JP2734657B2 - Unspecified medium selection method for collective automatic loading equipment - Google Patents
Unspecified medium selection method for collective automatic loading equipmentInfo
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Description
【発明の詳細な説明】 ［産業上の利用分野］ この発明は集合型自動装てん装置における不特定媒体
装てん制御方式に関する。Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an unspecified medium loading control system in a collective automatic loading apparatus.
［従来の技術］ 従来の集合型自動装てん装置では，媒体名をキーにし
て媒体管理ファイルからセルアドレスを得，自動装てん
制御を行っている。[Prior Art] In a conventional collective automatic loading apparatus, a cell address is obtained from a medium management file using a medium name as a key, and automatic loading control is performed.
［発明が解決しようとする課題］ そのため，媒体名の決まらない不特定媒体に対する装
てん要求は受けつけられなかった。[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] Therefore, a loading request for an unspecified medium whose medium name is not determined has not been accepted.
本発明の目的は，不特定媒体を装てんする要求の際，
装てんすべき媒体の集まりである不特定ボリュームグル
ープを設け，そのグループに属する媒体から１つ抽出す
ることにより，媒体名の決定を行い，従来の自動媒体装
てん管理手段により，不特定媒体の自動装てんを可能と
する不特定媒体選択方式を提供することにある。An object of the present invention is to provide a method for loading an unspecified medium.
An unspecified volume group, which is a group of media to be loaded, is provided, and a medium name is determined by extracting one of the media belonging to the group, and the automatic loading of unspecified media is performed by the conventional automatic media loading management means. An object of the present invention is to provide an unspecified medium selection method which enables the following.
［課題を解決するための手段］ 本発明による不特定媒体選択方式は，集合型自動装て
ん装置での不特定媒体の装てん要求に対して，その装置
情報より不特定ボリュームグループ名を決定するボリュ
ームグループ名取得手段と，媒体管理ファイルから不特
定媒体グループ名をキーにしてそのグループに属する媒
体の名前を１つ抽出し，媒体管理ファイルを更新するこ
とにより，その媒体をその不特定媒体グループから切り
離す媒体選択手段と，その媒体名から媒体管理ファイル
を検索し，要求媒体のセルアドレスを得るセルアドレス
取得手段と，そのセルアドレスより集合型装置に指示を
出し，当該媒体を装てんする自動媒体装てん手段とを備
えている。[Means for Solving the Problems] According to the unspecified medium selection method of the present invention, in response to a mounting request of an unspecified medium in a collective automatic mounting apparatus, a volume group that determines an unspecified volume group name from the apparatus information is determined. Name acquisition means, extracting one medium name belonging to the unspecified medium group from the medium management file by using the unspecified medium group name as a key, and updating the medium management file to separate the medium from the unspecified medium group Medium selection means, cell address acquisition means for retrieving a medium management file from the medium name and obtaining the cell address of the requested medium, and automatic medium loading means for issuing an instruction to the collective device from the cell address and loading the medium And
［作用］ 本発明の不特定媒体選択方式では，プログラムからの
不特定媒体の装てん要求に対して，与えられる装置情報
から，ボリュームグループ名取得手段を用いて不特定媒
体グループ名を求め，媒体選択手段によりその不特定媒
体グループの任意の媒体名を選択し，その媒体名の媒体
を自動媒体装てん管理手段によりその媒体を装てんする
ことにより，不特定媒体の自動装てん制御を可能とす
る。[Operation] In the unspecified medium selection method of the present invention, in response to a mounting request for an unspecified medium from a program, an unspecified medium group name is obtained from a given device information using volume group name acquisition means, and the medium selection is performed. The means for selecting an arbitrary medium name of the unspecified medium group and mounting the medium by the automatic medium mounting management means on the medium having the medium name enables automatic mounting of the unspecified medium.
