JPH05158666A - System constitution control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten the processing time of system constitution information gathering and shorten the turnaround time as to the system constitution information display function of a device which is connected to a computer system. CONSTITUTION:The system constitution information display function of the device 9 connected to the computer system 3 obtains system constitution information once when the system is started up before a user 1 uses the device to generate a system constitution information data base file 7 and refers to the system constitution information data base file 7 without using a constitution file 8 when the user 1 makes a request to display the system constitution information. Consequently, the exclusive wait time of the constitution file 8 from other programs and the time for searching the constitution file 8 are eliminated to shorten the processing time and the turnaround time of the system constitution display function is shortened.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system configuration management system for a computer system, and more particularly to a system configuration information display function system for devices connected to the computer system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the conventional system configuration information display function,
A user who refers to the system configuration information, a terminal that displays the system configuration information, a device that configures the system, an OS that has dynamic system configuration information such as device status, and static system configuration information that corresponds to each device. It has an unspecified number of configuration files in a predetermined position and a system configuration display command for collecting, editing and outputting system configuration information.

Next, the operation will be described.

When a user gives an instruction to collect and edit output of system configuration information to a system configuration display command in order to refer to the system configuration information from a terminal, the system configuration display command causes the system configuration information of devices constituting the system to be displayed. In order to collect the dynamic system configuration information such as device status from the OS that has the specified system and to acquire the static system configuration information from the configuration file corresponding to the collected dynamic system configuration information, an unspecified large number existing in a predetermined position The configuration file group is searched for each dynamic system configuration information obtained from the OS, and the dynamic system configuration information collected from the OS and the static system configuration information of the configuration file are edited and displayed on the terminal.

[0005]

In this conventional method,
Every time the user instructs the system configuration display command to collect and edit the system configuration information in order to refer to the system configuration information from the terminal, the system configuration display command is an OS that has the system configuration information of the devices constituting the system. Collects dynamic system configuration information such as device status from the OS, and in particular, acquires an unspecified number of configuration file groups existing at a predetermined position in order to acquire static system configuration information based on the collected dynamic system configuration information. Since the search is performed for each dynamic system configuration information obtained from the above, there is a problem that it takes time to search an unspecified number of configuration files and the turn-around time is increased. May be used and the configuration file may be locked. Irradiation can no longer, there was also a problem to increase a further turnaround time.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a system configuration management method that shortens the processing time for collecting system configuration information and reduces the turnaround time.

[0007]

In the system configuration information display function of the present invention, a system configuration display command for collecting and editing and outputting system configuration information, and a system obtained by activating the system configuration display command at system startup A system configuration information database creation command for storing configuration information in a data file to create a system configuration information database and a system configuration information database file are provided.

Further, the system configuration information database file is used to shorten processing time and turnaround time.

[0009]

When the system configuration information database creation command creates the system configuration information database file before the user uses the computer system when the system is started up, and the user references the system configuration information using the computer system. Can delete the search time for an unspecified number of configuration files by referring to the static system configuration information of the device from the system configuration information database file, and eliminate the waiting time due to exclusion of configuration files from other programs. it can. This makes it possible to reduce the turnaround time of the system configuration display function.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system configuration management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a user, 2 is a terminal, 3 is a computer system, 4 is a system configuration information database creation command, 5 is a system configuration display command, and 6 is a command.
Is the OS, 7 is the system configuration information database file,
Reference numeral 8 is a configuration file, and 9 is a device.

The user 1 in this case includes a user 1 who is a system administrator who manages the computer system 3 and a general user who uses the computer system 3 to perform business. Display instructions or results to 3. The terminal 2 is a peripheral terminal of the computer system 3 or a terminal connected to a communication line.

An apparatus 9 is connected to the computer system 3 and has a system configuration information database creation command 4, a system configuration display command 5, an OS 6, a system configuration information database file 7 and a configuration file 8. The system configuration information display function is configured to display information such as the status of 9 and device.

The OS 6 has dynamic system configuration information such as the state of the device 9 connected to the computer system 3, and the configuration file 8 contains the computer system 3
The configuration file 8 stores static system configuration information of the device 9, and the configuration file 8 exists at a predetermined position of the computer system 3.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a system configuration database creation command for creating the system configuration information database file of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a system configuration display command for collecting, editing and outputting the system configuration information of the present invention.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, when the computer system 3 is started up, the OS 6 automatically causes the system configuration information database creation command 4 before the user 1 exists. In the processing step 101, the system configuration information database creation command 4 deletes the system configuration information database file 7 existing before the computer system 3 is started up in order to create the latest system configuration information database file. In order to create the system configuration information data file 7 in processing step 102, preparations such as file generation and opening are made. In response to the system configuration display command 5 in processing steps 103 to 104, 105, 106, and 107, dynamic system configuration information such as the states of all unspecified number of devices 9 connected to the computer system 3 and unspecified number of unspecified numbers. The acquisition of the static system configuration information of the configuration file 8 is instructed (processing step 103), and the system configuration information is acquired.

