Methods and apparatus providing payload event processing for managed objects

• US 8,095,937 B1
• Filed: 03/27/2006
• Issued: 01/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: EMC Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Chithambaram, Saravanan, Teng, Steven S., Simon, Richard T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Puente, Emerson
• Assistant Examiner(s): VERDI, KIMBLEANN C
• Application Number:
  US11/389,786
• Time in Patent Office: 2,115 Days
• Field of Search: 719/316, 719/318
• US Class Current: 719/316
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0233 Object-oriented techniques, for representation of network management data, e.g. common object request broker architecture [CORBA]

Abstract

A system receives notification that a console has registered to receive a type of managed object event. The system receives a plurality of managed object events from a cache manager. Each managed object event is associated with a managed object. The system parses the plurality of managed object events to determine the type of managed object event for each of the plurality of managed object events, and distributes the plurality of managed object events to the console. The plurality of managed object events are distributed based on the type of managed object event associated with each managed object event within the plurality of managed objects events, and the type of managed object event the console has previously registered to receive.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for distributing managed object events in a storage area network comprising:

receiving notification at a computer that a console has registered to receive a type of managed object event from the computer;

receiving a payload object at the computer including a plurality of managed object events from a cache manager, each managed object event associated with a managed object, the payload object bundled by the cache manager to include the plurality of managed object events associated with one managed object event topic type and one managed object event class type, the one managed object event topic type and the one managed object event class type common to each managed object event in the payload object such that there is one managed object event topic per the payload object and one manage object event class per the payload object;

parsing the plurality of managed object events at the computer to determine the type of managed object event for each of the plurality of managed object events; and

distributing the plurality of managed object events from the computer to the console based on

i) the type of managed object event associated with each managed object event within the plurality of managed objects events; and

ii) the type of managed object event the console has previously registered to receive from the computer.

2. The method of claim 1 comprising:

receiving notification that the console has de-registered to receive the type of managed object event.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein receiving notification that the console has de-registered to receive the type of managed object event comprises:

removing a managed object key from a managed object key table.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving notification that the console has registered to receive a type of managed object event comprises:

receiving notification that a plurality of sub processes operating on the console has registered to receive the type of managed object event;

translating the type of managed object event to an object key; and

adding the object key to a managed object key table.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving notification that the console has registered to receive a type of managed object event comprises:

receiving notification that the console has powered up.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving notification that the console has registered to receive a type of managed object event comprises:

receiving a selection from a user to view a managed object.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein parsing the plurality of managed object events to determine the type of managed object event for each of the plurality of managed object events comprises:

identifying the type of managed object event associated with the plurality of managed object events includes at least one of;

i) a topic type identifying an added managed object;

ii) a topic type identifying a modified managed object;

iii) a topic type identifying a removed managed object; and

iv) a topic type identifying a relationship, associated with a managed object, has been modified.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein parsing the plurality of managed object events to determine the type of managed object event for each of the plurality of managed object events comprises:

identifying the type of managed object event associated with the plurality of managed object events includes at least one of;

i) a class type identifying a host object;

ii) a class type identifying a memory object; and

iii) a class type identifying a switch object.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein parsing the plurality of managed object events to determine the type of managed object event for each of the plurality of managed object events comprises:

determining the type of managed object event associated with each of the plurality of managed object events does not correspond to the type of managed object event the console has previously registered to receive; and

ignoring the plurality of managed object events.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein parsing the plurality of managed object events to determine the type of managed object event for each of the plurality of managed object events comprises:

correlating the type of managed object event with the console previously registered to receive the type of managed object event.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein distributing the plurality of managed object events to the console based on the type of managed object event associated with each managed object event within the plurality of managed objects events;

and the type of managed object event the console has previously registered to receive comprises;

distributing the plurality of managed object events to a framework handler based on the type of managed object event processed by the framework handler.

12. A computerized device comprising:

a memory;

a processor;

a communications interface;

an interconnection mechanism coupling the memory, the processor and the communications interface;

wherein the memory is encoded with a managed object events distributing application that when executed on the processor distributes managed object events from the computerized device by causing the processor to perform the operations of;

receiving notification that a console has registered to receive a type of managed object event;

receiving a payload object including a plurality of managed object events from a cache manager, each managed object event associated with a managed object, the payload object bundled by the cache manager to include the plurality of managed object events associated with one managed object event topic type and one managed object event class type, the one managed object event topic type and the one managed object event class type common to each managed object event in the payload object such that there is one managed object event topic per the payload object and one manage object event class per the payload object;

parsing the plurality of managed object events to determine the type of managed object event for each of the plurality of managed object events; and

distributing the plurality of managed object events to the console based on

i) the type of managed object event associated with each managed object event within the plurality of managed objects events; and

ii) the type of managed object event the console has previously registered to receive.

13. The computerized device of claim 12 wherein when the computerized device performs the operation of receiving notification that the console has registered to receive a type of managed object event, the computerized device performs the operations of:

receiving notification that a plurality of sub processes operating on the console has registered to receive the type of managed object event;

translating the type of managed object event to an object key; and

adding the object key to a managed object key table.

14. The computerized device of claim 12 wherein when the computerized device performs the operation of parsing the plurality of managed object events to determine the type of managed object event for each of the plurality of managed object events, the computerized device performs the operation of:

identifying the type of managed object event associated with the plurality of managed object events includes at least one of;

i) a topic type identifying an added managed object;

ii) a topic type identifying a modified managed object;

iii) a topic type identifying a removed managed object; and

iv) a topic type identifying a relationship, associated with a managed object, has been modified.

15. The computerized device of claim 12 wherein when the computerized device performs the operation of parsing the plurality of managed object events to determine the type of managed object event for each of the plurality of managed object events, the computerized device performs the operation of:

identifying the type of managed object event associated with the plurality of managed object events includes at least one of;

i) a class type identifying a host object;

ii) a class type identifying a memory object; and

iii) a class type identifying a switch object.

16. The computerized device of claim 12 wherein when the computerized device performs the operation of parsing the plurality of managed object events to determine the type of managed object event for each of the plurality of managed object events, the computerized device performs the operations of:

determining the type of managed object event associated with each of the plurality of managed object events does not correspond to the type of managed object event the console has previously registered to receive; and

ignoring the plurality of managed object events.

17. The computerized device of claim 12 wherein when the computerized device performs the operation of distributing the plurality of managed object events to the console based on the type of managed object event associated with each managed object event within the plurality of managed objects events;

and the type of managed object event the console has previously registered to receive, the computerized device performs the operation of;

distributing the plurality of managed object events to a framework handler based on the type of managed object event processed by the framework handler.

18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with computer programming logic that when executed by a processor in a computerized device produces a managed object events distributing process that distributes managed object events by causing the computerized device to perform the operations of:

receiving notification that a console has registered to receive a type of managed object event;

receiving a payload object including a plurality of managed object events from a cache manager, each managed object event associated with a managed object, the payload object bundled by the cache manager to include the plurality of managed object events associated with one managed object event topic type and one managed object event class type, the one managed object event topic type and the one managed object event class type common to each managed object event in the payload object such that there is one managed object event topic per the payload object and one manage object event class per the payload object;

parsing the plurality of managed object events to determine the type of managed object event for each of the plurality of managed object events; and

distributing the plurality of managed object events to the console based on

i) the type of managed object event associated with each managed object event within the plurality of managed objects events; and

ii) the type of managed object event the console has previously registered to receive.