JPS63276655A - Increasing system for peripheral equipment of non-stop computer system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To increase a peripheral equipment without stopping a computer system, by giving an instruction from a terminal equipment to an operating system and an application program. CONSTITUTION:When an instruction is given to an operating system 104 from a terminal equipment 102, a peripheral equipment increasing means 107 is started. As a result, a registering means 108 registers an increase of a peripheral equipment 113 to a management table 105. Subsequently, an initializing means 109 sets the equipment 113 to a usable state. The equipment 113 can use an application program 106, and this state id displayed on the table 105. Also, a kind and a quality of the equipment 113 are registered to the table 105 from the terminal equipment 102.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to adding peripheral equipment to a computer system, and particularly relates to a method for adding peripheral equipment without stopping the computer system.

(Conventional technology) Conventionally, when adding peripheral equipment to a computer system,
After the computer system was stopped, the computer system's configuration definition information was changed, peripheral equipment additions were defined in the operating system, and the computer system was restarted.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the conventional peripheral equipment expansion method described above, it is necessary to stop the computer system. The disadvantage is that peripheral devices cannot be added if stopping the system would cause significant damage.

An object of the present invention is to store an operating system and application programs so that they can be executed as necessary, and to start the operating system and application programs by giving operation instructions from a terminal device. This eliminates the above drawbacks by initializing additional peripheral devices and registering them in the operating system, making it possible to use additional peripheral devices without stopping the computer system.A non-disruptive computer system configured to allow additional peripheral devices to be used without stopping the computer system. The objective is to provide a method for adding peripheral devices.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The peripheral device expansion method for an uninterruptible computer system according to the present invention is configured to include a storage device, a processing device, and a terminal device.

The storage device includes an operating system including a peripheral device management table, an application program, an additional peripheral device registration means for registering additional peripheral devices to the operating system, and an additional peripheral device initialization unit for making the additional peripheral devices available for use. This is for storing a peripheral device expansion means consisting of a conversion means.

The processing device is for running the operating system and application programs.

The terminal device is used to give operating instructions to the operating system and application programs.

(Example) Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a method for adding peripheral equipment to a non-disruptive computer system according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 101 is a processing device, 102 is a terminal device, 103 is a storage device, 104 is an operating system, 105 is a peripheral device management table, 106 is an application program, 107 is a peripheral device addition means, 10
8 is an additional peripheral device registration means, 109 is an additional peripheral device initialization means, 110 to 112 are respective peripheral devices, and 113 is an additional peripheral device.

The processing device 101 executes the program in the storage device 103, and the terminal device 102 runs the operating system 104.
and gives operation instructions to the application program 106 and the peripheral device expansion means 107. The storage device 103 accommodates an operating system 104, an application program 106, and a peripheral device expansion means 107. The peripheral device management table 105 is used within the operating system 104 to control peripheral devices. The peripheral device addition means 107 includes an additional peripheral device registration means 108.
and additional peripheral device initialization means 109.

2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the peripheral device addition means 107, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the addition peripheral device registration means 108, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the addition peripheral device initialization means 1.
09 is a flowchart showing the operation of step 09.

Next, the operation of each means will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.

In FIG. 1, a peripheral device 113 is connected to a computer system operated by a processing device 101, a terminal device 102, a storage means 103, and peripheral devices 110 to 112. In this case, the operating system 104 uses the peripheral device management table 105 to control the peripheral devices 110 to 11.
I am managing 2. The existing peripheral devices 110 to 112 can be used from the application program, but the added peripheral device 113 is simply connected to the computer system, so the peripheral device management table 105
There is no information about the peripheral device 113 in . Therefore, the peripheral device 113 cannot be used from the application program 106.

Therefore, the terminal device 102 gives an instruction to the operating system 104 to start up the peripheral device addition means 107. As a result, the peripheral equipment addition means 107 is activated, and the peripheral equipment addition means 107 performs processing according to the flowchart shown in FIG. In step 201, the additional peripheral device registration means 108 is executed to register in the peripheral device management table 105 that the peripheral device 113 has been added.

Next, in step 202, the additional peripheral device initialization means 109
The peripheral device 113 is made available for use by executing the process. The peripheral device 113 added through the above procedure is registered in the peripheral device management table 105 and can be used from the application program 106.

The additional peripheral device registration means 108 performs processing according to the flowchart shown in FIG. In step 301, the terminal device 10
Input the leakage type and characteristics of the peripheral device 113 added from 2,
In step 302, the information (type and properties) of the peripheral device 113 obtained in step 301 is registered in the peripheral device management table 105. It is displayed on the peripheral device management table 105 that the peripheral device 113 is in an unusable state.

The additional peripheral device initialization means 109 performs processing according to the flowchart shown in FIG. In step 401, the added peripheral device 113 is initialized and made available for use. next,
In step 402, the fact that the peripheral device 113 has become available for use is displayed on the peripheral device management table 105.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, the present invention stores an operating system and application programs, enables them to be executed as needed, and instructs the operating system and application programs to operate from a terminal device. This allows you to initialize additional peripheral devices and register them with the operating system, making it possible to add peripheral devices without stopping the computer system, making it easier for online work and other tasks. This has the effect that peripheral devices can be easily added even in cases where it is impossible to stop the computer system used in process control.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a system for adding peripheral equipment to a non-stop computer/system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the peripheral equipment addition means of FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the additional peripheral device registration means of FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the additional peripheral device initialization means of FIG. 101... Processing device 102... Terminal device 103... Storage device 104... Operating system 105... Peripheral device management table 106... Application program 107...
Peripheral device addition means 108...Additional peripheral device registration means 109...Additional peripheral device initialization means 110-112...Peripheral device 113...Additional peripheral device 201.202, 301, 302, 401, 402.・
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Claims (1)

[Claims] An operating system including a peripheral device management table, an application program, additional peripheral device registration means for registering additional peripheral devices in the operating system, and additional peripheral device initialization means for making the additional peripheral devices available for use. a storage device for storing peripheral equipment expansion means, a processing device for executing the operating system and the application program, and a terminal device for giving operation instructions to the operating system and the application program. A method for adding peripheral equipment to a non-disruptive computer system, characterized by comprising: