High availability lightweight directory access protocol service
AssigneeSun Microsystems, Inc., a Delaware Corporation
InventorsRamachandra Bethmangalkar, Frederic E. Herrmann, Louay Gammo
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Abstract
Management of lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) service may be accomplished through the use of remote mirroring and a unique application program interface (API). Both a primary and a secondary LDAP server are maintained. Any modification to the primary LDAP server is then mirrored on the secondary LDAP server. When a call is attempted on the primary server, if it fails, the call is retried on the secondary LDAP server. The API allows for specialized grammar for commands that permits the system to handle primary (and secondary) LDAP server failure.
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A method for managing lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) service, including:
- maintaining a primary LDAP server and a secondary LDAP server;
- mirroring any modification to said primary LDAP server to said secondary LDAP server;
- and
- retrying a call on said secondary LDAP server if said call on said primary LDAP server fails.
A system for managing lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) service, including:
- a primary LDAP server having mirroring software;
- a secondary LDAP server having mirroring software;
- and
- a call retrier coupled to said primary LDAP server and said secondary LDAP server.
A system for managing lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) service, including:
- means for maintaining a primary LDAP server and a secondary LDAP server;
- means for mirroring any modification to said primary LDAP server to said secondary LDAP server;
- and
- means for retrying a call on said secondary LDAP server if said call on said primary LDAP server fails.
A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for managing lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) service, the method including:
- maintaining a primary LDAP server and a secondary LDAP server;
- mirroring any modification to said primary LDAP server to said secondary LDAP server;
- and
- retrying a call on said secondary LDAP server if said call on said primary LDAP server fails.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.