Server synchronization for maintenance activities

• US 20080162587A1
• 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: Auer, Ulrich, Becker, Wolfgang A.
• Application Number:
  US11/647,574
• Publication Number:
  US 20080162587A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment

Abstract

Exemplary methods and systems consistent with the present invention may allow for updating a client. In exemplary embodiments, information about a plurality of maintenance activities applied to a server may be recorded. The recorded information may then be accessed when updating the client to reflect the maintenance activities applied to the server. The client may then be updated based on the recorded information.

Claims

1. A method for updating a client, comprising:

recording information about a plurality of maintenance activities applied to a server;

accessing the recorded information when updating the client to reflect the maintenance activities applied to the server; and

updating the client based on the recorded information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein recording information further comprises:

recording a timestamp indicating when a respective maintenance activity as applied to the server.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein updating the client further comprises:

sequentially applying the plurality of maintenance activities to the client based on the timestamp.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein recording information further comprises:

recording information about each maintenance activity when the respective maintenance activity is applied to the server.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein recording information further comprises:

recording information in a database table.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the server is a provider and the client is a tenant.

7. A system for updating a client, comprising:

means for recording information about a plurality of maintenance activities applied to a server;

means for accessing the recorded information when updating the client to reflect the maintenance activities applied to the server; and

means for updating the client based on the recorded information.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the means for recording information further comprises:

means for recording a timestamp indicating when a respective maintenance activity as applied to the server.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the means for updating the client further comprises:

means for sequentially applying the plurality of maintenance activities to the client based on the timestamp.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the means for recording information further comprises:

means for recording information about each maintenance activity when the respective maintenance activity is applied to the server.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the means for recording information further comprises:

means for recording information in a database table.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the server is a provider and the client is a tenant.

13. A system for updating a client, comprising:

a database for storing recorded information about a plurality of maintenance activities applied to a server;

a provider server for accessing the recorded information when updating the client to reflect the maintenance activities applied to the server and updating the client based on the recorded information.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein recording information further includes a timestamp indicating when a respective maintenance activity as applied to the server.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the provider server sequentially applies the plurality of maintenance activities to the client based on the timestamp.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the database stores recorded information about each maintenance activity when the respective maintenance activity is applied to the server.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the server is a provider and the client is a tenant.