JPH0237439A - Information transfer and management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To transmit objective information to an objective system by transferring contents of a disk file of the current generation to another system by a transfer means and permitting a gathering and managing means to switch the generation after the completion of this transfer to switch the generation of the disk file. CONSTITUTION:A transfer means (transfer task 5) receives the parameter transferred from another system 6 and checks this parameter; and when judging that there is data to be transferred to another system 6, the transfer means transfers contents of a disk file 3 of the current generation to another system 6. After the completion of transfer, the transfer means permits a gathering and managing means (gathering and managing task 1) to switch the generation and generations of disk files 3 and 4 are switched. Thus, the system is constituted without using expensive magnetic tape devices, and manual operations are completely eliminated to transmit objective information to an objective system.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a transfer/management method for accumulating, for example, billing statistical information in a magnetic disk device in an information communication processing system and transferring and managing the information. be.

[Conventional technology]

Figure 3 is a configuration diagram showing a conventional billing statistical information transfer/management method, where 1 is a collection/management task as a collection/management means for collecting billing statistical information and managing it as a file, and 2 is billing statistics. 3.4 is a disk file prepared for generation management of billing statistical information; 7 is a magnetic tape output task; 8 is a magnetic tape device for saving billing statistical information; 9 is a magnetic tape device for storing billing statistical information; A system console that can request magnetic tape output.

Next, the operation will be explained. During online operation, the collection management task 1 receives billing statistical information from other tasks and stores it in the current generation file 3 of the magnetic disk device 2. When the current generation file 3 becomes full and overflows, the collection/management task 1 switches the generation and starts accumulating the old generation file 4 as the current generation file. File 4
If the contents of the file 3 are not saved to the magnetic tape 8 before the file becomes full, the contents of the file 3 will be destroyed, so the file 3 is placed in a state in which generation switching is prohibited. When a magnetic tape output request is made from the system console 9, the magnetic tape output task 7 outputs the old generation file 3 at that time.
is saved to magnetic tape 8, and after saving all file 3, release the generation switching prohibition state of file 3, issue generation switching permission instruction to collection/management task l,
Set file 3 to generation switching enabled state. Thereafter, files 3 and 4 are sequentially used, and the magnetic tape 8 on which the files are saved is manually transported to a necessary system and its contents are analyzed.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] Since the above-mentioned processing is performed in conventional information transfer and management systems, it is necessary to output to magnetic tape as a countermeasure against disk file overflow and for storage. However, manpower is required for its operation.
Further, there were other problems such as the need for an expensive magnetic tape device.

This invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and makes it possible to construct a system without using an expensive magnetic tape device, and eliminates any human operations.
The purpose is to provide an information transfer/management method that allows target information to be sent to a target system.

[Means to solve the problem]

In the information transfer/management method according to the present invention, generation switching permission is given to the collection/management means (collection/management task l) to switch the generation of the disk file 3.4, and the generation switching permission for the generation of the disk file 3.4 is given. A transfer means (transfer task 5) that transfers the contents to another system 6 is provided, and when this transfer means determines that there is data to be transferred to the other system 6 based on the parameters transferred from the other system 6, the current generation The contents of the disk file 3 are transferred to the other system 6, and when the transfer is completed, generation switching permission is given to the collection/management means (collection/management task 1), and generation switching of the disk file 3.4 is performed. This is a characteristic feature.

[Effect]

The transfer means (transfer task 5) receives the parameters transferred from the other system 6, examines the parameters, and determines that there is data to be transferred to the other system 6.
The contents of the current generation disk file 3 are transferred to another system 6. When all transfers are completed, the transfer means (transfer task 5) gives generation switching permission to the collection/management means (collection/management task 1) to switch the generation of the disk file 3.4.

[Embodiments of the invention]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the configuration of an information communication processing system that employs an information transfer and management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The billing statistical information collection/management task 1, the magnetic disk device 2, and its disk files 3 and 4 are the same as those of the conventional technology.

