JPS6167152A - Automatic generating system of offered library - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To generate an offered library with simple constitution to prevent the occurrence of artificial miss by providing a means, which indicates information items related to one another in a table file, and a means which extracts offered programs indicated by this means and related information. CONSTITUTION:A series of information related to programs are extracted from a system data file 5 in accordance with the indication of an operation part 6 by extraction processing part 3 of a center host 1 of a system. At this time, a generation and log management part 2 is referred, and the program to be extracted is determined on a basis of a system data management table 4 to generate an offered library 7. This offered library 7 is transferred to a system resident volume 11 and a control table file 12 on a basis of the indication of an operation part 10 by a transfer processing part 9 of a local host 8. Thus, the offered library 7 is generated automatically with the simple constitution, and artificial miss is prevented to improve the efficiency.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a method for automatically creating a provided library when providing a program, and in particular, in a computer network system, porting a new function program from one computer to multiple other computers. This paper relates to an automatic creation method for providing libraries that is useful when

[Conventional technology]

-71, it is often necessary to port a new program to another computer system, such as when new features are added to an operating system, and in this case, in addition to the provided program, control tables and debugging All information necessary to operate the program, such as patch data, will be transferred in its entirety. The software provided at this time is called a provided library.

For example, in a national network system, new function programs developed at a center, such as a Japanese language processing program, are ported all at once to other local host computers at a certain time, so that users across the country can receive equivalent services with the latest functions. You need to be able to receive it.

However, the provider's system data files generally consist of a large number of magnetic tapes created for each type, such as programs, control tables, and various lists, and the data attributes such as file formats are not necessarily the same for each type. It is normal not to have one. Also, since revisions are made all the time,
Generation management and history management are performed, resulting in a complex organization.

Therefore, in order to extract a series of data about a specified provided program from such system data files, that is, programs, control tables, various lists, etc., and create a provided library, it is necessary to omit only the correct data. It is necessary to perform selection work to extract data without any problem, and work to use various utilities for extraction processing depending on the data attributes of the data to be extracted.

Similarly, if the system configuration or O3 function of the provider is different, it is necessary to select the level and type of the program to be provided in accordance with the parameters.

In this way, when the parameters are determined according to the provision destination system, certain work items are generated to be executed according to the contents, and the provision library is created by executing them without fail.

FIG. 2 shows an overview of the conventional provision library creation work, which will be explained below in accordance with the steps indicated by ◯ to [phase] in the figure.

②Refer to the characteristics of the 7"C1' RAM and the destination system.

■Change the required parameters based on the characteristic data.

■Determine the extraction work item by referring to the related work information memo.

(2) The related work information memo is a work memo that summarizes all related extracted work items for each parameter.

(2) is a chain of determined extraction work items A to Z.

Execute the work sequentially according to the extraction work item chain in ■ and ■, and create the provided library in ■.

■The provided libraries include provided programs, various control tables (SGs for input/output devices, line system generation, etc.)
information), lists (program list, SG list, etc.),
Punch data for dealing with bugs, J for starting provided programs
Contains CL/CMD macros and others.

■ Pass the provided library to the provided system.

■Porting the provided library to the destination system.

[Phase] Execute the ported program.

The illustrated example shows a case where an error occurs during the execution of [phase] and the system goes down because the user forgets to perform the extraction work item Z during the work (■).

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In the past, the creation and management of provided libraries was done manually, requiring experienced personnel to give instructions for each item while looking at related work information memos.

In particular, extraction processing must be performed separately for each different data attribute, which complicates the work and increases the likelihood of errors.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention aims to save labor and reduce the occurrence of errors by completely automating the creation of a provision library and automatically extracting related work items. In a computer system equipped with a system data file containing the related information, a table means for displaying mutually related information items in the system data file, and an instructed provided program and its related information based on the table means. The invention is characterized in that it has a means for extracting information.

〔Example〕

The details of the present invention will be explained below based on examples.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a center host, 2 is a generation/history management unit,
3 is an extraction processing unit for creating a provided library, 4 is a system data management table, 5 is a system data file, 5a is a program file, 5b is a control table file such as SG information, 5C is a list file such as a program list, 5d is batch data used when making emergency corrections at the object level, 6 is an operation section, 7 is a provided library, 8 is a local host, 9 is a porting processing section, 10
is the operation unit, 11 is the system residence volume, 11
' is a spare system residence volume, 12 is a control table file, 12' is a spare control table file, 13 is a list output such as a program list or SG list, 14 is a list of provided programs, a list of execution punches, a list of control table names, etc. porting information for system administrators.

The center host 1 is the provider system, and the local host 8 is the transplant recipient system.

In the center host 1, the generation/history management unit 2 performs backup for data protection and version management based on system correction.

The extraction processing section 3 operates according to instructions from the operation section 6, extracts a series of information regarding the instructed program from the system data file 5, and creates a provision library 7. Each magnetic tape 5a in the system data file 5,
5b, 5c1. , , (7) What to extract from which is determined based on the system data management table 4. This system data management table 4 is
The related work information memo explained in 1. is imported into the system.

(A) in FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the extraction processing section 2, which consists of the following steps (A-1) to (A-6).

(A-1) Select an extraction target medium based on the system data management table 4.

(A-2): Detect the file name, member name, and file type of the extraction target medium.

(A-3): Secure a medium for the provided library.

(A-4): Assemble a job using various utilities used for extraction.

(A-5): Start the extraction job and monitor its completion.

(A-6): Edit the extracted information and output it to the provided library medium.

Next, returning to FIG. 1, the porting process in the local host 8 will be explained.

Based on instructions from the operation unit 10, the porting processing unit 9 transfers the provided library 7 to the system resident volume 11 and control table file 12, and their respective spares 11' and 12'.
port to. Conventionally, this porting process was also managed manually, but like the extraction process on the provider side, there is a problem that different utilities and files are required for each data attribute, so in this example, This is done through automation.

The operation of the transplant processing section 9 is shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3(B). Steps (B''l) to (B-5) in the flow are as follows.

(B-1): Read the contents of the provided library (magnetic tape base).

(B-2): Detect data attributes such as file name, member name, and file type from the read contents.

(B-3): Secure a medium to be transplanted, such as a DASD.

(B-4): Assemble the job used for porting using existing utilities.

(B-5): Start the porting job and monitor its completion.

(B-6): Edit and print out various lists and tables.

In this way, any provided programs are automatically extracted and automatically ported.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, a provision library can be automatically created with a simple operation, the occurrence of human error can be suppressed, and efficiency can be improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a configuration diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the conventional provision library creation work, and Fig. 3 is an operational flow diagram of the extraction processing unit and porting processing unit in the embodiment of the present invention. be. In the figure, 1 is the center host, 2 is the generation/history management unit, 3 is the extraction processing unit, 4 is the system data management table, 5 is the system data file, 6 is the operation unit, 7 is the provided library, 8 is the local host, 9 represents a transplant processing section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a computer system comprising a system data file containing a program to be provided to another computer system and information related thereto, a table means for displaying mutually related information items in the system data file; and means for extracting the instructed provision program and its related information.