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  Management of composite software servicesUSPTO Application #: 20070294364Title: Management of composite software services Abstract: A computer implemented method, data processing system, computer usable program code, and active repository are provided for management of a software service. A request is received to deploy the software service in a computer network. A dependency analysis is performed for the requested software service to determine component software services and physical resources necessary to deploy and manage new software service as a composite in responsive to the software service being the new software service. An active object is created to manage the new software service using an active template based on the analysis. The new software service is deployed in the computer network using the active object. The new software service is managed using the active object. (end of abstract) Agent: Duke W. Yee - Dallas, TX, US Inventors: Ajay Mohindra, Vijay K. Naik USPTO Applicaton #: 20070294364 - Class: 709217 (USPTO) The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070294364. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001]1. Field of the Invention [0002]The present invention relates generally to networked computer systems. More particularly, the present invention relates to software and systems management in networked computer environments. [0003]2. Description of the Related Art [0004]Distributed environments such as clusters of computing systems, data centers, and grid systems involve managing a large number of resources and service components. Typical end-service provided to the users of such systems require composition of multiple resources and service components, which together deliver the end-service that is of interest to the users. Such composition of multiple components require careful configuration of the components and deployment of these components, such that they interface with each other in a compatible manner so that the composite service is deployed, initialized, handles the workload submitted by users, handles component level faults gracefully, and provides robust service while handling fluctuations in the workload. [0005]Realizing such composition from components involve orchestration of a large number of heterogeneous resources and service components. Managing the various tasks manually tends to be tedious and error prone. The magnitude of the complexity increases when resources belong to multiple administrative domains. While grid-based systems can facilitate resource sharing across multiple administrative domains, the grid-based systems are much harder to manage from a system administration point of view. One reason for the harder management is that the current state-of-the-art in system management technology has not kept pace with the advances in middleware and grid technologies. Some progress has been made in managing single or cluster-based systems. Even for such systems, system administrators face a much higher level of complexity when they configure and deploy a new service on an existing infrastructure or manage the lifecycle of the existing service and software stack. The situation is much worse in a complex application environment; for example, an environment involving orchestration of a workflow formed by multiple business processes. In such a case, deployment and life cycle management solutions need to take an integrated view of the multiple tiers involved and current system management technologies do not provide the necessary means to build such solutions. [0006]Traditional methods for configuration and deployment of software components rely heavily upon domain experts' knowledge about the component requirements, availability of middleware and the underlying infrastructure, and overall IT environment. Using this background knowledge, a system administrator is first required to configure the existing infrastructure and then customize the configuration and deployment steps for a new component, so the new component can be deployed successfully. In case of distributed components, such an approach can be time consuming, error prone, and non-scalable to large scale installations. Further, such an approach does not lend itself to automation as system administrators are key components in the deployment workflow. [0007]The ability to configure and manage large installations of systems has been an active area of research within the information technology community. The Local Configuration (LCFG) is a currently used script based system that dynamically configures machines based upon configuration information stored in a central database (Anderson, P., "Towards a High-Level Machine Configuration System," LISA, 1994). The information pertains to network, system and services that need to be configured on the system. Smart Framework for Object Groups (SmartFrog) is a known system for specifying the configuration, and deployment of distributed applications (Goldsack, P., Guijarro, J., Mecheneau, G., Murray, P., Toft, P., "SmartFrog: Configuration and Automatic Ignition of Distributed Applications," HP OVUA 2003). SmartFrog provides a language to specify the configuration of applications and dependencies between them. SmartFrog provides an infrastructure for processing and deploying applications on the distributed systems. The GridWeaver project is exploring the notion of combining LCFG and SmartFrog technologies for configuration management of large systems. The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) effort is looking at managing distributed resources using Web services. The Grid Forum is attempting to standardize the specification language as part of the Configuration Description, Deployment, and Lifecycle Management (CDDLM) activity. [0008]Some technologies provide means to monitor individual Java.TM. 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE) components that are participating in providing a service. The technology helps system administrators to monitor performance, identify failures, and check performance bottlenecks. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0009]A computer implemented method, data processing system, computer usable program code, and active repository are provided for management of a composite software service. The illustrative embodiments receive a request for using the software service. If the software service is not yet deployed in the computer network, the illustrative embodiments configure and deploy a new instance of the software service in the computer network. If the software service is deployed but is not adequately configured and provisioned to perform at a level required by the request, the software service is reconfigured and redeployed. The illustrative embodiments perform an analysis of other supporting software services and physical resources needed to deploy the software service and may reconfigure and/or deploy additional software services to enable the deployment of the software service. [0010]To perform these management functions, the illustrative embodiments create an active object in an active repository to manage the new software service using an active template based on the analysis. The illustrative embodiments deploy the new software service in the computer network using the active object and manage the new software service throughout its lifecycle using the active object. The active objects in the active repository interact with one another while controlling and managing the software services. These interactions lead to service management actions such that desired service compositions are realized by the software services and the compositions are maintained in their desired states. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0011]The novel features believed characteristic of the illustrative embodiments are set forth in the appended claims. The illustrative embodiments themselves, however, as well as a preferred mode of use, further objectives and advantages thereof, will best be understood by reference to the following detailed description of an illustrative embodiment when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein: [0012]FIG. 1 depicts a pictorial representation of a network of data processing systems in which aspects of the illustrative embodiments may be implemented; [0013]FIG. 2 depicts a block diagram of a data processing system in which aspects of the illustrative embodiments may be implemented; [0014]FIG. 3 depicts a composition based service management infrastructure using an active repository for configuration and deployment in accordance with an illustrative embodiment; [0015]FIG. 4 depicts the components of an active repository in accordance with an illustrative embodiment; [0016]FIG. 5 depicts the exemplary functional components and management interfaces associated with an active object in accordance with an illustrative embodiment; [0017]FIG. 6 depicts macro-level controls for managing the composite services in accordance with an illustrative embodiment; and [0018]FIG. 7 depicts a flowchart of an operation used to deploy and manage a software service in accordance with an illustrative embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT [0019]The following document uses the term physical resource or resource to mean a hardware resource such as a computer server, a computer network, a file system, etc. Such resources may be turned on or off, shared or used in dedicated mode, and have a physical location. The term computer service is used to indicate a service provided by a computer program that runs on top of one or more resources. [0020]The illustrative embodiments provide a solution to the management of software components and services. With reference now to the figures and in particular with reference to FIGS. 1-2, exemplary diagrams of data processing environments are provided in which embodiments may be implemented. It should be appreciated that FIGS. 1-2 are only exemplary and are not intended to assert or imply any limitation with regard to the environments in which aspects or embodiments may be implemented. Many modifications to the depicted environments may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the illustrative embodiments. Continue reading... Full patent description for Management of composite software services Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Management of composite software services patent application. Patent Applications in related categories: 20080195722 - Exactly once data framework computer readable storage medium - A computer readable storage medium stores instructions for managing objects in a clustered network. Several clustered servers are in communication with a file system containing at least one copy of a data object. A distributed consensus algorithm is used to select a host server. The selected host server can contain ... 20080195721 - Exhibiting method of exhibition - The present invention involves exhibiting method of exhibition. 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