JPH05108569A - Terminal equipment recovering system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To exactly and speedily deal with a recovery operation in the case of a terminal fault and to improve the performance of recovery operation when a terminal equipment turns to the fault. CONSTITUTION:This system is equipped with a terminal equipment information file 11 to store terminal equipment information records, terminal equipment management table 13 to store terminal equipment information and terminal equipment management table registering means 12 to store the terminal equipment information in that management table 13 while reading the terminal equipment information file 11. Further, a terminal equipment recovering means 14 is provided to request the recovery of the terminal equipment to a terminal equipment control part 21 according to a recovery instruction to a relevant terminal name by retrieving the terminal equipment management table 13 based on the terminal equipment information composed of the terminal equipment name acquired from a terminal equipment managing (function) part 2 and the state of the terminal equipment when the state of the relevant terminal equipment shows the fault. Thus, in the case of executing the recovery operation of the terminal equipment turned to the fault, the recovery operation of the terminal equipment turned to the fault can be automatically executed according to a program.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a terminal device recovery system, and more particularly, in an online system using a large number of terminal devices, when the terminal device that has failed is recovered accurately and promptly, The device is constantly monitored, and instead of issuing a recovery command for the terminal device from the system console to each individual terminal device that has failed, the terminal device that has failed is accurately identified and is targeted for recovery. The present invention relates to a terminal device restoration method in which a restoration command can be controlled by a program only for existing terminal devices.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional terminal device recovery method, an operator constantly monitors a system console, selects only a message related to a terminal failure from various messages displayed on the system console, and is a recovery target. It was a system in which a command for instructing recovery was input from the system console only to the faulty terminal.

[0003]

As described above, in the above-described conventional terminal device recovery method, the operator constantly monitors the system console and selects only a message related to the terminal failure from various messages displayed on the system console. However, it took a lot of time to select the message and the recovery operation could not be performed quickly because the command for instructing the recovery was issued from the system console only to the faulty terminal that is the recovery target. There was a drawback that the operability was poor.

In view of the above points, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to be able to accurately and promptly deal with a recovery operation in the event of a terminal failure, and to recover from the failure. It is to provide a terminal device restoration method capable of improving the operation.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the terminal device restoration method of the present invention is an online system having a terminal device management function for monitoring the operating state of a terminal device operating on a communication network. A terminal device information file that stores a terminal device information record, a terminal device management table that stores terminal device information, and a terminal that reads the terminal device information file and registers the terminal device information in the terminal device management table. Based on the terminal device information including the device management table registration means and the terminal device management unit, which is connected to the terminal device management unit and includes the terminal device name and the state of the terminal device, the status of the terminal device indicates a failure. If so, the terminal device management table is searched, and the terminal device control unit of the terminal device management unit is instructed according to the recovery instruction for the terminal device name. It is intended to and a terminal device recovery means for performing recovery request of the terminal device.

[0006]

Therefore, according to the present invention, when performing the recovery process of the terminal device that has become a failure during operation, the terminal operation of the terminal device that has a failure can be performed without the operator's operation.
It can be done automatically according to the program.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a terminal device restoration system according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal device restoration method 1 of the present embodiment includes a terminal device management function 2 for monitoring the operating state of a terminal device group 3 composed of a large number of terminal devices operating on a communication network. In the online system, the terminal device information file 11, the terminal device management table registration means 12, and the terminal device management table 13
And a terminal device restoration means 14.

The terminal device information file 11 includes a terminal device name 1111 and a recovery instruction 1112 as shown in FIG.
, A recovery count 11121, and a recovery interval 11122. Furthermore, the terminal device management table 13
As shown in FIG. 3, the terminal device name 131 and the recovery instruction 132
The recovery count 1321, the recovery interval 1322, and the request count 1323.

The functions of the respective parts shown in FIG. 1 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. The terminal device management table registration means 12 of the terminal device restoration method 1 of the present invention is activated by an operator's instruction. That is, the terminal device management table registration means 12 reads the terminal device information record 111 from the terminal device information file 11 and stores the terminal device name 1111 in the terminal device name 131 of the terminal device management table 13 when activated by an operator's instruction. To do. Then, the recovery count 11121 is stored in the recovery count 1321, the recovery interval 11122 is stored in the recovery interval 1322, and then zero is stored in the request count 1323.

