WO2011075117A1 - Modifying computer management request - Google Patents
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- a management tool may require running a management tool on a remote managed computer.
- a virtual console can be created for the remote system, and a request can be sent to the remote system via the remote console.
- the results which can include standard normal outputs and error outputs, can then be returned to the management tool via the virtual console.
- FIGURE 1 is a schematic diagram of a computer system in accordance with an embodiment.
- FIGURE 2 is a flow chart of a computer-management method in accordance with an embodiment.
- a wrapper utility 10 creates more than one virtual console (or "terminal") so different types of results from a remote system tool can be returned separately to the management tool. For example, standard normal and error outputs can be returned separately to the management tool. This relieves the management tool of having to distinguish normal and error (or other types of) outputs from a unified output from a single virtual console typically used under standard virtual terminal protocols such as secure shell (SSH-1 and SSH-2) and Telnet. This in turn makes it easier for a management tool that depends on a specific output stream's result to determine what steps to follow.
- SSH-1 and SSH-2 secure shell
- Telnet Telnet
- Computer system API includes a management system 12 and a managed system 14. In practice, one management system can manage several or many managed systems.
- Management system 12 includes processors 16, computer-readable storage media 18, and
- Managed system includes
- processors 22 computer-readable storage media 24, and
- communications (I/O) devices 26 In addition to management and management systems, computer system API includes server and storage array networks and associated devices.
- Managed system 14 includes one or more applications 28, e.g., a database, a web application, and /or a monitoring tool that monitors various hardware and software components on the managed system.
- Managed system 14 also includes a remote console server such as secure shell server 32.
- a remote console server such as secure shell server 32.
- Telnet another virtual console protocol such as Telnet is used instead of secure shell (SSH).
- SSH secure shell
- These software elements are stored on media 24 and executed by processors 22.
- management tool 44 initiates a tool execution process 34, outputs of which can include normal output data (— STDOUT) 36 and error data (— STDERR) 38.
- Secure shell server 32 can be used to establish virtual terminals 40 and 42 as appropriate.
- Management system 12 stores a management tool 44 such as Hewlett-Packard's System Insight Manager (available from Hewlett - Packard Company) and its plug-in applications (available from Hewlett- Packard Company and others) a secure shell client 46, and a remote- execution wrapper utility 50 on media 18 and executes them on processors 16.
- a management tool 44 such as Hewlett-Packard's System Insight Manager (available from Hewlett - Packard Company) and its plug-in applications (available from Hewlett- Packard Company and others)
- a secure shell client 46 such as Hewlett-Packard's System Insight Manager (available from Hewlett - Packard Company) and its plug-in applications (available from Hewlett- Packard Company and others)
- Communications devices 20 on management system 12 and communications devices 26 on managed system 14 provide for communications between systems 12 and 14.
- Management tool 44 is designed to gather various types of data from systems that it manages. When this was done according to prior- art methods, standard output and error outputs were returned together, which posed a problem for the management tool, since it then had to perform the non-trivial task of separating the two.
- remote management wrapper utility 50 intercepts a request 52 from management tool 44.
- Request 52 can be to execute an application 28 so as to generate diagnostic data and return any normal output data and any error data.
- Utility 50 using secure shell client 46 to communicate with secure shell server 32, causes two virtual consoles 40 and 42 to be created.
- Utility 50 wraps request 52 to generate wrapped request 54.
- Wrapped request 54 directs the recipient to return error data to virtual console 42 instead of default virtual console 40 to which the normal data is to be returned. In an alternative embodiment, it is the standard normal output that is redirected to the virtual console not used for receiving the modified request.
- Wrapper utility 50 receives the error data 38 via virtual
- wrapper utility 50 can provide normal data 36 and error data 38 separately to management tool 44, which is thus relieved of the burden of separating normal and error data from a unified stream.
- Process PR1 practiced in the context of system API is flow charted in FIG. 2.
- Process PR1 is implemented via computer-readable storage media 201 encoded with code 203.
- Media 203 includes media 18 and 24 (FIG. 1).
- Code 203 provides for management tool 44, wrapper utility 50, applications 28, and secure shell client and server 46 and 32.
- a management tool running on a central management server issues a request that an application be run on a managed system.
- a wrapper utility intercepts the request.
- the wrapper utility creates virtual consoles. In the case of system API, two virtual consoles are created. However, in other instances, more than two virtual consoles can be created to provide for keeping separate more than two data types.
- the wrapper utility wraps and modifies the request to redirect at least one data type. For example, in system API , error data is redirected from a default virtual console 40 to virtual console 42. In other embodiments, there is no default virtual console; in such an embodiment, the wrapper utility can direct each data type to a different virtual console.
