METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELEGATED JOB CONTROL ACROSS A NETWORK

• US 20090328065A1
• Filed: 06/30/2008
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Wookey, Michael J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,904,003 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/315
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5055 considering software capabilities, i.e. software resources associated or available to the machine
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0233 Object-oriented techniques, for representation of network management data, e.g. common object request broker architecture [CORBA]

Abstract

A method for job delegation including receiving a job from a user by a first management object, identifying a target system for the job using a data model in the first management object and a job delegation policy, where the data model comprises an object representing the target system, and determining a first nexthop for the target system, where the first nexthop is a second management object. The method also includes placing the job on a queue corresponding to the second management object, where the queue is located in the first management object, receiving the job by the second management object, locating the target system and a driver corresponding to the target system using the second management object, and executing the job using the driver corresponding to the target system.

Claims

1. A method for job delegation, comprising:

receiving a job from a user by a first management object;

identifying a target system for the job using a data model in the first management object and a job delegation policy, wherein the data model comprises an object representing the target system;

determining a first nexthop for the target system, wherein the first nexthop is a second management object;

placing the job on a queue corresponding to the second management object, wherein the queue is located in the first management object;

receiving the job by the second management object;

locating the target system and a driver corresponding to the target system using the second management object; and

executing the job using the driver corresponding to the target system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein locating the target system and the driver corresponding to the target system using the second management object comprises:

determining that the target system is managed by the second management object; and

identifying the driver located in the second management object to execute the job.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein locating the target system and the driver corresponding to the target system using the second management object comprises:

identifying the target system and a second nexthop for the target system in a data model in the second management object, wherein the second nexthop is a third management object;

placing the job on a queue corresponding to the third management object, wherein the queue is located in the second management object;

receiving the job by the third management object; and

identifying the driver located in the third management object to execute the job.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending a notification to the first management object that the job has been executed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein placing the job on the queue corresponding to the second management object comprises:

identifying a second job with the target system;

creating a job sequence using the job, the second job, and the job delegation policy; and

placing the job sequence on the queue corresponding to the second management object.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first management object is configured to perform at least on selected from the group of:

suspend the job, stop the job, resume the job, and rollback the job.

7. A system for job delegation, comprising:

a first management object, wherein the first management object is configured to;

receive a job from a user;

identify a target system for the job using a data model in the first management object and a job delegation policy, wherein the data model comprises an object representing the target system;

determine a first nexthop for the target system, wherein the first nexthop is a second management object;

place the job on a queue corresponding to the second management object,

wherein the queue is located in the first management object; and

the second management object, wherein the second management object is configured to;

receive the job;

locate the target system and a driver corresponding to the target system using the second management object; and

execute the job using the driver corresponding to the target system.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the job comprises a plurality of tasks, wherein each of the tasks is an atomic operation to be performed on the target system.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the second management object maintains a last-in first-out (LIFO) queue associated with the job, wherein the LIFO queue track comprises a first completed task of the plurality of tasks and wherein the LIFO queue is used by a compensation engine in the second management object to undo the first completed task if a second one of the plurality of tasks fails.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein locating the target system and the driver corresponding to the target system using the second management object comprises:

determining that the target system is managed by the second management object; and

identifying the driver located in the second management object to execute the job.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein locating the target system and the driver corresponding to the target system using the second management object comprises:

identifying the target system and a second nexthop for the target system in a data model in the second management object, wherein the second nexthop is a third management object;

placing the job on a queue corresponding to the third management object, wherein the queue is located in the second management object;

receiving the job by the third management object; and

identifying the driver located in the third management object to execute the job.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the second management object is configured to:

send a notification to the first management object that the job has been executed.

13. The system of claim 7, wherein placing the job on the queue corresponding to the second management object comprises:

identifying a second job with the target system;

creating a job sequence using the job, the second job, and the job delegation policy; and

placing the job sequence on the queue corresponding to the second management object.

14. The system of claim 7, wherein the first management object is further configured to perform at least on selected from the group of:

suspend the job, stop the job, resume the job, and roll back the job.

15. A computer readable medium comprising software code for delegating a job, comprising software instructions to:

receive a job from a user by a first management object;

identify a target system for the job using a data model in the first management object and a job delegation policy, wherein the data model comprises an object representing the target system;

determine a first nexthop for the target system, wherein the first nexthop is a second management object;

place the job on a queue corresponding to the second management object, wherein the queue is located in the first management object;

receive the job by the second management object;

locate the target system and a driver corresponding to the target system using the second management object; and

execute the job using the driver corresponding to the target system.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein locating the target system and the driver corresponding to the target system using the second management object comprises:

determining that the target system is managed by the second management object; and

identifying the driver located in the second management object to execute the job.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein locating the target system and the driver corresponding to the target system using the second management object comprises:

identifying the target system and a second nexthop for the target system in a data model in the second management object, wherein the second nexthop is a third management object;

placing the job on a queue corresponding to the third management object, wherein the queue is located in the second management object;

receiving the job by the third management object; and

identifying the driver located in the third management object to execute the job.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the second management object is configured to:

send a notification to the first management object that the job has been executed.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein placing the job on the queue corresponding to the second management object comprises:

identifying a second job with the target system;

creating a job sequence using the job, the second job, and the job delegation policy; and

placing the job sequence on the queue corresponding to the second management object.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the first management object is further configured to perform at least on selected from the group of:

suspend the job, stop the job, resume the job, and roll back the job.