JPH11175320A - Setup processing controller and storage medium therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a setup processing controller capable of selecting and performing plural setup processings corresponding to the request of a user or a storage medium for realizing the controller. SOLUTION: When the user instructs the activation of the setup processing by an input device 20, whether or not information required for the setup processing is specified as an argument along with the setup processing activation instruction is judged by a setup processing judgement means 24. At the time of judging that the information required for the setup processing is specified as the argument by the setup processing judgement means 24, a non-interactive type setup processing is performed by a command line processing means 26. Also, at the time of judging that the argument is not specified by the setup processing judgement means 24, an interactive type setup processing for successively specifying the information required for setup is performed by a GUI processing means 25. The progress or result of the setup processings is outputted to an output device 22.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a setup processing control device for performing a setup process of a software package and a storage medium thereof, and more particularly, to performing a plurality of setup processes so as to reduce setup man-hours. The present invention relates to a setup processing control device and its storage medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a software package setup operation in a personal computer has been performed by an interactive setup process. For example, Graphical User Interface
face: hereinafter abbreviated as GUI. ) Is displayed on the output display device to prompt the user to specify the setup progress conditions such as the setup location and options, and the setup process is proceeded based on the designated setup progress conditions. In particular, for a large-scale system setup operation, a setup operation using such a GUI is very useful as a simple setup operation.

[0003] On the other hand, there is a demand for performing setup from a remote location to a terminal having no user. In order to satisfy such a demand, a system capable of performing a setup operation by remote control has been invented.

FIG. 3 shows an outline of the configuration of such a conventionally proposed setup processing control device.
This setup processing control device includes a host 10 and a communication control device 11. An I / O device 12 capable of designating setup conditions and the like to the host 10
Is connected to the communication device 11, and a storage device 13 in which a program to be set up is stored is connected. Further, the host 10 and the communication device 11 communicate with each other by a hardware control unit (HCU) 14 ₁ ,
A coaxial cable 15 through 14 _2, the optical loop interface device _{(LoopInterface Unit: LIU) 16 1} , 1
It is connected by a cable 17 through the 6 _2.
The coaxial cable 15 transmits control information, and the optical cable 17 transmits data.

When the host 10 performs a setup process by remote control on the communication control device 11, the host 1
0 controls the communication control device 11 via the coaxial cable 15 to transfer a download program for a download process including a BOOT program, an IPL program, and a setup program. This host 10
Is transferred via the optical cable 17, and the transferred download program is stored in a main storage (not shown) of the communication control device 11. When the transfer is completed, B
After the storage device 13 is initialized as necessary by the OOT program and the IPL program, a setup program is started, and a desired system program is set up in the storage device 13.

As described above, the host 10 and the communication control device 1
A transmission line for control signals and a transmission line for data transfer are provided between the host computer 1 and the host 10. The host 10 controls the communication control device 11, and the setup program is started by the bootstrap operation of the transfer program. Necessary setup information is obtained by communication with the host 10 via the optical cable, and the setup processing can be performed even in the communication control device 11 having no setup input device.

[0007] A technique relating to such a setup processing control device is disclosed in "System installation system by remote control" in JP-A-1-142857.

[0008]

In such a conventional setup processing control device, an interactive setup process using a simple GUI can be performed for a large-scale system setup operation. However, performing an interactive setup process from a remote location to a terminal having no user requires a huge capital investment for network introduction.

Further, it is difficult to introduce such an expensive network to a terminal such as a personal computer whose performance is remarkably improved, and even if it is introduced, the communication capacity of the network is still small. Therefore, there is a problem in performing the interactive setup process using the GUI for the remote operation, and this tendency is remarkable especially when a personal computer is used. Rather, when personal computers are connected via a network, setup processing by a command line is often required from a remote location.

Therefore, since it is required to perform the interactive setup process and the non-interactive setup process for collectively specifying the setup conditions from the command line, it is necessary to provide a plurality of types of setup processing programs. Such a setup processing program is often upgraded as a system program, which causes problems such as an increase in program development man-hours due to the creation of a plurality of programs and complicated and complicated version number management.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a setup processing control device capable of selecting and performing a plurality of setup processes in response to a user's request, or a storage medium for realizing this device.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there are provided (a) input means for inputting a start instruction of a setup process, and (b) whether there is an argument of the start instruction input by the input means. Argument determination means for determining whether
(C) When it is determined by the argument determination means that there is no argument, the setup processing is sequentially performed based on the designated setup condition, and when it is determined that there is an argument, the setup processing is performed based on the condition corresponding to this argument. And a setup processing execution unit for executing the setup processing.