［実施例］ 次に，本発明の実施例について図面を参照して詳細に
説明する。Example Next, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
第１図を参照すると，本発明の一実施例による不特定
媒体選択方式が適用される集合型自動装てん装置は，プ
ログラム１と，不特定媒体装てん制御手段２と，ボリュ
ーム名取得手段３と，媒体選択手段４と，自動媒体装て
ん管理手段５と，セルアドレス取得手段６と，媒体管理
ファイル７と，集合型装置８とを有する。Referring to FIG. 1, a collective automatic loading apparatus to which an unspecified medium selection method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied includes a program 1, an unspecified medium loading control means 2, a volume name obtaining means 3, It has a medium selection means 4, an automatic medium loading management means 5, a cell address acquisition means 6, a medium management file 7, and a collective device 8.
プログラム１から不特定媒体を装てんする要求が出さ
れると，不特定媒体装てん制御手段２はプログラム１か
らの上記要求で与えられる要求情報（例えば，装置グル
ープ名）を，ボリュームグループ名取得手段３に通知
し，ボリュームグループ名取得手段３は与えられた要求
情報を予め定められた変換規則に従って変換（例えば，
装置グループ名にプリフィックスを付ける）し，これを
不特定ボリュームグループ名として，不特定媒体装てん
制御手段２に返却する。When a request to load an unspecified medium is issued from the program 1, the unspecified medium loading control means 2 sends the request information (for example, the device group name) given by the request from the program 1 to the volume group name obtaining means 3. Then, the volume group name obtaining means 3 converts the given request information according to a predetermined conversion rule (for example,
A prefix is added to the device group name), and this is returned to the unspecified medium loading control means 2 as an unspecified volume group name.
不特定媒体装てん制御手段２は，ボリュームグループ
名取得手段３で得られた不特定ボリュームグループ名を
媒体選択手段４に通知する。媒体選択手段４は，この不
特定ボリュームグループ名をキーにして媒体管理ファイ
ル７を検索し，そのボリュームグループに属する媒体を
１つ選択する。そして，媒体選択手段４は，選択した媒
体をボリュームグループから切り離し，当該媒体名を不
特定媒体装てん制御手段２に返却する。The unspecified medium loading control means 2 notifies the unspecified volume group name obtained by the volume group name obtaining means 3 to the medium selecting means 4. The medium selection means 4 searches the medium management file 7 using the unspecified volume group name as a key, and selects one medium belonging to the volume group. Then, the medium selection unit 4 separates the selected medium from the volume group, and returns the medium name to the unspecified medium loading control unit 2.
そして，不特定媒体装てん制御手段２は，媒体選択手
段４で得られた媒体名を自動媒体装てん管理手段５に通
知し，装てん指示を出す。Then, the unspecified medium loading control means 2 notifies the automatic medium loading management means 5 of the medium name obtained by the medium selection means 4 and issues a loading instruction.
自動媒体装てん管理手段５は，与えられた媒体名をセ
ルアドレス取得手段６に通知する。セルアドレス取得手
段６は，通知された媒体名をキーにした媒体管理ファイ
ル７を検索し，その媒体に対応するセルアドレスを取得
し，自動媒体装てん管理手段５に得られたセルアドレス
を返却する。The automatic medium loading management unit 5 notifies the given medium name to the cell address obtaining unit 6. The cell address obtaining means 6 searches the medium management file 7 using the notified medium name as a key, obtains a cell address corresponding to the medium, and returns the obtained cell address to the automatic medium loading management means 5. .
自動媒体装てん管理手段５は，セルアドレス取得手段
６で得られたセルアドレス情報を基に，集合型装置のア
クセッサ装置を制御し，当該セルアドレスの媒体を自動
装てんする。Based on the cell address information obtained by the cell address obtaining means 6, the automatic medium loading management means 5 controls the accessor device of the collective device and automatically loads the medium of the cell address.