5 is disk file 3 for collection/management task 1,
This is a transfer task that provides generation switching permission for switching the generation of disk file 3.4 and transfers the contents of disk file 3.4 to another system 6, and 6 is another system that wants to receive billing statistical information. Transfer task 5
and other systems 6 are connected by X, 25 lines.

Next, the operation will be explained. The method of collecting the billing statistical information and the two-generation management is the same as the conventional technology, so it will be omitted, and the processing method of the transfer task 5 will be described in detail. When a call is made from another system 6 via line If the parameters are normal, a check is made to see if there is data to be transferred. And if you have data to transfer,
The data is transferred from the current generation file 3 to the other system 6 code by code, and transmission continues for the requested number of data. After the transfer task 5 completes all transmissions, the transfer task 5 transfers the data to another system 6.
If there is a file end record in the transmitted data, an instruction to permit generation switching is issued to the collection/management task l.

FIG. 2 shows a processing flowchart of transfer task r. When the processing of the transfer task l starts, step S1), it is determined whether the transmission parameters from the other system 6 are normal or not (step S2), and if abnormal, abnormal termination processing such as call disconnection is performed (step S4), The process ends (step S5).

On the other hand, if the transmission parameters are normal, it is determined whether there is data to be transmitted (step S3), and if so, the data is transmitted code by code from the current generation file 3 to the other system 6 (step 5f3). If the data is correctly transmitted to the other system 6 (step S7), the transfer pointer is counted up (step S8), and it is determined whether there is any data to be transmitted next (step S9).
), if not, disconnect the call with the other system 6 in step 5.
10), an instruction to permit generation switching is issued to the collection/management task 1 (step 511), and this process ends (step 512).

In this way, the information communication processing system of the above embodiment is connected to other systems that receive billing statistical information via X, 25 lines, transfers billing statistical information online using a simple file transfer protocol, and completes all transmissions. It is possible to manage generations by instructing generation switching of files that have been created.

Also, the file transfer protocol in this example is:
International Telegraph and Telephone Advisory Committee (hereinafter abbreviated as CCITT)
It is located above the virtual call procedure specified in Recommendation X, 25, and is simplified to easily realize the limited purpose of file transfer. File transfer and virtual call correspond to 1=1, and various control information and transfer files to be used are exchanged using the user data field of the data bucket of X, 25.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, when the transfer means determines that there is data to be transferred to another system based on the parameters transferred from the other system, the transfer means transfers the contents of the current generation disk file to the other system. Once all the transfers have been completed, generation switching permission is given to the collection/management means to switch the generation of the disk file, making it possible to build a system without using conventional expensive magnetic tape devices. In addition, it becomes possible to send the desired information to the desired system without requiring any human intervention.
Therefore, it is possible to achieve the effects of reducing personnel costs and system costs.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of an information communication processing system that employs an information transfer/management method according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the transfer task in this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the configuration of an information processing system employing a conventional information transfer/management method. ■・・・Collection/management tasks (collection/management means),
2...Magnetic disk device (storage means), 3.4
... Disk file, 5 ... Transfer task (transfer means), 6 ... Other system. Agent Masuo Ohatsu (2 idiots) Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] It is equipped with a collection and management means that collects the transferred information and manages it as a file, and a storage means that stores the information collected by this collection and management means, and stores the current generation and previous generation of information in the storage means. In an information communication processing system that transfers the contents of a disk file prepared for management purposes, generation switching permission is given to the collection/management means to switch the generation of the disk file, and the contents of the disk file are transferred to another generation. A transfer means is provided to transfer the data to the other system, and when this transfer means determines that there is data to be transferred to another system based on the parameters transferred from the other system, it transfers the contents of the current generation disk file to the other system. , an information transfer/management method characterized in that when all the transfers are completed, generation switching permission is given to the collection/management means to switch the generation of the disk file.