That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the argument determining means determines whether or not an argument is specified in the setup processing start instruction input by the input means. The non-interactive setup process is performed when it is determined that there is an argument by the argument determination means, and the interactive setup process is performed when it is determined that there is no argument.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, (a) input means for inputting a start instruction of the setup processing, and (b) a predetermined condition to be added to the setup processing from the start instruction input by the input means. Argument determining means for determining whether there is an argument to be performed; and (c) setup specifying means for designating a predetermined condition to be sequentially added to the setup when the argument determining means determines that there is no argument for the start instruction. (D) interactive setup execution means for performing setup processing based on predetermined conditions to be added designated by the setup designation means, and (e) when it is determined by the argument determination means that there is an argument for the start instruction. An argument extracting means for extracting an argument input by the input means; A non-interactive setup executing means for performing a setup process based on the set arguments, and (g) an output means for outputting a result of the setup process by the interactive setup executing means and the non-interactive setup executing means to the setup processing control device. To equip it.

That is, in the second aspect of the present invention, the argument determination means is configured to determine whether or not an argument corresponding to a predetermined setup condition is specified in the setup processing start instruction input by the input means. Then, when it is determined that the argument determined by the argument determination unit is an argument corresponding to a predetermined setup condition, the argument specified by the argument extraction unit is extracted,
The non-interactive setup execution means executes setup processing based on the extracted arguments. Further, when it is determined by the argument determining means that there is no argument corresponding to the predetermined setup condition, the non-interactive setup processing is executed by sequentially specifying the predetermined condition to be added to the setup by the setup specifying means. did.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, (a) an input step of inputting an instruction to start a setup process;
An argument determining step of determining whether there is an argument designating a predetermined condition to be added to the setup process from the start instruction input by the input means; and (c) no argument corresponding to the start instruction by the argument determining step. And (d) interactive setup execution for performing a setup process based on the predetermined condition to be added specified by the setup specifying step. A step; (e) an argument extracting step of extracting an argument input by the input step when it is determined by the argument determining step that there is an argument corresponding to the activation instruction; and (f) an argument extracting step of extracting the argument. Non-interactive setup for setup Storage medium for a setup processing control device storing in a storage area a control procedure including at least a backup execution step and an output step of outputting a result of the setup processing by the interactive setup execution step and the non-interactive setup execution step. It is characterized by being.

That is, in the third aspect of the present invention, each procedure for performing the control operation of the setup processing control device according to the second aspect of the present invention is stored in a storage medium. The information processing apparatus can perform a desired setup process.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium for a setup processing control device according to the third aspect, the non-interactive setup execution step is executed using a graphical user interface.

That is, in the invention according to the fourth aspect, the non-interactive setup processing is performed using the graphical user interface as the output means.

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BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

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Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples.

FIG. 1 shows an outline of the configuration of a setup processing control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The setup processing control device includes an input device 20, a setup processing control unit 21, an output device 22, and a central processing unit (hereinafter abbreviated as CPU) 23, and performs a setup process or a command by GUI. The setup process by line can be performed. With the input device 20, a plurality of predetermined setup conditions for the activation of the setup process and the setup process can be designated. The setup processing means 21 is configured to execute the setup processing by the CPU 23 according to a predetermined procedure stored in a storage device (not shown). The output device 22 can output the progress and results of these setup processes.

The setup processing means 21 includes a setup processing determination means 24, a GUI processing means 25, and a command line processing means 26. The setup processing determination means 24 can determine which of the two types of setup processing that can be performed by the setup processing control device is to be executed. The two types of setup processing are interactive setup processing and non-interactive setup processing.

The interactive setup process is a process in which a user uses the input device 20 as a setup condition during execution of the setup process using a GUI by using information necessary for the setup process.
The setup is performed by sequentially specifying by manual input by the user. In the interactive setup process, such a user operation is essential during the setup process.

The non-interactive setup process automates the execution of the setup process by specifying information necessary for the setup process as setup conditions at the start of the setup process. This non-interactive setup process does not require user operation during the setup process.

The setup process determining means 24 determines these setup processes based on the setup conditions specified by the input device 20 at the start of the setup process. When the setup condition is not specified, it is determined that the setup process has been started using the GUI, and the process is passed to the GUI processing unit 25. When a setup condition is designated, it is checked whether the designated setup condition is one of a plurality of settable setup conditions. Then, when the specified setup condition can be specified as the predetermined setup condition, it is determined that the setup process in which the argument is specified as the setup condition from the command line is started, and the process is passed to the command line processing unit 26. Has become.

The GUI processing means 25, when the processing is delivered by the setup processing determining means 24, outputs to the output device 2
By preparing a GUI in 2 and specifying information necessary for timely setup processing as setup conditions by the input device 20, a predetermined non-interactive setup processing can be executed and the setup processing can be completed.

The command line processing means 26 executes the setup processing based on the setup conditions specified at the start of the setup processing when the processing is delivered by the setup processing determination means 24, and performs the setup processing without requiring any user operation. Can be completed.

Next, the setup processing operation performed by the setup processing means of the setup processing control device having such a configuration will be described.

