JP3173361B2 - Computer system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, and more particularly, to a computer system including a computer, in which software is automatically installed in the computer via a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 4-287146 discloses a conventional technique for simplifying the installation of disk devices of a plurality of computers connected to a network. After installing only one of the computers in the conventional manner, the installation content supply unit is operated on the computer on which the installation is performed, and the installation unit is activated on the other computers to be installed. A computer system configured to obtain the contents of a disk to be installed has been proposed.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional computer system. Install server device 1
The installed device 2 is connected to the installed device 2 via a network 3 by communication means. A file device 23 where software is actually installed is connected to the installed device 2. The installed device 2 is
A communication unit 21 for communicating with the install server 1 via the network 3;
And an installation means 22 for requesting a file for installation from the server, receiving the requested file content, and writing the file in the file device 23.

[0006] A file device 13 holding files required for installation is connected to the install server device 1. Further, the installation server device 1 reads out the contents of the file device 13 when receiving an installation request from the installation target device 2 and a communication unit 11 for communicating with the installation target device 2 via the network 3. 2 and an installation content supply unit 12 for transmitting the content to the server 2.

Next, the operation of the conventional system shown in FIG. 3 will be described. First, the installation unit 22 is activated in the installation target device 2. The started installation means 22 requests the installation server device 1 for the content to be installed. The install server device 1
When the installation request is received, the installation content supply unit 12 reads the file as the installation content from the file device 13 and transmits the file to the installed device 2.

[0006] The installed device 2 stores the file contents received by the installation means 22 in a file device 23.
Write to. The installation to the installation target device 2 is completed by the above operation.

[0007]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional computer system, when installing automatically on a plurality of computers in the system, only the same contents can be installed. However, there is a problem in that different unique settings cannot be applied to each of them.

More specifically, for example, when an operating system (OS) for a recent personal computer is installed in a computer, it is generally necessary to give a device name. Only a plurality of computers in a computer system connected to a network can be automatically installed with the same device name.

[0009] When the device names are individually set, the operator must directly input and set them for each computer. In the case of a system having a large number of computers, there is a problem that a large number of man-hours are required. is there.

This is because, in the above-mentioned conventional system,
This is because the files held in the install server device 1 are simply transferred and installed by copying them, and there is no means for reflecting the setting values unique to each computer.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a purpose thereof is to automatically set up each computer via a network even when it is necessary to make different settings for each computer when installing software. An object of the present invention is to provide a system which enables installation and simplifies installation work.

[0012]

According to the present invention, when installing software on a computer on a system, the present invention holds an installation parameter unique to each computer on a database, is intended to install the software on each computer in accordance with, have the following characteristics:
You.

The present invention includes means for automatically generating an installation parameter unique to each computer when installation is performed on a computer on the system.

In the present invention, in a computer system in which a plurality of computers are connected via a network, at least one computer is configured as a server device for software installation, and the server device is a computer to be installed (" An installation content supply unit that receives an installation request from the "installed device" via the network and transmits the installed content to the installed device, and a unique setting unit that sets a unique installation parameter for the installed device. Information setting means, a database for holding installation parameters corresponding to each installed device, and unique information for acquiring installation parameters unique to the installed device Comprising a resulting unit, a setting file creating means for creating a configuration file that holds the configuration corresponding to the target installation device software to be installed, wherein the target installation device,
The are performed by the automatic software installation to a file system based on the server device to install content consisting transmitted installed software and the object to be installed device-specific configuration files via the network, the unique information of the server device Acquisition means,
The database is searched and the installed device is searched.
Specific installation parameters are
If it does not exist, the rules set in advance
After determining the installation parameters,
A computer system stored in a computer system.

[0015]

According to the present invention, an installation parameter unique to each installed device can be automatically generated. For this reason, there is no need to manually input parameters corresponding to each installation target device, and there is an advantage that the number of installation work steps can be significantly reduced.

Further, according to the present invention, a setting file reflecting installation parameters unique to each device to be installed is automatically created and installation is performed. Therefore, a value unique to each device to be installed is set. Installation can be performed automatically.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the computer system of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, in the present embodiment, an installed device 2 to be installed and an install server device 1 that supplies a file for installation in response to a request from the installed device 2 are connected via a network 3. Connected. In actual operation, a plurality of installed devices are connected to the network 3, but FIG. 1 shows only one device for simplicity.

A file device 23 on which a file is installed is connected to the installed device 2.

The installation server device 1 is connected to a file device 13 for holding a file as installation contents.

The installation target device 2 communicates with the installation server device 1 through a communication unit 21, and requests the installation server device 1 for installation contents via the communication unit 21. Installation means 22 for writing to the file device 23 when transmitted.