- the wrapper utility forwards the wrapped request to one of the virtual consoles of managed system 14.
- an application 28 is executed as part of tool execution process 34 at process segment PS6.
- normal and error data are generated.
- each data type is provided to the indicated virtual console at process segment PS7.
- the normal data is directed to virtual console 40, while error data 38 is directed to virtual console 42.
- wrapper utility 50 retrieves the different data types from respective consoles at process segment PS8.
- wrapper utility 50 retrieves normal data 36 from virtual console 40 and error data 38 from virtual console 42.
- the wrapper utility provides the different data types separately to the requesting management tool.
- wrapper utility 50 provides normal data 36 and error data 38 separately to management tool 44.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented process provides for intercepting a request from a management tool running on a management system. The request can be for a management tool to run on a managed system. Plural virtual consoles are created for the managed system. The original request is modified to generate a modified request that specifies that plural data types generated by said management tool are to be directed to different respective ones of said virtual consoles.
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MODIFYING COMPUTER MANAGEMENT REQUEST
[01 ] BACKGROUND
[02] In a centrally managed computer system, a management tool may require running a management tool on a remote managed computer. To this end, a virtual console can be created for the remote system, and a request can be sent to the remote system via the remote console. The results, which can include standard normal outputs and error outputs, can then be returned to the management tool via the virtual console.
[03] BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[04] FIGURE 1 is a schematic diagram of a computer system in accordance with an embodiment.
[05] FIGURE 2 is a flow chart of a computer-management method in accordance with an embodiment.
[06] DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[07] In a computer system API, FIG. 1, a wrapper utility 10 creates more than one virtual console (or "terminal") so different types of results from a remote system tool can be returned separately to the management tool. For example, standard normal and error outputs can be returned separately to the management tool. This relieves the management tool of having to distinguish normal and error (or other types of) outputs from a unified output from a single virtual console typically used under standard virtual terminal protocols such as secure
shell (SSH-1 and SSH-2) and Telnet. This in turn makes it easier for a management tool that depends on a specific output stream's result to determine what steps to follow.
[08] Computer system API includes a management system 12 and a managed system 14. In practice, one management system can manage several or many managed systems. Management system 12 includes processors 16, computer-readable storage media 18, and
communications (I/O) devices 20. Managed system includes
processors 22, computer-readable storage media 24, and
communications (I/O) devices 26. In addition to management and management systems, computer system API includes server and storage array networks and associated devices.
[09] Managed system 14 includes one or more applications 28, e.g., a database, a web application, and /or a monitoring tool that monitors various hardware and software components on the managed system. Managed system 14 also includes a remote console server such as secure shell server 32. In an alternative embodiment, another virtual console protocol such as Telnet is used instead of secure shell (SSH). These software elements are stored on media 24 and executed by processors 22. When management tool 44 initiates a tool execution process 34, outputs of which can include normal output data (— STDOUT) 36 and error data (— STDERR) 38. Secure shell server 32 can be used to establish virtual terminals 40 and 42 as appropriate.
[ 10] Management system 12 stores a management tool 44 such as Hewlett-Packard's System Insight Manager (available from Hewlett -
Packard Company) and its plug-in applications (available from Hewlett- Packard Company and others) a secure shell client 46, and a remote- execution wrapper utility 50 on media 18 and executes them on processors 16. Communications devices 20 on management system 12 and communications devices 26 on managed system 14 provide for communications between systems 12 and 14.
[ 1 1 ] Management tool 44 is designed to gather various types of data from systems that it manages. When this was done according to prior- art methods, standard output and error outputs were returned together, which posed a problem for the management tool, since it then had to perform the non-trivial task of separating the two.
[ 1 2] In system API, remote management wrapper utility 50 intercepts a request 52 from management tool 44. Request 52 can be to execute an application 28 so as to generate diagnostic data and return any normal output data and any error data. Utility 50, using secure shell client 46 to communicate with secure shell server 32, causes two virtual consoles 40 and 42 to be created. Utility 50 wraps request 52 to generate wrapped request 54. Wrapped request 54 directs the recipient to return error data to virtual console 42 instead of default virtual console 40 to which the normal data is to be returned. In an alternative embodiment, it is the standard normal output that is redirected to the virtual console not used for receiving the modified request.
[ 1 3] Wrapper utility 50 receives the error data 38 via virtual
console 42 and separately from normal data 36, which is received via virtual console 40. Thus, wrapper utility 50 can provide normal data 36
and error data 38 separately to management tool 44, which is thus relieved of the burden of separating normal and error data from a unified stream.
