance with the execution of the user job in one processor is transferred to all other processors, and the accounting information is transferred to the accounting information in the user directory in each processor. With the configuration including the accumulating means, the charging information of the user job executed in any of the processors is reflected in the user directories in all of the processors, so that the contents of the user directory in any one of the processors are referred to. To accurately determine how each user is using resources. It is possible to grip.

[0011] For example, a budget value for the entire computer system including a plurality of processors, which are locally divided and installed for each user, is determined, and this budget value is stored in a user registry under the control of each processor. By registering the initialized actual value (that is, the actual value “0”) as charging information and starting the operation of the computer system, even if a user job is executed by any processor, The resource usage by the user job is accumulated in the actual values in the user directories of all the processors, so that the contents of all the user directories always match.

Therefore, it is possible to control the execution of the user job based on the budget value and the actual value of the billing information over the entire computer system, so that each user can set the budget value of the billing information without reducing the efficiency of the management operation of the computer center. Resources whose use is permitted can be easily and effectively used.

[0013]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an integrated billing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a computer system for realizing one embodiment of the integrated charging apparatus of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes at least one or more locally divided processors for controlling execution of a user job, reference numeral 2 denotes a communication control device for transferring data between a plurality of processors 1, and reference numeral 3 denotes a communication control device shown in FIG. A user directory in which charging information on each user who uses the computer system is registered;
A set of processors 1, a communication control unit 2, and a user directory 3 are connected via an input / output channel (this alone can be regarded as one computer system), and each communication control unit 2 is connected via a communication line. Interconnected.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 4 denotes an operating system (Operating System) for controlling the processor 1.
= OS), 5 is a user job submitted to the user and performs predetermined data processing under the control of the OS 4, 6 is execution control of the user job 5 based on charging information registered in the user directory 3, and A charging information management control unit 7 for updating the charging information upon execution is a charging information transmission control unit for controlling transmission of the charging information to another processor 1 connected via the communication control device 2, and 8 is another charging information transmission control unit. A charging information transmission table for temporarily storing the charging information to be transmitted to the processor 1; a charging information reception control unit 9 for controlling reception of the charging information transmitted from another processor 1;
0 is a charging information reception table for temporarily storing the charging information received from another processor 1 (the above is 6 to 10).
Is a part corresponding to the charging information transfer accumulating means).

FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagrams showing examples of the data format in an embodiment of the integrated charging apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the data format of charging information in the user directory 3 in FIG. In the figure, 3a
Is a user ID indicating the user who has submitted the user job 5 executed by the processor 1, 3b is a budget value indicating the upper limit of the CPU time that can be used by the user within a certain period, 3
c is an actual value obtained by accumulating CPU time used by the user up to the present time, 3d is a budget value of memory usage, 3
e is the actual value of the memory usage, 3f is the budget value of the disk usage, and 3g is the actual value of the disk usage. In the budget values 3b, 3d, and 3f in FIG. 2, when the budget for each user in the use of the computer is determined, the registration is performed as a constant value in all the user directories 3 under the control of each processor 1. I do. In addition, the actual calculated values 3c, 3
“0” is registered as an initial value in e and 3g, but each time a user job 5 input to a user is executed, the resource usage by the user job 5 is accumulated, and the value increases. Go.

FIG. 3 shows the billing information transmission table 8 in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a data format of a billing information receiving table 10. In the figure, 8a is a user ID representing the user who has submitted the user job 5, 8b is the actual value of the CPU time,
8c is the actual value of the memory usage, and 8d is the actual value of the disk usage.

FIG. 4 to FIG. 6 are diagrams showing a processing flow in an embodiment of the integrated charging apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a processing flow in the charging information management control section 6 in FIG. In the figure, the charging information management control unit 6 starts the operation of the
And is in a state of waiting for a request from the OS 4 (step 61). When there is a request from the OS 4, the process proceeds to step 62. In step 62, the OS4
Is determined to be a resource allocation request for the user job 5, the flow branches to step 63. In step 63, the budget value and the calculated value of the user are compared with reference to the user directory 3, and it is determined whether or not the resource allocation to the user job 5 is permitted based on the comparison result. Whether OS4
Contact In response to this, the OS 4 executes control to execute the user job 5 when notified that the resource can be allocated, and to cancel execution of the job 5 when notified that the resource cannot be allocated.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 62 that the request from the OS 4 is not a resource allocation request for the user job 5, the flow branches to step 64. If it is determined in step 64 that the request from the OS 4 is a job end notification of the user job 5 being executed, in step 65, the resource amount used during the execution of the user job 5 is stored in the user directory 3. The resource information is accumulated in the actual value of the user, and the resource amount is stored in the charging information transmission table 8, and then the charging information transmission control unit 7 is requested to transmit the charging information. If it is determined in step 64 that the request from the OS 4 is not a job end notification of the user job 5 being executed, the process branches to step 66. If it is determined in step 66 that the request from the OS 4 is a billing information write request by the billing information reception control unit 9, in step 67, the user job executed by another processor is used from the billing information reception table 10 The calculated resource amount is read and accumulated in the user register 3 in the actual value of the user.

