JP3214552B2 - Testing apparatus and method for information processing apparatus - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for testing an information processing apparatus, and more particularly to an apparatus and a method for performing a test based on fault information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An apparatus for testing a conventional information processing apparatus is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-269739. This is provided with means for securing a dedicated area for a function test program and a monitor in the main memory in response to the occurrence of a failure in the logical operation processing unit, and determining a system state after the occurrence of the failure to function. By selecting a test program, test diagnosis according to whether or not the system is operating is executed by the same function test program and monitor.

In this technique, a mode determination unit of a function test program selection unit performs a test in parallel with execution of an OS.
It is determined whether to perform the diagnosis in the ncurrent mode or the exclusive mode in which the test is executed when the OS is not running. According to a result of the determination, the monitor performs a test of another conventional information processing apparatus that loads and executes a function test program for each section.
There is one described in Japanese Patent No. 9043. this is,
By calculating the sum of the failure rates for each of a plurality of peripheral devices connected to the system, and performing the test on the peripheral devices in order from the one with the largest sum of the failure rates, by performing the test,
The faulty device is found quickly.

In this technique, in a general case where a faulty device is specified, all tests on the device are usually performed to investigate the fault of the device or to confirm after repair, and the test execution time is limited. If there is a situation, a test to be executed is selected based on the judgment of a maintenance person or a maintenance manual.

[0005]

Among the above-mentioned prior arts, the one described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai) No. 61-269739 has a system status of Concurrent mode or Exclus.
The function test program selecting means determines whether the mode is the ive mode, and selects a function test program according to the mode to perform diagnosis.

However, in such a configuration, it is only detected whether the system is operating or not operating. As a result, unnecessary test programs are executed, and the test execution time becomes longer. There was a problem.

[0007] Further, in the apparatus described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 4-369043, the type and number of peripheral devices connected to the central processing unit and a test program for the peripheral devices are stored in the central processing unit. When performing tests on peripheral devices, the sum of the failure rates is calculated from the number of peripheral devices and the failure rate for each type of peripheral device, and the execution order of the test programs for the peripheral devices is determined in descending order of the sum of the failure rates. It is configured to decide what to do.

This is effective for shortening the test execution time when the faulty device cannot be identified. Furthermore, by executing tests on a plurality of peripheral devices in order from the one with the largest sum of failure rates, it is possible to reduce the test execution time of the entire system.

However, in such a configuration, when it is necessary for a maintenance person to select a test to be executed, a judgment error is apt to occur, and when a test is selected and executed based on a maintenance manual or the like. Since there is a possibility that an execution error may occur, there is a problem that when the test execution time needs to be reduced, an error may occur when selecting a test to be executed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described problems of the related art, and has as its object to provide a test apparatus and a method capable of shortening a test execution time and preventing an execution error. .

[0011]

To solve the above problems, a test execution control means for controlling the execution of a test of an information processing apparatus, and a test program for storing a test program group comprising a plurality of test programs. Storage means, a fault information storage means for storing fault information, and a test program to be executed from a test program group stored in the test program storage means, based on the fault information stored in the fault information storage means, An execution test determining unit for notifying the test execution control unit, wherein the test execution control unit executes the test based on the notification from the execution test determination unit.

The test execution control means selectively reads and executes a test program from a test program group stored in the test program storage means based on a notification from the execution test determination means. .

The execution test determination means reads the failure information stored in the failure information storage means, and determines a test program to be executed from the test program group stored in the test program storage means based on the failure information. The result is notified to the test execution control means.

The fault information storage means stores an arithmetic unit fault, a decoder fault, and other faults as fault information to be stored, and the execution test determination means performs a test based on the fault information stored in the fault information storage means. A test program to be executed is determined from a test program group stored in the program storage means.

Test execution control means for controlling the execution of a test of the information processing apparatus, test program storage means for storing a test program group comprising a plurality of test programs, and failure information storage means for storing fault information And an execution test determination unit that determines a test program to be executed from a test program group stored in the test program storage unit based on the failure information stored in the failure information storage unit and notifies the test execution control unit of the test program. A method for testing an information processing apparatus performed by an apparatus provided with a first step of determining whether or not failure information is stored in a failure information storage unit; and a case where failure information does not exist in the first step. The second step is to sequentially read all the test programs stored in the test program storage means and load them into the test target device. A third step in which the test execution control means executes the test program loaded in the test target device in the second step, a fourth step of displaying the execution result of the test program in the third step, A fifth step for determining whether or not the execution of the test program has been completed; and in the fifth step, when the execution has been completed, the test is terminated. In the sixth step, which returns to the step of loading the target device, and in the first step, when the failure information exists, the test execution control unit issues a request to the execution test determination unit to determine the type of test to be executed. Step 7, an eighth step in which the execution test determination means reads out the fault information stored in the fault information storage means, and an execution test determination based on the content of the read fault information. The ninth step of determining the type of fault in which the step has occurred, the tenth step in which the execution test determining means notifies the test execution control means of the type of fault, and the ninth step confirm that the arithmetic unit has a fault. If so, an eleventh step of reading the first to fourth test programs from the test program storage means;
If it is confirmed in the ninth step that the failure is a decoder failure, the twelfth step of reading the fifth to seventh test programs and the ninth step are confirmed that the failure is another failure. In this case, a thirteenth step of reading the eighth to ninth test programs, a fourteenth step of loading the test program read by the execution test control means into the test target device and executing the test program, and a step of executing the test program And a fifteenth step of displaying an execution result when the process is completed.

