JPH05197639A - Monitor system for input/output device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To smoothly execute the utilizing job of an electronic computer system using an input/output device even for a user having a little experience concerning the utilizing job of the electronic computer system. CONSTITUTION:A resident program A102 in the host computer system fetches a console message, detects the generation or extinction of a monitor object event at the input/output device by referring to the table of correspondence between the monitor object event concerning the input/output device registered on a registration list A106 and a message to be outputted when generating or extincting the event and transmits detection information to a work station system 108 for monitoring the input/output device. Since a resident program B109 loaded on the work station system 108 refers to the name of the monitor object input/output device registered on a registration list B113 based on this transmitted information, it is judged whether the monitor object event is generated or extincted at the monitor object input/output device, and these data are displayed on a display device 112 of the work station system 108 in a certain form so as to be easily comprehended for the user.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an input / output device monitoring system in an electronic computer system, and more particularly to an open system computer center in which an unspecified user requests the computer system to execute a badge job. The present invention relates to a monitoring method of an input / output device, which is used when a user uses the input / output device necessary for executing a badge job and can easily know the state of the input / output device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional technique for monitoring an input / output device of an electronic computer system, a method in which a console device is installed near an input / output device installation location and is monitored by a console message is generally used. There is.

Further, in the above-mentioned conventional technique, there is further known a technique for facilitating monitoring of output messages by selecting console messages to be output to the console device according to the monitoring purpose of the input / output device.

As a conventional technique of this kind, for example,
Techniques described in JP-A-63-108447 are known.

[0005]

However, the above-mentioned prior art has the following problems, and users are dispersed in a wide range of places, and input / output devices for open use are provided in many places. It is difficult to apply to a large-scale computer center that is installed.

(1) Although the related art can output a related message for each type of input / output device to a specific console device, the related message is not necessary for a general user. Mixed messages, and also
Although the I / O devices to be monitored vary depending on the installation location of the I / O devices, it is impossible for the console device to select and display messages related to individual I / O devices. There is a problem in that the types and amounts of messages displayed are large and it is difficult for an open user to find out the monitoring message necessary for executing his or her badge job.

(2) As the scope of open-use business expands, some general users may include people who cannot understand the meaning of console messages. There is a problem that the input / output device cannot be monitored by the message.

(3) In the prior art, there is a limit to the size of the distance between the console device and the host computer, and the console device may be installed near an input / output device that is remote from the host computer. It has a problem that it cannot be done.

(4) Generally, the number of console devices that can be connected to the host computer is limited, and the console devices are generally expensive. There is a problem that the console device cannot be installed for each installation location of the input / output device.

(5) Further, in the prior art in which the console message to be output to the above-mentioned console device is selected according to the monitoring purpose of the input / output device to facilitate the monitoring of the output message, a special technique is required for each input / output device. It has a problem that it is difficult to adopt it in general computer centers because it requires various hardware mechanisms, and meets the needs of large-scale centers that monitor I / O devices at the locations where many I / O devices are installed. It has a problem that it can not be done.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and to use the electronic computer system in an open utilization type computer center in which input / output devices are distributed and installed in many places. An object of the present invention is to provide a monitoring system of an input / output device that enables even a user with little experience to smoothly carry out a task of utilizing an electronic computer system using the input / output device.

[0012]

According to the present invention, the above-mentioned object is to provide a register A in which a monitored event relating to an input / output device is registered on a host computer system, and to output the console message each time a console message is output. The message is compared with the contents of the register A to determine whether or not the monitored event related to the I / O device has occurred or disappeared. If the monitored event has occurred or disappeared, the input connected to the host computer system is detected. In the output device monitoring workstation system, the content of the monitored event, whether it occurs or disappears,
By transmitting the name of the target input / output device, a register B in which the name of the input / output device to be monitored is registered is provided in the workstation system, and the transmission contents are compared with the contents of the register B. Then, it detects the monitored event that occurred or disappeared in the monitored device of the workstation system, and displays the name of the device and the content of the monitored event that occurred or disappeared in the workstation system in a user-friendly format. It is achieved by doing so.

[0013]

[Operation] The resident program in the host computer system is
By using the key-in out simulation function, a console message issued by the operating system is fetched, and a correspondence table between the monitored event relating to the input / output device registered in the register A and the console message output when the event occurs or disappears is displayed. By referring to this information, the occurrence or disappearance of the monitoring target event of the I / O device is detected, and the contents of the monitoring target event in the workstation system for monitoring the I / O device, the occurrence or disappearance of the event, and the device in which the monitoring target event occurs Send the name of.

