JPS6188341A - Remote job entry control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the operation of a terminal device and to eliminate the need for knowledge to a host computer of the operator by using a menu pattern in the same manner as the job control of a decentralized computer to attain the control to a remote job entry executed by a host computer. CONSTITUTION:A terminal device operator displays a job controlling item in a menu display form of a display terminal device DTN to select a desired job control item. When it is discriminated that the job controlling item inputted by a discriminator DI is addressed to the host computer, an instruction converting circuit CX converts the job controlling items into an instruction of the remote job entry RJE controlling system of the host computer HPU and the result is transmitted to the host computer HPU. When a response message from the computer HPU to the RJE instruction is received by a converting circuit MX, the message is converted into a response message of the specification of the decentralized computer DSP based on the message table MT and displayed on a display circuit DS.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Application Field) A remote job entry (hereinafter referred to as RJE) control system, particularly a display terminal device.

The present invention relates to an RJE control system in a distributed processing system comprising a host computer having at least a different operating system from the distributed computer.

(Prior Art) A fraction processing system in which a distributed computer having a communication control function is arranged between a host computer and a terminal device has been widely adopted as an effective form of information processing.

On the other hand, remote batch processing (also known as RJE processing) is a well-known method for updating a host computer installed in a remote location from a terminal device via a communication line without traveling to the host computer. Are known.

Remote batch processing in the molecular ft processing system is
Although it can be performed on either a host computer or a distributed computer, the distributed computer has the function of controlling JE jobs for any remote batch processing. As RJE job control (4, Inquiry about the status of RJE job or R, JR job 17F, RJE
There is a job on hold; [There is a release of the hold, a cancellation of the RJE job, or a change in the path of the & pressure job.

In a conventional RJE processing system of this type, the operator controls the RJE jobs executed on the host computer using the host combination, and the job control executed on the distributed computers uses the host combination. This is done by distributed combination and operator commands.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In such a conventional system, an operator of a terminal device sends an RJE command of a host combination, a response message corresponding to this JE command, and an operator command of a distributed computer. - and response message conversion means corresponding to the operator commands, and the operation of the IC terminal device is also complicated and troublesome.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to perform job control for RJE jobs executed on a host computer using the same menu screen operations as job control executed on distributed computers. By making the process9 easy to use,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an RJE control system that eliminates the need for the operator of a terminal device to have knowledge about a host computer and that also simplifies operation.

(Means for solving problems) The method of the present invention is an RJE control method in a distributed processing system consisting of a display terminal device and two distributed computers and a host computer having at least a different operating system from the distributed computers.
For each display terminal device, select job control items such as inquiry, hold, cancellation, route change, etc. of a job executed on the distributed computer or a remote job (hereinafter referred to as job) executed on the host combination. A menu display means and a stage are provided to display one menu screen for the purpose of displaying the menu, and the distributed combination,
- Every evening, a job management table is created for registering all the status of each job, and whether or not the job control item selected based on the menu screen is addressed to the host combination, - evening is determined based on the job management table. a determination means for making a determination based on the above-mentioned judgment; and when it is determined that the determined job control item is addressed to the host computer based on the result of the determination, the job control item is sent to the host combination using an RJE command; a message converting means for converting a response message from the post computer to the JE command into a response message corresponding to the distributed computer specifications; A message display means for creating a display message based on a response message and displaying it on the display terminal device, and job control in the distributed computer and job control in the host computer can be performed by the same display terminal device operation. It is characterized by this.

(Embodiment) Referring fully to FIG. 1, which shows an embodiment of the present invention, this embodiment shows a job processing means JP't-including a host computer H.
PU, input queue IQ, output queue OQ, job execution stage JD, job management table JT, command table CT, message table MT, command conversion means CX, message conversion means MX, judgment means D
A distributed computer DSP having display means DS=i and a display terminal device DTN are connected via a communication line to constitute a distributed processing system. A magnetic disk device MD and a printer PR are connected to the distributed computer DIP, and a display terminal device DTNIC is connected to the distributed computer DIP.
is connected to printer PLLT.

In order to avoid complicating the drawing, only one host computer, one distributed computer, and one 7M spray terminal are shown in FIG. 1. For example, as shown in FIG. There may be a plurality of distributed computers, each host computer may be connected to a number of distributed computers, and each distributed computer may be connected to a plurality of display terminal devices. .

Figure 1 V Here, the display terminal device DTNHC
An RT, a keyboard, a control section thereof, and an input/output interface section (times are not shown for each). The control section includes menu display means. The terminal operator operates the keyboard and inputs jobs and job control instructions without looking at the 7CCFLT screen, displays the result information or job control response message on t-cRT, and displays the magnetic field as necessary. Output disc MD or printer PRK.

Even if a job is submitted from the input queue I Qld or the display terminal DTN, the job execution means JD or J described later
If the job cannot be executed immediately because P is in operation, the submitted job is waited for, and the output queue OQ is the job execution means J.
Even if a job result in D or JP is input, the output of the job result is awaited when it cannot be output immediately because the display terminal device, magnetic disk device MD, or printer P is in operation.

Job execution means JD and JP are located in the distributed computer DSP and host computer HPU, respectively, and execute jobs. Identification of which job is to be executed is performed based on the job name (task name) input from the Nice Play terminal device.

The job management table JTi is a two-dimensional table in which the status, job name, job number, job submission source, etc. are written for each job, and includes the input queue IQ, the job execution means JD and the job JP, which will be described later. Writing and updating are performed using the determination means DI. Job management table JTV
The status of the job that is placed in ci is the input queue IQ
Waiting for input from job execution means JD or 1dJP, while sending from input queue IQ to job execution means JP, job execution means JD'! or during execution in JP, while waiting for input from job execution means JD or R in the output queue OQK>, while receiving an executed job in 10-dan JP,
ji in output queue OQ.