Test execution control means for controlling execution of a test of the information processing apparatus, test program storage means for storing a test program group composed of a plurality of test programs, and fault information storage means for storing fault information And an execution test data table in which a failure type and a test program used for selecting a test type corresponding to the failure type that has occurred are stored, and the failure information and the contents of the execution test data table stored in the failure information storage unit are stored. The test execution control means for judging a test program to be executed from the test program group stored in the test program storage means, and notifying the judgment result to the test execution control means. The test is executed by a notification from the execution test determination means.

Test execution control means for controlling the execution of a test of the information processing apparatus, test program storage means for storing a test program group comprising a plurality of test programs, and failure information storage means for storing fault information And an execution test data table in which a failure type and a test program used for selecting a test type corresponding to the failure type that has occurred are stored, and the failure information and the contents of the execution test data table stored in the failure information storage unit are stored. And an execution test determination unit that determines a test program to be executed from the test program group stored in the test program storage unit and notifies the test execution control unit of the determination result. A method of testing a device,
A first step of determining whether failure information is stored in the failure information storage means, and, if no failure information is present in the first step, all test programs stored in the test program storage means are deleted. A second step of sequentially reading the test program into the test target device, a third step of executing the test program loaded by the test execution control means on the test target device, and a fourth step of displaying the execution result of the test program. A fifth step for determining whether or not the execution of all the test programs has been completed; and a fifth step for ending the test if the execution has been completed, and a second step for not completing the execution. In the sixth step and the first step, when the failure information exists, the test execution control means requests the execution test determination means to determine the type of test to be executed. A seventh step of performing, an eighth step in which the execution test determination unit reads out the failure information stored in the failure information storage unit, and a ninth step in which the data of the execution test data table stored in the execution test determination unit is read out And a tenth step of judging whether or not the read fault and the fault content of the execution test data table match. If the tenth step determines that the fault content does not match, If the eleventh step reads the next data of the test data table and returns to the tenth step, and the tenth step confirms that the failure information matches the failure content of the execution test data table, A twelfth step of notifying the test execution control means of the execution test information in the execution test data table;
In the case where it is confirmed from the contents notified in step 2 that there is an arithmetic unit failure, the 13th step in which the first to fourth test programs are read from the test program storage means, and the notification in the 12th step If it is confirmed from the content that the decoder has failed, the fifth to seventh steps are performed.
A fourteenth step of reading out the test program of
When it is confirmed from the contents notified in step 2 that the failure is another failure, a fifteenth step of reading the eighth to ninth test programs and a test program read by the execution test control means are performed. The method includes a sixteenth step of loading and executing the test program on the target device and a seventeenth step of displaying an execution result when the execution of the test program is completed.

Test execution control means for controlling the execution of a test of the information processing apparatus, test program storage means for storing a test program group composed of a plurality of test programs, and failure information storage means for storing fault information Execution test determination means for determining a test program to be executed from the test program group stored in the test program storage means based on the failure information stored in the failure information storage means, and notifying the test execution control means, Fault information designating means for designating specific fault information from a plurality of pieces of fault information stored in the fault information storage means, wherein the test control means executes a test in response to a notification from the execution test determination means; .

[0019] It is characterized in that an execution test data table is stored in which the test program and the fault type used for selecting the test program corresponding to the fault type generated in the execution test determination means are associated.

The failure information designating means reads the designated failure information from the failure information storage means and determines which of the test programs in the test program group should be executed. The determination is performed using the data table, and the test is performed based on the failure information notified to the execution test determination unit.

Test execution control means for controlling the execution of a test of the information processing apparatus, test program storage means for storing a test program group comprising a plurality of test programs, and failure information storage means for storing fault information Execution test determination means for determining a test program to be executed from the test program group stored in the test program storage means based on the failure information stored in the failure information storage means, and notifying the test execution control means, A failure information designating method for designating specific failure information from a plurality of pieces of failure information stored in a failure information storage means. A first step of judging whether or not a failure has occurred in the first step; A second step of sequentially reading all test programs stored in the test target device and loading the test programs into the test target device, a third step of executing the test program loaded by the test execution control means on the test target device, and executing the test program. When the execution is completed, the fourth step for displaying the execution result, the fifth step for determining whether or not the execution of all the test programs has been completed, and the fifth step, when the execution is completed, terminate the test. If not, the sixth step returns to the second step, and in the first step, when failure information exists, a request for executing test determination is issued to the execution test determining means. Step 7, the fault information specifying means displays a fault information list on the console, and the fault information specifying means transmits a fault information specifying request message to the console. A ninth step of displaying, a tenth step of notifying the execution test determination means of the failure information designated by the operator, and a step of reading the failure information notified from the failure information designation means from the external storage device by the execution test determination means. In the eleventh step, the twelfth step in which the execution test determination means determines whether or not the type of the failure information matches the failure content in the execution test data table, In the thirteenth step for comparing with the next data in the execution test data table and the twelfth step, if the failure contents match, the execution target test information in the execution test data table is compared with the test execution control means. In the case where it is confirmed from the fourteenth step of notifying that the arithmetic unit is faulty from the content notified in the fourteenth step, the test program is stored. Reading the first to fourth test programs from the first means
If it is confirmed from step 5 and the content notified in step 14 that there is a decoder failure,
The 16th step of reading the seventh test program from the first step and the 17th step of reading the eighth to the ninth test program when it is confirmed from the contents notified in the fourteenth step that there is another failure. Fault information, an eighteenth step of loading the test program read by the execution test control means and the test target device and executing the same, and a nineteenth step of displaying the execution result when the execution of the test program ends. The test is performed based on

