JP3361898B2 - Job execution system and logging additional transfer device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a job execution system for collecting the status of a job execution system such as a store-and-forward system connected to a network, job execution information of each computer, and relay information. The present invention relates to a system and a logging additional transfer device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 10 shows store-and-forward
It is a figure which shows an example of the network system to which a system is applied. The execution system of the store-and-forward system is generally configured as follows. That is, in a system in which a plurality of computers CPU1 to CPUn are connected via a line like the network system of FIG. 10, a job submission computer that plays a role of a computer and a job execution computer that executes / relays a job. When a job is assigned to a relay computer and the user specifies a job execution computer and submits a job, the job execution system
The job is relayed to the target computer, the job is executed, and the execution result is notified to the user. If a job cannot be relayed due to a line error or the like, or the execution result of the job cannot be obtained, a failure report is output.

[0003]

In the case of a stand-alone system, the system and job execution results can be grasped by system logging. However, when a job is relayed and executed between multiple computers as in the store-and-forward system described above, a failure report is output when a line error occurs as described above. The user of the job input computer has no way of knowing the execution completion state of the job and the state of the relay path until the user reaches the job execution computer.

Further, there has been no means for unifying information such as the load on each computer on the system and the utilization status of resources. The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to store and
A job execution system and a logging addition transfer device that can collectively capture the relay information of a job, the sequence of processing results, and the information of each computer when multiple computer groups in the forward system are regarded as one job execution system. The purpose is to provide.

[0005]

FIG. 1 shows the principle of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a job submission computer in a store-and-forward execution system, 2 is a job execution / relay computer, 3 is a submission job, 4 is a logging file, and 5 is a logging transfer job. In order to solve the above problems, as shown in FIG. 1, the invention of claim 1 of the present invention is a store-and-forward job execution system comprising a computer for inputting a job and a plurality of computers for executing and relaying the job. In a job input computer having means for adding a logging file and a logging transfer job for transferring the logging file to a specified computer, a processing result of the executed job, job end information and And / or a job execution / relay computer having means for additionally outputting relay information of the job to a logging file added to the job,
The job execution / relay computer is configured to start the above logging transfer job and transfer the accumulated logging information to the specified computer when the job ends abnormally, when relaying fails, or when the job ends normally. It was done.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, a computer that receives the accumulated logging information stores the received logging file in a storage device,
A means for displaying the information of the logging file is provided. The invention of claim 3 of the present invention is a store and
The job submitting computer in the forward job execution system is provided with a means for generating a logging file and a logging transfer job for forwarding the logging file to a designated computer and adding it to the submitting job.
A job to which a file and a logging transfer job are added is transferred to a job execution / relay computer, and logging information in the job execution / relay computer is collected.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the processing result of the job, the job end information and / or the job are recorded in the logging file transferred to the execution / relay computer in the store and forward job execution system. The relay transfer information is output to the logging file, and the logging transfer job starts the transferred logging transfer job when the job ends abnormally, when the relay fails, or when the job ends normally. It is configured to transfer the accumulated logging information to a designated computer.

[0008]

In the store-and-forward job execution system shown in FIG. 1, logging information is added to the jobs to be relayed / executed on each relay computer 2 up to the job input computer 1 and the final job execution computer. , The above-mentioned last execution computer, or the computer that has failed to relay the job or cannot execute the job, starts the logging transfer job 5 added to the job, and specifies the logging information accumulated in the logging file 4. Transfer to computer.

As a result, it is possible to grasp the job processing result in each computer, error information, and the location of the failure at the time of relay failure. Also, by submitting a job that collects the computer load of each computer on the system and resource usage information, and accumulate the collected information in a logging file, it is possible to determine the most suitable job execution computer at the moment. .

[0010]

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the role of a computer in the store-and-forward system of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, in the store-and-forward system of this embodiment. , A job submission computer 11 for submitting a job, job execution / relay computers 12, 13 for executing and relaying a job, and a logging reception computer 14 for receiving logging.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the processing means provided in each computer in the store-and-forward system of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, each computer 10 has at least a job input means 10a. Job relay means 10
b, the job execution means 10c, and the logging addition means 10
d and a part of the logging receiving means 10e.

The job input means 10a shown in FIG.
In the job input computer 11 shown in (1), the job designated by the user is registered in the queue. Job relay means 10b
Sends a queued job in the job input computer 11, and the job execution / relay computer 12,
At 13, job reception, queuing, and transfer are performed.

The job executing means 10c processes a job which is instructed to be executed by the computer, and logging / processing described later.
Executes a file transfer job. Further, the logging adding means 10d adds the logging file and the logging file transfer job to the input job in the job input computer 11, and the job execution / relay computer 1
In 2 and 13, information is additionally output to the logging file.

