Autonomic application server unneeded process disablement

• US 7,499,991 B2
• Filed: 11/10/2005
• Issued: 03/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Peterson, Kristi Paula, Stecher, John Joseph, Van Oosten, James Lee, Johnson, Chris D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Meky; Moustafa M
• Application Number:
  US11/272,591
• Publication Number:
  US 20070106772A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,209 Days
• Field of Search: 709200-202, 709220-223, 711/103, 713/2
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product for enabling efficient start up of an application server with the components required for complete operation of the supported application. A pre-processor autonomically determines the specific services that are required by the application to be initiated within the application server during start up of the application. The specific services are selected from a comprehensive list of available services for start up of the application server. The application server is then started up with only the specific services required by the application, rather than the full list of services.

Claims

1. In an application server environment, a method comprising:

from a comprehensive list of available services for start up of the application server, autonomically determining which specific services are required by the application to be initiated within the application server environment during start up, wherein said autonomically determining further comprise parsing an ear file of the application through a pre-processor which provides introspection of the ear file to complete a discovery of the specific services associated with the application;

generating a binary file having an on indicator for each of said specific services and an off indicator for other services among the list of services that are not determined to be a specific service; and

dynamically enabling start up of the application server with only those specific services required by the application and which have an on indicator.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising disabling components of the application server that are not needed by the application, wherein said dynamically enabling does not initiate the disabled components during start up of the application server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said dynamically enabling comprises referencing said binary file to initiate startup of the application server with only those services having an on indicator within the binary file.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling user selection of services among the list of services to include and exclude from the pre-determined specific services.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a popularity of use for each of the specific services relative to each other; and

ordering corresponding binary file elements associated with said specific services based on average popularity of the specific services, wherein a more popular service is given higher priority to initiate during start up before a less popular service.

6. A computer program product comprising:

a computer readable medium; and

program code on said computer readable medium for;

from a comprehensive list of available services for start up of an application server, autonomically determining which specific services are required by the application to be initiated within the application server environment during start up; and

enabling user selection of services among the list of services to include and exclude from pre-determined specific services;

dynamically enabling start up of the application server with only those specific services required by the application and those services selected from the list of services to include.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, further comprising program code for disabling components of the application server that are not needed by the application, wherein said dynamically enabling does not initiate the disabled components during start up of the application server.

8. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein said program code for autonomically determining further comprise code for parsing an ear file of the application through a pre-processor which provides introspection of the ear file to complete a discovery of the specific services associated with the application.

9. The computer program product of claim 6, further comprising program code for generating a binary file having an on indicator for each of said specific services and an off indicator for other services among the list of services that are not determined to be a specific service.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein said program code for dynamically enabling comprises code for referencing said binary file to initiate startup of the application server with only those services having an on indicator within the binary file.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising program code for:

determining a popularity of use for each of the specific services relative to each other; and

ordering corresponding binary file elements associated with said specific services based on average popularity of the specific services, wherein a more popular service is given higher priority to initiate during start up before a less popular service.

12. A data processing system comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor and which comprises program code that when executed by the processor provides the functions of;

enabling an application server functionality comprising multiple available services to support a particular application being provided by the application server;

from a comprehensive list of available services for start up of the application server;

autonomically determining which specific services are required by the application to be initiated within the application server environment during start up; and

generating a binary file having an on indicator for each of said specific services and an off indicator for other services among the list of services that are not determined to be a specific service; and

dynamically enabling start up of the application server with only those specific services required by the application and which have an on indicator.

13. The data processing system of claim 12, said program code further comprising code for disabling components of the application server that are not needed by the application, wherein said code for dynamically enabling does not initiate the disabled components during start up of the application server.

14. The data processing system of claim 12, wherein said program code for autonomically determining further comprise code for:

parsing an ear file of the application through a pre-processor which provides introspection of the ear file to complete a discovery of the specific services associated with the application.

15. The data processing system of claim 12, wherein said program code for dynamically enabling comprises code for referencing said binary file to initiate startup of the application server with only those services having an on indicator within the binary file.

16. The data processing system of claim 12, said program code further comprising code for enabling user selection of services among the list of services to include and exclude from the pre-determined specific services.

17. The data processing system of claim 12, said program code further comprising code for:

determining a popularity of use for each of the specific services relative to each other; and

ordering corresponding binary file elements associated with said specific services based on average popularity of the specific services, wherein a more popular service is given higher priority to initiate during start up before a less popular service.