Test execution control means for controlling the execution of the test of the information processing apparatus, test program storage means for storing a test program group composed of a plurality of test programs, and fault information storage means for storing fault information Execution test determination means for determining a test program to be executed from the test program group stored in the test program storage means based on the failure information stored in the failure information storage means, and notifying the test execution control means, Fault information specifying means for specifying specific fault information from a plurality of pieces of fault information stored in the fault information storage means; execution test setting means for additionally changing execution test information in accordance with an operation of an operator; and execution test setting means. Execution test information storage means for storing the added and changed execution test information, wherein the execution test information setting means follows the operation of the operator. And performing additional changes to the running test information in the running test storage means.

It is to be noted that the test information setting means makes the operator additionally change the execution test information and stores the information in the execution test information means, and performs a test based on the fault information. Equipment testing equipment.

The execution test information storing means stores the execution test information when the operation of the operator is completed.

Test execution control means for controlling the execution of a test of the information processing apparatus, test program storage means for storing a test program group composed of a plurality of test programs, and failure information storage means for storing fault information Execution test information determining means for determining a test program to be executed from a test program group stored in the test program storage means based on the fault information stored in the fault information storage means, and notifying the test execution control means; Fault information specifying means for specifying specific fault information from a plurality of pieces of fault information stored in the fault information storage means; execution test information setting means for additionally changing the execution test information in accordance with an operation of an operator; An information processing apparatus for performing an execution test information storing unit for storing the execution test information additionally changed by the setting unit; A first step in which the execution test information setting means determines whether or not the execution test information is stored in the execution test information storage means; and a case where the execution test information does not exist in the first step. A second step of outputting a newly created message to the console, and in the first step, when execution test information is present, the execution test information setting means stores the execution test information stored in the execution information storage means. A fourth step of displaying the read execution test information on the console, a fifth step of displaying a message requesting a change and addition of the information on the console, and A sixth step of additionally changing the execution test information in accordance with the above operation, and storing the additionally changed execution test information in the execution test information storage means when the operation is completed. And performing tests on the basis of the seventh failure information including the steps of that.

By adopting the above configuration, the present invention is configured to select a test to be executed based on fault information and execute only a necessary test. Can be kept short.

Further, since the execution test is selected by the execution test determination means without any manual operation, it is possible to eliminate human work errors.

[0028]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In the first embodiment, the selection of a test program according to the type of fault that has occurred is realized by the program, and only the necessary tests are executed to reduce the test execution time.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the flow of data and signals of the information processing apparatus when no fault information is stored in the fault information storage means 10. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the flow of data and signals of the information processing apparatus when the fault information 11 is stored in the fault information storage means 10.
In the drawing, flows of data and signals are indicated by solid arrows.

As shown in the first embodiment, the first embodiment of the present invention
The embodiment of the present invention comprises a test execution control means 2 mounted on an SVP (SerVice Processor: service processor) 1 for performing test execution control, a test program group 9 composed of a plurality of test programs 20 to 28, and a test program Group 9
Test program storage means 8 for storing
A test program to be executed is determined from the test program group 9 stored in the test program storage means 8 based on the fault information storage means 10 storing the information and the fault information 11 stored in the fault information storage means 10. Execution control means 2
And an execution test determination means 3 for notifying the user.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
First, an operation when no failure information is stored in the failure information storage means 10 shown in FIG. 1 will be described.

In FIG. 1, the test execution control means 2 determines whether or not fault information is stored in the fault information storage means 10 of the external storage device 7 (S1). Failure information storage means 1
0, there is no fault information, all the test programs 20 to 2 stored in the test program storage means 8 are stored.
8 are sequentially read (S5), and the memory 6
(S6), and the test execution control means 2 executes the loaded test program (S7). When the execution of the test program ends, the execution result is displayed on the console 4 (S8). The above operation is repeated until the execution of all the test programs is completed.

Next, the operation when no fault information is stored in the fault information storage means 10 shown in FIG. 2 will be described.

In FIG. 2, the test execution control means 2 issues an execution test judgment request to the execution test judgment means 3 (S3).
Upon receiving the determination request, the execution test determination unit 3 reads the failure information 11 from the failure information storage unit 10 (S2), and determines the type of the failure that has occurred. Then, the failure type is notified to the test execution control means 2 (S4). Based on the notification, the test execution control means 2 reads a test program corresponding to the type of the failure from the test program storage means 8 (S5), loads it into the memory 6 of the test target device 5 (S6), and executes it (S7). . When the execution of the test program ends, the execution result is displayed on the console 4 (S8).

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of the test programs 20 to 28 stored in the test program storage means 8. Here, the test programs 20 to 20 used in the present invention
The 28 names and their functions will be briefly described.

