Method and system for managing server configuration data

• US 20080104215A1
• Filed: 10/25/2006
• Published: 05/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Excoffier, Karine, Craig, Mark, Bellaton, Gilles, LePonner, Eric
• Granted Patent: US 7,797,412 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/40 for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity, e.g. service redundancy protocols, protocol state redundancy or protocol service redirection management of faults, events, alarms or notifications in data switching networks H04L41/06

Abstract

A computer readable medium includes executable instructions for managing server configuration data by configuring a first server using local server configuration data, where the local server configuration data is stored on the first server and as shared server configuration data by a first directory service instance operating on the first server, synchronizing the first directory service instance with a second directory service instance operating on a second server, where the shared server configuration data is updated, and updating the local server configuration data using the updated shared server configuration data.

Claims

1. A computer readable medium comprising executable instructions for managing server configuration data by:

configuring a first server using local server configuration data,

wherein the local server configuration data is stored on the first server and as shared server configuration data by a first directory service instance operating on the first server;

synchronizing the first directory service instance with a second directory service instance operating on a second server, wherein the shared server configuration data is updated; and

updating the local server configuration data using the updated shared server configuration data.

2. The computer readable medium of claim 1, further comprising executable instructions for managing the server configuration data by:

reconfiguring the first server using the updated local server configuration data.

3. The computer readable medium of claim 1, further comprising executable instructions for managing the server configuration data by:

modifying the local server configuration data; and

updating the shared server configuration data using the modified local server configuration data.

4. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first directory service instance and the second directory service instance comprise Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) service instances.

5. The computer readable medium of claim 4, wherein the shared server configuration data comprises an LDAP naming context.

6. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the local server configuration data comprises configuration data for configuring the first directory service instance.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first server is configured using the local server configuration data.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the second server is configured using the updated shared server configuration data.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein modifying the local server configuration data comprises editing a human-readable configuration file.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first directory service instance and the second directory service instance comprise Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) service instances.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the shared server configuration data comprises an LDAP naming context.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the local server configuration data comprises configuration data for configuring the first directory service instance.

7. A computer readable medium comprising executable instructions for managing server configuration data by:

modifying local server configuration data stored on a first server;

updating shared server configuration data using the modified local server configuration data, wherein the shared server configuration data is stored by a first directory service instance operating on the first server; and

synchronizing the first directory service instance with a second directory service instance operating on a second server, wherein the shared server configuration data is updated.

14. A system comprising:

a first server comprising;

local server configuration data, and

a first directory service instance configured to store shared server configuration data, wherein the shared server configuration data is updated when the local server configuration data is modified; and

a second server comprising a second directory service instance configured to store the shared configuration data,

wherein the first directory service instance and the second directory service instance are further configured to synchronize the shared configuration data.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the first server is configured using the local server configuration data.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the second server is configured using the shared server configuration data.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the local server configuration data is a human-readable configuration file.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the first directory service instance and the second directory service instance comprise Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) service instances.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the shared server configuration data comprises an LDAP naming context.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the local server configuration data comprises configuration data for configuring the first directory service instance.