Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080201715 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY CREATING AND MODIFYING RESOURCE TOPOLOGIES AND EXECUTING SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT FLOWS - The present invention replaces the prior art Systems Management Flow execution environments with a new Order Processing Environment. The Order Processing Environment consists of an Order Processing Container (“Container” in short), a Relationship Registry, and a Factory Registry. The Factory Registry supports creation of new resource instances. The Relationship Registry stores relationships between resources. The Container gets as input an Order and a start point address for the first resource. The Order is a document (e.g., XML) which includes a number of Tasks for each involved resource without arranging those tasks in a sequence. This differentiates Orders from workflow descriptions used by standard workflow engines. Each Task includes at least all input parameters for executing the Task. The sequence of the Task execution is derived by the Container by using the Relationship Registry which reflects all current Resource Topologies. | 08-21-2008 |
20080204271 | Method And Data Processing System For Collecting Usage Data Of An On-Demand Service - A method of collecting usage data of an on-demand service provided to a subscriber is disclosed. The method comprises provisioning of a first manageable resource in order to provide the on-demand service to the subscriber, the first manageable resource being associated with at least a first underlying resource, the first underlying resource comprising a first collector for collecting first usage data of the first underlying resource while the on-demand service is provided. Further, a first metering component is instantiated for the first manageable resource and the first metering component is instructed to initiate the retrieval of the first usage data from the first collector prior to the termination of the first metering component and the de-provisioning of the first manageable resource. Additionally, the retrieved first usage data is stored for further evaluation. | 08-28-2008 |
20080215673 | Data Processing Method For Generating Service Interface Descriptions - A data processing method is disclosed. The data processing method comprises the step of receiving a request for a service interface description of a service from a client at a server, wherein the service is implemented via a first service endpoint at the server, and wherein the first service endpoint is associated with a first service endpoint interface description. In a further step, a given set of correlations is employed for the determination of service endpoints correlated with the first service endpoint with respect to the service, wherein each of the correlated service endpoints is associated with a service endpoint interface description. Furthermore the service interface description is generated by aggregating the first service endpoint interface description with the service endpoint interface descriptions of the correlated service endpoints and the service interface description is provided to the client. | 09-04-2008 |
20080244337 | Method and System for Automated Handling of Errors in Execution of System Management Flows Consisting of System Management Tasks - A method and system for automated error handling in system management flows by enhancing workflow engines by an error handling component and by adding a supportive error handling layer to invoked system management tasks which serves m the counterpart to the workflow engine's error handling component. The additional functionality of the task-provided, error handling layer is accessible for the workflow engine via extended Web services interfaces. The workflow engine's error handling component and the task-provided error handling layer allow for the definition of a standard protocol between the workflow engine and invoked tasks for automated error handling. Furthermore, an interface and method of communication between the enhanced workflow engine and an external error resolving device (such as an expert system) is defined with the purpose of using the external error resolving device for automatic error recovery. The internal or external error resolving device is capable of performing corrective actions on the managed IT infrastructure using mechanisms outside the scope of this invention. The benefit of the presented architecture is that the complexity concerning error handling is completely removed from system management flow definitions, and the designer of a system management flow can concentrate on the logical structure of the flow (e.g. the correct sequence of tasks). | 10-02-2008 |
20080263177 | METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR SELECTING AN EDGE SERVER COMPUTER - Media Distribution within the Internet is done with the help of Application-Servers, Content-Servers and distributed Edge-Servers where the clients are connected to Media Distribution Services. A computer system is provided comprising client | 10-23-2008 |
20080263258 | Method and System for Migrating Virtual Machines Between Hypervisors - A method for migrating virtual machines between hypervisors is disclosed. Initially, metadata describing a virtual machine are automatically scanned and parsed. The structure of the metadata of a source virtual machine are automatically analyzed. Elements of this structure are mapped to corresponding entries of a target virtual machine. A target metadata descriptor to be used as part of the target virtual machine is generated. A predefined layout description of the data stored in a file system image of the source virtual machine read. A predefined layout description of the data to be stored in a file system image to be used at the target virtual machine is also read. The data are extracted from the source virtual machine. A template of a file system image for the target virtual system is generated. Storage space corresponding to the target virtual machine is allocated, and the extracted data are inserted into the allocated storage space. | 10-23-2008 |
20080263553 | Dynamic Service Level Manager for Image Pools - An embodiment of the present invention relates to the field of computer technology, in particular it relates to a method for provisioning images for virtual machines, wherein for a predefined application type a pool of at least one image of a virtual machine performing said application is loaded in the main memory of the computer. | 10-23-2008 |