[0037]

[Table 1] As shown in FIG. 4, these programs are executed depending on the type of fault that has occurred. For example, when a failure related to the computing unit occurs, the test execution control means 2 reads out the test programs 20 to 23 from the test program storage means 8 and loads them into the memory 6 of the test target device 5 to execute them. Similarly, when a decoder-related failure occurs, the test program 2
4 to 26 are read and executed. When another failure occurs, the test programs 28 to 29 are read and executed.

If a fault having a plurality of causes occurs, a test program corresponding to the fault is read and executed.

The division and configuration of the test program are not limited to those described here.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of the operation executed by the SVP 1 of the first embodiment.

Next, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 5.

The test execution control means 2 of the SVP 1 determines whether or not fault information is stored in the fault information storage means 10 of the external storage device 7 (step S100), and as shown in FIG. If no fault information exists, the test execution control means 2 sequentially reads out all the test programs 20 to 28 stored in the test program storage means 8 and loads them into the memory 6 of the test object 5 (step S101). The test execution control means 2 executes the loaded test program (step S102). When the execution of the test program is completed, the execution result is displayed on the console 4 (step S103). Then, the test execution control means 2 determines whether or not all test programs have been executed (step S104). Here, when the execution is completed, the operation is ended, and when the execution is not completed, the process returns to step S101 and the execution of steps S101 to S104 is repeated.

When the fault information 11 is present in the fault information storage means 10, as shown in FIG. 2, the test execution control means 2 requests the execution test determination means 3 to judge the test to be executed (step S105). . The execution test determination means 3 receives the request and receives the failure information 11 stored in the failure information storage means 10.
Is read (step S106), and from this information, the type of the failure generated by the execution test determination means 3 is determined (step S107). The execution test determination unit 3 notifies the execution test control unit 2 of the failure type obtained as a result of the determination (step S10).
8) Based on this notification, the test execution control means 2 reads the corresponding program from the test program storage means 8. If the fault type is a fault related to the arithmetic unit, the test programs 20 to 23 are read out (step S10).
9) If the fault is related to the decoder, the test programs 24 to 26 are read (step S110). If the fault is another fault, the test programs 27 to 28 are read (step S111). (Step S112). When the execution of the test target program is completed, the execution result is displayed on the console 4 (step S113). Since the contents of the failure and the test program are determined according to each system and device, the execution of the above SVP1 is executed. The operation steps are not limited to this.

A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In the second embodiment, the selection of the test program according to the type of the fault that has occurred is realized by the execution test data table 13 stored in the execution test determination means 3 so that the execution test selection error is eliminated. It was done.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the flow of data and signals of the information processing apparatus when no fault information is stored in the fault information storage means 10. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the flow of data and signals of the information processing apparatus when the fault information 11 is stored in the fault information storage means 10.
In the drawing, flows of data and signals are indicated by solid arrows. In addition,
The same elements as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.

As shown in the second embodiment, the present embodiment
The execution test determination means 3 stores an execution test data table 13 in which a failure type is associated with a test program.
The configuration is basically the same as that of the first embodiment, except that an execution test data table 13 is stored in the execution test determination means 3. This execution test data table 13
When the fault information 11 exists in the fault information storage unit 10, the fault information 11 read from the fault information storage unit 10
Is used to improve the execution speed of the process as compared with the contents of the execution test data table 13.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
First, an operation when no failure information is stored in the failure information storage means 10 shown in FIG. 6 will be described.

In FIG. 6, the test execution control means 2 determines whether or not fault information is stored in the fault information storage means 10 of the external storage device 7 (S1). If there is no fault information in the fault information storage means 10, the test execution control means 2 sequentially reads out all the test programs 20 to 28 stored in the test program storage means 8 (S5), and 6 (S6), and the test execution control means 2 executes the loaded test program (S7). When the execution of the test program ends, the execution result is displayed on the console 4 (S8). The above operation is repeated until the execution of all the test programs is completed.

Next, the operation when the fault information 11 is stored in the fault information storage means 10 shown in FIG. 7 will be described.

In FIG. 7, the test execution control means 2 issues an execution test judgment request to the execution test judgment means 3 (S3).
The execution test determination unit 3 receives the determination request and reads the failure information 11 from the failure information storage unit 10 (S2), and the read failure information 11 matches the failure content of the execution test data table 13 in the execution test determination unit 3. Is determined.
If the contents of the failure do not match, comparison with the next data in the execution test data table 13 is performed. If the details of the failure match, the execution test information is notified to the test execution control means 2 (S4). Then, the test execution control means 2 stores the test program corresponding to the type of the failure in the test program storage means 8.
(S5), loaded into the memory 6 of the test target device 5 (S6), and executed (S7). When the execution of the test program ends, the execution result is displayed on the console 4 (S8).

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of the operation executed by the SVP 1 of the second embodiment.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The test execution control means 2 of the SVP 1 determines whether or not the fault information is stored in the fault information storage means 10 of the external storage device 7 (step S200). As shown in FIG. 6, the test execution control means 2 sequentially loads all the test programs 20 to 28 stored in the test program storage means 8 into the memory 6 of the test target device 5 (step S).
201), the test execution control means 2 executes the test program loaded on the test object 5 (step S20).
2) When the execution of the test program ends, the execution result is displayed on the console 4 (step S203). Then, the test execution control means 2 determines whether the execution of all the test programs has been completed (step S20).
4). Here, when the execution is completed, the operation is ended, and when the execution is not completed, step S201 is performed.
And the execution of steps S201 to S204 is repeated.