The logging receiving means 10e stores the received logging file in the storage device in the logging reception computer 14 and informs the user of the contents of the logging file. In the store-and-forward system, the role of each computer is undefined depending on the job to be executed. Therefore, a single computer has all or part of the means shown in FIG. 3. For example, a computer that only performs relaying needs to have only the job relay means 10b shown in FIG.

In FIG. 2, the logging executed and accumulated in the computer 13 via the computer 12 is stored in the computer 14.
When a job to be transferred to the computer is submitted from the computer 11, the computer 11 is the job submission computer, the computers 12 and 13 are the job execution / relay computers, and the computer 14 is the logging reception computer, as shown in FIG. And calculator 1
When the job is input by the first job input means 10a, the logging transfer means and the logging file are added by the logging addition means 10d of the computer. The job is the job relay means 10b of the computers 11, 12 and 13.
Is transmitted to the computer 13 by the logging addition means 10d during which the information of each computer is output to the logging file.

The job executing means 10c of the computer 13 executes the transferred job, and after the job is processed,
The logging transfer job is started and the accumulated logging file is transferred to the computer 14. The logging file is stored in the storage device by the logging receiving means 10e of the computer 14 and output to the display device or the printer device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the structure of a job and a logging file processed in each computer of this embodiment, and this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In the figure, the computer 21 is used as a job input computer, the computer 21 is defined to receive logging, and the computers 22 to 24 process it. When the job shown in the figure is submitted, in the computer 21, as shown in the figure, the job c that transfers logging to the computer 21 according to the definition, the job a that the logging file is generated and is executed by the computer 22, and the computer It is attached to job b executed in 24.

Then, at the time of transmission to the computer 22, the computer 2
The transfer information indicating the information of No. 1 is output to the logging file, and the job shown in FIG. Upon receiving the job, the computer 22 which is a job execution / relay computer processes the job a to be executed by the computer. Here, when the job a is a normal job that does not output the processing result to the logging file, the computer 22 executes the job a and then sends the processing result to the computer 21 via a line or the like.

If the job a is a job for collecting the load of the computer 22, resource utilization information, etc., and the processing result is a job for collecting logging information, the computer 22 to the computer 23 is shown in FIG. When the indicated job is transmitted, the processing result is output to a logging file and transmitted to the computer 23 together with relay information and the like. Calculator 23
When a job is sent from the computer 22, the computer 23
The relay information of the job is output to the logging file, and as shown in the figure, the job and logging file
Transfer to.

As shown in the figure, the computer 24 executes the job b sent from the computer 23, and when the job b is a normal job, the processing result is sent to the computer 24 via a line or the like. If the job b is a job for collecting the load on the computer 24, resource usage information, etc., the processing result is output to the logging file.

When the execution of all the jobs is completed, the computer 24 activates the logging transfer job c as shown in the figure, and the logging file is relayed to the designated computer 21 as shown in the figure. It In addition, if a computer that is in the middle of relay detects an error that makes it impossible to continue the job due to a failure of the transfer destination computer or the network, the error detection computer outputs the error information to the logging file. Then, the logging transfer job c is activated to transfer the logging file to the computer 21. The job submitting user of the computer 21 can obtain information such as the completion status of the submitting job, network delay, and the location of failure by referring to the received logging file. Usage information can be collected.

5 to 7 are flowcharts showing the processing procedure of the job input computer and the job relay / execution computer in this embodiment, FIG. 5 shows the processing in the job input computer, and FIGS. -It shows the processing in the execution computer. In the job input computer, as shown in FIG. 5, when the job A is input in step S1, the logging file transfer job and the logging file body are attached to the job A in step S2, and the job A ′ is added. To generate.

In step S3, the transfer information is output to the logging file, and in step S4 the job A'is transmitted to the execution computer. In the job relay / execution computer, as shown in FIG. 6, when the job is received in step S1, it is determined in step S2 whether or not there is a job to be executed in the own system, and the job to be executed in the own system. If not, step S in FIG.
Then, the procedure goes to step 9 to perform the processing described later. If there is a job to be executed in the own system, the job specified in step S3 is executed, and in step S4, the end status of the executed job is output to the logging file.

In step S5, it is determined whether or not there is a designation to store the processing result in the logging file, and if there is no designation, the going processing result in step S6 is transmitted to the designated computer. If there is the above designation, the process goes to step S7 to output the processing result to the logging file. That is, as described above, when the executed job is a job that collects the load on the computer, resource usage information, etc., the processing result is output to the logging file.

Next, in step S8 of FIG. 7, it is determined whether or not the own system is the final job execution computer, and if it is the final job execution computer, the process proceeds to step S13 to perform the processing described later. If the own system is not the final job execution computer, the process proceeds to step S9, the transfer information is output to the logging file, and the job is transferred to the next job execution computer in step S10.

