Methods and systems for automatic registration during deployment of a tenant

• US 20080162490A1
• Filed: 12/29/2006
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Gruener, Alex, Becker, Wolfgang A.
• Application Number:
  US11/647,564
• Publication Number:
  US 20080162490A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor

Abstract

The present invention discloses methods and systems for hosting tenants over a network in a computer-based environment in which a provider may store a shared data structure having shared data. To register a tenant space during deployment, the provider copies a tenant template stored in a database, populates the copy of the template with initial data, and then registers the dummy template with a system directory. After deploying the tenant space based on the tenant template, the provider replaces the initial data of the registered template with tenant-specific data obtained from the deployed tenant space.

Claims

1. A method for managing a provider-tenant environment including a provider and a plurality of tenants, where the provider communicates with the plurality of tenants over a network, the method comprising:

creating a dummy template based on a tenant template populated with initial data;

registering the dummy template with a system directory;

deploying the tenant template to a tenant space; and

replacing the initial data of the registered dummy template with tenant-specific data obtained from the deployed tenant template.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the tenant template is a database schema.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein creating a dummy template further comprises:

copying a tenant template selected from one of a plurality of tenant templates stored in a template database at the provider.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein copying a tenant template comprises:

generating a copy of the template database including the selected tenant template.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the initial data reflects initial parameters for a tenant.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the system landscape directory defines relationships between hardware and software components included in the environment.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein deploying further comprises:

copying the tenant template; and

populating the template with tenant-specific content.

8. A system for managing a provider-tenant environment including a provider and a plurality of tenants, where the provider communicates with the plurality of tenants over a network, the system comprising:

means for creating a dummy template based on a tenant template populated with initial data;

means for registering the dummy template with a system directory;

means for deploying the tenant template to a tenant space; and

means for replacing the initial data of the registered dummy template with tenant-specific data obtained from the deployed tenant template.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the tenant template is a database schema.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein creating a dummy template further comprises:

copying a tenant template selected from one of a plurality of tenant templates stored in a template database at the provider.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the means for copying a tenant template further comprises:

means for generating a copy of the template database including the selected tenant template.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the initial data represents a hypothetical tenant.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the system directory is a server application defining relationships between hardware and software components included in the environment.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the means for deploying further comprises:

means for copying the tenant template; and

means for populating the template with tenant-specific content.

15. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for controlling a computing system to manage a provider-tenant environment including a provider and a plurality of tenants, where the provider communicates with the plurality of tenants over a network, the method comprising:

creating a dummy template based on a tenant template populated with initial data;

registering the dummy template with a system directory;

deploying the tenant template to a tenant space; and

replacing the initial data of the registered dummy template with tenant-specific data obtained from the deployed tenant template.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein creating a dummy template further comprises:

copying a tenant template selected from one of a plurality of tenant templates stored in a template database at the provider.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein copying a tenant template comprises:

generating a copy of the template database including the selected tenant template.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the initial data represents a hypothetical tenant.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the system directory is a server application defining relationships between hardware and software components included in the environment.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein deploying further comprises:

copying the tenant template; and

populating the template with tenant-specific content.