System and Method for Performing an Administrative Task upon the Occurrence of a Triggering Event

• US 20080016192A1
• Filed: 07/13/2006
• Published: 01/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Wansch, Peter, Smith, Bryan Frederick
• Application Number:
  US11/457,310
• Publication Number:
  US 20080016192A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4843 by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/026 using e-messaging for transporting management information, e.g. email, instant messaging or chat
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0273 using web services for network management, e.g. simple object access protocol [SOAP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/06 Management of faults, events, alarms or notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols

Abstract

In response to a triggering event, a resilient administrative schedule system recognizes a need to perform an administrative task on one of a set of data servers. A user selects the administrative task. The system determines an operational status of the data server to determine a communication protocol for communicating with the data server, selects the communication protocol based on the operational status of the data server adding the selected administrative task to a task list, and automatically executes the selected administrative task at a predetermined execution time without intervention by a human administrator.

Claims

1. A processor-implemented method of automatically performing an administrative task upon the occurrence of a triggering event, the method comprising:

recognizing a need to perform an administrative task a data server, in response to the triggering event;

determining an operational status of the data server in order to determine a communication protocol for communicating with the data server;

selecting the communication protocol based on the operational status of the data server;

adding the selected administrative task to a task list; and

executing the selected administrative task at the occurrence of any of a predetermined execution time or a predetermined event.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication protocol includes a query language protocol.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the querying language includes a structured query language, SQL.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication protocol includes a Web service protocol.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the Web service protocol includes Simple Object Access Protocol, SOAP, over HTTP.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the Web service protocol includes a Web Services Interoperability Organization, WS-I, compliant Web service protocol.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the Web service protocol includes a Web Services Interoperability Organization, WS-I, non-compliant Web service protocol.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the triggering event includes a scheduling of a task by any one or more of a remote administrator, a data server lifecycle event, and the completion of a preceding task.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting the administrative task.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein selecting the administrative task is performed manually.

11. A processor-implemented system for automatically performing an administrative task upon the occurrence of a triggering event, the system comprising:

a remote administrator for recognizing a need to perform an administrative task a data server, in response to the triggering event;

the remote administrator determining an operational status of the data server in order to determine a communication protocol for communicating with the data server;

the remote administrator selecting the communication protocol based on the operational status of the data server;

a task addition module of an administrative scheduler for adding the selected administrative task to a task list; and

the administrative scheduler for executing the selected administrative task at the occurrence of any of a predetermined execution time or a predetermined event.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the communication protocol includes a query language protocol.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the querying language includes a structured query language, SQL.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the communication protocol includes a Web service protocol.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the Web service protocol includes Simple Object Access Protocol, SOAP, over HTTP.

16. A computer-program product having executable codes stored on a computer-usable medium for automatically performing an administrative task upon the occurrence of a triggering event, the computer program product comprising:

a program code for recognizing a need to perform an administrative task a data server, in response to the triggering event;

a program code for determining an operational status of the data server in order to determine a communication protocol for communicating with the data server;

a program code for selecting the communication protocol based on the operational status of the data server;

a program code for adding the selected administrative task to a task list; and

a program code for executing the selected administrative task at the occurrence of any of a predetermined execution time or a predetermined event.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the communication protocol includes a query language protocol.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the querying language includes a structured query language, SQL.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the communication protocol includes a Web service protocol.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the Web service protocol includes Simple Object Access Protocol, SOAP, over HTTP.