The installation server device 1 includes a communication unit 11 for communicating with the installed device 2, an installation content supplying unit 12 for receiving a request for installation from the installed device and preparing a file to be transmitted to the installed device 2. A unique information setting unit 14 for setting a unique installation parameter for the installed device 2, a unique information obtaining unit 15 for obtaining a unique installation parameter for the installed device 2, and an installation device corresponding to each installed device. A unique information database 16 for storing parameters;
Installed device 2 of software to be installed
And a setting file creating means 17 for creating a setting file holding a configuration corresponding to the configuration.

The unique information setting means 14 determines the installation parameter according to a preset rule when the unique installation parameter for the installation target device 2 does not exist in the unique information database 16. 16 is stored.

The installation content supply unit 12 acquires a unique installation parameter for the installation target device 2 from the unique information database 16 by using the unique information acquisition unit 15, and passes it to the setting file creation unit 17.
The setting file creating means 17 creates an installation setting file reflecting the contents of the unique installation parameters.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

First, the installation unit 22 is activated on the installation target device 2 (step S21). When activated, the installation unit 22 transmits an installation request to the install server device 1 using the communication unit 21 (step S22).

On the side of the install server device 1, the install contents supply means 12 receives the install request transmitted from the installed device 2 via the network 3 using the communication means 11 (step S11).

Upon receiving the installation request, the installation content supply unit 12 determines whether or not a unique installation parameter corresponding to the installation target device 2 as the installation request source exists in the unique information database 16. (Step S1)
2). For specifying the installation request source, for example, the network address of the request source device is used.

If there is no installation parameter corresponding to the device to be installed 2 in the unique information database 16, the installation parameter is determined by the unique information setting means 14 according to a preset rule (for example, the device). Is generated in accordance with a predetermined rule) and stored in the unique information database 16 (step S13). Then, the installation content supply unit 12 again uses the unique information acquisition unit 15 to store the set installation parameters in the unique information database 1.
Obtained from 6.

If the installation parameters corresponding to the device to be installed 2 have already been set, for example, at the time of re-installation, the unique information is stored in the unique information database 16 without setting the unique parameters in step S13. Using the acquisition unit 15, the installation parameters for the previous installation are acquired (step S14).

The installation contents supply means 12 transmits the acquired installation parameters to the setting file creation means 1.
The setting file creation unit 17 creates a setting file that holds the device-specific configuration of the software to be installed (step S15).

The installation content supply unit 12 extracts a file required for installation from the file device 13 and transmits the file to the installed device 2 using the communication unit 11 together with the setting file created in step S15 (step S16).

The installation unit 22 of the installation target device 2 receives the file transmitted from the installation server device 1 using the communication unit 21 (step S2).
3).

The installation means 22 writes the received file into the file device 23, and the installation is performed (step S24).

[0035]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Provision of means for automatically generating installation parameters unique to each computer eliminates the need to manually enter settings unique to each computer when installing on multiple computers connected to the system. In addition, it is possible to automatically generate the parameters for installation, which has an effect that the man-hour for the installation work can be particularly reduced.

Further, according to the present invention, there is an effect that installation in which a value unique to each device is set can be automatically performed on a plurality of computers connected to the network system using the network. .
This means that the present invention provides a database for storing installation parameters unique to each computer, a means for acquiring the installation parameters from this database, and automatically creating a configuration file for storing the configuration of software to be installed. Depends on the setting.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional computer system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Installation server apparatus 2 Installed apparatus 3 Network 11 Communication means 12 Installation contents supply means 13 File device 14 Unique information setting means 15 Unique information acquisition means 16 Unique information database 17 Setting file creation means 21 Communication means 22 Installation means 23 File device

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] In a computer system in which a plurality of computers are connected via a network, at least one computer is configured as a server device for software installation, and the server device is a computer to be installed (“installed device”). ), The installation contents supply means for receiving the installation request via the network and transmitting the installation contents to be transmitted to the device to be installed, and the unique information setting means for setting the unique installation parameters for the device to be installed. A database holding installation parameters corresponding to each installed device, a unique information acquiring unit for acquiring an installation parameter unique to the installed device, Setting file creating means for creating a setting file holding a configuration corresponding to the installed device of software to be installed, wherein the installed device is installed from the server device via the network. software and are performed by the automatic installation of software of the the file system based on the installation contents consisting of the installation device-specific configuration file, said unique information obtaining unit of the server apparatus, the data
Search the base and specify the unique
Installation parameters exist in the database
If not, install it according to preset rules.
After determining the parameters for the
A computer system.