Method of executing a job

Abstract

A job processing method is provided for use in an information processing system including three or more information processing devices connected to a common transmission line: (a) first of all, in case the occurrence of a job is detected at one of the three or more processing devices, it is broadcast to the remaining plural processing device; (b) next, that job execution for that job is started at a first processing device which is one of the plural processing devices receiving the job occurrence broadcast or the processing device having broadcast the job occurrence; (c) then, the first processing device having started that job execution is monitored at the others of the plural processing devices which are not presently involved in that job execution but have been informed of that job occurrence; and (d) the job is executed irrespective of the presence of an abnormal processing device in case a second processing device, which is one of the plural monitoring processing devices, detects an abnormality of the processing device executing that job.

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