US 10,931,508 B2Granted

Scalable dynamic JMX federation

AssigneeOracle International Corporation

InventorPhilippe Le Mouel

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Abstract

An example framework and method facilitate instrumentation and management of computing environment resources, wherein the resources are distributed across various servers of the computing environment. The example framework employs a distributed synchronized tree or registry of information describing servers (e.g., MBean servers) and associated resources (e.g., as may be represented by MBeans) of the computing environment. A replica of the tree is maintained by each server. The tree facilitates peer-to-peer networking between participating servers for the purposes of discovering and sharing access to software management functionality (e.g., as may be provided via MBeans) offered thereby, and obviates reliance upon a centralized management server or network node to provide management functionality for all participating computing resources that may be distributed across servers of the network.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A non-transitory processor-readable storage device including logic for execution by one or more processors and when executed operable for facilitating sharing of software management functionality among components of a computing environment, by performing the following acts:

receiving a query from a client module in communication with a first server, the query requesting access to information about software management functionality available on a second server;
using the query to retrieve information pertaining to the software management functionality from a shared distributed record, wherein the information has been registered in the shared distributed record, resulting in retrieved information in response thereto;
employing the retrieved information to create a local logical proxy for the software management functionality running on the second server, the local logical proxy maintained on the first server;
selectively using the local logical proxy and the retrieved information to provide the software management functionality to the client module in response to one or more requests therefrom;
providing a federation of peer-to-peer network servers that include the first server and the second server;
replicating a tree on each of the peer-to-peer networked servers, wherein each of the peer-to-peer networked servers has a copy of the tree;
propagating changes from one copy of the tree to other copies of the tree;
and
enabling each of the peer-to-peer networked servers to retrieve metrics from any of the peer-to-peer networked servers.

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A method for facilitating sharing software management functionality among components of a computing environment, the method comprising:

receiving a query from a client module in communication with a first server, the query requesting access to information about software management functionality available on a second server;
using the query to retrieve information pertaining to the software management functionality from a shared distributed record, wherein the information has been registered in the shared distributed record, resulting in retrieved information in response thereto;
employing the retrieved information to create a local logical proxy for the software management functionality running on the second server, the local logical proxy maintained on the first server;
selectively using the local logical proxy and the retrieved information to provide the software management functionality to the client module in response to one or more requests therefrom;
providing a federation of peer-to-peer network servers that include the first server and the second server;
replicating a tree on each of the peer-to-peer networked servers, wherein each of the peer-to-peer networked servers has a copy of the tree;
propagating changes from one copy of the tree to other copies of the tree;
and
enabling each of the peer-to-peer networked servers to retrieve metrics from any of the peer-to-peer networked servers.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/027,085Filed 3 Jul 2018
Published: US 2020/0014580 A19 Jan 2020
Granted: 23 Feb 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

H04L 41/042
Network management architectures or arrangements: comprising distributed management centres cooperatively managing the network
H04L 41/0233
Standardisation; Integration: object-oriented techniques, for representation of network management data, e.g. common object request broker…
H04L 41/20
Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks: network management…
H04L 41/40
Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks: using virtualisation of…