If the fault information 11 is present in the fault information storage means 10, as shown in FIG. 7, a request is made to the execution test determination means 3 for the execution test (step S205).
The execution test determination means 3 receives the request and receives the failure information storage means 1
0 is read out (step S2).
06). The data of the execution test data table 13 stored in the execution test determination means 3 is read (step S20).
7) It is determined whether or not the failure information read by the execution test determination unit 3 matches the failure content in the execution test data table 13 (step S208). If the failure contents do not match, the next data in the execution test data table is read, and the process returns to step S208 to determine whether the failure contents match (step S209). When the pieces of failure information match, the execution test information in the execution test data table 13 is notified to the test execution control means 2 (step S210). The test execution control means 2 reads the corresponding test program from the test program storage means 8 based on this notification. If the fault type is an arithmetic unit-related fault, the test programs 20 to 23 are read out (step S211). If the fault type is a decoder-related fault, the test programs 24 to 23 are read.
26 is read out (step S212), and if it is another fault, the test programs 27 to 28 are read out (step S213), loaded into the memory 6 of the test target device 5, and executed (step S214). When the execution of the test target program ends, the execution result is displayed on the console 4 (step S215).

A third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In the third embodiment, a list of fault information is displayed on the console 4 and the user designates fault information from the list.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the flow of data and signals of the information processing apparatus when no fault information is stored in the fault information storage means 10. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the flow of data and signals of the information processing apparatus when the fault information 11 is stored in the fault information storage means 10. In the drawing, flows of data and signals are indicated by solid arrows. The same elements as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.

As shown in the third embodiment, the present embodiment
A test execution control unit 2 for controlling execution of a test mounted on the SVP 1, a test program group 9 including a plurality of test programs, a test program storage unit 8 for storing the test program group 9, and the fault information 11. Based on the fault information storage means 10 to be stored and the fault information 11 stored in the fault information storage means 10, the test program storage means 8
The test program to be executed is determined from the test program group 9 stored in the test execution control means 2, and the test execution control means 2 is notified of the execution test determination means 3 and the plurality of pieces of fault information 14 and 15 stored in the fault information storage means 10. And fault information specifying means 16 for specifying specific fault information.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
First, an operation when no failure information is stored in the failure information storage means 10 shown in FIG. 9 will be described. FIG.
In step (1), the test execution control means 2 determines whether or not failure information is stored in the failure information storage means 10 of the external storage device 7 (S1). If no fault information exists in the fault information storage means 10, the test execution control means 2 transmits all the programs 20 stored in the test program storage means 8.
To 28 are sequentially read (S5), loaded into the memory 6 of the test target device 5 (S6), and executed (S7). When the test is completed, the execution result is displayed on the console 4 (S
8). The above operation is repeated until the execution of all the test programs is completed.

Next, the operation when the fault information 11 is stored in the fault information storage means 10 shown in FIG. 10 will be described.

In FIG. 10, the test execution control means 2 requests the execution test judgment means 3 to judge the execution test (S
3), the failure information designation means 16 displays a failure information list and a failure information designation request message on the console 4 (S1).
0). The failure information specified by the operator is notified to the execution test determination means 3 (S11). The execution test determination means 3 receives the determination request and receives the failure information 14 from the failure information storage means 10.
15 (S2), and the read fault information 14, 1
5 and the execution test data table 1 in the execution test determination means 3
It is determined whether or not the failure contents of No. 3 match. If the contents of the failure do not match, comparison with the next data in the execution test data table 13 is performed.
The execution test information in the execution test data table 13 is notified to the test execution control means 2 (S12). Then, the execution test control means 2 reads a test program corresponding to the type of the failure from the test program storage means 8 (S5), loads it into the memory 6 of the test target device 5 (S6), and executes it (S5).
7). When the execution of the test program ends, the execution result is displayed on the console 4 (S8).

FIGS. 11 and 12 show the SVP of the third embodiment.
1 is a flowchart showing a flow of an operation executed by the first embodiment.

Next, the operation of the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

The test execution control means 2 of the SVP 1 determines whether or not fault information is stored in the fault information storage means 10 of the external storage device 7 (step S300). As shown, the test execution control means 2 sequentially reads out all the test programs 20 to 28 stored in the test program storage means 8 and loads them into the memory 6 of the test target device 5 (step 301). The test execution control means 2 executes the test program stored in the test target device 5 (Step S302). When the execution of the test program ends, the execution result is displayed on the console 4 (step S303). Then, the test execution control means 2 determines whether or not all test programs have been executed (step S304). Here, if the execution has been completed, the operation is completed. If the execution has not been completed, the process returns to step S301 and returns to step S30.
1 to S304 are repeated.

