Use of URI-specifications in meta-data driven instrumentation

• US 20070299977A1
• Filed: 06/22/2006
• Published: 12/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Markel, Arieh, Vul, Alexander G., Taylor, Brandon Eugene, Schow, Peter H.
• Granted Patent: US 7,805,507 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/229
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0266 using meta-data, objects or commands for formatting management information, e.g. using eXtensible markup language [XML]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0293 for accessing web services by means of a binding identification of the management service or element
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/06 Management of faults, events, alarms or notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/30 Managing network names, e.g. use of aliases or nicknames name-to-address mapping H04L61/45

Abstract

A method for managing an asset that includes identifying a relative location of a scheme, wherein the scheme is used to manage the asset, creating a relative Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) using the relative location, wherein the relative URI that includes at least one variable, and creating an entry in a native access interface definition, wherein the entry that includes the relative URI, wherein the native asset interface definition is bound to a data acquisition (DAQ) definition, and wherein the DAQ definition is an interface between a protocol handler and an information model, wherein managing the asset is performed using an actual URI to obtain management information, wherein the actual URI is obtained by replacing the at least one variable of the relative URI, and wherein the management information is transmitted to a management application.

Claims

1. A method for managing an asset comprising:

identifying a relative location of a scheme, wherein the scheme is used to manage the asset;

creating a relative Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) using the relative location, wherein the relative URI comprises at least one variable; and

creating an entry in a native access interface definition, wherein the entry comprises the relative URI, wherein the native asset interface definition is bound to a data acquisition (DAQ) definition, and wherein the DAQ definition is an interface between a protocol handler and an information model,

wherein managing the asset is performed using an actual URI to obtain management information, wherein the actual URI is obtained by replacing the at least one variable of the relative URI, and wherein the management information is transmitted to a management application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein replacing the at least one variable is performed at runtime.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the entry in the native asset interface definition is created by a developer.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one variable is to identify an asset instance of the asset.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

enumerating an instance of the asset to obtain an enumerated instance;

identifying an address of the enumerated instance; and

replacing the at least one variable with the address to obtain the actual URI of the enumerated instance.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

triggering a protocol handler to manage the asset using the scheme, wherein the protocol handler uses the actual URI.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving a management request about the asset from a management application; and

identifying the DAQ definition for the management request, wherein triggering the protocol handler is defined by the DAQ definition.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the management request is in an information model format.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

translating the management request from the information model format to a DAQ format, wherein the DAQ definition is in the DAQ format.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the native asset interface definition is in extensible markup language.

11. A system for providing asset management for managing an asset comprising:

a native asset interface definition comprising a relative Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) for a scheme, wherein the scheme is used to manage the asset, wherein the relative URI identifies a relative location of the scheme, and wherein the relative URI comprises at least one variable; and

a data acquisition manager configured to;

replace at runtime the at least one variable of the relative URI to obtain the actual URI;

manage the asset using the actual URI to obtain management information; and

transmit the management information to a management application.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the native asset interface definition is created by a developer.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one variable is to identify an asset instance of the asset.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein replacing the at least one variable of the relative URI comprises:

enumerating an instance of the asset to obtain an enumerated instance;

identifying an address of the enumerated instance; and

replacing the at least one variable with the address to obtain the actual URI of the enumerated instance.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the DAQ manager is further configured to:

trigger a protocol handler to manage the asset using the scheme, wherein the protocol handler uses the actual URI.

16. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

an information model runtime configured to;

receive a management request about the asset from a management application; and

identify a DAQ definition for the management request, wherein triggering the protocol handler is defined by the DAQ definition, and wherein the native asset interface definition is bound to the DAQ definition, and wherein the DAQ definition.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the management request is in an information model format.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the information model runtime is further configured to translate the management request from the information model format to a DAQ format, wherein the DAQ definition is in the DAQ format.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the native asset interface definition is in extensible markup language.

20. A data structure for managing an asset comprising:

a first element comprising a variable;

a second element a relative location of a scheme for managing the asset,

wherein a concatenation of the first element and the second element create a relative URI, wherein the variable is replaced at runtime to obtain the actual URI, and wherein the actual URI is used to manage the asset to obtain management information, and wherein the management information is transmitted to a management application.