JPH03225552A - Program update system of decentralized processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically update a stored program into the latest state by generating transfer program information which matches the attribute of a system to be controlled dynamically and reflecting a transfer result on attribute information on the system to be controlled. CONSTITUTION:An update indication for a program which is inputted from an input device 1 is analyzed by an indication analyzing means 4 into information on the system 18 to be controlled according to the indication contents. The analyzed information on the system 18 is passed to an attribute information receiving means 5, which indicates the transmission of the attribute information to an attribute information transmitting means 19 through the communication means 29 of the communication means 17 and the system 18 and the means 19 receives the attribute information and inputs attribute information which is already stored in an attribute information storage device 21 through an attribute information input means 20. The update indication analyzed by the indication analyzing means 4 and the attribute information on the system 18 which is received by the means 5 are passed to a transfer information generating means 6. The means 6 generates transfer program information matching the information passed from the update information input means 9 among pieces of information passed from a distribution information input means 7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is utilized for automatically updating programs of a plurality of managed systems (computer systems or terminal systems) by a management computer system of a distributed processing system. The present invention relates to a program update method for a distributed processing system that can automatically update a program when attribute information of a managed system cannot be specified or when programs to be transferred are different for each attribute.

〔overview〕

The present invention is a program update method for a distributed processing system in which programs for multiple managed systems are added or changed by operating a management computer system, in which attribute information of the managed systems is registered and programs that match the attribute information are updated. By dynamically selecting and transferring programs and reflecting the transfer results in the attribute information of the managed system, it is now possible to automatically update programs stored in the managed system without being aware of the system attributes. It is something.

5. Prior Art] Conventionally, when updating programs in this type of distributed processing system, the management computer system checks the attribute information of the managed system in advance before updating, and transfers data that matches the attribute information. Good programs were defined as transfer program information, and this information was referenced during transfer to automate the transfer and dynamically update the program.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The above-described conventional program update has a format in which transfer program information is defined before the update is performed, so there is a problem in that it is not possible to dynamically add managed systems for which updates should be automated. In addition, since the format is to transfer unconditionally based on the defined transfer program information, the attribute information of the managed system and the attribute information of the program to be transferred may not necessarily match. An invalid program may be transferred to the managed system because a program that does not correspond to the system attribute information may be transferred, and furthermore, it is necessary to match the defined transfer program information with the managed system's attribute information. Therefore, there is a problem that the transfer program information must be redefined every time an update is performed.

The present invention eliminates such problems by automatically adding managed systems for which you want to automate updates, preventing unauthorized programs from being transferred, and updating the transferred programs each time an update is performed. The purpose is to provide a method that does not require redefining information.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention provides a management computer system in which a plurality of managed systems are connected to a management computer system including an input device for inputting update instructions and an output device for outputting update results based on the update instructions, and the management computer system includes The managed system includes a program transmitting means for transmitting a program to the target system, and a communication means for communicating with the managed system, and the managed system includes a communication means for communicating with the management computer system, and a communication means for communicating with the management computer system. In a program update method for a distributed processing system comprising a program receiving means for receiving a program from the management computer system via means and a program storage device for storing the program, the management computer system includes a management target system. comprising a control means for dynamically selecting a program that matches the attribute information of the managed system, the managed system comprising means for transmitting its own attribute information to the management computer system,
Furthermore, the control means includes means for updating the attribute information according to information from the managed system.

The control means of the management computer system includes an instruction analysis means for analyzing update instructions input from the input device;
an attribute information receiving unit that receives attribute information of the managed system; a distribution information storage device that manages information on programs that may be transferred to each managed system and stores distribution information; and a distribution information storage device that stores distribution information from the distribution information storage device. A distribution information input means for inputting distribution information, an update information storage device for managing information on programs to be distributed in correspondence with attribute information and storing update information, and an update information input device for inputting attribute information from the update information storage device. an input means, a transfer program information that matches the attribute information, distribution information, and update information; a transfer information creation means that creates new attribute information of the managed system at the time this transfer is completed; and a transfer result as a result of the update instruction. The transmitting means and the updating means of the managed system include an update result converting means for converting the update result and a result transmitting/receiving means for transmitting the update result and new attribute information to the managed system and receiving the stored result. In addition to the attribute information transmission means for transmitting attribute information to the computer system,
An attribute information storage device that stores attribute information of the own system; an attribute information input device that inputs attribute information from the attribute information storage device; a result output device that receives and transmits updated results; and a result output device that receives updated new attribute information. and attribute information updating means for reflecting the existing attribute information.

