SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARTITION STARTUP/SHUTDOWN IN A MULTITENANT APPLICATION SERVER ENVIRONMENT

• US 20170017494A1
• Filed: 03/09/2016
• Published: 01/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Patel, Chanda Rani, Quinn, Timothy
• Granted Patent: US 9,977,681 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45575 Starting, stopping, suspending or resuming virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4401 Bootstrapping security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/442 Shutdown
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45533 Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5077 Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455

Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for supporting partition and resource group shutdown and startup in an application server environment. A method can provide one or more partitions, wherein each partition provides an administrative and runtime subdivision of a domain, and one or more resource groups, wherein each of the one or more resource groups is associated with one of the one or more partition. The method receive, from an administrator, a request to perform a startup or shutdown, the startup or shutdown action being targeted to one of the one or more partition. The method can provide a lifecycle object, at an administration server, the lifecycle object associated with the one of the one or more partitions. The method can provide a monitoring object where the monitoring object can allow the administrator to monitor a status of the startup or shutdown action.

Claims

1. A system for supporting partition and resource group shutdown and startup in an application server environment, comprising:

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

one or more partitions, wherein each partition provides an administrative and runtime subdivision of a domain, and

one or more resource groups, wherein each of the one or more resource groups is associated with one of the one or more partitions;

wherein the system is configured to received, from an administrator, a request to perform a startup or shutdown action, the startup or shutdown request being targeted to one of the one or more partitions;

wherein the system provides, at an administration server, a lifecycle object, the lifecycle object associated with the targeted one of the one or more partitions; and

wherein the system provides a monitoring object in association with the startup or shutdown action, the monitoring object configured to allow the administrator to monitor a status of the startup or shutdown action.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the application server or a cloud environment includes a Java EE application server, and wherein each resource group template includes one or more related applications together with resources upon which those applications depend.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is provided within a cloud environment, to support multiple tenants operating within the cloud environment.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the lifecycle object performs the startup or shutdown action on the targeted one of the one or more partitions.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the system provides, at a managed server, the managed server hosting at least one of the one or more partitions, a runtime object, the runtime object associated with the one of the one or more partitions hosted at the managed server.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the targeted one of the one or more partitions comprises the one of the one or more partitions hosted on the managed server, and the wherein the runtime object performs the startup or shutdown action on the targeted one of the one or more partitions.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured to received, from the administrator, a request to perform a startup or shutdown action on a targeted resource group of the one or more resource groups;

and

wherein the system provides, at the administration server, a resource group lifecycle object, the resource group lifecycle object associated with the targeted one of the one or more resource groups.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the resource group lifecycle object performs the startup or shutdown action on the targeted one of the one or more partitions.

5. The system of claim 5, wherein the performance of the startup or shutdown action on the targeted one of the one or more partitions by the lifecycle object is intercepted by one or more interceptors.

10. A method for supporting partition and resource group shutdown and startup in an application server environment, comprising:

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

one or more partitions, wherein each partition provides an administrative and runtime subdivision of a domain, and

one or more resource groups, wherein each of the one or more resource groups is associated with one of the one or more partitions;

receiving, from an administrator, a request to perform a startup or shutdown, the startup or shutdown action being targeted to one of the one or more partitions;

providing a lifecycle object, at an administration server, the lifecycle object associated with the targeted one of the one or more partitions; and

providing a monitoring object in association with the startup or shutdown request, the monitoring object configured to allow the administrator to monitor a status of the startup or shutdown action.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the application server or a cloud environment includes a Java EE application server, and wherein each resource group template includes one or more related applications together with resources upon which those applications depend.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the method is performed within a cloud environment, to support multiple tenants operating within the cloud environment.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

performing, by the lifecycle object, the startup or shutdown action on the targeted one of the one or more partitions.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

intercepting, by one or more interceptors, the startup or shutdown action on the targeted one of the one or more partitions by the lifecycle object.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

providing, at a managed server, the managed server hosting at least one of the one or more partitions, a runtime object, the runtime object associated with the one of the one or more partitions hosted at the managed server.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the targeted one of the one or more partitions comprises the one of the one or more partitions hosted on the managed server, and the wherein the runtime object performs the startup or shutdown action on the targeted one of the one or more partitions.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving, from the administrator, a request to perform a startup or shutdown action on a targeted resource group of the one or more resource groups; and

providing, at the administration server, a resource group lifecycle object, the resource group lifecycle object associated with the targeted one of the one or more resource groups.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

performing, by the resource group lifecycle object, the startup or shutdown action on the targeted one of the one or more resource groups.

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, including instructions stored thereon for supporting partition and resource group shutdown and startup in an application server environment which when read and executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform the steps comprising:

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

one or more partitions, wherein each partition provides an administrative and runtime subdivision of a domain, and

one or more resource groups, wherein each of the one or more resource groups is associated with one of the one or more partitions;

receiving, from an administrator, a request to perform a startup or shutdown, the startup or shutdown action being targeted to one of the one or more partitions;

providing a lifecycle object, at an administration server, the lifecycle object associated with the targeted one of the one or more partitions, and

providing a monitoring object in association with the startup or shutdown request, the monitoring object configured to allow the administrator to monitor a status of the startup or shutdown action.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, the steps further comprising:

receiving, from the administrator, a request to perform a startup or shutdown action on a targeted resource group of the one or more resource groups;

providing, at the administration server, a resource group lifecycle object, the resource group lifecycle object associated with the targeted one of the one or more resource groups; and

performing, by the resource group lifecycle object, the startup or shutdown action on the targeted one of the one or more resource groups