There are special features for outputting results.

Regarding these jobs or job results, the operator can make inquiries, put them on hold, cancel them, Job control operations such as route changes can be performed. The module DIU determines whether or not the job control item designated by the display terminal DTN is addressed to the host computer I-IPU (destined to the distributed computer) based on the job management table JT. As a result of this judgment, if it is found that the job control item is addressed to the distributed computer DSP, the judgment means DI outputs a response message to the message display means DS, which will be described later.

The command conversion CX determines whether the job is a job or not based on the result of the above judgment. IIJ Item is host computer I-I 1)
When it is found that the address to U is also C, the job 1fll is
J CD9 items all host computer Hl) U's RJ
Convert it to an E command and send it to the host computer HPUi.
Send 7, get 1. host computer HP U tt
J Conversion to E command Ic i'j, , Nyop City I
J TA Bug-eye compatible 1 (The command table CT in which the JE command is previously stored is reversed.

1X is sent to the message conversion means by the host computer HPUIC in step 9 described above, and the response message from the host computer H1 (H1) to the RJ E command (depending on the specification C of the host computer HPU U) is sent to the distributed computer. Convert to a response message from user DSP a:. For this conversion, a message table MT is used in which a response message according to the distributed computer DSP specification corresponding to the response message according to the host computer Hf)U specification is written in advance.

The display means DB creates a display message based on the response message manually input from the judgment means DI or the message conversion means MX, and displays the message on the display terminal device q D T
Display it on H.

- [, the terminal operator is using the display terminal device DTN'J
r, 4', specify the number of the menu item corresponding to the job name, and submit all the jobs to the distributed computer DSP. When a job is submitted, a JCL macro instruction corresponding to the menu item number is activated to determine whether the job should be executed on the host computer HPU or the distributed computer DSP, and register it in the queue section. If the job is to be executed by the host computer HPU't', it is sent to the host computer HPU. When the host computer 1-IPU accepts the job,
It allocates a zip number and sends it to the distributed combination and data DSP.

When the distributed computer DSPi job name and job number are all received, the job submission source (display terminal device DT
N, and the job management table JT along with the job device.
Insert IC5. ) The submitted job is f? , etc., depending on the operating state of the distributed processing system at that time, the job is immediately executed by the job execution means JP or JD, or is put on hold. When a change occurs in the job status depending on the status of the job in the job execution means JP or JD, the contents of the job management table JT are updated.

Next, when the terminal operator performs jog control, the menu display means of the display terminal device DTN
All job control items are displayed on the R1 screen in a menu format, and the desired job control items are set. The selected job control item is input to the judgment means DI, and the judgment means DI is the job number of the job management table JT. :
Based on the job name, it is determined whether the input job control item is addressed to the host computer HPU or the distributed computer DPU. In such a determination, as described above, a job number is assigned to each job submission, and the job name is the job name itself, which can be used to identify the job execution computer in many cases.

The selected job control item is also entered into the input queue IQ and the output queue OQ, and job control in the distributed computer DSP is performed.

As a result of the judgment in the judgment means DI, if it is found that the input job control item is addressed to a distributed computer, the judgment means DI refers to the job management table JT and outputs a response message to the money display means DS.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the input job control item is addressed to the host computer, the command converter CX converts it into a jog control 311 item A based on the command table CT and sends it to the host computer HPU (7) RJE command. Send to computer HPU. In the host computer HPU, job control is performed based on this RJE command. Next (in step 8), when the message converting means MX receives a response message from the host computer HPU in response to this RJE command, the message converting means MX converts it into a response message of the distributed computer DSP specifications based on the message table MT, and the display means DBVC- Strengthen.

In the display means DS, the judgment means 7'C creates all the display messages based on the response message and message received from the message conversion means 1'vI Display on the CILT screen of DTN.

(Effects) By adopting the present invention, RJE can be executed on a host computer by adopting the above-mentioned structure.
JE job control for jobs can now be performed using all menu items on the distributed computer, which eliminates the need for the terminal device operator to have knowledge about the host computer, and also simplifies the operation of the terminal device. Garori.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

111 shows an entire embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows an example of the hardware environment of the present invention. HP U...Host computer, DSL)...
...Fractional computer, DTN...Display terminal device i, JP, JD...Job execution means, J
T: Job management table, CT: Command table, MT: Message table, CX
...Command conversion means, MX...Message conversion means, IQ...Manpower waiting time 'lI%OQ...
...output queue, DI...1' (] disconnect + 戊,
118...Display means, MD...Magnetic display device, P...Printer. KUR $1 Figure 2 Figure

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim] A remote job entry control method in a distributed processing system comprising a display terminal device, a distributed computer, and a host computer having at least a different operating system from the distributed computer,
Displaying, for each of the display terminal devices, a menu screen for selecting job control items such as inquiry, hold, cancellation, route change, etc. of the job executed on the distributed computer or the remote job executed on the host computer. A menu display means is provided, and for each distributed computer, a job management table for registering the status of each remote job, and a job control table for determining whether or not a job control item selected based on the menu screen is addressed to the host computer. determining means for making a determination based on the job management table; and when it is determined that the selected job control item is addressed to the host computer as a result of the determination, the job control item is sent to a remote job entry command of the host computer; command converting means for converting and transmitting the command; message converting means for converting a response message from the host computer to the remote job entry command into a response message corresponding to the distributed computer specifications; and from the determining means or the message converting means. message display means for creating a display message based on the response message and displaying it on the display terminal device, so that job control in the distributed computer and job control in the host computer can be performed by the same operation of the device play terminal device. This is a remote job entry control method that is characterized by: