GRID COMPUTE NODE SOFTWARE APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT

• US 20050138618A1
• Filed: 12/17/2003
• Published: 06/23/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Gebhart, Alexander
• Granted Patent: US 7,810,090 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/176
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment

Abstract

A method including, in a grid network, determining available compute devices for installation and execution of an application, the application requiring a specific operating system. The method also includes, in response to determining that there are no available compute devices having the specific operating system, sending a request to install the specific operating system and a grid manager through a link to a management system. The method also includes installing the specific operating system on one of a plurality of compute devices controlled by the management system and linking the one of a plurality of compute devices controlled by the management system to the grid network. Lastly, the method includes installing the application on the one of a plurality of compute devices controlled by the management system.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

in a grid network, determining available compute devices for installation and execution of an application, the application requiring a specific operating system;

in response to determining that there are no available compute devices having the specific operating system, sending a request to install the specific operating system and a grid manager through a link to a management system;

installing the specific operating system on one of a plurality of compute devices controlled by the management system;

linking the one of a plurality of compute devices controlled by the management system to the grid network; and

installing the application on the one of a plurality of compute devices controlled by the management system.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising executing the application in the one of a plurality of compute devices controlled by the management system.

3. The method of claim 1 in which the plurality of compute devices controlled by the management system are blade servers and the management system is a blade management system.

4. The method of claim 1 in which sending includes an application programming interface (API).

5. The method of claim 1 in which installing the specific operating system further comprises installing a grid manager.

14. The method of claim 1 in which the plurality of compute devices controlled by the server are blade servers and the management system is a blade server.

6. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in an information carrier, for deploying an application, the computer program product being operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

in a grid network, determine available compute devices for installation and execution of the application, the application requiring a specific operating system platform;

in response to determining that there are no available compute devices having the specific operating system platform, send a request to install the specific operating system and a grid manager through a link to a management system;

install the specific operating system on one of a plurality of compute devices controlled by the management system; and

link the one of a plurality of compute devices controlled by the management system to the grid network.

7. The product of claim 6, the computer program product being operable to further cause a data processing apparatus to execute the application in the one of a plurality of compute devices controlled by the management system.

8. The product of claim 6 in which the plurality of compute devices controlled by the management system are blade servers and the management system is a blade management system.

9. The product of claim 6, the product being further operable to cause the data processing apparatus to use an application programming interface (API) to send the request.

10. The product of claim 6, the product being further operable to cause the data processing apparatus to install a grid manager.

11. A system comprising:

a client system residing in a grid network of interconnected grid compute devices;

means for receiving a request in the client system to deploy and execute an application, the application requiring a specific operating system, the specific operating system unavailable in the interconnected grid compute devices;

means for sending a request to install the specific operating system and a grid manager through a link to a management system;

means for installing the specific operating system in one of a plurality of compute devices controlled by the management system;

means for installing the grid manager in one of a plurality of compute devices controlled by the management system;

means for linking the one of a plurality of compute devices controlled by the management system to the grid network; and

means for installing the application in the one of a plurality of compute devices controlled by the management system.

12. The system of claim 11 further comprising means for executing the application in the one of a plurality of compute devices controlled by the management system.

13. The system of claim 11 in which the means for sending use an application programming interface (API).