PROGRAMMATICALLY MANAGING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SERVERS AND CLIENTS

• US 20080046551A1
• Filed: 08/21/2006
• Published: 02/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hall, Peter J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,234,330 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0813 characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

The present invention generally provides for the programmatic management of connections between servers (e.g., open system servers) and clients (local and/or remote). Specifically, under the present invention, a management console is provided through which connections between the servers and clients are established, maintained and/or terminated. Software loaded on the management console will provide a client menu for connections between servers and clients and an administrative menu for managing configurations of the servers on a management console through which the connections are established. Based on selections made using the client menu and the administrative menu, the connections and the configurations will be programmatically managed.

Claims

1. A programmatic management system, comprising:

a client menu system for providing a client menu for managing connections between servers and clients;

an administrative menu system for providing an administrative menu for managing configurations of the servers on a management console through which the connections with the clients are established; and

a management system for programmatically managing the connections and the configurations based on selections made using the client menu and the administrative menu.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the servers comprise open system servers.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the clients can comprise both clients that are local to the management console and clients that are remote from the management console.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the client menu comprises a list of possible client selections displayed in an interface on each of the clients.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the interfaces comprise browser-based interfaces.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the administrative menu comprises a list of possible administrative selections displayed in an interface on the management console.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the management system automatically edits a set of files based on the selections made using the client menu and the administrative menu.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the client menu system, the administrative menu system, and the management system reside on the management console.

9. A programmatic management method, comprising:

providing a client menu for managing connections between servers and clients;

providing an administrative menu for managing configurations of the servers on a management console through which the connections are established; and

programmatically managing the connections and the configurations based on selections made using the client menu and the administrative menu.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the servers comprise open system servers.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the clients can comprise both clients that are local to the management console and clients that are remote from the management console.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the client menu comprises a list of possible client selections displayed in an interface on each of the clients.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the interfaces comprise browser-based interfaces.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the administrative menu comprises a list of possible selections displayed in an interface on the management console.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the programmatically managing the connections and configurations comprises automatically editing a set of files based on the selections made using the client menu and the administrative menu.

16. A method for programmatically managing connections between clients and servers, comprising:

providing a client menu comprising a list of possible client selections to the clients from a management console through which the connections are established;

receiving a client selection made from the list of possible client selections on the management console from one of the clients; and

programmatically managing a connection between the client and one of the servers based on the client selection.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

providing an administrative menu comprising a list of possible administrative selections on the management console;

receiving an administrative selection made from the list of possible administrative selections; and

programmatically managing a configuration of one of the servers based on the administrative selection.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the programmatically managing the connection and the programmatically managing the configuration comprises automatically editing a set of files based on the client selection and the administrative selection.

19. The method of claim 16, client menu being provided in an interface on each of clients, and the administrative menu being provided in an interface on the management console.

20. A program product stored on a computer readable medium for programmatically managing connections between servers and clients, the computer readable medium comprising program code for causing a computer system to perform the following:

provide a client menu for managing the connections to the clients;

provide an administrative menu for managing configurations of the servers on a management console through which the connections are established; and

programmatically manage the connections and the configurations based on selections made using the client menu and the administrative menu.

21. The program product of claim 20, wherein the servers comprise open system servers.

22. The program product of claim 20, wherein the clients can comprise both clients that are local to the management console and clients that are remote from the management console.

23. The program product of claim 20, wherein the client menu comprises a list of possible client selections displayed in an interface on each of the clients.

24. The program product of claim 23, wherein the interfaces comprise browser-based interfaces.

25. The program product of claim 20, wherein the administrative menu comprises a list of possible selections displayed in an interface on the management console.

26. The program product of claim 20, wherein program code for causing the computer system to programmatically manage the connections and configurations comprises program code for causing the computer system to automatically edit a set of files based on the selections made using the client menu and the administrative menu.

27. A method for deploying a system for programmatically managing connections between servers and clients, comprising:

providing a computer infrastructure being operable to;

provide a client menu for managing the connections to the clients;

provide an administrative menu for managing configurations of the servers on a management console through which the connections are established; and

programmatically manage the connections and the configurations based on selections made using the client menu and the administrative menu.