[Effect]

The system manually obtains the attribute information of the managed system, dynamically creates and transfers transfer program information that matches the attributes of the managed system, and reflects the transfer results in the attribute information of the managed system.

Thereby, programs in the distributed processing system can be automatically updated, and information such as the operating system name and operating system revision of the computer system or terminal system to be managed can be used as attribute information.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the embodiment of the present invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of managed systems 1 are provided in a management computer system 3 equipped with an input device 1 for inputting update instructions and an output device 2 for outputting update results based on the update instructions.
8 is connected to the management computer system 3, a program transmitting means 11 for transmitting a program to the managed system 18, and a program storage device 13 for storing the program.
and a program input means 12 for reading a program from the program storage device 13, a result output means 16 for outputting an update result based on an update instruction to the input device 1, and a communication means 17 for communicating with the managed system. ,
The managed system 18 includes a communication means 29 for communicating with the management computer system 3, a program receiving means 22 for receiving programs from the management computer system 3 via the communication means 29, and a program receiving means 22 for receiving programs from the management computer system 3 via the communication means 29. a temporary storage device 24 for temporary storage; a program time output means 23 for writing a program into the time storage device 24;
A program storage device 27 that stores programs, and a program storage device 27 that stores programs from a temporary storage device 24.
Furthermore, as a feature of the present invention, the management computer system 3 is equipped with a control means for dynamically selecting a program that matches the attribute information of the managed system 18. Target system 18
is equipped with means for transmitting its own attribute information to the management computer system 3, the control means includes means for updating the attribute information according to information from the managed system 18, and the control means of the management computer system 3 Input device 1
instruction analysis means 4 for analyzing update instructions input from the
Attribute information receiving means 5 that receives attribute information of managed systems 18, distribution information storage device 8 that manages information on programs that may be transferred to each managed system 18 and stores distribution information, and this distribution information storage. A distribution information input means 7 that inputs distribution information from the device 8; an update information storage device 10 that manages information on programs to be distributed in accordance with attribute information and stores update information; An update information input means 9 for inputting information, and a transfer information creation means 6 for creating attribute information, distribution information, transfer program information that matches the update information, and new attribute information of the managed system 18 at the time this transfer is completed. , an update result converting means 14 for converting the transfer result into the result of an update instruction, and a result transmitting/receiving means 15 for transmitting the update result and new attribute information to the managed system and receiving the stored result. consists of an attribute information transmitting means 19 that transmits attribute information to the management computer system 3, an attribute information storage device 21 that stores attribute information of the system, and an attribute information input device that inputs attribute information from the attribute information storage device 21. means 20, result receiving and transmitting means 25 for receiving and transmitting update results, and attribute information updating means 28 for reflecting new attribute information after the update on the existing attribute information.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be explained.

A program update instruction input from the input device 1 is analyzed by the instruction analysis means 4 into information on the managed system 18 based on the instruction content. The analyzed information on the managed system 18 is passed to the attribute information receiving means 5, and the attribute information receiving means 5 transmits the attribute information to the attribute information transmitting means 19 via the communication means 17 and the communication means 29 of the managed system 18. The attribute information transmitting means 19 receives the attribute information of the managed system 18 and inputs the attribute information already registered in the attribute information storage device 21 via the attribute information input means 20.

The update instruction analyzed by the instruction analysis means 4 and the attribute information of the managed system 18 received by the attribute information reception means 5 are passed to the transfer information creation means 6. The transfer information creation means 6 selects program information that matches the program information that needs to be transferred and is passed from the update information input means 9 from among the program information that can be transferred passed from the distribution information input means 7 as transfer program information. and create new attribute information for the managed system when the transfer based on this transfer program information is successfully completed.

Further, the distribution information input means 7 inputs program information that may be transferred and corresponds to the managed system 18 analyzed by the instruction analysis means 4 from among the distribution information already registered in the distribution information storage device 8 . Update information input means 9
inputs program information to be transferred corresponding to the attribute information received by the attribute information receiving means 5 from among the update information already registered in the update information storage device 10.

The program transmitting means 11 transfers the program to the program receiving means 22 via the communication means 17 and the communication means 29 of the managed system 18 based on the transfer program information created by the transfer information creation means 6.

From this program transmitting means 11 to the program receiving means 2
2, the program input means 12 retrieves and inputs the program stored in the program storage device 13. The input program is output to the temporary storage device 24 via the program output means 23.

When the transfer of all programs is completed based on the transfer program information created by the transfer information creation means 6, the update result conversion means 14 converts the results of the transfer into an update result for the update instruction. The result transmitting/receiving means 15 transmits the update result and the new attribute information for the managed system created by the transfer information creating means 6 to the communication means 1 if the update is normal.
7 and the communication means 29 of the managed system 18 to the result receiving and transmitting means 25.

