Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080313331 | Managing Computer Resources In A Distributed Computing System - Methods, apparatus, and products for managing computer resources in a distributed computing system are disclosed that include registering, in a configuration management database by a discovery module in response to a modification of a resource in a resource container, the resource in association with a configuration management database identifier, the resource characterized by a resource type and a resource identification, the resource container including a manageability endpoint characterized by a manageability endpoint reference; and managing the resource by a management module in dependence upon a resource management policy and the manageability endpoint reference, the resource management policy including management actions for the resource. | 12-18-2008 |
20090013209 | APPARATUS FOR CONNECTION MANAGEMENT AND THE METHOD THEREFOR - An apparatus and method for scheduling data distributions to or results information from, or collectively, “jobs” a plurality of data processing systems via a network. A connection to a target system is created. For each distribution, a session, which is an independent thread, is allocated from one of a plurality of pool of sessions and launched to effect execution of the job. Each pool corresponds to a predetermined priority level, and the session is allocated from the pool having the same priority level as the priority level of the job being scheduled. A connection supports a multiplicity of independent threads. In the event of an error, the session is released, and the scheduling of the aborted job is retried after a predetermined retry interval expires. After expiry of the retry interval, a callback method is invoked when the target system on which the scheduled job is executed becomes accessible. | 01-08-2009 |
20090172680 | Discovery Directives - A mechanism for configuring and scheduling logical discovery processes in a data processing system is provided. A discovery engine communicates with information providers to collect discovery data. An information provider is a software component whose responsibility is to discover resources and relationships between the resources and write their representations in a persistent store. Discovery directives are used to coordinate the execution of information providers. | 07-02-2009 |
20100083271 | Resource Property Aggregation In A Multi-Provider System - The present invention provides for resource property aggregation. A set of new instances is received from one or more providers. For each new instance in the set of new instances, a determination is made as to whether the new instance represents a same resource as at least one other instance. Responsive to determining that the new instance represents the same resource as another instance, a set of properties associated with the new instance and with the at least one other instance are identified. Each property from the new instance is compared to an associated property in the at least one other instance using a set of precedence rules. At least one property value is identified from either the new instance or the at least one other instance. An aggregate instance is then generated that represents the resource using the identified property values. | 04-01-2010 |
20100122090 | Secure Bytecode Instrumentation Facility - A secure bytecode instrumentation facility, wherein a new code fragment is registered in an encrypted registry by first extracting a digital certificate from a specified code fragment location. A certification authority (CA) in the digital certificate is compared against a list of registered trusted certification authorities in the registry. If the CA is in the registry list, the code fragment origin in the digital certificate is compared against a list of registered trusted origins in the registry. If the code fragment origin is in the registry list, a determination is made as to whether the code fragment is authentic. If so, the information of the code fragment is recorded into the registry. The injection of code fragments may begin upon the initialization of the instrumentation facility if the encrypted registry has not been corrupted since last accessed, and if the code fragment content matches code fragment information in the registry. | 05-13-2010 |
20100175060 | Simplifying Selection of Targets for Installation of Composite Applications - The present invention provides for formulating a deployment plan for a composite application. A set of topologies is provided for each component of a set of identified components of the composite application to be deployed. For a selected topology for each component of the set of identified components, a set of target computing resources are identified that meet, within a predetermined threshold, a set of prerequisites for each component in the set of identified components. A list of hosts associated with the set of target computing resources that meet the identified topology is displayed. For a selected host for each component of the set of identified components, the set of target computing resources for the selected hosts is displayed. A deployment plan along with a set of installations or upgrades required for each of the selected target computing resources is then displayed. | 07-08-2010 |
20100318931 | Model-Driven Display of Metric Annotations On A Resource/Relationship Graph - A model-driven display for displaying metric annotations on a resource/relationship graph. Upon detecting selection of a set of computer resources in a system management graph, annotation options available to the selected set of computer resources are retrieved from an object model, wherein the object model defines computer resources in a data processing system and relationships among the computer resources, and wherein the annotation options represent resource metrics collected for the computer resources, A menu is created using the annotation options for the selected set of computer resources and displayed to a user in the graphical user interface. When selection of a set of annotation options in the menu is detected, the system management graph is updated to display annotations, corresponding to the selected set of annotation options, for the selected set or computer resources. The updated system management graph is then displayed to the user in the graphical user interface. | 12-16-2010 |
20110107250 | STEP-WISE, CUMULATIVE OBJECT AND RELATIONSHIP AGGREGATION IN A GRAPHICAL SYSTEM MANAGEMENT TOPOLOGY - A graphical user interface (GUI) in which a user may navigate through states of an information technology (IT) management process by selecting or deselecting the selectable objects in the GUI. When the user selects a first object in a first display window of the GUI, the first display window is changed to represent a first state of the IT management process based on the selected object, and the second display window is changed to show computing objects and relationships associated with the selected object. When the user selects another associated object in the first display window, the first display window is changed to represent a second state of the IT management process based on the selected object, and the and the second display window is changed to show computing objects and relationships associated with the selected object. | 05-05-2011 |
20120167072 | Simplifying Selection of Targets of Installation of Composite Applications - A mechanism is provided for formulating a deployment plan for a composite application. A set of topologies is provided for each component of a set of identified components of the composite application to be deployed. For a selected topology for each component of the set of identified components, a set of target computing resources are identified that meet, Within a predetermined threshold, a set of prerequisites for each component in the set of identified components. A list of hosts associated with the set of target computing resources that meet the identified topology is displayed. For a selected host for each component of the set of identified components, the set of target computing resources for the selected hosts is displayed. A deployment plan along with a set of installations or upgrades required for each of the selected target computing resources is then displayed. | 06-28-2012 |
20120233332 | Resource Property Aggregation in a Multi-Provider System - The present invention provides for resource property aggregation. A set of new instances is received from one or more providers. For each new instance in the set of new instances, a determination is made as to whether the new instance represents a same resource as at least one other instance. Responsive to determining that the new instance represents the same resource as another instance, a set of properties associated with the new instance and with the at least one other instance are identified. Each property from the new instance is compared to an associated property in the at least one other instance using a set of precedence rules. At least one property value is identified from either the new instance or the at least one other instance. An aggregate instance is then generated that represents the resource using the identified property values. | 09-13-2012 |
20120317292 | Managing Computer Resources in a Distributed Computing System - Methods, apparatus, and products for managing computer resources in a distributed computing system are disclosed that include registering, in a configuration management database by a discovery module in response to a modification of a resource in a resource container, the resource in association with a configuration management database identifier, the resource characterized by a resource type and a resource identification, the resource container including a manageability endpoint characterized by a manageability endpoint reference; and managing the resource by a management module in dependence upon a resource management policy and the manageability endpoint reference, the resource management policy including management actions for the resource. | 12-13-2012 |
20130152080 | PLUG-IN BASED TEMPLATIZATION FRAMEWORK FOR AUTOMATING THE CREATION OF OPEN VIRTUALIZATION FORMAT VIRTUAL APPLIANCES - A plug-in-based templatization framework for automating the creation of open virtualization framework (OVF) virtual appliance (VA) is provided. According to one embodiment, a framework is stored which comprises a plurality of product-specific add-ons. Each of the plurality of product-specific add-ons comprises a discovery element, an activation logic template element, an open virtualization package envelope template element. The plurality of product-specific add-ons are executed against a first virtual composite application instance while said the virtual composite application instance is executing in a first virtualization platform environment to automatically generate an open virtualization package template. A second virtual composite application instance is then deployed within a second virtualization platform environment utilizing the open virtualization package template. | 06-13-2013 |