WO2012099455A1 - Managing resources information in application servers - Google Patents

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WO2012099455A1
WO2012099455A1 PCT/MY2011/000250 MY2011000250W WO2012099455A1 WO 2012099455 A1 WO2012099455 A1 WO 2012099455A1 MY 2011000250 W MY2011000250 W MY 2011000250W WO 2012099455 A1 WO2012099455 A1 WO 2012099455A1
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  • the present invention provides a system and method to manage resources information in multiple application servers. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  • Every application server has its own interface to manage the web services that was being deployed in it.
  • a system for managing resources in application servers is disclosed. Also disclosed is the method to manage resources in application servers.
  • a system to manage resources in at least one application server includes; a) a server farm (10) wherein the server farm (10) has at least one computing engine (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13-n) containing at least one monitoring and control management (MCM) server (11 ) wherein the MCM server (11 ) includes the at least one application server (12) wherein the at least one application server (12) includes at least one application or at least one web service; b) a client (20) in communication with the server farm (10) , the client (20) includes;
  • MCM monitoring and control management
  • a file loader (22) loading information of the at least one computing engine (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13-n) from the file (21 );
  • an output renderer (28) rendering resources information of the at least one computing engine (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13-n) ;
  • a core including a monitoring module (24) and a control module (25) ;
  • a thread pool controller (26) providing at least one thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3...27-n);
  • the file loader (22) loads information of the at least one computing engine (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13-n) from the file (21) into the core (23) wherein the control module (25) included in the core (23) sends signal through the at least one thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3...27-n) to the at least one MCM server (1 1 ), wherein the at least one MCM server collects resources information from the at least one application server (12) and the at least one thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3...27-n) sends the resources information to the core (23) wherein the monitoring module (24) monitors the rendering of the resources information by output renderer (28).
  • a method for managing resources information in at least one application server including; a) providing information of at least one computing engine by a file;
  • FIG 1 illustrates the architecture of the system under the preferred embodiment of this invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
  • FIG 1 illustrates a system for managing application and web service in application servers (12).
  • the system contains a server farm (11) and a MCM client (20).
  • a Monitoring and Control Management (MCM) server (11) is required to setup each computing engines (13-1 , 13-2,13-3..13-n) located in the server farm (10).
  • the MCM server (11 ) is a daemon application running in computing engines (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13- n).
  • MCM server (11 ) is in communication with the MCM client (20) through a socket connection.
  • MCM server (11) opens a socket connection port and waits for the MCM client (20) to establish a connection.
  • MCM client (20) does not have limitations on the number of instances being setup.
  • MCM client (20) requires a properties file (21) during initialization.
  • the properties file (21) provides information of computing engines (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3 ...13-n) such as IP address, socket connection port number, number of application servers (12) available and web services information for each application servers (12).
  • the information is loaded into the core (23) through properties file loader module (22).
  • the core (23) includes a monitoring module (24) and a control module (25).
  • the core (23) instructs the thread pool controller (26) to spawn thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3...27-n) based on the information in the properties file (21). During spawning of the threads (27-
  • a socket connection to the MCM server (11) is established.
  • Each thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3...27-n) is dedicated to manage one computing engine (13-1 , 13-
  • the control module (25) contained in the core (23) sends instructions through one or more thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3...27-n) provided by a thread pool controller (26) to the server (11) via socket connection.
  • the MCM server (11) is responsible to start or stop the web service and the application servers (12).
  • the MCM server (11 ) returns the success or failure status of the instruction to the client (20).
  • the MCM server (11) also collects the resources information from application servers (12) and computing engines (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3 ...13-n), compiles them into a package and sends to the respective thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3... 27-n).
  • the threads (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3...27-n) receive the resources information collected by the MCM server (11) and deliver it to the monitoring module (24).
  • the resources information includes information from Central Processing Unit (CPU), Hard Disc Drive (HDD), memory of the computing engines (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13-n), status of the web service and status of the application servers (12).
  • the information is processed by the monitoring module (24) before sent to the output renderer (28).
  • the percentage of available resources and the percentage of resources usage are calculated.
  • the calculated information is rendered by the output renderer (28) and is viewed in graphical format by the user.
  • the graphical format consists of graph and table format.
  • the monitoring module (24) continuously monitors the computing engine (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13-n) based on the time interval specified in the properties file (21). Once the monitoring module (24) receives the latest resources information, it will process the output renderer (28) to update the results.
  • the monitoring module (24) continuously monitors until the client (20) shuts down.