FIG. 2 shows the contents of the setup processing operation performed by the setup processing means. When the execution of the setup process is started by the input device 20 (step S30), the setup process determination unit 24 determines whether a setup condition as information necessary for the setup process is specified as an argument at the start of the setup process. Is determined (Step S3
1). When the argument is specified, it is checked whether the setup condition is a predetermined setup condition. If the setup condition is not the predetermined setup condition, execution of the setup process is not started. When an argument is specified and the argument is a predetermined specifiable setup condition, the process is passed to the command line processing means 26.

If no arguments are specified at the start of the execution of the setup processing, the processing is passed to the GUI processing means 25, and if the arguments are specified, the processing is passed to the command line processing means 26. The start of the execution of the setup process is performed by
The start of execution may be instructed from the UI or the start of execution may be instructed from the command line. Depending on whether or not a setup condition is specified at the time of instructing start of execution, one of a plurality of setup processes is determined. Decide what to choose.

The command line processing means 26 to which the setup processing has been passed by the setup processing determination means 24 sends the setup information to the output device 22 because the information necessary for the setup processing is specified by an argument from the command line at the start of the setup processing. The execution of the setup process is completed only by notifying the start of the process (step S32). During this time, the user does not request an operation to make the user aware that the setup process is being executed.

The GUI processing means 25 to which the setup processing has been passed by the setup processing determination means 24,
In order to obtain information necessary for performing the setup process, a GUI is prepared in the output device 22 and prompts a designation by a user input from the input device 20. Based on the setup information from the input device 20, a predetermined setup process is executed, and the progress of the setup process is graphically displayed on the output device 22. When the setup process is completed, the fact that the setup process is completed is displayed. (Step S33).

As described so far, by implementing these setup processes as one, it is possible to carry out a change in response to various requests from a user who wants to set up in an unmanned store or the like from a remote place. The form of the setup process can be selected.
For example, in a special case in which the interactive setup process is normally performed, and the setup process is remotely performed on a terminal having no other terminal operator, a non-interactive setup process is performed. be able to.

In this embodiment, the setup processing determining means checks whether the specified argument is an argument that can be specified as a predetermined setup condition, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a check can be made in the interactive setup processing means.

In this embodiment, the setup process has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the uninstallation process can be similarly realized.

[0038]

As described above, according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, two types of setup processing modes are implemented and this is determined by an argument.
The setup process can be performed without making changes in response to various requests from the user. At the same time, the number of development steps of the setup processing control device can be reduced, and the work of managing the version numbers of a plurality of programs can be reduced.

According to the third or fourth aspect of the present invention, since the setup processing procedure which can take a plurality of setup processing forms is stored in the storage medium, it is possible to use the storage medium. The same control can be realized by an information processing device such as a plurality of computers.

[0040]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an outline of a configuration of a setup control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a setup processing control flow in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing an outline of a configuration of a conventionally proposed setup control device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 20 input device 21 setup processing means 22 output device 23 CPU 24 setup processing determination means 25 GUI processing means 26 command line processing means

Claims (4)

[Claims] An input unit for inputting a start instruction of a setup process; an argument determining unit for determining whether there is an argument of the start instruction input by the input unit; A setup processing execution means for executing a setup process based on a designated setup condition when determined, and executing a setup process based on a condition corresponding to the argument when determined that there is an argument; A setup processing control device characterized by the following. 2. An input unit for inputting a start-up instruction for a setup process, and an argument for determining whether there is an argument specifying a predetermined condition added to the setup process from the start-up instruction input by the input unit Determining means; setting specifying means for sequentially specifying predetermined conditions to be added to the setup when it is determined by the argument determining means that there is no argument for the activation instruction; Interactive setup execution means for performing a setup process based on a predetermined condition; and argument extraction means for extracting the argument input by the input means when the argument determination means determines that there is an argument for the activation instruction. Based on the argument extracted by the argument extracting means. A non-interactive setup executing means for performing a setup process; and an output means for outputting a result of the setup process by the interactive setup executing means and the non-interactive setup executing means. . 3. An input step of inputting a start-up instruction for a setup process, and an argument for determining whether there is an argument specifying a predetermined condition added to the setup process from the start-up instruction input by the input means. A determining step; a setup specifying step for sequentially specifying predetermined conditions to be added to the setup when it is determined by the argument determining step that there is no argument for the start instruction; and an addition specified by the setup specifying step An interactive setup execution step of performing a setup process based on a predetermined condition; and an argument extraction step of extracting the argument input by the input step when the argument determination step determines that there is an argument for the activation instruction. This argument extraction step A non-interactive setup execution step of performing a setup process based on the argument extracted by the above, and an output step of outputting a result of the setup process by the interactive setup execution step and the non-interactive setup execution step. A storage medium for a setup processing control device, wherein a control procedure stored in a storage area is stored. 4. The storage medium for a setup processing control device according to claim 3, wherein said non-interactive setup execution step is executed using a graphical user interface.