The result receiving and transmitting means 25 to which the update result is sent stores the program stored in the temporary storage device 24 in the program storage device 27 again using the program storage means 26 if the update result is normal, and the result is determined to be normal. If so, the new attribute information sent at the same time as the update result is reflected in the attribute information storage device 21 using the attribute information update means 28, and the communication means 29 and the management The result is transmitted to the result transmitting/receiving means 15 via the communication means 17 of the computer system 3.

Further, if the storage in the program storage device 27 is abnormal, all programs stored in the temporary storage device 24 are discarded, and the communication means 29 and the management computer are informed that the storage in the program storage device 27 is abnormal. The result is transmitted to the result transmitting/receiving means 15 via the communication means 17 of the system 3. If the update result is abnormal, all programs stored in the temporary storage device 24 are discarded.

If the update result is normal in the result transmitting/receiving means 15, the communication means 17 and the communication means 29 of the managed system 18
The storage result indicating whether or not the program has been properly stored in the program storage device 27 is received from the result receiving and transmitting means 25 via the result receiving and transmitting means 25, and this is used as the overall result. Furthermore, if the transfer result is abnormal, that result is taken as the overall result. Furthermore, the result transmitting/receiving means 15 outputs the entire result to the output device 2 via the result output means 16.

By automatically performing the above-described processing on the managed system, it is possible to automatically add or update programs required in the computer system or terminal system in the distributed processing system.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, attribute information of a managed system is registered, and a program that matches the attribute information of this managed system is dynamically selected and transferred.
By reflecting the transfer results in the attribute information of the managed system, programs stored in the managed system can be automatically updated to the latest state without having to be aware of the attributes of each managed system. This has the advantage of being able to manage the storage of the same program in managed systems that have the same attribute information.

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[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Input device, 2... Output device, 3... Management computer system, 4... Instruction analysis means, 5... Attribute information receiving means, 6... Transfer information creation means, 7 ...Distribution information input means, death...Distribution information storage device, 9...Update information input means, 10.Update information storage device, 11.
...Program transmitting means, 12...Program input means, 13.27...Program storage device, 14...
Update result conversion means, 15...Result transmission/reception means, 16.
...Result output means, 17.29...Communication means, 18.
... Managed system, 19... Attribute information transmission means,
20... Attribute information input means, 21... Attribute information storage device, 22... Program reception means, 23... Program-time output means, 24...-time storage device, 25.
...Result receiving and transmitting means, 26...Program storage means,
28... Attribute information update means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of managed systems are connected to a management computer system that includes an input device for inputting update instructions and an output device for outputting update results based on the update instructions, and the management computer system comprises a program transmitting means for transmitting a program to the managed system, and a communication means for communicating with the managed system, and the managed system includes: a communication means for communicating with the management computer system. In a program update method for a distributed processing system comprising: a program receiving means for receiving a program from the management computer system via the communication means; and a program storage device for storing the program, the management computer system includes: , comprising a control means for dynamically selecting a program that matches the attribute information of the managed system, the managed system comprising means for transmitting its own attribute information to the management computer system, and further comprising: a control means for dynamically selecting a program that matches the attribute information of the managed system; A program update method for a distributed processing system, characterized in that the method includes means for updating the attribute information according to information from the managed system. 2. The control means of the management computer system includes: instruction analysis means for analyzing update instructions input from the input device; attribute information receiving means for receiving attribute information of the managed system; and the managed system. a distribution information storage device that manages information on programs that may be transferred for each program and stores distribution information; a distribution information input means that inputs distribution information from the distribution information storage device; and a distribution information input means that inputs distribution information from the distribution information storage device; an update information storage device that manages program information and stores update information; an update information input means that inputs attribute information from the update information storage device; transfer program information that matches the attribute information, distribution information, and update information; A transfer information creation means for creating new attribute information of the managed system at the time the transfer is completed; an update result conversion means for converting the transfer result into the result of an update instruction; and an update result and new attribute information for the managed system. a result transmitting/receiving means for transmitting and receiving stored results, and the transmitting means and updating means of the managed system include: an attribute information transmitting means for transmitting attribute information to the management computer system; an attribute information storage device for storing attribute information; an attribute information input means for inputting attribute information from the attribute information storage device; a result receiving and transmitting means for receiving and transmitting updated results; 2. The program update method for a distributed processing system according to claim 1, further comprising attribute information updating means for reflecting the existing attribute information.