JPH05100837A - Program online update system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the failure of program updating and malfunction against the update instruction of a program from a management computer system. CONSTITUTION:A program update result retrieval means 7 retrieving a program update result is provided for the management computer system 3, and a program update information registration means 14 registering information for updating the program when the system is started, a system succeeding information storage device 17 storing information whether the program is to be updated or not, a program update minute information storage device 18 storing minute information for updating the program, a system succeeding information input means 19 which is automatically executed when the system is re-started and inputs information showing whether the program is to be updated or not, a program update means 20 updating the program and a program update result notice means 24 which inputs the program update result and gives the notice of the result to the management computer system are contained in a managed computer system 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a program online updating system in which a program transmitted before the system is stopped is automatically updated when the managed computer system is restarted.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a program online updating method in a distributed processing system of this type, a program updating process in a managed computer system, that is, a program receiving process and a program storing process is performed by a management computer system. It was being done at the time when the update was instructed.

[0003]

However, in such a program online updating method in the conventional distributed processing system, the program updating process in the managed computer system, that is, the program receiving process and the program storing process are performed. Since the program is updated when the management computer system gives an instruction to update the program, the program was updated regardless of the operating status of the managed computer system. For this reason, when the update of the program being executed fails or the program is updated during the series of processes, the operation may change from the middle.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a program online update system capable of preventing failure or malfunction of program update in response to a program update instruction from a management computer system.

[0005]

The present invention provides a management computer system comprising an input device for inputting a program update instruction or a program update result search instruction, and an output device for outputting a transmission result or an update result. A managed computer system is connected to the managed computer system, and the managed computer system includes an input / output control unit that controls an input device and an output device, a program storage device that stores a program, and a program transmission unit that transmits the program. The management computer system includes a program receiving means for receiving a program from the management computer system, a program temporary storage device for temporarily storing the program, a program storage device for storing the program, and a program temporary storage device. A program that stores the program in the program storage device again. In the program online update scheme in a distributed processing system having a storage means,
The management computer system includes a program update result search means for searching for a program update result, and the managed computer system includes a program update information registration means for registering information for updating the program at the time of starting the system, System takeover information storage device that stores information indicating whether to update the program, program update detailed information storage device that stores detailed information for updating the program, and automatically executed when the system restarts And system update information input means for inputting information indicating whether to update the program, program update means for updating the program, and program update result notifying means for inputting the program update result and notifying the management computer system. By including the And the ring in the start-up process of the system, is a program online update system that prevented the failure or malfunction of the update of the program.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention is an input device 1 for inputting a program update instruction or a program update result search instruction.
The managed computer system 8 is connected to a managed computer system 3 including an output device 2 for outputting a transmission result or an update result, and the managed computer system 8 includes an input device 1
And an input / output control means 4 for controlling the output device 2, a program transmission means 5 for transmitting a program, a program storage device 6 for storing the program, and a program update result retrieval means 7 for retrieving the program update result,
The managed computer system 8 includes a program receiving means 9 for receiving a program from the managed computer system 3, and a program temporary storage device 10 for temporarily storing the program.
And a program storage device 12 for storing the program,
In the program online update method in the distributed processing system including the program storage means 11 for re-storing the program stored in the program temporary storage device 10 in the program storage device 12, the managed computer system 8 restarts the system. Program update information registration means 13 for registering information for updating the program at the time of raising, system takeover information storage device 17 for storing information indicating whether or not to update the program, and detailed information for updating the program The program update detailed information storage device 18 for storing the information, and the system takeover information input means 19 for inputting information indicating whether or not to update the program, which is automatically executed when the system is restarted.
And a program updating means 20 for updating the program,
The program update information notifying means 24 for inputting the program update result and notifying the management computer system 3 is provided, and the program update information registration means 13 has the program update information registration control means 14 for controlling registration of the program update information. And a system takeover information registration means 15 for registering the system takeover information, and a program update detailed information registration means 16 for registering the program update detailed information. The program update means 20 has a program update for controlling the program update. The control unit 21, the program update detailed information input unit 22 for inputting the program update detailed information, and the program update result reflecting unit 23 for reflecting the update result in the program update detailed information are provided.

Next, the operation of the program updating system of the present invention thus constructed will be described. When an instruction is input from the input device 1, the input / output control means 4 analyzes it and divides it into a program update instruction and a program update result search instruction.

When a program update instruction is input from the input device 1, when the program transmission means 5 reads the program from the program storage device 6 and updates the program according to the program update instruction, the program is sent to the instructed managed computer system 8. Send. In response to this, the program receiving means 9 of the managed computer system 8 receives the program and outputs the program to the program temporary storage device 10.

When the transmission of the program between the program transmitting means 5 and the program receiving means 9 is successful, the program update information registration means 13 is notified and after the program update information registration means 13 registers the program update information. Notifying the management computer system of the result of successful transmission and the information for searching the program update result, and when the transmission fails, notifying the management computer system of the result of transmission failure, and the management computer system means input / output control means. It is displayed on the output device 2 as a transmission result through 4.