When the fault information 11 exists in the fault information storage means 10, as shown in FIG. 10, the test execution control means 2 requests the execution test judgment means 3 to judge the execution test (step S305). The fault information specifying means 11 displays a list of fault information on the console 4 in order to allow the operator to specify fault information based on which an execution test is determined (step S306), and then sends a fault information specifying request message to the console 4. It is displayed (step S307). The failure information designating unit 11 notifies the execution test determination unit 3 of the failure information designated by the operator (Step S308), and the execution test determination unit 3 reads the failure information 14 and 15 from the failure information storage unit 10 (Step S309). . And
The data of the execution test data table 13 stored in the execution test determination means 3 is read (S310). It is determined whether or not the failure contents of the execution test data table 13 and the read failure information match (step S311). If the failure contents do not match, the next data in the execution test data table 13 is read and the process returns to step S301. (Step S
312). If the failure information matches the failure content in the execution test data table 13, the execution test data table 1
The test execution control unit 2 is notified of the execution test information of No. 3 (step S313). The test execution control means 2 reads the corresponding test program from the test program storage means 8 based on this notification. If the fault type is an arithmetic unit-related fault, the test programs 20 to 23 are read out (step S314). If the fault type is a decoder-related fault,
The test programs 24 to 26 are read (step S31)
5) For other obstacles, test program 2
7 to 28 are read (step S316), loaded into the memory 6 of the test target device 5, and executed (step S31).
7). When the execution of the test program is completed, the execution result is displayed on the console 4 (step S31).
8).

A fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In the fourth embodiment, the operator adds and changes the execution test information to cope with the addition of the device without changing the program, and changes the test information according to the actual fault occurrence state of the device. Is realized.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing the flow of data and signals of the information processing apparatus when the execution failure information is not stored in the information failure storage means 10. FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing the flow of data and signals of the information processing apparatus when the execution test information 18 is stored in the information failure storage means 10. In the drawing, flows of data and signals are indicated by solid arrows. The same elements as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.

As shown in the fourth embodiment, the present embodiment
A test execution control unit 2 mounted on the service processor for controlling the execution of a test, a test program group 9 composed of a plurality of test programs, a test program storage unit 8 for storing the test program group 9, and fault information. Based on the fault information storage means 10 to be stored and the fault information 11 stored in the fault information storage means 10, a test program to be executed is determined from the test program group 9 stored in the test program storage means 8, and the test execution is performed. An execution test determining unit 3 for notifying the control unit 2; a fault information specifying unit 11 for specifying specific fault information from a plurality of fault information 14 and 15 stored in the fault information storage unit 10; The execution test setting means 16 for additionally changing the test information 18 and the execution test information 18 additionally changed by the execution test setting means 16 are stored. Composed of tests performed information storing means 17 for.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
First, the operation when the execution test information is not stored in the execution test information storage unit 18 shown in FIG. 13 will be described.

In FIG. 13, the execution test determination means 3
It is determined whether or not the execution test information is stored in the execution test information storage unit 17 in the external storage device 7 (S4). If the execution test information is not stored in the execution test information storage unit 17, the console 4 A newly created message is displayed (S15).

Next, the operation when the execution test information 19 is stored in the execution test information storage means 18 shown in FIG. 14 will be described.

In FIG. 14, execution test information storage means 1
7, the execution test information 18 is read from the execution test information storage unit 17 (S1).
5), this information and an information change addition request message are displayed on the console 4 (S16). Then, the execution test information setting unit 17 performs additional change of the execution test information 19, and stores the added and changed information in the execution test information storage unit 18 (S14).

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the flow of the operation executed by the SVP 1 of the fourth embodiment.

Next, the operation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

The execution test information setting unit 17 of the SVP 1 determines whether the execution test information 19 is stored in the execution test information storage unit 18 of the external storage device 7 (S40).
0). If the execution test information 19 does not exist, the execution test information setting means 17 displays a new creation message on the console 4 (S401). Execution test information storage means 1
If the execution test information 19 exists in the storage unit 8, the execution test information 19 stored in the execution test information storage unit 18 is read (S402). Next, the execution test information 19 read by the execution test information setting means 17 is displayed on the console 4 (S
403) At the same time, a message requesting an additional change of information is displayed on the console 4 (S404). The execution test information setting unit 17 performs additional change of the execution test information 19 according to the operation of the operator (S405), and stores the additionally changed execution test information 19 in the execution test information storage unit 18 (S406).

[0078]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The following effects are obtained.

(1) The test execution time at the time of occurrence of a failure and at the time of confirmation after recovery can be shortened.

(2) Since the selection of a test program to be executed and the execution of the test program in accordance with the generated fault are automatically performed, if it is necessary to reduce the test execution time, the test for selecting the test to be executed is Errors can be prevented.

(3) Since the correspondence between the failure content and the test to be executed is not provided as a program but can be added and changed by the operator, it is possible to cope with the addition of a new device without changing the program. Flexible measures such as changing the execution test information according to the actual failure occurrence status of the apparatus can be performed in a short time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the flow of data and signals when no fault information is stored in fault information storage means according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the flow of data and signals when fault information is stored in fault information storage means according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a test program stored in a test program storage unit according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 4 is a table showing a correspondence between a failure content and a test program to be executed.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation performed by the SVP of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the flow of data and signals when fault information is stored in fault information storage means according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the flow of data and signals when no fault information is stored in fault storage means according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of an operation executed by the SVP according to the second embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the flow of data and signals when no fault information is stored in the fault information storage means according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the flow of data and signals when fault information is stored in fault information storage means according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of an operation executed by an SVP according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of an operation performed by an SVP according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing the flow of data and signals when execution test information is not stored in the execution test information storage means according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating a flow of data and signals when execution test information is stored in an execution test information storage unit according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of an operation executed by an SVP according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 SVP (Service Processor) 2 Test execution control means 3 Execution test determination means 4 Console 5 Test target device 6 Memory 7 External storage device 8 Test program storage means 9 Test program group 10 Fault information storage means 11 Fault information 13 Execution test data table 11, 14, 15 Failure information 16 Failure designation means 17 Execution test information setting means 18 Execution test information storage means 19 Execution test information 20 to 28 Test program