［発明の効果］ 以上説明したように本発明は，媒体名の確定しない媒
体要求に対して，装てん可能な媒体の集まりである不特
定ボリュームグループから適当な媒体を選択し，その媒
体名によりセルアドレスを得，自動装てんを行うため，
不特定媒体の自動装てんが可能となる。[Effect of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, in response to a media request whose media name is not determined, an appropriate medium is selected from an unspecified volume group, which is a group of mountable media, and a cell is selected based on the media name. To obtain the address and perform automatic loading,
Automatic loading of unspecified media becomes possible.
第１図は本発明の一実施例による不特定媒体選択方式が
適用される集合型自動装てん装置の構成を示すブロック
図である。 １……プログラム,2……不特定媒体装てん制御手段,3…
…ボリュームグループ名取得手段,4……媒体選択手段,5
……自動媒体装てん管理手段,6……セルアドレス取得手
段,7……媒体管理ファイル,8……集合型装置。FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a collective automatic loading apparatus to which an unspecified medium selection method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. 1 ... program, 2 ... unspecified medium loading control means, 3 ...
... Volume group name acquisition means, 4 ... Medium selection means, 5
... Automatic medium loading management means, 6 ... Cell address acquisition means, 7 ... Media management file, 8 ... Assembly type device.
Claims (1)
ぞれの媒体を格納するアドレスを持ったセルと，前記媒
体を上位プログラムからの指示により前記セルから前記
入出力装置へあるいは前記入出力装置から前記セルへ移
動する機能を持ったアクセッサ装置とを備えた集合型装
置と，前記集合型装置内に存在する全媒体とそれぞれの
セルアドレスとを記憶し，複数の媒体の集まりを１つの
ボリュームグループとして管理する媒体管理ファイル
と，媒体名から，前記ボリューム管理ファイルを検索
し，要求ボリュームのセルアドレスを返却するセルアド
レス取得手段と，要求された媒体に関して，前記セルア
ドレス取得手段よりセルアドレスを得て，前記アクセッ
サ装置に対して指示を出して媒体を装てんする自動媒体
装てん管理手段とを有するシステムにおいて， 指定されたボリュームグループに関して前記媒体管理フ
ァイルを検索し，適当な媒体を１つ選択し，当該媒体を
ボリュームグループから切り離す媒体選択手段と， 媒体名を特定しない不特定媒体の装てん要求がされた時
に，予め定められた要求情報より予め決められた変換ル
ールに従ってボリュームグループの名前を決定するボリ
ュームグループ名取得手段と， プログラムから前記不特定媒体の装てん要求がされたと
きに，前記ボリュームグループ名取得手段を用いて，ボ
リュームグループ名を決定し，そのボリュームグループ
名により前記媒体選択手段から媒体名を１つ得て，前記
自動媒体装てん管理手段を用いて媒体の装てんを行う不
特定媒体装てん制御手段とを含むことを特徴とする集合
型自動装てん装置の不特定媒体選択方式。1. A plurality of input / output devices, a number of media, cells having addresses for storing respective media, and said media being transferred from said cells to said input / output device or from said input / output device in accordance with an instruction from a host program. A collective device having an accessor device having a function of moving from the output device to the cell, and all media present in the collective device and their respective cell addresses are stored, and a group of a plurality of media is stored in one unit. Cell address obtaining means for retrieving the volume management file from the medium management file managed as one volume group and the medium name and returning the cell address of the requested volume; and a cell address obtaining means for the requested medium from the cell address obtaining means. Automatic media loading management means for obtaining an address, issuing an instruction to the accessor device, and loading a medium. A medium selection means for searching the medium management file for a specified volume group, selecting one suitable medium, and separating the medium from the volume group, and requesting mounting of an unspecified medium whose medium name is not specified. Volume group name obtaining means for determining the name of the volume group according to a predetermined conversion rule from predetermined request information; and when the program requests loading of the unspecified medium, An unspecified medium that determines a volume group name by using a group name acquisition unit, obtains one medium name from the medium selection unit based on the volume group name, and mounts a medium by using the automatic medium mounting management unit. A collective automatic loading apparatus characterized by including loading control means. Specific media selection method.
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