The acquired system configuration information is edited and written in the record of the system configuration information database file generated in processing step 102 (processing step 10
6, 107). Processing steps 104 to 105, 106
When the processes of 1 and 107 are completed, post-processing such as closing the system configuration information data file 7 is performed (processing step 108).

When the system configuration information database creation command 4 is completed, the OS 6 permits the user 1 to use the computer system 3.

Next, in the system configuration display command 5, processing steps 201, 202, 203, 204, 205,
Flows of 206, 207 and 208 and 201, 20
It has 2, 209 and 210 streams.

Process steps 201 to 202, 203,
The flow of 204, 205, 206, 207 and 208 is a process for eliminating the waiting due to the exclusion of the configuration file 8 from other programs, and when the computer system 3 is started up, the system configuration information database creation command 4 causes the system configuration to be changed. This is a flow of operations when the display command 5 is activated. Further, the flow of processing steps 201 to 202, 209 and 210 is as follows.
This is a process for shortening the online turn-around time. After the computer system 3 is started up,
This is a flow when the user 1 who uses the computer system 3 activates the system configuration display command 5.

First, processing steps 201 to 202, 2
The flow of 03, 204, 205, 206, 207, and 208 will be described.
To obtain the dynamic system configuration information such as the states of all the unspecified number of devices 9 connected to the computer system 3. Process steps 202 to 203, 204, 20
5, 206, 207, and 208, all the unspecified large number of configuration files 8 in the predetermined positions corresponding to the information obtained in the processing step 201 are searched in order to obtain the corresponding configuration file 8 (processing step 204, Two
05, 206, 207). Note that processing step 204,
If the comparison result in the loop of 205, 206, 207, 208 is NO, in processing step 205, the pointer of the configuration file at the predetermined position is advanced to the next step and returned to processing step 204, and in processing step 208, the processing step The pointer of the information acquired in 201 is advanced to the next step and returned to the processing step 204.

If the corresponding configuration file 8 is found (if not in processing step 205), processing step 20
6, 207 and 208, the static system configuration information of the device 9 is acquired from the corresponding configuration file 8 (processing step 206), and the system configuration information combined with the dynamic system configuration information acquired in processing step 201 is acquired. It is passed to the system configuration information database creation command 4 (processing step 207), and this is repeated for the number of unspecified devices 9 connected to the computer system 3.

The flow of processing steps 201 to 202, 209 and 210, which is another flow, will be described. All of the system configuration information of the device 9 designated by the user 1 who uses the computer system 3 and an unspecified number of From the system configuration information database file 7 created by the system configuration information database creation command 4, which is acquired when the dynamic system configuration information such as the state of the device 9 is acquired from the OS 6 (processing step 201) and started when the computer system 3 starts up. The static system configuration information corresponding to the information acquired in processing step 201 is acquired (processing step 209). The dynamic system configuration information acquired in processing step 201 and the static system configuration information in processing step 209 are combined and output to the terminal 2 used by the user 1 (processing step 210).

Further, when the user 1 who is the system administrator who manages the computer system 3 changes the system configuration after the computer system 3 is started up, the system configuration information database is provided on condition that there is no other user 1. The system configuration information database file 7 may be recreated by invoking the creation command 4.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, before the user 1 uses the system at the time of starting the system, the system configuration information is once acquired and the system configuration information database file 7 is created. 1 requests the display of the system configuration information, the system configuration information database file 7 is referenced without using the configuration file 8 to search the waiting time and the configuration file 8 due to exclusion of the configuration file 8 from another program. By eliminating the time required for this, the processing time can be shortened and the turnaround time of the system configuration information display function can be shortened.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a system configuration management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a system configuration database creation command that creates a system configuration information database file of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a system configuration display command for collecting, editing and outputting system configuration information according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 User 2 Terminal 3 Computer System 4 System Configuration Information Database Creation Command 5 System Configuration Display Command 6 OS 7 System Configuration Information Database File 8 Configuration File 9 Device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A system configuration information command for collecting and editing and outputting system configuration information, and a system configuration information database for storing the system configuration information acquired by activating the system configuration display command at system startup in a data file. A system configuration management method comprising a system configuration information database creation command to be created and a system configuration information database file. 2. The system configuration management method according to claim 1, wherein the turn-around time is reduced by shortening the processing time by using the system configuration information database file.