20090177777 | Machine-Processable Semantic Description For Resource Management - A method and associated apparatus is provided for generating a machine-processable semantic description of a first manageable resource of an application domain. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, the first manageable resource is characterized by a set of aspects. Accordingly, an ontology is provided for the application domain that provides a terminology and rules for describing the set of aspects of the first manageable resources of the application domain in a semantic way. The semantic description of the first manageable resource is then generated compliant to the terminology and the rules of the ontology to describe semantically the set of aspects. | 07-09-2009 |
20090240797 | An On Demand Message Based Financial Network Integration Middleware - The present invention relates to distributed networking, and in particularly to a message-based networking environment. More particularly, it relates to business applications ( | 09-24-2009 |
20090293064 | SYNCHRONIZING SHARED RESOURCES IN AN ORDER PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT USING A SYNCHRONIZATION COMPONENT - An order processing system including an order processing container, a factory registry, a relationship registry, and synchronization function component. The order processing system can handle orders, which are build plans including a set of tasks. The tasks can specify programmatic actions which may include creation, deletion, and modification of resources and resource topologies. The order processing container can be central engine that programmatically drives order processing actions. The factory registry can support a creation and deletion of resource instances in a resource topology defined by at least one order. The relationship registry can maintain relationships among resources. The synchronization function component can permit transparent usage of shared resources in accordance with shared usage resource topology parameters specified within processed orders. | 11-26-2009 |
20100005187 | Enhanced Streaming Operations in Distributed Communication Systems - A method and system are provided for enhancing streaming operation in a distributed communication system providing communication links between a plurality of stream servers, a client machine requesting a particular media file, and, a stream server selection unit. First, a list of stream servers is retrieved. Then, the list is evaluated and one of the stream servers is selected as the best-suited stream server. Finally, streaming from the selected stream server is initiated. | 01-07-2010 |
20100005504 | METHOD OF AUTOMATING AND PERSONALIZING SYSTEMS TO SATISFY SECURITYREQUIREMENTS IN AN END-TO-END SERVICE LANDSCAPE - A computer-implemented method of enabling security in network resources provisioned as part of a service landscape instance is provided. The method includes initiating an orchestration process for creating a landscape service instance to provide services to a service subscriber over a data communications network. The method further includes deriving from the orchestration process at least one parameter, and generating at least one security configuration profile based upon the at least one parameter for at least one system of the landscape service instance. | 01-07-2010 |
20110022560 | SEMANTIC WEB TECHNOLOGIES IN SYSTEM AUTOMATION - A method includes maintaining descriptions of a plurality of information technology resources in a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes maintaining a plurality of evaluation strategies, wherein the evaluation strategies associate a plurality of rules with forms of changes to the plurality of information technology resources. Responsive to detecting a command to change a first property of the set of properties of a first information technology resource of the plurality of information technology resources, the method determines that a first of the evaluation strategies associates at least one of the plurality of rules with a form of the change to the first property of the first information technology resource. Also, responsive to detecting the command, the method evaluates the at least one of the plurality of rules and performs the operation of the at least one rule. | 01-27-2011 |
20120203908 | HYBRID CLOUD INTEGRATOR PLUG-IN COMPONENTS - Integrating data processing resources across a hybrid cloud includes providing a plug-in software component configured to be installed in a software framework. When the plug-in software component is activated, it may generate an interface for a consumer of data processing resources. Using this interface, the consumer of data processing resources may request the use of data processing resources provided as a service on the hybrid cloud. In response, the plug-in software component may acquire the requested data processing resources via interfaces provided by the various data processing resources. A number of different data processing resources may have different interface requirements. However, the first interface generated by the plug-in software component may provide a single vendor neutral interface for accessing data processing resources on the hybrid cloud by the consumer of data processing resources. | 08-09-2012 |
20120204169 | HYBRID CLOUD INTEGRATOR - A hybrid cloud integrator provides a capability for integrating data processing resources provided as services across a hybrid cloud. The hybrid cloud integrator includes a software framework that provides for installing, configuring, activating, and controlling operation of a number of plug-in software components. The plug-in software components are configured to provide for using data processing resources provided as a service to process a consumer workload. | 08-09-2012 |
20120204187 | Hybrid Cloud Workload Management - A method, apparatus, and computer program product for managing a workload in a hybrid cloud. It is determined whether first data processing resources processing a portion of a workload are overloaded. Responsive to a determination that the first data processing resources are overloaded, second data processing resources are automatically provisioned and the portion of the workload is automatically moved to the second data processing resources for processing. The second data processing resources are data processing resources that are provided as a service on the hybrid cloud. Processing of a first portion of a workload being processed on first data processing resources of a hybrid cloud are monitored simultaneously with monitoring processing of a second portion of the workload being processed on second data processing resources of the hybrid cloud. The workload may be allocated automatically between the first portion and the second portion responsive to the simultaneous monitoring. | 08-09-2012 |