Further, the resident program installed on the workstation system, based on the transmission information,
By referring to the name of the monitoring target I / O device registered in the register B, it is determined that the monitoring target event has occurred or disappeared in the monitoring target I / O device of the workstation system, and it has occurred or disappeared. The contents of the monitored event and the name of the monitored device are displayed on the display device of the workstation system in a format that is easy for the user to understand.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an input / output device monitoring system according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the construction of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the present invention.
3 is a diagram for explaining the structure of the register A, FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the structure of the register B, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the status display of the input / output device displayed on the display device of the workstation system. is there. In FIG. 1, 101 is a central processing unit, 102 is a resident program A, 103 is a console message acquisition unit, 104 is a monitoring target verification unit, 105 is a communication unit, 106 is a register A, 107 is an I / O device operation room,
108 is a workstation system, 109 is a resident program B, 110 is a device name verification unit, 111 is a display control unit, 112 is a display device, 113 is a register B,
Reference numeral 114 is an input / output device.

As shown in FIG. 1, the system to which the present invention is applied comprises a host computer system and an I / O device operating room 107 having an input / output device 114 connected thereto. A plurality of I / O device operation rooms 107 are provided in different places, but in FIG.
Only the set is shown.

The host computer system is composed of a central processing unit 101 to which an input / output device to be monitored and a workstation system for monitoring the input / output device are connected, and a register A. The central processing unit 101 includes a resident program A102 that operates in the central processing unit 101, and the resident program A102 uses the key-in out simulation function to capture a console message issued by the operating system. Section 103, a monitoring target event verification section 104 that compares the console message acquired by the console message acquisition section 103 with the contents of the register A to determine the occurrence or disappearance of the monitoring target event for the input / output device, and the monitoring target When the occurrence or disappearance of the monitoring target event for the input / output device is detected by the judgment of the event verification unit 104, the contents of the monitoring target event and the name of the input / output device in which the event occurs or disappears are transmitted to the workstation system. Communication unit 105 is configured To have.

Input / output device 114 used by general users
The I / O device operating room 107 in which the I / O device operating room 107 is installed is monitored by the input / output device monitoring workstation system 108, the name of the input / output device installed in the I / O device operating room 107, and the display device 112. The workstation system 10 includes a register B113 in which information for displaying the occurrence or disappearance of an event is registered.
8 is a resident program B10 operating on the system.
9 is provided.

In the resident program B109, the target device name of the monitored target event transmitted from the host computer system is compared with the contents of the register B113, and the monitored target event is stored in the I / O device operating room 107. The device name verification unit 110 that determines whether the input / output device has occurred or disappeared, and as a result of the determination by the device name verification unit 110, the monitoring target event is in the I / O device operation room 107. When it is determined that the I / O device 114, which is a monitoring target device, has occurred or disappeared, the I / O device is attached to the display device 112 attached to the workstation system.
A display control unit 111 that displays the occurrence or disappearance status of a monitoring target event for the input / output device 114 in the O device operation room 107 is configured.

In the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, the input / output device is monitored according to the flow chart shown in FIG. 2, and the result is displayed on the display device 112 provided in the I / O device operation room 107. To display. In the flowchart shown in FIG. 2, steps 201 to 205 are steps executed by the resident program A, and steps 206 and 207 are steps executed by the resident program B.

Then, step 201 is a step for judging the end of the resident programs A and B, step 202 is a processing step for waiting for the generation of a console message, and step 203 is for a console message generated.
A processing step of inputting a console message into the memory of the resident program A, step 204 is step 20
Console message entered in 3 and directory A106
Step 205, in which it is determined from the contents of
When the event to be monitored for the input / output device occurs as a result of the determination in step 204, the content of the monitored event, whether the monitored event occurs or disappears, and the name of the target input / output device are transmitted to the workstation system 108. This is a processing step.

In step 206, it is determined whether the monitoring target event transmitted from the host computer system to the workstation system 108 in step 205 is the monitoring target device of the workstation system or not in the name of the monitoring target device and the register B. If the input / output device in which the monitored event has occurred or disappeared is the monitored device of the workstation system as a result of the determination in step 206, the display device 112 generates the monitored event or It is a processing step for displaying the disappearance status.

As shown in FIG. 3, the register A is included in the message ID 301 of the console message output when the monitored event occurs or disappears, and the console message for specifying the details of the monitored event. Detailed information 302 such as sense byte and error code, and message ID 301 in the output console message
And a set of events to be monitored when the detailed information 302 is included is defined as one record and is composed of a plurality of records corresponding to console messages.

As shown in FIG. 4, the register book B is composed of records corresponding to the input / output devices to be monitored in the I / O device operation room 107 in which the register book B is placed. Is a coordinate 401 indicating the display position of the input / output device to be monitored on the display device 112, and a coordinate 4
01 is displayed on the screen 01 and the device name 403 of the monitored device 402 is displayed.