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Abstract

The present invention is a system and method to manage resources information in one or more application servers (12). The invention includes a server farm (10) in communication with a client (20) wherein resources information are managed and rendered to be viewed in a graphical format by the user.

Description

MANAGING RESOURCES INFORMATION IN APPLICATION SERVERS
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a system and method to manage resources information in multiple application servers. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
There is a constant drive to maximize the efficiency of computing environments. In a conventional computing environment, every application server has its own interface to manage the web services that was being deployed in it. When there are multiple application servers running in the server farm, it becomes difficult to manage all the web services deployed since the system administration requires to login into every application server to monitor and control the web services. This causes system administration to have difficulties to meet increasing demand of some applications. Therefore, a need exists to provide an improved resources management in computing environments.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A system for managing resources in application servers is disclosed. Also disclosed is the method to manage resources in application servers.
It is disclosed herein, a system to manage resources in at least one application server, the system includes; a) a server farm (10) wherein the server farm (10) has at least one computing engine (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13-n) containing at least one monitoring and control management (MCM) server (11 ) wherein the MCM server (11 ) includes the at least one application server (12) wherein the at least one application server (12) includes at least one application or at least one web service; b) a client (20) in communication with the server farm (10) , the client (20) includes;
i. a file (21 ) providing information of the at least one computing engine (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13-n);
ii. a file loader (22) loading information of the at least one computing engine (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13-n) from the file (21 ); iii. an output renderer (28) rendering resources information of the at least one computing engine (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13-n) ;
iv. a core (23) including a monitoring module (24) and a control module (25) ; and
v. a thread pool controller (26) providing at least one thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3...27-n);
wherein the file loader (22) loads information of the at least one computing engine (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13-n) from the file (21) into the core (23) wherein the control module (25) included in the core (23) sends signal through the at least one thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3...27-n) to the at least one MCM server (1 1 ), wherein the at least one MCM server collects resources information from the at least one application server (12) and the at least one thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3...27-n) sends the resources information to the core (23) wherein the monitoring module (24) monitors the rendering of the resources information by output renderer (28).
It is also disclosed herein, a method for managing resources information in at least one application server, the method including; a) providing information of at least one computing engine by a file;
b) loading of the information from the file by a file loader;
c) allocating the information from the file loader to a core;
d) sending of signal by a control module provided in the core through at least one thread provided by a thread pool controller to at least one Monitoring and Control Management (MCM) server; e) starting or stopping of the at least one application or the at least one web service included in the at least one application server by the at least one thread;
f) sending of resources information by the at least one MCM server to the core through the at least one thread;
g) rendering of resources information by the output renderer; and h) monitoring the rendering of resources information by a monitoring module included in a core.
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FIG 1 illustrates the architecture of the system under the preferred embodiment of this invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The invention and its various embodiments is better understood by reading the description along with the accompanying drawings which appear herein for the purpose for illustration only and does not limit the invention in any way.
FIG 1 illustrates a system for managing application and web service in application servers (12). The system contains a server farm (11) and a MCM client (20). A Monitoring and Control Management (MCM) server (11) is required to setup each computing engines (13-1 , 13-2,13-3..13-n) located in the server farm (10). The MCM server (11 ) is a daemon application running in computing engines (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13- n). MCM server (11 ) is in communication with the MCM client (20) through a socket connection. MCM server (11) opens a socket connection port and waits for the MCM client (20) to establish a connection. MCM client (20) does not have limitations on the number of instances being setup.
MCM client (20) requires a properties file (21) during initialization. The properties file (21) provides information of computing engines (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3 ...13-n) such as IP address, socket connection port number, number of application servers (12) available and web services information for each application servers (12). The information is loaded into the core (23) through properties file loader module (22).
The core (23) includes a monitoring module (24) and a control module (25). The core (23) instructs the thread pool controller (26) to spawn thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3...27-n) based on the information in the properties file (21). During spawning of the threads (27-
1 , 27-2, 27-3...27-n), a socket connection to the MCM server (11) is established. Each thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3...27-n) is dedicated to manage one computing engine (13-1 , 13-
2, 13-3 ...13-n).
The control module (25) contained in the core (23) sends instructions through one or more thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3...27-n) provided by a thread pool controller (26) to the server (11) via socket connection. The MCM server (11) is responsible to start or stop the web service and the application servers (12). The MCM server (11 ) returns the success or failure status of the instruction to the client (20). The MCM server (11) also collects the resources information from application servers (12) and computing engines (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3 ...13-n), compiles them into a package and sends to the respective thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3... 27-n). The threads (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3...27-n) receive the resources information collected by the MCM server (11) and deliver it to the monitoring module (24).
The resources information includes information from Central Processing Unit (CPU), Hard Disc Drive (HDD), memory of the computing engines (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13-n), status of the web service and status of the application servers (12). The information is processed by the monitoring module (24) before sent to the output renderer (28). The percentage of available resources and the percentage of resources usage are calculated. The calculated information is rendered by the output renderer (28) and is viewed in graphical format by the user. The graphical format consists of graph and table format. The monitoring module (24) continuously monitors the computing engine (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13-n) based on the time interval specified in the properties file (21). Once the monitoring module (24) receives the latest resources information, it will process the output renderer (28) to update the results. The monitoring module (24) continuously monitors until the client (20) shuts down.

