JPH02219163A - Operation managing system in time sharing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To contrive a strict management, the reduction of a work load of a system operation superviser and the prevention of an operation miss by copying a copy user verification file in which user's verifying information is registered to a user verification file which is referred to when the system executes a verification of a user at the time of start of the system and at the time of time-out of each time zone. CONSTITUTION:A system operation superviser 2 prepares in advance copy user verification files 62-1 - 62-i in which verifying information of a user 4 is registered, and a system operation plan file 61 for allowing a file name of a copy user verification file 63 to correspond to each time zone so as to designate an assembly of a user who can utilize the system at every time zone. In this state, at the time of start of the system and at the time of time-out of each time zone, a system user control means 12 starts a user verification file copying means 13, and the copy user verification files 62-1 - 62-i designated by the system operation plan file 61 are copied to the user verification file 63 which is referred to when the system executes a verification of the user. In such a way, a strict management, the reduction of a work load of a system operation superviser and the prevention of an operation miss can be contrived.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an operation management method for a computer time sharing system, and in particular, to automatically manage the system when restricting the number of users who can use the computer for each time period. This is related to the method of conducting the process.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, there have been two main types of operation management methods for this type of time sharing system:

■The system operations manager determines the set (group) of users who can use the system for each time period, creates an operation plan, and has the users follow the plan.

■At the end of each time period, the system operations administrator sets the next available group in the user verification file according to the operation plan, and prevents users outside of that group from using the system. Here, the user verification file is a file that stores information used to verify whether or not the user satisfies predetermined conditions when a user requests the time sharing system to open a session.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The operation management method in the conventional time sharing system is performed as described above, and therefore has the following drawbacks.

+11 In method ■ above, the main point is that users voluntarily follow the operation plan created by the system operations administrator, so it is possible to ignore the operation plan and use it. Users who are not allowed to use the system during that time will be able to use the system.

(2) In the above method, the system operations administrator must set the next available group in the user verification file as each time period passes according to the continuous usage plan. In addition to increasing the workload of the operator, it is also likely to cause operational problems due to operational errors.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above points, and its purpose is to provide a time-sharing system in which strict management is possible, the workload of the system operations manager is light, and no operational errors occur. The objective is to provide an operational management method.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a time sharing system in which processing requests are made simultaneously from multiple terminal devices. A system operation plan file in which the file name of the user verification file for copying corresponds to each time period in order to specify a set of users who can use the system at a time when the system verifies users. a user verification file copying means for copying a user verification file for copy specified in the system operation plan file to a user verification file referenced in the system operation plan file; A system user @control means for starting the copying means is provided.

(Operation) In the operation management method of the time sharing system of the present invention, there is a user verification file for copying in which user verification information is registered, and a collection of users who can use the system for each time period. By creating in advance a system operation plan file in which the file name of the user verification file for copying corresponds to each time period in order to specify the When a timeout occurs, the system user control means activates the user verification file copying means, and the activated user verification file copying means copies the system to the user verification file that the system refers to when verifying the user. Copy the copy user verification file specified in the operation plan file.

(Example) Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the continuous use management method in the time sharing system of the present invention. In FIG. 1, this embodiment includes a time sharing system 1, a console 3 operated by a system operations manager 2, and terminal devices 5-1 to 5-j operated by users 4-1 to 4-j.
and file 6. The time sharing system l also includes a system startup means 11, a system user control means 12, a user verification file copying means 13, a timeout registration means 14, a timeout table 15, and a timeout detection/notification means 1.
6, session opening request recognition means 17, user verification means 18, and user request processing means 19. File 6 also includes a system operation plan file 61 and copy user verification files 62-1 to 62-1.
and a user verification file 63.

The information stored in each file and the functions of each means are as follows.

System operation plan file 61: Specify the L& of users who can use the time sharing system 1 for each time period (as shown in FIG. 2, the user verification file for copying (62- A file in which file names 1 to 62-i) are associated with each other.

Note that FIG. 2 shows an example in which time slots are set in units of hours and eight minutes, and the contents are arranged in ascending order of time slots.

Copy User Verification Files 62-1 to 62-ii As shown in FIG. 3, files in which user verification information (user identifier, group identifier, password, other information, etc.) is registered.

User verification file 63: A file that stores information that is referred to when the time sharing system 1 verifies the user by the user verification means 18 when requesting the establishment of cefushiran.The contents include a user verification file for copying. (
62-1 to 62-i) are copied, resulting in a result similar to that shown in FIG.

System startup means 11; when a system startup request is made from the console 3 by the system operations manager 2, the time sharing system 1 is started up, and the system user control means 12 and session opening request recognition means Function to start 17.

System user control means 12; refers to the system operation plan file 61 at the time of system startup, and copies the user verification file (62-
1 to 62-i) and activates the user verification file copying means 13, and passes the start time of the next time period obtained from the system operation plan file 61 to the timeout registration means 14 to enter the sleeve state. A function to repeat the same operation by the timeout detection/notification means 160 wakeup.

User verification file copying means 13; user verification file for copying (6) notified from the system user control means 12;
2-1 to 62-1) to the user verification file 63.

Timeout registration means 14; system user control means 1
A function to register the start time of the next time period passed from 2 in the timeout table 15.