20120215733 | SEMANTIC WEB TECHNOLOGIES IN SYSTEM AUTOMATION - A method includes maintaining descriptions of a plurality of information technology resources in a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes maintaining a plurality of evaluation strategies, wherein the evaluation strategies associate a plurality of rules with forms of changes to the plurality of information technology resources. Responsive to detecting a command to change a first property of the set of properties of a first information technology resource of the plurality of information technology resources, the method determines that a first of the evaluation strategies associates at least one of the plurality of rules with a form of the change to the first property of the first information technology resource. Also, responsive to detecting the command, the method evaluates the at least one of the plurality of rules and performs the operation of the at least one rule. | 08-23-2012 |
20120297054 | Monitoring Service in a Distributed Platform - Techniques for enabling monitoring across one or more domains are provided. The techniques include identifying information technology resources across one or more domains, collecting information technology dependency information relating to the information technology resources identified across one or more domains, collecting monitoring data from the information technology resources identified across one or more domains, and using the dependency information to aggregate the monitoring data into one or more pre-determined metrics. | 11-22-2012 |
20130007268 | Monitoring Service in a Distributed Platform - Techniques for enabling monitoring across one or more domains are provided. The techniques include identifying information technology resources across one or more domains, collecting information technology dependency information relating to the information technology resources identified across one or more domains, collecting monitoring data from the information technology resources identified across one or more domains, and using the dependency information to aggregate the monitoring data into one or more pre-determined metrics. | 01-03-2013 |
20130013783 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVISIONING OF RESOURCES AND SERVICE ENVIRONMENTS - A system for provisioning service environments (SEs) and resources includes a component for creating and handling state change events and a parts catalog including descriptions of SEs, variable federated resources, aggregated, and basic resources. The system further includes a planner component for generating plans for construction and destruction of SEs and plans for creation, addition, removal and destruction of every aggregated resource to or from the SEs. The planner component has an interface to the parts catalog and an interface to a global dynamic free pool manager. The global dynamic free pool manager is configured for dynamically constructing and destructing dynamic free pool managers with their assigned dynamic free pools including dynamically changing their capacities. | 01-10-2013 |
20130219042 | MANAGING CLOUD SERVICES - A system, and computer program product for managing cloud services are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A first set of management functions is instantiated external to a microkernel of a management system for managing a set of cloud services. The management system further includes a second set of management functions executing within the kernel of the management system. A subset of the first set of management functions is associated with a cloud service in the set of cloud services. A management task for the cloud service is handled using the subset of the first set of management functions. A usage information corresponding to the use of the subset of the first set of management functions for handling the management task for the cloud service is reported. | 08-22-2013 |
20140006626 | ALLOCATING INSTANTIATED RESOURCES TO AN IT-SERVICE | 01-02-2014 |
20140006627 | INSTANTIATING RESOURCES OF AN IT-SERVICE | 01-02-2014 |
20140095720 | ALLOCATING INSTANTIATED RESOURCES TO AN IT-SERVICE - Allocating an instance of a resource to an IT-service includes: analyzing a service model specifying the structure of an IT-service and comprising nodes and resource management rules specifying the management of said node's resource. For each node, the method includes: determining a resource type indicated by said node; determining one or more resource management rules assigned to said node; evaluating the resource management rules assigned to said node on a resource instance catalog and the determined resource type for computing selection criteria; applying the selection criteria on a service provider catalog for selecting one of the one or more resource managers, the service provider catalog being indicative of one or more of the resource managers respectively being operable to provide a resource instance of a given resource type to the IT-service; creating an instance of the resource provided by the selected resource manager; and allocating said instance to the IT-service. | 04-03-2014 |
20140095721 | INSTANTIATING RESOURCES OF AN IT-SERVICE - Instantiating a resource of an IT-service includes: analyzing a service model including nodes representing resources and being indicative of a resource type, each node comprising a generic API providing at least one abstract method for instantiating the resource represented by the respective node. For each node, determining the resource type indicated by the node; evaluating a service provider catalog indicative of a resource manager operable to provide a resource of a given resource type and determining an address of the resource manager; selecting a resource manager; sending a request to the address of the selected resource manager for a description of a resource-manager-specific API of the resource manager; receiving the requested description from the selected resource manager; overriding the abstract method by a resource-manager specific method of the resource-manager-specific API for instantiating the resource; and executing the overridden abstract method for instantiating the resource represented by the node. | 04-03-2014 |
20140195660 | MANAGING CLOUD SERVICES - A method for managing cloud services are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A first set of management functions is instantiated external to a microkernel of a management system for managing a set of cloud services. The management system further includes a second set of management functions executing within the kernel of the management system. A subset of the first set of management functions is associated with a cloud service in the set of cloud services. A management task for the cloud service is handled using the subset of the first set of management functions. A usage information corresponding to the use of the subset of the first set of management functions for handling the management task for the cloud service is reported. | 07-10-2014 |