Portal cluster manager

• US 20050102429A1
• Filed: 11/06/2003
• Published: 05/12/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Menashe, Gilad, Pinhas, Yaacov
• Application Number:
  US10/703,849
• Publication Number:
  US 20050102429A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/248
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes

Abstract

A method for managing a plurality of servers includes launching a cluster manger in response to a request from a user. The cluster manager is operable to manage system preference settings of a plurality of servers in a cluster group. A first server is selected from the plurality of servers provided in the cluster group according to an input from the user. The selected first server is designated to be a master server. A new system preference setting for the first server is receiving from the user. A second server from the plurality of server provided in the cluster group is selected according to an input from the user. A system preference setting of the second server is synchronized to the new system preference setting of the first server according to an input from the user.

Claims

1. A method for managing a plurality of servers, the method comprising:

launching a cluster manger in response to a request from a user, the cluster manager being operable to manage system preference settings of a plurality of servers in a cluster group;

selecting a first server from the plurality of servers provided in the cluster group according to an input from the user, the selected first server being designated to be a master server;

receiving a new system preference setting for the first server from the user;

selecting a second server from the plurality of server provided in the cluster group according to an input from the user; and

synchronizing a system preference setting of the second server to the new system preference setting of the first server according to an input from the user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

applying the new system preference setting to the first server according to an input from the user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the input to apply the new system preference setting to the first server is initiated by pressing of an apply button assigned to the first server by the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the input to synchronize the second server to the new system preference setting of the first server is initiated by pressing of a synchronize button assigned to the second server, the synchronize button being provided on a first user interface page of the cluster manager.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

applying the synchronized system preference setting of the second server to the second server by restarting the second server.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the input to restart the second server is initiated by pressing a restart button assigned to the second server, the restart button being provided on the first user interface page of the cluster manager.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accessing a cluster group table stored in a server associated with the cluster group, the table including a list of the plurality of servers in the cluster group, the table further including address and port information of each of the plurality of servers.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first interface page is generated by using the table.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected first server may be any one of the plurality of servers.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected first server is the master server for a first session.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

selecting a third server in the plurality of servers in the cluster group to be a master server for a second session, the second session being a different session than the first session.

12. A method for managing a plurality of servers in a portal environment, the method comprising:

selecting a first server from the plurality of servers provided in a cluster group, the selected first server being designated to be a master server;

changing a system preference setting of the first server, the changed system preference setting being a new system preference setting for the first server;

selecting a second server from the plurality of server provided in the cluster group;

synchronizing a system preference setting of the second server to the new system preference setting of the first server; and

applying the synchronized system preference setting to the second server.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the synchronizing and applying steps are initiated by pressing first and second buttons displayed on a main user interface page of a cluster manager.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first and second buttons are different buttons.

15. A computer system having a plurality of servers, the computer system comprising:

means for launching a cluster manger in response to a request from a user, the cluster manager being operable to manage system preference settings of a plurality of servers in a cluster group;

means for selecting a first server from the plurality of servers provided in the cluster group according to an input from the user, the selected first server being designated to be a master server;

means for receiving a new system preference setting for the first server from the user;

means for selecting a second server from the plurality of server provided in the cluster group according to an input from the user; and

means for synchronizing a system preference setting of the second server to the new system preference setting of the first server according to an input from the user.

16. A computer readable medium including a computer program operable to manage system preference settings of a plurality of server provided in a cluster group, the computer program including:

code for selecting a first server from the plurality of servers provided in the cluster group according to an input from a user, the selected first server being designated to be a master server;

code for receiving a new system preference setting for the first server from the user;

code for selecting a second server from the plurality of server provided in the cluster group according to an input from the user; and

code for synchronizing a system preference setting of the second server to the new system preference setting of the first server according to an input from the user.