SNMP-BASED MANAGEMENT OF SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE ENVIRONMENTS

• US 20130238781A1
• Filed: 03/08/2012
• Published: 09/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Jalaldeen, Ahamed, Purohit, Siddharth N., Sivakumar, Gandhi, Viswanathan, Ram
• Granted Patent: US 8,775,615 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0213 Standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0226 Mapping or translating multiple network management protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0233 Object-oriented techniques, for representation of network management data, e.g. common object request broker architecture [CORBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0273 using web services for network management, e.g. simple object access protocol [SOAP]

Abstract

A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)-based apparatus including an SNMP manager to monitor network hardware devices and define object identifiers (OIDs); a Simple SOA Performance Monitor (SSPM) manager to augment the OIDs with service-specific object identifiers to monitor services; and an SSPM agent associated with at least one service to collect details pertaining to the service, the details of the service being provided to the SSPM manager which in turn provides the details of the service to the SNMP manager. The SNMP-based apparatus may be implemented by at least one computing device. Also disclosed is a method of monitoring services and a computer program product.

Claims

1. A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)-based apparatus comprising:

an SNMP manager to monitor network hardware devices and define object identifiers (OIDs);

a Simple SOA Performance Monitor (SSPM) manager to augment the OIDs with service-specific object identifiers to monitor services; and

an SSPM agent associated with at least one service to collect details pertaining to the service, the details of the service being provided to the SSPM manager which in turn provides the details of the service to the SNMP manager;

wherein the SNMP-based apparatus is implemented by at least one computing device.

2. The SNMP-based apparatus of claim 1 wherein the SSPM manager polls the SSPM agent for the details pertaining to the service.

3. The SNMP-based apparatus of claim 1 wherein there is one SSPM agent for each service.

4. The SNMP-based apparatus of claim 1 wherein there is one SSPM agent for a multiple of services.

5. The SNMP-apparatus of claim 1 wherein the SSPM Agent is capable of sending SOA-based traps to the SSPM Manager.

6. The SNMP-based apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a service-specific management information base (MIB) and service-specific SNMP agent associated with each SSPM agent, the MIB storing the details about the services.

7. The SNMP-based apparatus of claim 1 wherein the OID has fields for service port, service location and the identification of the service.

8. The SNMP-based apparatus of claim 2 wherein each OID identifies a service parameter or attribute for each service so that the SSPM agent is polled for the correct service.

9. A method of monitoring services comprising:

providing a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)-based apparatus comprising an SNMP manager, a Simple SOA Performance Monitor (SSPM) manager and an SSPM agent;

monitoring network hardware devices and defining object identifiers (OIDs) by the SNMP manager;

augmenting by the SSPM manager and agent OIDs with service-specific object identifiers to monitor SOA-based services;

associating the SSPM agent with at least one service and collecting details pertaining to the service;

providing by the SSPM agent the details of the service to the SSPM manager; and

providing by the SSPM manager the details of the service to the SNMP manager;

the method being implemented by at least one computing device.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising polling by the SSPM manager the SSPM agent for the details pertaining to the service.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein there is one SSPM agent for each service.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein there is one SSPM agent for a multiple of services.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein the SNMP-based apparatus further comprising a service-specific management information base (MIB) and service-specific SNMP agent associated with each SSPM agent and further comprising storing by the MIB the details about the services.

14. The method of claim 9 wherein the OID has fields for service port, service location and the identification of the service.

15. A computer program product for monitoring services, the computer program product comprising:

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

computer readable program code configured to provide a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)-based apparatus comprising an SNMP manager, a Simple SOA Performance Monitor (SSPM) manager and an SSPM agent;

computer readable program code configured to monitor network hardware devices and define object identifiers (OIDs) by the SNMP manager;

computer readable program code configured to augment by the SSPM manager the OIDs with service-specific object identifiers to monitor SOA-based services;

computer readable program code configured to associate the SSPM agent with at least one service and collect details pertaining to the service;

computer readable program code configured to provide by the SSPM agent the details of the service to the SSPM manager; and

computer readable program code configured to provide by the SSPM manager the details of the service to the SNMP manager.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising computer readable program code configured to poll by the SSPM manager the SSPM agent for the details pertaining to the service.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein there is one SSPM agent for each service.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein there is one SSPM agent for a multiple of services.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the SNMP-based apparatus further comprising a service-specific management information base (MIB) and service-specific SNMP agent associated with each SSPM agent and further comprising computer readable program code configured to store by the MIB the details about the services.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the OID has fields for service port, service location and the identification of the service.