DYNAMIC HIGH AVAILABILITY POLICY CREATION BASED UPON ENTRIES IN A CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT DATABASE (CMDB) AND A BEST PRACTICES TEMPLATE

• US 20100169860A1
• Filed: 12/31/2008
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Schneider, Juergen, Lumpp, Thomas, Biazetti, Ana C.
• Granted Patent: US 10,079,723 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/107
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0843 based on generic templates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/085 Retrieval of network configuration; Tracking network configuration history
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0856 by backing up or archiving configuration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0894 Policy-based network configuration management

Abstract

A method for dynamically creating of a high availability policy based upon entries in a configuration management database (CMDB) and a best practices template can be provided. The method can include directing resource discovery in a CMDB for a selected application to discover components and dependencies of the selected application. The method also can include mapping the components and dependencies discovered for the selected application in the CMDB to a best practices template specifying a parameterized high availability topology for the selected application. Finally, the method can include storing the best practices template with mapped components and dependencies as a high availability policy for the selected application.

Claims

1. A method for dynamically creating of a high availability policy based upon entries in a configuration management database (CMDB) and a best practices template, the method comprising:

directing resource discovery in a CMDB for a selected application to discover components and dependencies of the selected application;

mapping the components and dependencies discovered for the selected application in the CMDB to a best practices template specifying a parameterized high availability topology for the selected application; and

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storing the best practices template with mapped components and dependencies as a high availability policy for the selected application.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising deploying the selected application in selected hosts in a high availability cluster according to the stored high availability policy.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein deploying the selected application in selected hosts in a high availability cluster according to the stored high availability policy, comprises:

directing resource discovery in the CMDB to discover available failover hosts in a high availability cluster;

specifying a failover configuration for the selected application;

provisioning components and dependencies of the selected application to the available failover hosts in the high availability cluster in accordance with the specified failover configuration; and

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updating the CMDB to reflect the provisioning of the components and dependencies of the selected application in the high availability cluster.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a change in an underlying computing environment for the high availability cluster; and

,

repeating the directing, mapping and storing to account for the change in the underlying computing environment.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein mapping the components and dependencies discovered for the selected application in the CMDB to a best practices template specifying a parameterized high availability topology for the selected application, comprises mapping the components and dependencies discovered for the selected application in the CMDB to a best practices template specifying a parameterized high availability topology selected from the group consisting of 1:

1, 1;

n and n;

n.

6. A high availability policy creation and deployment data processing system configured for the dynamic creation of a high availability policy based upon entries in a configuration management database (CMDB) and a best practices template, the system comprising:

a host server configured for communicative coupling to a CMDB over a computer communications network; and

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a high availability policy generation module executing in the host server, the high availability policy generation module comprising program code enabled to direct resource discovery in the CMDB for a selected application to discover components and dependencies of the selected application, to map the components and dependencies discovered for the selected application in the CMDB to a best practices template specifying a parameterized high availability topology for the selected application, and to store the best practices template with mapped components and dependencies as a high availability policy for the selected application.

7. The system of claim 6, further comprising a high availability policy deployment module executing in the host server, the high availability policy deployment module comprising program code enabled to deploy the selected application in selected hosts in a high availability cluster coupled to the host server according to the stored high availability policy.

8. A computer program product for dynamically creating of a high availability policy based upon entries in a configuration management database (CMDB) and a best practices template, the computer program product comprising:

a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising;

computer usable program code for directing resource discovery in a CMDB for a selected application to discover components and dependencies of the selected application;

computer usable program code for mapping the components and dependencies discovered for the selected application in the CMDB to a best practices template specifying a parameterized high availability topology for the selected application; and

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computer usable program code for storing the best practices template with mapped components and dependencies as a high availability policy for the selected application.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising computer usable program code for deploying the selected application in selected hosts in a high availability cluster according to the stored high availability policy.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the computer usable program code for deploying the selected application in selected hosts in a high availability cluster according to the stored high availability policy, comprises:

computer usable program code for directing resource discovery in the CMDB to discover available failover hosts in a high availability cluster;

computer usable program code for specifying a failover configuration for the selected application;

computer usable program code for provisioning components and dependencies of the selected application to the available failover hosts in the high availability cluster in accordance with the specified failover configuration; and

,

computer usable program code for updating the CMDB to reflect the provisioning of the components and dependencies of the selected application in the high availability cluster.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising:

computer usable program code for detecting a change in an underlying computing environment for the high availability cluster; and

,

computer usable program code for repeating the directing, mapping and storing to account for the change in the underlying computing environment.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the computer usable program code for mapping the components and dependencies discovered for the selected application in the CMDB to a best practices template specifying a parameterized high availability topology for the selected application, comprises computer usable program code for mapping the components and dependencies discovered for the selected application in the CMDB to a best practices template specifying a parameterized high availability topology selected from the group consisting of 1:

1, 1;

n and n;

n.