Discovering, defining, and implementing computer application topologies
First Claim
1. A method in a computer system for specifying an application topology, the method comprising:
- displaying indications of computers of a network;
receiving from a user a selection of a computer and an application to be associated with the selected computer;
displaying an indication that the selected application is associated with the selected computer; and
creating an installation package for the computers specifying that the applications associated with a computer are to be executed on that computer.
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Abstract
A method and system for discovering, defining, and implementing an application topology through the user of a graphical user interface is provided. A topology system may analyze the topology of an enterprise and provide a graphical representation of the application topology. The topology system may discover the application topology of an enterprise by accessing various configuration data stores of the enterprise. The topology system provides a graphical representation of the application topology and allows a user to modify the topology using a graphical user interface. The topology system may then control the implementation of the application topology.
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20 Claims
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1. A method in a computer system for specifying an application topology, the method comprising:
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displaying indications of computers of a network;
receiving from a user a selection of a computer and an application to be associated with the selected computer;
displaying an indication that the selected application is associated with the selected computer; and
creating an installation package for the computers specifying that the applications associated with a computer are to be executed on that computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-readable medium containing a data structure describing an application topology, comprising:
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an indication of domains of the application topology;
an indication of each computer along with roles and domains of the computer and networks to which the computer is connected; and
an indication of available applications and their roles. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A computer system for specifying an application topology, the computer system comprising:
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a topology store that stores for each computer an indication of networks to which the computer is connected and an indication of applications that are associated with the computer;
a display component that displays an indication of each computer of the topology store along with an indication of the applications associated with each computer;
a topology update component that receives from a user a selection of a computer and an application to be associated with the selected computer and that associates the selected application with the selected computer; and
a package creation component that creates for each of the computers an installation package specifying that the applications associated with a computer are to be executed on that computer. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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