In the terminal device restoration method 1 of the present invention, the terminal device restoration means 14 is activated by the terminal device control section 21 of the terminal device management function 2. That is, when the terminal device recovery unit 14 is activated by the terminal device control unit 21 of the terminal device management function 2, the terminal device recovery unit 14 acquires the terminal device information including the terminal device name and the state of the terminal device, and the state of the terminal device is normal. Check if the condition or fault. Then, the terminal device name 131 in the terminal device management table 13 is searched only in the case of the failure state, and the recovery instruction 1 at the matched position is searched.
According to 32, the terminal device control unit 21 of the terminal device management function 2 is instructed to restore the terminal device in the fault state and to request the instruction result.

Next, referring to FIG. 4, terminal device restoration method 1
The operation of the terminal device management table registration means 12 will be briefly described. When the terminal device management table registration means 12 is activated by an operator's instruction, it reads one terminal device information record 111 from the terminal device information file 11 (S11). Then, when the terminal device information record 111 is finished, this processing is finished (S12).

When the terminal device information record 111 is not completed, the terminal device information record 1 is used as a basis.
The terminal device name 1111, the recovery count 11121, and the recovery interval 11122 of 11 are stored in each area of the terminal device name 131, the recovery count 1321, and the recovery interval 1322 of the terminal management table 13, and the request count 1323 is set to zero. It is stored (S13).

Next, referring to FIG. 5, terminal device restoration method 1
The operation of the terminal device restoration means 14 will be briefly described.
First, the terminal device restoration means 14 acquires the terminal device information including the terminal device name and the state of the terminal device from the terminal device control unit 21 of the terminal device management function 2. Then, the acquisition is triggered by the terminal device control unit 21 when the state of the terminal device changes.
There is more notification (S21).

Next, when the acquired status of the terminal device is a failure, the terminal device management table 13 is searched, and when the status of the terminal device is normal, this process ends (S2).
2). At this time, if the acquired state of the terminal device is a failure, the terminal device name 131 of the terminal device management table 13 is searched based on the terminal device name acquired from the terminal device control unit 21 (S23). As a result, if the terminal device names match, the process of S26 is performed after storing zero in the request count 1323 at the matched position, and if the terminal device names do not match, the process of S25 is performed (S24). ..

When all the terminal device management tables 13 have been searched, this process ends (S25). If the number of requests exceeds the number of restorations, this process ends. (S2
6). Next, if the number of requests does not exceed the number of restorations, after waiting for the time designated by the restoration interval 1322 of the terminal device management table 13, the terminal device management table 1
1 is added to the request count 1323 of 3. Thereafter, the terminal device control unit 21 of the terminal device management function 2 is requested to give an instruction to restore the terminal device and the result of this restoration (S27).
As a result, the terminal device control unit 2 of the terminal device management function 2
If the result of the recovery instruction from 1 is successful, this process ends, and if unsuccessful, the process of S26 is performed (S28).

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, particularly in an online system using a large number of terminal devices, in the case of performing restoration processing of a terminal device having a failure, the terminal of the terminal device having a failure is The operation can be automatically performed according to the program without the operator's operation, and the recovery operation at the time of the terminal failure can be accurately and promptly responded, and the terminal apparatus has the effect of improving the recovery operation at the time of the failure. ..

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a terminal device restoration system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a terminal device information file shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a terminal device management table shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing details of the operation of the terminal device management table registration means shown in FIG.

5 is a flowchart showing the details of the operation of the terminal device restoration means shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Terminal Device Restoration Method 2 Terminal Device Management Function 3 Terminal Device Group 11 Terminal Device Information File 12 Terminal Device Management Table Registration Unit 13 Terminal Device Management Table 14 Terminal Device Restoration Unit 21 Terminal Device Control Unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An online system having a terminal device management function for monitoring the operating state of a terminal device operating on a communication network, and a terminal device information file storing a terminal device information record and a terminal device information file. And a terminal device management table that reads the terminal device information file and registers the terminal device information in the terminal device management table; Based on the terminal device information consisting of the terminal device name and the terminal device status obtained from the department, if the terminal device status is a failure, the terminal device management table is searched and the recovery instruction for the terminal device name is followed. And a terminal device restoration means for requesting the terminal device control unit of the terminal device management unit to restore the terminal device. Terminal equipment recovery method to be.