NOTIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK FOR DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE UPGRADES

• US 20160132318A1
• Filed: 11/06/2015
• Published: 05/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Vajja, Praveena, Hu, Fang, Vong, Chi Kin, Richardson, Tim
• Granted Patent: US 9,880,828 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57

Abstract

Techniques for managing an upgrade operation comprising multiple upgrade process executing on multiple host machines (or hosts) for upgrading software applications on the multiple hosts. Techniques are disclosed for managing notifications that are generated by the multiple upgrade processes during execution, and more particular, techniques for reducing the number of notifications that are sent to a user. The techniques include: only sending a subset of the generated notifications to a user, the subset being selected at the host machines based upon notifications level criteria specified by the user for the host machines; consolidating multiple generated notifications into a fewer number of consolidated notifications and only sending consolidated notifications to the user; combination of criteria-based selection and notifications consolidation.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating, by an upgrade process executing on a host machine for upgrading a software application on the host machine, a notification comprising information related to the upgrade process;

determining, by the host machine, a notification level associated with the notification;

determining, by the host machine, based upon the notification level associated with the notification and a user-specified notification level configured for the host machine, whether the notification is to be sent to a user; and

sending, by the host machine, the notification to the user upon determining that the notification is to be sent to the user; and

not sending, by the host machine, the notification to the user upon determining that the notification is to not be sent to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, by the host machine, a configuration file, the configuration file storing the user-specified notification level.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the notification is to be sent to the user comprises:

comparing the notification level associated with the notification to the user-specified notification level; and

determining that the notification is to be sent to the user if the notification level associated with the notification matches the user-specified notification level.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the notification is to be sent to the user comprises:

comparing the notification level associated with the notification to the user-specified notification level; and

determining that the notification is to be sent to the user if the notification level associated with the notification matches or is higher than the user-specified notification level.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification comprises information indicating an upgrade progress status of the upgrade process.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification is sent to a notification agent to be consolidated with additional notifications prior to being sent to the user.

7. A method comprising:

receiving, by a third host machine from a group of host machines, a first notification generated by a first upgrade process executing on a first host machine for upgrading a first software application on the first host machine, the first notification comprising information related to the first upgrade process, the first host machine included in the group of host machines;

receiving, by the third host machine, a second notification generated by a second upgrade process executing on a second host machine for upgrading a second software application on the second host machine, the second notification comprising information related to the second upgrade process, the second host machine included in the group of host machines;

consolidating, by the third host machine, the first notification and the second notification into a consolidated notification;

determining, by the third host machine, whether the consolidated notification is to be sent to a user; and

sending, by the third host machine, the consolidated notification to the user, instead of the first notification and the second notification, upon determining that the consolidated notification is to be sent to the user; and

not sending the consolidated notification to the user upon determining that the consolidated notification is not to be sent to the user.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

generating a third notification by a third upgrade process executing on the third host machine for upgrading a third software application on the third host machine, the third notification comprising information related to the third upgrade process, the third host machine included in the group of host machines; and

consolidating, by the third host machine, the third notification with the first notification and the second notification into the consolidated notification.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the determining whether the consolidated notification is to be sent to the user further comprises:

determining, by the third host machine, a notification level associated with the consolidated notification; and

determining, by the third host machine, based upon the notification level associated with the consolidated notification and a user-specified notification level configured for the group of host machines, whether the notification is to be sent to the user.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the determining whether the notification is to be sent to the user comprises:

comparing the notification level associated with the consolidated notification to the user-specified notification level; and

determining that the consolidated notification is to be sent to the user if the notification level associated with the consolidated notification matches the user-specified notification level.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the determining whether the notification is to be sent to the user comprises:

comparing the notification level associated with the consolidated notification to the user-specified notification level; and

determining that the consolidated notification is to be sent to the user if the notification level associated with the consolidated notification matches or is higher than the user-specified notification level.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining, by the first host machine, a first notification level associated with the first notification;

comparing, by the first host machine, the first notification level associated with the first notification to a first user-specified notification level configured for the first host machine; and

determining, by the first host machine, that the first notification is to be sent to the third host machine based on the comparing.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining, by the third host machine, a first notification level associated with the first notification;

determining, by the third host machine, a second notification level associated with the second notification;

comparing, by the third host machine, the first notification level and the second notification level to a user-specified notification level configured for the group of host machines; and

determining, by the third host machine, that the first notification and the second notification are to be consolidated based on the comparing.

14. A method comprising:

generating, by an upgrade process executing on a host machine for upgrading a software application on the host machine, a notification comprising information related to the upgrade process, wherein the host machine is provided in a group of host machines;

determining, by the host machine, a notification level associated with the notification;

storing, by the host machine, a configuration file, the configuration file storing a user-specified notification level for the host machine;

storing, by the host machine, a group configuration file, the group configuration file storing a user-specified group notification level for the group of host machines;

determining, by the host machine, based upon the notification level associated with the notification, the user-specified notification level, and the user-specified group notification level, whether the notification is to be sent to a user; and

sending, by the host machine, the notification to the user upon determining that the notification is to be sent to the user; and

not sending, by the host machine, the notification to the user upon determining that the notification is to not be sent to the user.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the determining whether the notification is to be sent to the user further comprises:

comparing, by the host machine, the notification level associated with the notification to the user-specified group notification level and the user-specified notification level, wherein the user-specified group notification level trumps the user-specified notification level for the notification; and

determining that the notification is to be sent to the user if the notification level associated with the notification matches the user-specified group notification level.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the determining whether the notification is to be sent to the user further comprises:

comparing, by the host machine, the notification level associated with the notification to the user-specified group notification level and the user-specified notification level, wherein the user-specified group notification level trumps the user-specified notification level for the notification; and

determining that the notification is to be sent to the user if the notification level associated with the notification matches or is higher than the user-specified group notification level.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the determining whether the notification is to be sent to the user further comprises:

comparing, by the host machine, the notification level associated with the notification to the user-specified group notification level and the user-specified notification level, wherein the user-specified notification level trumps the user-specified group notification level for the notification; and

determining that the notification is to be sent to the user if the notification level associated with the notification matches the user-specified notification level.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the determining whether the notification is to be sent to the user further comprises:

comparing, by the host machine, the notification level associated with the notification to the user-specified group notification level and the user-specified notification level, wherein the user-specified notification level trumps the user-specified group notification level for the notification; and

determining that the notification is to be sent to the user if the notification level associated with the notification matches or is higher than the user-specified notification level.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the notification comprises information indicating an upgrade progress status of the upgrade process.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the notification is sent to a notification agent to be consolidated with additional notifications prior to being sent to the user.