On the display device 112, as shown in FIG. 5, the type of the device to be monitored and the name of the device are displayed together with the graphic 501 at a predetermined display position (in the illustrated example, a magnetic tape device having the device name T00 is displayed). At the same time, the printer name of the device name L00 is displayed), and at the same time, when a monitored event occurs, the comment and guidance 502 displaying the content of the monitored event and the correspondence that the user should take in Japanese are displayed in a predetermined area. Is displayed.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG.

(1) First, the resident program A 102 on the host computer system waits for a console message to occur. When a console message occurs, the resident program A 102 uses the key-in out simulation function of the operating system to send the console message to the resident program A. (Steps 202, 20)
3).

(2) In step 203, the console message fetched in the memory is compared with the contents of the register A, and if the console message matches the message ID 301 and the detailed information 302 in the register A 106, Whether or not it exists is detected and the monitored event is detected (step 204).

(3) If there is a match in step 204, the occurrence or disappearance 303 of the monitored event corresponding to the message ID 301 and the detailed information 302 is generated.
If there is, the contents of the monitored event in the register A 106 and the name of the device in the console message are transmitted to the workstation system 108 (step 205).

(4) In step 204, the console message and the message ID 301 in the register A 106
And the detailed information 302 are compared with each other, and if there is no match, the console message is determined to be not monitored for the input / output device, and the process of step 202 is performed to wait for the generation of the next console message. Return.

(5) Workstation system 108
The resident program B109 above receives the contents transmitted in step 205, compares the received device name in which the monitoring target event has occurred with the device name 403 in the register B113, and determines the device in which the monitoring target event has occurred. It is determined whether or not it is the monitoring target input / output device 114 of the workstation system (step 206).

(6) If the device name is registered in the register B113, it is determined as the monitoring target input / output device 114 of the workstation system, and the display process of the monitoring target event on the display device 112 is executed. .. At this time, the position of the monitored device on the display device 112 is similar to the actual position of the device, as indicated by a graphic 501 in FIG. 5, using the coordinates 401 in the register B 113 and the type 402 of the monitored device. As shown in the comment and guidance 502, the content of the monitored event is displayed in Japanese (step 207).

(7) In step 206, the register B113
If the device name is not registered therein, it is determined that the input / output device in which the monitored event has occurred is not the monitored device of the workstation system, and the process returns to step 202 to wait for the generation of the next console message.

The operation described above can be similarly realized by the workstation device for monitoring the input / output device which is arranged at each installation location of the input / output device.

According to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the monitored event such as the user's necessary operation for the input / output device can be displayed on the display device of the workstation system in an easy-to-understand manner. It is possible to easily monitor the input / output device.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, a relatively inexpensive workstation device is arranged at each installation location of the input / output device instead of the expensive console device, and the workstation device is installed. Since the monitoring information of the I / O devices in the vicinity of the can be displayed on the display device of the workstation system, general users can easily monitor the I / O devices, and the cost of the computer center equipment can be reduced. It is possible to reduce the number of times, reduce the period of education for general users on how to use computer systems, and reduce the number of steps.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the number of inquiries from the general user to the computer center and to reduce the number of man-hours in the computer center, and the frequency with which the general user enters and leaves the computer room. Since security can be reduced, security in the computer center can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a registry A.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a registry B.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a state display of the input / output device displayed on the display device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 Central Processing Unit 102 Resident Program A 103 Console Message Acquisition Unit 104 Monitored Event Verification Unit 105 Communication Unit 106 Register A 107 I / O Device Operation Room 108 Workstation System 109 Resident Program B 110 Device Name Verification Unit 111 Display Control Unit 112 Display Device 113 Register B 114 Input / Output Device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An electronic computer system comprising a host computer system for detecting the occurrence and disappearance of events in an input / output device of an electronic computer system by a console message, and an input / output device connected to the system. A workstation system is provided at the installation location of the entry output device, the host computer system is provided with a register registering the monitored events to be monitored for the input / output device, and when the console message occurs, the contents of the console message It is determined whether or not a monitored event has occurred or disappeared by referring to the above-mentioned and the above-mentioned register, and when the occurrence or disappearance of the monitored event is judged, it corresponds to the content of the monitored event in the workstation system. The name of the input / output device and the input / output device characterized by transmitting Monitoring system. 2. The workstation system comprises a register registering monitored devices, which are input / output devices to be monitored, and details of monitored events transmitted from the host computer system and corresponding input / output devices. The presence or absence of a monitoring target device is determined by referring to the registration list based on the name, and if the monitoring target device is in the registration list, the content of the monitoring target event is displayed. The monitoring method of the input / output device described in 1.