In the program update information registration means 13, the system update information registration control means 14 executes the system takeover information registration means 15 and the program update detailed information registration means 16. The system takeover information registration means 15 registers information indicating that a program update instruction has been issued in the system takeover information storage device 17. The program update detailed information registration means 16 registers information for executing the update in accordance with the program update instruction in the program update detailed information storage device 18.

The above-described series of operations are triggered by a program update instruction from the management computer system 3, and subsequent operations are automatically performed upon the next system startup of the managed computer system 8. Be seen.

As part of the startup operation of the managed computer system 8, the system takeover information input means 19 is executed to input the system takeover information from the system takeover information storage device 17. If there is information indicating that there is a program update instruction in this system takeover information, the program updating means 20 is executed, and if there is information indicating that there is no program update instruction, the program updating means 20 The system starts without being executed.

In the program update means 20, the program update control means 21 executes the program update detailed information input means 22, the program storage means 11, and the program update result reflection means 23. The program update detailed information input means 22 inputs detailed information for updating the program from the program update detailed information storage device 17. The program storage means 11 stores the program from the program temporary storage device 10 into the program storage device 12 again according to the program update information input by the program update detailed information input means 22. The program update result reflecting means 23 is a program update detailed information storage device 18.
The update result of the program storage means 11 is reflected in the program update detailed information stored in. The program update result is stored as a part of the program update detailed information.

Further, when the program update result search instruction is input from the input device 1 together with the information for searching the program update result notified at the time of the program update instruction, the program update result is searched according to the program update result search instruction. The search means 7 inputs the update result of the program through the program update result notifying means 24 of the managed computer system 8 which has updated the program, and displays it on the output device 2 as the update result at the present time through the input / output control means 4.

In the program update result notifying means 24, the update result stored as a part of the program update detailed information is inputted from the program update detailed information storage device 18 and is inputted to the program update result searching means 7 of the management computer system 3. Notice. However, if the system has not been restarted, the update of the program has not been performed, and the update result indicating that the update of the program has not been completed is notified.

As described above, according to the present invention, the program update process in the managed computer system is divided into the program receiving process and the program storing process, and the program receiving process is performed by the management computer system. It is executed at the time when the update is instructed, and the storage process of the program is automatically executed at the time of restarting the managed computer system. When the managed computer system is restarted, the program transmitted before the system is stopped is automatically stored in the target device, so that the program can be updated. The timing for updating the program of the managed computer system is
The system is starting up, not in normal operation.
Therefore, the update of the program does not fail because the program to be updated is being executed, and the program is not updated during the series of processes, so that the operation does not change during the process.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, a management computer system having an input device for inputting a program update instruction or a program update result search instruction and an output device for outputting a transmission result or an update result is provided. A managed computer system is connected to the managed computer system. The managed computer system includes an input / output control unit that controls an input device and an output device, a program storage device that stores a program, and a program transmission unit that transmits the program. The computer system includes a program receiving means for receiving a program from the management computer system, a program temporary storage device for temporarily storing the program, a program storage device for storing the program, and a program stored in the program temporary storage device. Store the program again in the program storage device. In a program online update method in a distributed processing system including a management computer system, a program update result search means for searching a program update result is provided, and a managed computer system updates a program when the system is started up. Program update information registration means for registering information for
System takeover information storage device that stores information indicating whether to update the program, program update detailed information storage device that stores detailed information for updating the program, and automatically executed when the system restarts Was
Includes system takeover information input means for inputting information indicating whether to update the program, program update means for updating the program, and program update result notifying means for inputting the program update result and notifying the management computer system. As a result, the timing of updating the program of the managed system is set during the system startup processing, so that it is possible to obtain the program online updating method capable of preventing the failure of the updating of the program.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 input device 2 output device 3 management computer system 4 input / output control means 5 program transmission means 6 program storage device 7 program update result retrieval means 8 managed computer system 9 program reception means 10 program temporary storage device 11 program storage means 12 program storage Device 13 Program update information registration means 14 Program update information registration control means 15 System takeover information registration means 16 Program update detailed information registration means 17 System takeover information storage device 18 Program update detailed information storage device 19 System takeover information input means 20 Program update means 21 program update control means 22 program update detailed information input means 23 program update result reflection means 24 program update result notification means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A managed computer system is connected to a managed computer system comprising an input device for inputting a program update instruction or a program update result search instruction, and an output device for outputting a transmission result or an update result, The management computer system includes an input / output control unit that controls an input device and an output device, a program storage device that stores the program, and a program transmission unit that transmits the program. A program receiving means for receiving the program from the management computer system, a program temporary storage device for temporarily storing the program, a program storage device for storing the program, and the program stored in the program temporary storage device. Re-store the program in the program storage device In a program online update method in a distributed processing system including a program storage means, the management computer system includes a program update result search means for searching a program update result, and the managed computer system includes the managed computer. Program update information registration means for registering information for updating the program when the system is started up, a system takeover information storage device for storing information indicating whether or not to update the program, and the program for updating And a program update detailed information storage device for storing detailed information for inputting, and system takeover information input for inputting information indicating whether or not to update the program, which is automatically executed when the managed computer system is restarted. Means and
A program online updating method comprising: a program updating means for updating the program; and a program updating result notifying means for inputting the program updating result and notifying the management computer system.