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Claims (10)

(57) [Claims] 1. A test execution control means for controlling execution of a test of an information processing apparatus, a test program storage means for storing a test program group including a plurality of test programs, and a fault information storage means for storing fault information. An execution test determination for determining a test program to be executed from a test program group stored in the test program storage based on the failure information stored in the failure information storage, and notifying the test execution controller. A first step of determining whether or not failure information is stored in a failure information storage unit; and If no test program exists, all the test programs stored in the test program storage means are sequentially read and loaded into the test target device. A second step in which the test execution control means executes the test program loaded in the test target device in the second step; and a result of executing the test program in the third step. A fourth step for displaying, a fifth step for determining whether or not the execution of all the test programs has been completed, and, if the execution has been completed in the fifth step, the test is completed and not completed. In this case, the sixth step is to sequentially read the test program and return to the step of loading the test program into the device to be tested. In the first step, when the failure information exists,
A seventh step in which the test execution control unit requests the execution test determination unit to determine a type of a test to be executed; and an eighth step in which the execution test determination unit reads out failure information stored in the failure information storage unit. A ninth step of determining the type of the failure generated by the execution test determination unit from the contents of the read failure information; and a tenth step of the execution test determination unit notifying the test execution control unit of the failure type. In the step, when it is confirmed in the ninth step that the arithmetic unit is faulty, an eleventh step of reading out first to fourth test programs from the test program storage means; In the step, when it is confirmed that there is a decoder failure, the twelfth step of reading the fifth to seventh test programs and the ninth step If it is confirmed that the failure is another fault, a thirteenth step of reading the eighth through ninth test programs, and loading the test program read by the execution test control means into the test target device and executing the test program And a fifteenth step of displaying an execution result when the execution of the test program is completed. A method of testing an information processing apparatus for performing a test based on failure information. 2. A test execution control means for controlling execution of a test of an information processing apparatus, a test program storage means for storing a test program group including a plurality of test programs, and a fault information storage means for storing fault information. And an execution test data table in which a failure type and a test program used for selecting a test type corresponding to the generated failure type are stored, and the failure information and the execution test data table stored in the failure information storage unit are stored. Compare the contents of
A test of an information processing apparatus performed by an apparatus including: an execution test determining unit that determines a test program to be executed from a test program group stored in the test program storage unit and notifies the test execution control unit of a determination result. A first step of determining whether or not fault information is stored in the fault information storage means; and if the fault information does not exist in the first step, storing the fault information in the test program storage means. A second step of sequentially reading all the test programs that have been read and loading the test programs into the test target device; a third step in which test execution control means executes the test programs loaded into the test target device; and executing the test program. A fourth step of displaying results and a fifth step of determining whether execution of all test programs has been completed In the fifth step, when the execution is completed, the test is terminated, and when the execution is not completed, the sixth step returns to the second step; If the information exists,
A seventh step in which the test execution control unit requests the execution test determination unit to determine a type of a test to be executed; and an eighth step in which the execution test determination unit reads out failure information stored in the failure information storage unit. A ninth step of reading the data of the execution test data table stored in the execution test determination means, and a tenth step of determining whether or not the read failure matches the failure content of the execution test data table. If it is confirmed in the tenth step that the failure contents do not match, the next data in the execution test data table is read out, and the first data is returned to the tenth step.
In the first step and the tenth step, when it is confirmed that the failure information matches the failure content of the execution test data table, the execution test information in the execution test data table is transmitted to the test execution control means. A twelfth step of notifying, and if it is confirmed from the content notified in the twelfth step that the fault is an arithmetic unit failure, the first to fourth test programs are read from the test program storage means. A thirteenth step, a fourteenth step of reading out fifth to seventh test programs when it is confirmed from the content notified in the twelfth step that a decoder failure has occurred, and a twelfth step In the case where it is confirmed from the contents notified in that the failure is another failure, a fifteenth step of reading the eighth to ninth test programs, A sixteenth step of loading the test program read by the execution test control means into the test target device and executing the test program, and a seventeenth step of displaying an execution result when the execution of the test program ends. A test method for an information processing device that performs a test based on fault information to be performed. 3. A test apparatus for an information processing apparatus for performing a test based on fault information, comprising: a test execution control unit configured to control execution of a test of the information processing apparatus; and a test program group including a plurality of test programs. A test program storage means for storing the failure information, a failure information storage means for storing the failure information, and a test program group stored in the test program storage means, based on the failure information stored in the failure information storage means. An execution test determination unit that determines a test program to be performed and notifies the test execution control unit; and a failure information designation unit that designates specific failure information from a plurality of pieces of failure information stored in the failure information storage unit. The test control unit performs a test based on the failure information, wherein the test is executed based on a notification from the execution test determination unit. The test apparatus of the broadcast processing apparatus. 4. A test apparatus for an information processing apparatus for performing a test based on the fault information according to claim 3 , wherein a fault type and a test program used for selecting a test program corresponding to the fault type generated in said execution test determination means. A test method for an information processing apparatus for performing a test based on fault information, wherein an execution test data table corresponding to the information is stored. 