JPH0497444A - Maintenance diagnostic device for information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically execute maintenance by a proper working procedure even when the maintenance working procedure is different from the preceding procedure by providing this maintenance diagnostic device with a function for updating the registration of the maintenance working procedure to be executed at the time of executing the maintenance of an information processor. CONSTITUTION:Prior to the start of maintenance, an operation flow in a series of operation for maintenance diagnosis to be executed by a maintenance diagnostic device l at the time of executing maintenance is registered in a maintenance procedure storing means 12 by a maintenance information updating means 11. After registering the operation flow, a maintenance control means 13 is stated, the operation of the maintenance diagnostic procedure is read out from the means 12 and a maintenance diagnostic command is sent to a maintenance diagnostic executing means 14 based upon the read operation. The means 14 executes maintenance diagnosis based upon the maintenance diagnostic command outputted from the means 13 and returns the executed result to the means 13 and the maintenance diagnostic result is stored in a maintenance result storing means 15. Thus, the contents of the means 12 are updated by the means 11 prior to the start of maintenance. Thus, maintenance can be executed by the maintenance working procedure based upon the updated contents.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a maintenance diagnosis device for an information processing device that is used to automatically perform maintenance of the information processing device.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, when automatically performing maintenance on an information processing device, maintenance diagnosis is performed using a maintenance diagnosis device according to a maintenance work procedure stored in advance in a maintenance procedure storage means of the maintenance diagnosis device.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the above-mentioned conventional maintenance diagnosis device, since maintenance work procedures are read out that are fixedly stored in advance, the maintenance work procedures have the same contents every time. However, the disadvantage is that maintenance work procedures cannot be changed flexibly to match the changes.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a maintenance diagnosis device for an information processing device that can automatically perform maintenance using an appropriate procedure even if the maintenance procedure is different from the previous procedure.

[Means to solve the problem]

A maintenance diagnosis device for an information processing device according to the present invention includes a maintenance procedure storage means for storing a maintenance diagnosis procedure indicating a flow of a series of maintenance diagnosis operations performed during maintenance of the information processing device; maintenance information updating means for updating stored maintenance diagnosis procedures; maintenance result storage means for storing maintenance diagnosis results; and maintenance diagnosis results for executing maintenance diagnosis of the information processing device according to a given maintenance diagnosis command. a maintenance diagnosis execution means that outputs a maintenance diagnosis execution means, which is activated at the start of maintenance diagnosis, reads a maintenance diagnosis procedure from the maintenance procedure storage means, and sends a maintenance diagnosis command to the maintenance diagnosis execution means according to the contents of each operation of the maintenance diagnosis procedure, and the maintenance The maintenance control means repeats recording of the maintenance diagnosis result received from the diagnosis execution means in the maintenance result storage means until all operations of the maintenance diagnosis procedure in the maintenance procedure storage means are completed.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which a maintenance diagnosis device 1 includes a maintenance information updating means 1], a maintenance procedure storage means 12, a maintenance control means 13, and a maintenance diagnosis execution unit. The maintenance diagnosis execution means 14 is connected to the information processing device 2.

Referring to FIG. 2, the maintenance information updating means 11 includes a maintenance information input section 111 and a maintenance information registration section 112.

Referring to FIG. 3, the maintenance control means 13 includes a maintenance diagnosis procedure reading section 131, a maintenance diagnosis command sending section 132, a maintenance diagnosis result receiving section 133, a maintenance plan result storage section 134, and a maintenance diagnosis procedure end determination. 135.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

First, before starting maintenance, the maintenance information updating means 11 is used to register in the maintenance procedure storage means 12 a series of operations for maintenance diagnosis performed using the maintenance diagnosis device 1 during maintenance.

After registration, the maintenance control means 13 is activated at the start of maintenance, and the maintenance procedure storage means 12 is first read by the maintenance diagnosis procedure reading section 131.
Read the first operation of the maintenance diagnostic procedure from . Next, based on this read operation, the maintenance diagnosis command sending unit 132 sends a maintenance diagnosis command to the maintenance diagnosis execution means 14.

The maintenance diagnosis executing means 14 executes a maintenance diagnosis based on the maintenance diagnosis command from the maintenance control means 13 and returns the execution result to the maintenance control means 13. The maintenance diagnosis results sent by the maintenance diagnosis execution means 14 are received by the maintenance diagnosis result receiving section 133 and stored in the maintenance result storage means 15 by the maintenance diagnosis result storage section 134 . The maintenance diagnostic procedure end determination unit 135 determines whether all operations of the maintenance diagnostic procedure have been read from the maintenance procedure storage means 12, and if all operations have been read, the process is terminated, and if all operations have not been read yet. If there are any remaining operations, return to the maintenance diagnosis procedure reading unit 131 and read out the next operation in the maintenance diagnosis procedure, and thereafter execute the maintenance diagnosis command sending unit 13 in the same manner as in the case of the first operation in the maintenance diagnosis procedure.
2 to the maintenance diagnostic procedure end determination unit 135 are repeated.

If the maintenance work procedure is different in the next maintenance, by updating the contents of the maintenance procedure storage means 12 using the maintenance information update means 11 before starting the maintenance, the maintenance work procedure will be carried out according to the updated contents. Can perform maintenance.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention has a function of registering and updating maintenance work procedures to be performed when maintaining information processing equipment, so that even if the maintenance work procedure is different from the previous procedure, the maintenance work can be performed using an appropriate work procedure. can be executed automatically.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plot diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing in the maintenance information updating means 11 in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a maintenance control means in FIG. 1. 13 is a flowchart showing the processing in step 13. 1... Maintenance diagnosis device, 2... Information processing device, 1]...
Maintenance information updating means, 12...maintenance procedure storage means, 13
...Maintenance control means, 14...Maintenance diagnosis execution means, 15
- Maintenance result storage means, 111... Maintenance information input section, 11
2...Maintenance information registration section, 131...Maintenance diagnosis procedure reading section, 132...Maintenance diagnosis command sending section, 133.Maintenance diagnosis result receiving section, 134...Maintenance diagnosis result storage section, 1
35... Maintenance diagnostic procedure end determination unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] maintenance procedure storage means for storing a maintenance diagnosis procedure indicating the flow of a series of maintenance diagnosis operations performed during maintenance of the information processing device; and maintenance information for updating the maintenance diagnosis procedure stored in the maintenance procedure storage means. an updating means, a maintenance result storage means for storing the results of the maintenance diagnosis, a maintenance diagnosis execution means for executing the maintenance diagnosis of the information processing device according to a given maintenance diagnosis command and outputting the maintenance diagnosis result, and a maintenance diagnosis start. The maintenance diagnosis procedure is read out from the maintenance procedure storage means, a maintenance diagnosis command is sent to the maintenance diagnosis execution means in accordance with the contents of each operation of the maintenance diagnosis procedure, and the maintenance diagnosis result received from the maintenance diagnosis execution means is used to execute the maintenance diagnosis procedure. A maintenance diagnosis device for an information processing device, comprising: maintenance control means for repeating storing results in a result storage means until all operations of the maintenance diagnosis procedure in the maintenance procedure storage means are completed.