Timeout table 15: As shown in FIG. 4, a function to hold the start time of the next time period.

Timeout detection/notification means 16: A function that compares the contents of the timeout table 15 with the current time at a predetermined period, and wakes up the system user control means 12 when the times match.

Serashiran opening request recognition means 17; Users 4-1 to 4-
A function to accept a request for opening a cerashiran inputted from terminal device 5-1 to 5-j from terminal device 5-j and to activate user verification means 1B.

User verification means 18i Session opening request recognition means 17
A function that performs verification by referring to the user verification file 63 when the user recognizes a session opening request.

User request processing means 19; after the verification result is positive and the session is opened, the user 4-1 to 4-1
A function that performs processing according to requests.

The overall operation of the above embodiment will be explained below.

First, as part of the operation plan for the time sharing system 1, the system operations administrator 2 summarizes the users who are allowed to use the system during a certain period of time, and copies the information necessary for verification when requesting to open a session. User verification files 62-1 to 62-1 are created, and the users registered in these copying user verification files 62-1 to 62-1 are asked in what time period to use the time sharing system 1. A system operation plan file 61 is created that indicates whether the system can be used.

In this state, when a startup request is input from the console 3 by the system operations manager 2, the system startup means 11 is activated by this startup request, and the activated system startup means ll causes the time sharing system l. will be launched. Further, the system startup means 11 starts the system user control means 12, and the started system user control means 12 refers to the system operation plan file 61 and searches for a time zone that includes the current time. , obtain the corresponding copy user verification file name.

Thereafter, the user verification file copying means 13 is called by the system user control means 12, and the called user verification file copying means 13 uses the copying information obtained by searching the previous system operation plan file 61. The user verification file for copying corresponding to the user verification file name is copied to the user verification file 63. At this time, if there is only one user verification file for copying, the entire copy is made and ? jI
When there are several files, the corresponding file contents are merged and copied.

Furthermore, the system user control means 12 obtains the start time of the next time period described in the system operation plan file 61, calls the timeout registration means 14 using that time as a parameter, and enters the sleep state. The called timeout registration means 14 registers the passed time in the timeout table 15.

On the other hand, the timeout detection/notification means 16 refers to the timeout table 15 at regular intervals, and when it detects that a time equal to the current time is registered, the system user control means 12 in the sleep state is activated. Wake up. Then, the system user control means 12 that has been woken up repeats the above-mentioned series of processes again, and then copies the verification information of the user who will be able to use the time sharing system l into the user verification file 63. At the same time, the timeout registration means 14 is called in preparation for the next wake-up.

Through the above processing, the copying user verification file corresponding to the time period described in the system operation plan file 61 is copied to the user verification file 63, and users who can use the time sharing system 1 are automatically identified. You can change it to .

Therefore, the users 4-1 to 4-J use the terminal device 5-1.
When a session opening request is made to the time sharing system l from ~5-j, this session opening request is recognized by the session opening request recognizing means 17 which has already been activated by the system starting means 11, and this session opening request is made. The user verification means 18 activated by the request recognition means 17 checks whether the verification information of the user who submitted the session opening request exists in the user verification file 63, and if so, further checks the password etc. After performing this, the user request processing means 19 is activated to prepare for the user's processing request. In addition, user verification file 6
In response to a session opening request from a user who does not exist in 3, the time sharing system 1 is regarded as having no right to use during that time period, and an error message is output to the terminal devices 5-1 to 5-J. to forcefully terminate the process.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, in the operation management method of the time sharing system of the present invention, the user verification file that the system refers to when verifying users at system startup and timeout in each time period. Since the user verification file for copying specified in the system operation plan file is automatically copied during the system operation plan file, ta) Users who do not meet the continuous usage plan will have their session opening requests rejected and will not be allowed to use the system during that time period. There is no way that users who are not authorized to use the system will be able to use the system.

M) The system operation administrator only needs to create the system operation plan file and the user verification file for copying.
Work load is reduced.

(0) Since changes to the user verification file are made accurately without human intervention, there are no operational errors;
This eliminates operational troubles.

(Since changes to the d+ user verification file are made dynamically during system operation, there is no need to interrupt business operations.

There are other effects.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the operation management method in the time sharing system of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the system operation plan file in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the system operation plan file in FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a user verification file for copying, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the timeout table in FIG. In the figure, 1... Time sharing system 11
...System startup means 12 ...System user control means 13 ...User verification file copying means 14 ...Timeout registration means 1
5...Timeout table 16...
Timeout detection/notification means 17...Serashiran opening request recognition means 1B...User verification means 19...User request processing means 2... System operations manager 3...
... Console 4-1 to 4-J ... User 5-1 to 5-J ... Terminal device 6 ... File 61 ... System operation plan File 62-1~
62-Re: User verification file for copying 63: User verification file

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a time sharing system in which processing requests are made simultaneously from multiple terminal devices, there is provided a user verification file for copying in which user verification information is registered, and the system can be used for each time period. A system operation plan file in which the file name of the user verification file for copying corresponds to each time period in order to specify a set of users, and a user list that the system refers to when verifying users. A user verification file copying means for copying a copying user verification file specified in the system operation plan file into a verification file, and activating the user verification file copying means at system startup and at time-out in each time period. 1. An operation management method for a time sharing system, characterized by comprising system user control means.