At this time, if a transfer error that cannot be continued occurs, the process proceeds from step S11 to step S12, and error information is output to the logging file. Then, in step S13, the logging file transfer job is activated, and the logging file is transferred to the computer specified in step S14. As described above, in this embodiment, logging and
Since the relay information is registered in the file and the logging file can be transferred to the specified computer, the job execution sequence, end result, line error and delay information, etc. can be easily input. . Further, by transferring a job for collecting the load of the computer and the utilization status of the resource and executing the job on the designated computer, the load of the designated computer, the utilization status of the resource, etc. can be obtained.

FIGS. 8 and 9 are views showing an example of a logging file received by the computer 21 shown in FIG. 4, which shows a logging file when the following job execution process is assumed. 8 shows an example, and the circled numbers in FIG. 8 correspond to the circled numbers in FIG. 9. 1) Submit a job on the computer 21. 2) The job a is executed by the computer 22, and the processing result is output to the computer 21. 3) The computer 23 relays the job to the computer 24. 4) The job is executed on the computer 24, but it ends abnormally due to a permission error.

In the case of the job execution process as described above, as the logging information in the logging file, as shown in FIG.
2 transfer information, end information of job a in computer 22, output transmission information of job a in computer 22,
The transfer information to the computer 23, the transfer information to the computer 24 in the computer 23, the end information of the job b in the computer 24, and the supplementary information of the abnormal end of the job b are recorded.

For example, as the job input information to the computer 21, the time, the processing content (job input), the job name, the user ID, etc. are recorded as shown in FIG. 9, and the transfer information is the time. , Processing contents (job transfer) and transfer destination are recorded. Similarly, logging information in each computer is recorded in (1) to (3), and logging information indicating that the user's authority is insufficient is recorded in (3) as supplementary information of abnormal termination.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the store-and-forward execution system, the logging file and the logging transfer job are added to the input job, the processing result of the executed job, the job The end information and / or the relay information of the job is additionally output to the logging file, and the above logging transfer job is started when the job ends abnormally, when the relay fails, or when the job ends normally, and the accumulated logging information Since it is configured to transfer to a specified computer, information such as the execution sequence of job submission, termination result, line error, and delay can be easily input in a job execution system where computers are connected by a network. can do.

Further, since local information such as the load of each computer of the job execution system and the utilization status of resources can be collected as logging and transferred to a specific computer,
It is possible to determine the most suitable job execution computer at the present time, which also helps in network management.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a role and a configuration of a computer in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing means included in each computer according to the embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a job executed / relayed by a computer according to the embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a processing procedure in a job input computer.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a processing procedure in a job execution / relay computer.

FIG. 7 is a diagram (continuation) showing a processing procedure in the job execution / relay computer.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of contents of a logging file.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of specific contents of a logging file.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a network to which a job execution system is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,11 Job input computer 2,12,13 Job execution / relay computer 3 Input job 4 Logging
File 5 Logging transfer job 10a Job submitting means 10b Job relaying means 10c Job executing means 10d Logging adding means 10e Logging receiving means 14 Logging receiving computer

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (56) References JP-A-5-113963 (JP, A) JP-A-1-166246 (JP, A) JP-A-5-134958 (JP, A) (58) Field (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06F 11/34 G06F 15/177

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. In a store-and-forward job execution system comprising a computer for submitting a job and a plurality of computers for executing and relaying the job, a logging file and the logging file are transferred to a designated computer. A job submission computer having a means for adding a logging transfer job to a submission job, and the processing result of the executed job, the end information, and / or the relay information of the job are added to the logging file attached to the job. A job execution / relay computer equipped with a means for outputting is provided so that the job execution / relay computer activates the above logging transfer job when the job ends abnormally, relay fails, or ends normally A job execution system, which transfers logging information to a specified computer. 2. The job according to claim 1, wherein the computer for receiving the accumulated logging information is provided with means for storing the received logging file in a storage device and displaying the information of the logging file. Execution system. 3. A job submission computer in a store-and-forward job execution system is provided with means for generating a logging file and a logging transfer job for forwarding the logging file to a designated computer, and adding it to the submission job. A logging additional transfer device, which is provided, transfers a job to which the logging file and the logging transfer job are added to a job execution / relay computer, and collects logging information in the job execution / relay computer. 4. A means for outputting the end information of the job and / or the relay information of the job to the transferred logging file to the execution / relay computer in the store-and-forward job execution system, and the abnormality of the job. When the job is completed, the relay fails, or the job ends normally, the logging transfer job is started and the logging information accumulated in the logging file is transferred to the specified computer. A logging additional transfer device characterized by: