JPH03230253A - System program load system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make a response even to the request of a different system program by retrieving the system program of a computer on a client side according to the host name by the computer of a server on a secondary storing medium storing the system program of the computer on the client side, and making the response through a network. CONSTITUTION:Computers 1 of the plural clients request the respective system programs to a computer 2 of the server by a system program requesting means 11 while designating the host name. The computer 2 of the server receives this request by a receiving means 23 and retrieves the system program corresponding to the host name designated on a secondary storing medium 3 by a retrieving means 22. The retrieved system programs are respectively sent to the computers 1 of the clients by a transmitting means 23. Thus, the computers 1 of the plural clients can obtain the system programs of the computers themselves only by making the requests to the computer 2 of the server.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] A computer with a plurality of computers called clients that have a network function and have the function of requesting a program of its own system and the function of receiving the response through the network function. , relates to a system program loading method for a computer system consisting of a computer called a server that responds to computer requests from its clients, and in which files on the server's computer are managed in a directory structure on a secondary storage medium. .

[Conventional technology]

In the conventional system program loading method, the server computer either sends the same system program as a response to requests from multiple client computers, or registers the system programs of each client computer individually. , the corresponding system program was sent as an answer without searching as requested by the client's computer.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the conventional system program loading method described above,
■When a client computer makes a request to load its own system program, the client computer must be aware of where its own system program is located on the server computer when issuing the request. ■The case where a request can be issued without being aware of one's own system program is limited to cases where multiple client computers have the same system program; ■When multiple client computers each have different system programs. The disadvantage is that they must be configured separately.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a system program loading method that allows a plurality of client computers to obtain their own system programs by simply requesting a server computer.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the system program loading method of the present invention includes a plurality of client computers, a secondary storage medium storing a system program used by the plurality of client computers, and a system program loading method of the present invention. a server computer that searches the secondary storage medium for each system program requested by the computer, the secondary storage medium comprising: a host name database that stores host names corresponding to the system programs; and the host computer. a system program database that stores client system programs corresponding to each host name on the host name database, and the server computer includes a receiving means that receives requests from the plurality of client computers; searching means for searching a host name from a host name database on the secondary storage medium and searching for a system program corresponding to the host name from the system program database according to a request of the system program received by the receiving means; and transmitting means for transmitting the system program searched by the searching means.

[Effect]

A plurality of client computers request each system program from the server computer by specifying its host name using a system program requesting means. The server computer receives this request using the receiving means, and uses the searching means to search for the system program corresponding to the specified host name on the secondary storage medium. The retrieved system programs are each sent to the client's computer by the sending means.

〔Example〕

The present invention will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings.

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

In the figure, the present embodiment is composed of a client computer 1, a server computer 2, and a secondary storage medium 3, and the client computer 1 is composed of a system program requesting means 11 and a reply receiving means 12. The server computer 2 is composed of a receiving means 21, a searching means 22, and a transmitting means 23, and the secondary storage medium 3 is composed of a system program database 30 and a host name database 35.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing by the input means 21, which consists of a request reception step 211 and a search means activation step 212.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the search means 22, in which the system program search step 221
, and a transmitting means activation step 222.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flowchart of the processing of the transmitting means 23, in which the transmitting means 23 performs the answer transmitting step 23.
It consists of 1.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

First, the system program requesting means in the client computer 1 having the hardware address 8 issues a request for the system program. The receiving means 21 in the server computer 2 receives a request from the client computer 1 in a request input step 211, and starts the searching means 22 in a searching means starting step 212.

The search means 22 performs a system program search step 22.
1, the receiving means 21 detects the corresponding host name A from the host name database 35 based on the hardware address A that is the destination of the received request, and determines which host name A should be answered based on the host name A. Search where on the secondary storage medium 3 the system program is stored. 2
On the next storage medium 3, the system program A32 of the client computer 1 is stored in advance under the host name A31, which is the same directory name as the host name A of the client computer 1.

As a result, the search means 22 uses the request destination host name A as the directory name, and searches for the request destination system program A.
32 can be detected. After detecting the system program A in this way, the sending means activation step 22
2, the transmitting means 23 is activated.

Then, the sending means 23 sends the system program A32 detected by the searching means 22 to the answer receiving 12 of the client computer 1 in a reply sending step 231.

Although this embodiment shows the case of the client computer 1 having the hardware address A, according to the present invention, the same operation can be performed in the case of a plurality of client computers having other different hardware addresses. can.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the system program loading method of the present invention stores the system program of the client computer in a secondary storage medium, and the server computer loads the system program of the client computer on this secondary storage medium. Since the search is based on the host name and the response is sent via the network, it is possible to respond to requests from multiple client computers, each with a different system. This has the effect that there is no need to be aware of where the system program is located on the server computer.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the receiving means 21, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the searching means 22, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the transmitting means 23. In the figure, 1... Client computer 11... System program requesting means, 12... Response receiving means, 2... Server computer 21... Input means, 22... Searching means, 23.・・・
Transmission means 3...Secondary storage medium, 30...System program database 1.35.
...host name database.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A plurality of client computers, a secondary storage medium for storing system programs used by the plurality of client computers, and a secondary storage medium for storing each system program requested by the plurality of client computers. A system program loading method consisting of a server computer that searches from a secondary storage medium, the secondary storage medium comprising: a host name database that stores a host name corresponding to a system program; and a computer on the host name database. a system program database storing system programs of client computers corresponding to respective host names of the server computer; and a receiving means for receiving each request from the plurality of client computers; searching means for searching a host name from the host name database on the secondary storage medium and searching the system program database for a system program corresponding to the host name according to a system program request received by the searching means; and transmitting means for transmitting the system program retrieved by the system program loading method.