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1. A system to manage resources information in at least one application server (12), the system includes;
a) a server farm (10) wherein the server farm (10) has at least one computing engine (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13-n) containing at least one monitoring and control management (MCM) server (1 1 ) wherein the MCM server (1 1 ) includes the at least one application server (12) wherein the at least one application server (12) includes at least one application or at least one web service; b) a client (20) in communication with the server farm (10) , the client (20) includes;
i. a file (21 ) providing information of the at least one computing engine (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13-n);
ii. a file loader (22) loading information of the at least one computing engine (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13-n) from the file (21 );
iii. an output renderer (28) rendering resources information of the at least one computing engine (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13-n) ;
iv. a core (23) including a monitoring module (24) and a control module (25) ; and
v. a thread pool controller (26) providing at least one thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3...27-n);
wherein the file loader (22) loads information of the at least one computing engine (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13-n) from the file (21 ) into the core (23) wherein the control module (25) included in the core (23) sends signal through the at least one thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3...27-n) to the at least one MCM server (1 1 ), wherein the at least one MCM server collects resources information from the at least one application servers (12) and the at least one thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3...27-n) sends the resources information to the core (23) wherein the monitoring module (24) monitors the rendering of the resources information by output renderer (28).
2. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the at least one thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27- 3...27-n) authenticates the at least one application servers (12).
3. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the at least one MCM server (11 ) collects resources information of the at least one application server (12).
4. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the core (23) receives resources information of the at least one computing engine (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13-n) from the file loader (22).
5. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control module (25) provided in the core (23) sends signal through the at least one thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3...27-n) to start or stop the at least one application or the at least one web service included in the at least one application server (12).
6. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the resources information is from Central Processing Unit (CPU), Hard Disc Drive (HDD) or memory of the at least one computing engine (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13-n).
7. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the server farm (10) is in communication with the client (20) through a socket connection.
8. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein resources information rendered by the output renderer (28) is viewed in graphical format.
9. A method for managing resources information in at least one application server (12), the method including;
a) providing information of at least one computing engine (13-1 , 13-2, 13- 3...13-n) by a file (21 );
b) loading of the information from the file (21 ) by a file loader (22);
c) allocating the information from the file loader (22) to a core (23) ;
d) sending of signal by a control module (25) provided in the core (23) through at least one thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3...27-n) provided by a thread pool controller (26) to at least one Monitoring and Control Management (MCM) server (11 );
e) starting or stopping of the at least one application or the at least one web service included in the at least one application server (12) by the at least one thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3...27-n);
f) sending of resources information by the at least one MCM server (1 1 ) to the core (23) through the at least one thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27-3...27-n); g) rendering of resources information by the output Tenderer (28); and h) monitoring the rendering of resources information by a monitoring module (24) included in a core (23).
10. The method as claimed in claim 10 wherein the authenticating of the at least one application server (12) is established by the at least one thread (27-1 , 27-2, 27- 3...27-n).
1 1. The method as claimed in claim 10 wherein the resources information is from Central Processing Unit (CPU), Hard Disc Drive (HDD) or memory of the at least one computing engine (13-1 , 13-2, 13-3...13-n).
12. The method as claimed in claim 10 wherein the server farm (10) is in communication with the client (20) through a socket connection.
13. The method as claimed in claim 10 wherein resources information rendered by the output renderer (28) is viewed in graphical format.
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