5. A test apparatus for an information processing apparatus for performing a test based on fault information according to claim 3 or 4 , wherein said fault information specifying means reads out the specified fault information from said fault information storage means. A test program to be executed among the test programs in the test program group is determined using an execution test data table stored in the execution test determination unit, and a test is performed based on the failure information notified to the execution test determination unit. A test apparatus for an information processing apparatus, comprising: 6. A test execution control unit for controlling execution of a test of an information processing apparatus, a test program storage unit for storing a test program group including a plurality of test programs, and a fault information storage unit for storing fault information. An execution test determination for determining a test program to be executed from a test program group stored in the test program storage based on the failure information stored in the failure information storage, and notifying the test execution controller. Means, and a fault information designating means for designating specific fault information from a plurality of pieces of fault information stored in the fault information storage means. A first step of determining whether or not failure information is stored; and in the first step, if no failure information exists, A second step of sequentially reading all the test programs stored in the test program storage means and loading the test programs into the test target device; and a third step in which the test execution control means executes the test program loaded in the test target device. A fourth step of displaying an execution result when the execution of the test program is completed, a fifth step of determining whether the execution of all the test programs is completed, and a case where the execution is completed in the fifth step. A sixth step to end the test and return to the second step when the test is not completed; and in the first step, when failure information exists,
A seventh step of making a request for a test to be executed to the execution test determining means, an eighth step of displaying the fault information list on the console by the fault information specifying means, and specifying the fault information by the fault information specifying means. A ninth step of displaying a request message on the console; a tenth step of notifying the execution test determining means of fault information designated by an operator; and a fault notified by the execution test determining means from the fault information specifying means. An eleventh step of reading information from an external storage device, and a twelfth step in which the execution test determination means determines whether the type of the failure information matches the failure content in the execution test data table.
And if the failure contents do not match in the twelfth step, a thirteenth step of comparing with the next data in the execution test data table; and When they match, a fourteenth step of notifying the test execution control means of the test information to be executed in the execution test data table, and confirming that there is an arithmetic unit failure from the content notified in the fourteenth step In this case, the fifteenth step of reading the first to fourth test programs from the test program storage means and the case where it is confirmed from the contents notified in the fourteenth step that a decoder failure has occurred. Is a 16th step of reading out the fifth to seventh test programs, and the other notification may be another failure based on the contents notified in the fourteenth step. In the case of being recognized, a seventeenth step of reading the eighth to ninth test programs, an eighteenth step of loading the read test program and the test target device by the execution test control means and executing the read test program, A nineteenth step of displaying an execution result when the execution of the test program is completed. A test method for an information processing apparatus, wherein a test is performed based on fault information including: 7. A test apparatus for an information processing apparatus for performing a test based on fault information, comprising: a test execution control unit configured to control execution of a test of the information processing apparatus; and a test program group including a plurality of test programs. A test program storage means for storing the failure information, a failure information storage means for storing the failure information, and a test program group stored in the test program storage means, based on the failure information stored in the failure information storage means. An execution test determination unit that determines a test program to be performed and notifies the test execution control unit; a failure information designation unit that designates specific failure information from a plurality of pieces of failure information stored in the failure information storage unit; Following the procedure, the test execution information setting means for adding changes to the running test information, perform the test execution information setting means has changed additional tests Comprising an execution test information storage means for storing the broadcast, wherein the test execution information setting means for failure information and performs additional changes of the test execution information of the execution test information storage means in accordance with operation of the operator A test device for an information processing device that performs a test based on the information. 8. An execution test apparatus for an information processing apparatus for performing a test based on fault information according to claim 7, wherein said execution test information setting means causes an operator to add and change execution test information. Is stored in the execution test information storage means, the test apparatus of the information processing apparatus performing a test based on the failure information. 9. The test apparatus for an information processing apparatus for performing a test based on fault information according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the execution test information storage means stores the execution test information when the operation of the operator is completed. A test apparatus for an information processing apparatus that performs a test based on fault information characterized by the following. 10. A test execution control means for controlling execution of a test of an information processing apparatus, a test program storage means for storing a test program group including a plurality of test programs, and a fault information storage means for storing fault information. Execution test information for determining a test program to be executed from the test program group stored in the test program storage means based on the failure information stored in the failure information storage means, and notifying the test execution control means Determining means, fault information specifying means for specifying specific fault information from a plurality of fault information stored in the fault information storage means, and execution test information setting means for performing additional change of execution test information in accordance with an operation of an operator; An execution test information storage unit for storing the execution test information added and changed by the execution test information setting unit. A test method of the information processing apparatus, wherein the execution test information setting unit determines whether execution test information is stored in the execution test information storage unit, and the first step includes: If the execution test information does not exist, a new message is output to the console.
And if the execution test information is present in the first step, the execution test information setting means reads the execution test information stored in the execution information storage means. A fourth step of displaying the execution test information on the console, a fifth step of displaying a message requesting the change and addition of the information on the console, and the execution test information setting means changing the execution test information in accordance with an operation of the operator. And a seventh step of storing, in the execution test information storage means, the execution test information additionally changed upon completion of the operation, and performing a test based on the failure information. Equipment test method.