Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi Software Engineering Company, Ltd.

Hitachi Electronics Services Co. Ltd.

Kaoru Kozuma

Toshio Hirosawa

Shigeru Sasaki

Atsushi Ueoka

Kazuyuki Nakamura

Motohide Kokunishi

Tadashi Yamagishi

Fujio Fujita

Masahiko Ishimaru

Yoshikazu Ichikawa

Michio Hirano

Hideki Namba

Tutomu Itoh

Tsutomu Itoh

Tutomo Itoh

In an electronic mail associated type computer system network equipped with a computer system for executing a job and a general-purpose electronic mail system, a user of an electronic mail can freely recognize a condition of an execution result of a job performed in the computer system and a job execution result. Also, these results are available from a desired output device for the user. When a mail processing unit employed in the computer system analyzes a mail statement about the job execution derived from the electronic mail system, and the job execution is completed, this mail processing unit sends to the electronic mail system, such a mail statement for the completion of the job execution containing information about fail/safe execution result. Upon receipt of this report, the user designates the output device into a response mail so as to output the job execution result from the designated output device.

Computer system and job transfer method using electronic mail system

In an arrangement of a mail terminal 1, an electronic mail system 2, a job control terminal 4, and a computer system 3, a user makes a proposal of a file operation via a mail by way of the mail terminal 1. The electronic mail system 2 stores therein the proposal mail, exchanges this proposal mail with the job control terminal 4, and furthermore distributes a file operation result to the respective mail terminals. The job control terminal 4 receives a mail from the electronic mail system 2, and interprets the proposal mail, thereby executing a conversion from a mail ID into a host ID, a judgement of an access authorization with respect to the designated file, and a production of an instruction to the computer process system 3. Furthermore, an execution host computer is selected by monitoring operation conditions of the host computers. When the file operation result is sent from the computer process system 3, a mail containing this file operation result is produced, and the resultant mail is sent to the electronic mail system 2. The computer system 3 interprets a command issued from the job control terminal 4, thereby executing a reading operation from the designated file, a writing operation to the designated file, and a reading operation of a file name list.

Electronic mail drive type computer system and file operation method

A job control terminal creates a unit configuration table indicating the configuration of units connected to each of a plurality of processors in a multi-processor system. The job control terminal also creates an operating state table indicating an operating state of each processor including a CPU using ratio, I/O using ratio, memory using ratio, response time, and so on. When the job control terminal receives electronic mail for requesting job execution from a user through an electronic mail terminal, the job control terminal selects a processor assigned to execute the requested job based on the unit configuration table and the operating state table. When it is determined from the states of the processors that the requested job cannot be executed, information indicating that the job is unacceptable is transmitted from the job control terminal to the electronic mail terminal.

Method and apparatus for having a processor execute a job utilizing an

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Kaoru Kozuma