Adaptive switch installer

• US 8,479,187 B2
• Filed: 12/02/2008
• Issued: 07/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Driesen, Volker, Valentin, Christiane, Engelko, Andrey
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Don
• Assistant Examiner(s): HEBERT, THEODORE E
• Application Number:
  US12/326,863
• Publication Number:
  US 20100138821A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,673 Days
• Field of Search: 717/168
• US Class Current: 717/168
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1433 during software upgrading
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57

Abstract

The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for upgrading software. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include copying a source application server to form a shadow application server, the copying including copying a repository table and a customizing table to form a shadow repository table and a shadow customizing table. Moreover, the upgrade may be implemented at the shadow application server. The upgrade may be applied to a first synonym of the shadow repository table and a second synonym of the shadow customizing table. The first synonym may enable the shadow application server to connect to the shadow repository table, when the upgrade is being implemented. The second synonym may enable the shadow application server to connect to the shadow customizing table, when the upgrade is being implemented. The method may also include switching to the upgrade by renaming the shadow repository table and the shadow customizing table to identifiers corresponding to the repository table and customizing table of the source application server. Related systems, apparatus, methods, and/or articles are also described.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions to configure a processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

copying a source application server to form a shadow application server, the copying including copying a repository table and a customizing table to form a shadow repository table and a shadow customizing table;

implementing an upgrade at the shadow application server, the upgrade including table structure definitions for the customizing table and at least one application table, a content for the repository table, and content for the customizing table, the upgrade applied to a first synonym of the shadow repository table and a second synonym of the shadow customizing table, the first synonym enables the shadow application server to connect to the shadow repository table, when the upgrade is being implemented, and the second synonym enables the shadow application server to connect to the shadow customizing table, when the upgrade is being implemented, wherein only a portion of the upgrade is deployed to the first and second synonyms and only a portion of tables in the upgrade is copied to the shadow application server; and

switching to the upgrade by renaming the shadow repository table and the shadow customizing table to identifiers corresponding to the repository table and customizing table of the source application server.

2. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 further comprising:

copying the repository table and the customizing table within a first schema to form the shadow repository table and the shadow customizing table.

3. The computer-readable medium of claim 2 further comprising:

creating, in a second schema, the first and second synonyms, the second schema configured to be accessed by the shadow application server and to access the shadow repository table and the shadow customizing table.

4. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the source application server is on a processor separate from the shadow application server.

5. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein copying further comprises:

copying the repository table and the customizing table to the shadow application server, the repository table including program code being upgraded, and the customizing table including data configuring business logic associated with the shadow application server.

6. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein switching further comprises:

stopping the source application server by terminating a runtime process of the source application server, dropping, at the source application server, a source repository table and a source customizing table, and renaming, at the shadow application server, the repository table and the customizing table.

7. A computer-implemented method comprising:

copying a source application server to form a shadow application server, the copying including copying a repository table and a customizing table to form a shadow repository table and a shadow customizing table;

implementing an upgrade at the shadow application server, the upgrade including table structure definitions for the customizing table and at least one application table, a content for the repository table, and content for the customizing table, the upgrade applied to a first synonym of the shadow repository table and a second synonym of the shadow customizing table, the first synonym enables the shadow application server to connect to the shadow repository table, when the upgrade is being implemented, and the second synonym enables the shadow application server to connect to the shadow customizing table, when the upgrade is being implemented, wherein only a portion of the upgrade is deployed to the first and second synonyms and only a portion of tables in the upgrade is copied to the shadow application server; and

switching to the upgrade by renaming the shadow repository table and the shadow customizing table to identifiers corresponding to the repository table and customizing table of the source application server.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 further comprising:

copying the repository table and the customizing table within a first schema to form the shadow repository table and the shadow customizing table.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 further comprising:

creating, in a second schema, the first and second synonyms, the second schema configured to be accessed by the shadow application server and to access the shadow repository table and the shadow customizing table.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the source application server is on a processor separate from the shadow application server.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein copying further comprises:

copying the repository table and the customizing table to the shadow application server, the repository table including program code being upgraded, and the customizing table including data configuring business logic associated with the shadow application server.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein switching further comprises:

stopping the source application server by terminating a runtime process of the source application server, dropping, at the source application server, a source repository table and a source customizing table, and renaming, at the shadow application server, the repository table and the customizing table.

13. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory, wherein the processor and the memory are configured to perform a method comprising;

copying a source application server to form a shadow application server, the copying including copying a repository table and a customizing table to form a shadow repository table and a shadow customizing table;

implementing an upgrade at the shadow application server, the upgrade including table structure definitions for the customizing table and at least one application table, a content for the repository table, and content for the customizing table, the upgrade applied to a first synonym of the shadow repository table and a second synonym of the shadow customizing table, the first synonym enables the shadow application server to connect to the shadow repository table, when the upgrade is being implemented, and the second synonym enables the shadow application server to connect to the shadow customizing table, when the upgrade is being implemented, wherein only a portion of the upgrade is deployed to the first and second synonyms and only a portion of tables in the upgrade is copied to the shadow application server; and

switching to the upgrade by renaming the shadow repository table and the shadow customizing table to identifiers corresponding to the repository table and customizing table of the source application server.

14. The system of claim 13 further comprising:

copying the repository table and the customizing table within a first schema to form the shadow repository table and the shadow customizing table.

15. The system of claim 14 further comprising:

creating, in a second schema, the first and second synonyms, the second schema configured to be accessed by the shadow application server and to access the shadow repository table and the shadow customizing table.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the source application server is on a processor separate from the shadow application server.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein copying further comprises:

copying the repository table and the customizing table to the shadow application server, the repository table including program code being upgraded, and the customizing table including data configuring business logic associated with the shadow application server.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein switching further comprises:

stopping the source application server by terminating a runtime process of the source application server, dropping, at the source application server, a source repository table and a source customizing table, and renaming, at the shadow application server, the repository table and the customizing table.