In the above, when it is determined that the request from the OS 4 is not any of the resource allocation request, the user job end notification, and the billing information writing request, the request from the OS 4 is sent to the billing information management controller 6 in step 68. It is determined whether or not the request is a termination request. If the request is a termination request, control is performed to terminate the operation of the charging information management control unit 6. Otherwise, the process returns to the request waiting state of step 61.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a processing flow in the charging information transmission control section 7 in FIG. In the figure, the charging information transmission control unit 7 starts the operation of the
In step 71, a communication path for performing data communication with the charging information reception control unit 9 of another processor connected via the communication control device 2 is established. Waits for a request from If it is determined in step 73 that the request from the OS 4 is a billing information transmission request by the billing information management control unit 6, in step 74, the contents of the billing information transmission table 8 are transmitted to another This is transmitted to the charging information reception control unit 9 in the processor. On the other hand, in step 73, the request from the OS 4
If it is determined that the request is not a billing information transmission request,
In step 75, it is determined whether or not the request from the OS 4 is a termination request of the charging information transmission control unit 7. If the request is a termination request, control is performed so that the operation of the charging information transmission control unit 7 is terminated. If not, the flow returns to the request waiting state of step 72.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a processing flow in the charging information reception control section 9 in FIG. In the figure, the charging information reception control section 9 starts the operation of the
In step 91, a communication path for performing data communication with the billing information transmission control unit 7 of another processor connected via the communication control device 2 is established. Waits for a request from If it is determined in step 93 that the request from the OS 4 is a charging information reception request by the charging information transmission control unit 7 in another processor, step 94
Then, after receiving the billing information transmitted from another processor and storing it in the billing information reception table 10, the billing information management control unit 6 is requested to write the billing information. On the other hand, when it is determined in step 93 that the request from the OS 4 is not a charging information reception request by the charging information transmission control unit 7 in another processor, in step 95,
It is determined whether or not the request from the OS 4 is a termination request of the charging information reception control unit 9. If the request is a termination request, control is performed to terminate the operation of the charging information reception control unit 9. Return to the request waiting state.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the budget value for the entire computer system including a plurality of processors which are divided and installed for each user is determined under the control of each processor. By registering the budget value and the initialized actual value (that is, the actual value “0”) in a user register as billing information, and starting operation of the computer system, which processor Even when a user job is executed, the resource usage by the user job is accumulated in the actual values in the user directories of all the processors, and the contents of all the user directories always match.

Therefore, it is possible to control the execution of the user job by the budget value and the actual value of the billing information over the entire computer system, and each user can set the budget value of the billing information without reducing the efficiency of the management work of the computer center. Resources whose use is permitted can be easily and effectively used.

[0027]

As described above in detail, according to the integrated billing apparatus of the present invention, a plurality of processors each having a user register for registering and updating user billing information are connected via the communication control unit. In a computer system in which a user job is executed by any one of the processors, the accounting information calculated with the execution of the user job in one of the processors is transferred to all the other processors, and the user With the configuration including the charging information transfer accumulating means for accumulating the charging information in the register, the charging information of the user job executed in any processor is reflected in the user directories in all the processors. Each user only needs to refer to the contents of the user directory in one processor. It is possible to accurately grasp the usage of resources due.

For example, a budget value for the entire computer system including a plurality of processors which are locally divided and installed for each user is determined, and this budget value is stored in a user registry under the control of each processor. By registering the initialized actual value (that is, the actual value “0”) as charging information and starting the operation of the computer system, even if a user job is executed by any processor, The resource usage by the user job is accumulated in the actual values in the user directories of all the processors, so that the contents of all the user directories always match.

Therefore, it is possible to control the execution of the user job based on the budget value and the actual value of the billing information throughout the computer system, and each user can set the budget value of the billing information without deteriorating the efficiency of the management operation of the computer center. The effect is obtained that the resources whose use is permitted can be easily and effectively used.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a computer system that realizes an embodiment of an integrated charging apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a data format of charging information in a user directory 3 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a data format of a billing information transmission table 8 and a billing information reception table 10 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a processing flow in a charging information management control unit 6 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a processing flow in a charging information transmission control unit 7 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a processing flow in a charging information reception control section 9 in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Processor 2 Communication control device 3 User directory 4 Operating system (Operatind System: O)
S) 5 user job 6 charging information management control unit 7 charging information transmission control unit 8 charging information transmission table 9 charging information reception control unit 10 charging information reception table

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A computer system in which a plurality of processors each having a user register in which user charging information is registered and updated are connected via a communication control device, and a user job is executed by one of the processors. A charging information transfer accumulating means for transferring charging information calculated in accordance with execution of a user job in a certain processor to all other processors, and accumulating the charging information in a user registry in each processor. An integrated billing device, characterized in that: 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the billing information includes CPU usage time,
2. The integrated billing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the integrated billing apparatus includes resource usage such as memory usage and disk usage. 3. The accounting information according to claim 2, wherein the accounting information includes an actual value obtained by accumulating the resource usage amount by executing the user job, and a budget value indicating an upper limit of the actual value. An integrated billing device as described.