Connection of clients for management of systems

• US 20060150197A1
• Filed: 12/30/2004
• Published: 07/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Werner, Randolf
• Granted Patent: US 8,024,743 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/316
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/547 Remote procedure calls [RPC]; Web services
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/548 Object oriented; Remote method invocation [RMI] non-remote method invocation G06F9/449

Abstract

A system and method for connection of clients for management of systems. According to an embodiment of the invention, a method includes generating an instance of a program object for a client system, the client system being of a computer platform type, the program object being compatible with a plurality of different computer platform types; connecting the instance of the program object with an interface of a server; and managing an application on the server using the instance of the program object.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining an instance of a program object for a client system, the client system being of a computer platform type, the program object being compatible with a plurality of different computer platform types;

connecting the instance of the program object with an interface of a server; and

managing an application on the server using the instance of the program object.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining a second program object for a second client system, the second client system being of a second computer platform type that is different than the first computer platform type; and

connecting the second instance of the program object with the interface of the server.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the second program object comprises another instance of the program object for the client system.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the second program object comprises a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the interface comprises a web service.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the server comprises a J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) application server.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the program object comprise a Java object.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein managing the application comprises one or more of starting the application, stopping the application, and monitoring operations of the application.

9. A server comprising:

an interface, the interface to be a framework for a program object to be connected with the interface by a client system, the program object being usable by a plurality of different computer platforms; and

an application server, the application server including an application, the application to be managed by the client system using the program object connected with the interface.

10. The server of claim 9, wherein the program object comprises a Java object.

11. The server of claim 10, wherein the program object comprises as applet.

12. The server of claim 9, wherein a plurality of instances of the program object may be attached to the interface, and wherein a first instance of the plurality of instances of the program object is associated with a first type of computer platform and a second instance of the plurality of instances of the program object is associated with a second type of computer platform type.

13. The server of claim 9, wherein the interface comprises a web service.

14. The server of claim 9, wherein the server comprises a J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) application server.

15. The server of claim 9, wherein an instance of the program object comprises one or more management functions.

16. The server of claim 9, wherein the interface comprises a framework for the instances of the program object.

17. A system comprising:

a plurality of client agents, the client agents including a first client agent and a second client agent, the first client agent including a first instance of a program and the second client agent including a second instance of the program; and

a server comprising;

a web service-based interface, the first instance of the program and the second instance of the program being connected with the interface, and

an application server, the application server including one or more applications, the first client agent to manage an application of the one or more applications using the first instance of the program and the second client to manage an application of the one or more application using the second instance of the program.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein a plurality of instances of the program may be connected with the interface, and wherein a first instance of the plurality of instances of the program is associated with a first type of computer platform and a second instance of the plurality of instances of the snap-in is associated with a second type of computer platform type.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the server comprises a J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) application server.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein each client agent comprises a Java virtual machine.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the program comprises a Java object.

22. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

generating a first instance of a program object for a client system, the client system being of a first computer platform type;

connecting the first instance of the program object with an interface of a server;

managing an application on the server using the instance of the program object;

generating a second instance of the program object for a second client system, the second client being of a second computer platform type that is different than the first computer platform type;

connecting the first instance of the program object with the interface of the server; and

managing an application on the server using the second instance of the program object.

23. The medium of claim 22, wherein the interface comprises a web service.

24. The medium of claim 22, wherein the server comprises a J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) application server.

25. The medium of claim 22, wherein the program object comprises a Java object.