SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSACTIONS IN A MULTITENANT APPLICATION SERVER ENVIRONMENT

• US 20160094407A1
• Filed: 09/25/2015
• Published: 03/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Parkinson, Paul, Kato, Hiromu, Desai, Arjav
• Granted Patent: US 11,057,272 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0843 based on generic templates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0863 by rolling back to previous configuration versions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0897 by horizontal or vertical scaling of resources, or by migrating entities, e.g. virtual resources or entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1004 Server selection for load balancing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for transaction support in a multitenant application server environment. A system can provide for transaction support via a transaction manager. The transaction manager can be associated with one or more objects, including a configuration object and a runtime object. The configuration object can allow for a partition administrator to override globally-set parameters for transactions, including transaction timeout time. The runtime object can allow for a partition administrator to monitor partition-scoped transaction statistics. Furthermore, the transaction manager can additionally account for resource group migration within the multitenant application server environment.

Claims

1. A system for supporting a transaction in a multitenant application server environment, comprising:

one or more computers, including an application server environment executing thereon, together with

a plurality of deployable resources which can be used within the application server environment,

one or more resource group templates, which define groupings of deployable resources within a domain, and

one or more partitions, wherein each partition provides an administrative and runtime subdivision of the domain, that can be associated with a tenant;

a transaction manager operating in the application server environment;

a plurality of resource managers, the plurality of resource managers being used in the transaction; and

at least one object selected from the group consisting of a configuration object associated with the transaction manager, and a runtime object associated with the transaction manager;

wherein the at least one object selected from the group consisting of a configuration object associated with the transaction manager, and a runtime object associated with the transaction manager is configurable by a partition administrator.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the configuration object associated with the transaction manager is configurable to set at least one aspect of the transaction, the at least one aspect of the transaction selected from the group consisting of transaction timeout duration, and a determiner resource for the transaction.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the configuration of the transaction timeout duration overrides a default transaction timeout duration set at a global configuration object.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the configuration of the determiner resource for the transaction overrides a default determiner resource for the transaction set at a global configuration object.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the runtime object associated with the transaction manager is configurable to provide monitoring statistics to the partition administrator.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the monitoring statistics provided to the partition administrator are scoped to a partition associated with the partition administrator.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the transaction manager is configured to, upon detecting a migration of one of one or more resource group templates, the one of the one or more resource group templates associated with the transaction, provide an interceptor to allow the transaction to complete before the migration of the resource group template.

8. A method for transaction recovery in a multitenant application server environment, comprising:

providing, at one or more computers, including an application server environment executing thereon,

a plurality of deployable resources which can be used within the application server environment,

one or more resource group templates, which define groupings of deployable resources within a domain, and

one or more partitions, wherein each partition provides an administrative and runtime subdivision of the domain, that can be associated with a tenant;

operating a transaction manager within the application server environment; and

providing a plurality of resource managers, the plurality of resource managers being used in the transaction;

providing at least one object selected from the group consisting of a configuration object associated with the transaction manager, and a runtime object associated with the transaction manager;

wherein the at least one object selected from the group consisting of a configuration object associated with the transaction manager, and a runtime object associated with the transaction manager is configurable by a partition administrator.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the configuration object associated with the transaction manager is configurable to set at least one aspect of the transaction, the at least one aspect of the transaction selected from the group consisting of transaction timeout duration, and a determiner resource for the transaction.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the configuration of the transaction timeout duration overrides a default transaction timeout duration set at a global configuration object.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the configuration of the determiner resource for the transaction overrides a default determiner resource for the transaction set at a global configuration object.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the runtime object associated with the transaction manager is configurable to provide monitoring statistics to the partition administrator.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the monitoring statistics provided to the partition administrator are scoped to a partition associated with the partition administrator.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the transaction manager is configured to, upon detecting a migration of one of one or more resource group templates, the one of the one or more resource group templates associated with the transaction, provide an interceptor to allow the transaction to complete before the migration of the resource group template.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, including instructions stored thereon for transaction recovery in a multitenant application server environment which when read and executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform steps comprising:

providing, at one or more computers, including an application server environment executing thereon,

a plurality of deployable resources which can be used within the application server environment,

one or more resource group templates, which define groupings of deployable resources within a domain, and

one or more partitions, wherein each partition provides an administrative and runtime subdivision of the domain, that can be associated with a tenant;

operating a transaction manager within the application server environment; and

providing a plurality of resource managers, the plurality of resource managers being used in the transaction;

providing at least one object selected from the group consisting of a configuration object associated with the transaction manager, and a runtime object associated with the transaction manager;

wherein the at least one object selected from the group consisting of a configuration object associated with the transaction manager, and a runtime object associated with the transaction manager is configurable by a partition administrator.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the configuration object associated with the transaction manager is configurable to set at least one aspect of the transaction, the at least one aspect of the transaction selected from the group consisting of transaction timeout duration, and a determiner resource for the transaction.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the configuration of the transaction timeout duration overrides a default transaction timeout duration set at a global configuration object.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the configuration of the determiner resource for the transaction overrides a default determiner resource for the transaction set at a global configuration object.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the runtime object associated with the transaction manager is configurable to provide monitoring statistics to the partition administrator, the monitoring statistics being scoped to a partition associated with the partition administrator.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the transaction manager is configured to, upon detecting a migration of one of one or more resource group templates, the one of the one or more resource group templates associated with the transaction, provide an interceptor to allow the transaction to complete before the migration of the resource group template.