[ 1 4] A process PR1 practiced in the context of system API is flow charted in FIG. 2. Process PR1 is implemented via computer-readable storage media 201 encoded with code 203. Media 203 includes media 18 and 24 (FIG. 1). Code 203 provides for management tool 44, wrapper utility 50, applications 28, and secure shell client and server 46 and 32.
[ 1 5] At process segment PS1 , a management tool running on a central management server issues a request that an application be run on a managed system. At process segment PS2, a wrapper utility intercepts the request. At process segment PS3, the wrapper utility creates virtual consoles. In the case of system API, two virtual consoles are created. However, in other instances, more than two virtual consoles can be created to provide for keeping separate more than two data types.
[ 1 6] At process segment PS4, the wrapper utility wraps and modifies the request to redirect at least one data type. For example, in system API , error data is redirected from a default virtual console 40 to virtual console 42. In other embodiments, there is no default virtual console; in such an embodiment, the wrapper utility can direct each data type to a different virtual console.
[ 1 7] At process segment PS5 , the wrapper utility forwards the wrapped request to one of the virtual consoles of managed system 14.
In response to the received request, an application 28 is executed as part of tool execution process 34 at process segment PS6. As a result, normal and error data are generated. In accordance with the request, each data type is provided to the indicated virtual console at process segment PS7. In the case of system API, the normal data is directed to virtual console 40, while error data 38 is directed to virtual console 42.
[ 1 8] The wrapper utility retrieves the different data types from respective consoles at process segment PS8. In system API, wrapper utility 50 retrieves normal data 36 from virtual console 40 and error data 38 from virtual console 42. At process segment PS9, the wrapper utility provides the different data types separately to the requesting management tool. In system API , wrapper utility 50 provides normal data 36 and error data 38 separately to management tool 44.
[ 1 9] In this specification, related art is discussed for expository purposes. Related art labeled "prior art", if any, is admitted prior art. Related art not labeled "prior art" is not admitted prior art. The illustrated and other described embodiments, as well as modifications thereto and variations thereupon are within the scope of the following claims.
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1. A computer-implemented process comprising:
intercepting a request from a management tool running on a management system to run an application on a managed system;
creating plural virtual consoles for said managed system; and modifying said request to generate a modified request that specifies that plural data types generated by said management tool are to be directed to different respective ones of said virtual consoles.
2. A process as recited in Claim 1 further comprising:
executing said application in accordance with said modified request so as to yield plural data types; and
returning data of said plural data types to a utility that generated said modified request via different respective ones of said virtual consoles.
3. A process as recited in Claim 2 further comprising said utility providing said data of said plural data types separately according to type to said management tool.
4. A process as recited in Claim 3 wherein said utility and said management tool both run on the same management system.
5. A process as recited in Claim 1 wherein said data types include normal output data and error data.
6. A process as recited in Claim 1 wherein said virtual consoles are created using either a secure shell or a Telnet protocol.
7. A process as recited in Claim 1 wherein said modifying involves wrapping said request.
8. A computer system comprising:
a management system; and
a utility that when executed on said management system provides for intercepting and modifying a request from a management tool to generate a modified request that specifies that different data types generated by an application running on a managed system be returned to different respective virtual consoles for said managed system.
9. A computer system as recited in Claim 8 wherein said utility also provides for creating said different respective virtual consoles.
10. A computer system as recited in Claim 9 wherein said utility creates said virtual consoles using a secure shell or Telnet protocol.
11. A computer system as recited in Claim 8 further comprising said management tool encoded on said media.
12. A computer system as recited in Claim 8 wherein said modifying involves wrapping said request.
13. A computer system as recited in Claim 8 wherein said different data types include normal output data and error data.
14. A computer system as recited in Claim 8 further comprising said managed system, said managed system being remote with respect to said management system.
15. A computer system as recited in Claim 14 wherein said managed system includes computer-readable storage media encoded with said application.
16. A computer product comprising computer-readable storage media encoded with a utility for modifying an original request for running an application on a managed system to generate a modified request that specifies that different data types generated by said application be returned via different virtual consoles.
17. A computer product as recited in Claim 16 wherein said utility further provides for generating said virtual consoles.
18. A computer product as recited in Claim 17 wherein said utility causes said virtual consoles to be generated using either a secure shell or a Telnet protocol.
19. A computer product as recited in Claim 16 wherein said data types include normal output data and error data.
20. A computer product as recited in Claim 16 wherein said utility provides for:
receiving said original request from a management tool; and returning said different data types separately to said management tool.
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