Software management system for network data processing systems
First Claim
1. A method for upgrading a plurality of software programs installed in a data processing system, the method comprising:
- determining, by one or more processors, respective end of life dates for the plurality of installed software programs, wherein the plurality of installed software programs are no longer generally available from their respective vendors after the respective end-of-life dates;
determining, by one or more processors, respective release dates of a plurality of replacement software programs for the respective plurality of installed software programs, wherein the release dates of the respective replacement software programs are dates in the future and pre-date the end-of-life dates for the respective installed software programs;
determining, by the one or more processors, a common time period between all of the release dates for all of the respective replacement software programs and all of the end-of-life dates for all of the respective installed software programs;
generating, by one or more processors, a report of the common time period and the list of currently installed software programs and corresponding replacement software programs to advise an administrator that all of the installed software programs can be replaced with the corresponding replacement software programs during the common time period; and
generating, by one or more processors, an upgrade plan to replace the installed software programs with the corresponding replacement software programs in the data processing system based on the common time period and configuration information about hardware and software within the data processing system.
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Abstract
A method, data processing system, and computer program product are presented for planning upgrades to a network data processing system. A processor unit identifies configuration information for hardware and software programs for a plurality of computers in the network data processing system. The processor unit obtains end of life dates for the software programs, release dates for the replacement software programs, and prerequisites for replacement software programs for the software programs identified in the configuration information. The processor unit identifies at least one change to the plurality of computers based on the configuration information and a set of prerequisites in the prerequisites for each of a plurality of replacement software programs for a plurality of software programs in the software programs. The processor unit generates at least one upgrade plan to implement at least one change to the plurality of computers in which a number of overlaps between life cycles for the plurality of replacement software programs and life cycles for the plurality of software programs in the software programs is increased.
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5 Claims
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1. A method for upgrading a plurality of software programs installed in a data processing system, the method comprising:
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determining, by one or more processors, respective end of life dates for the plurality of installed software programs, wherein the plurality of installed software programs are no longer generally available from their respective vendors after the respective end-of-life dates; determining, by one or more processors, respective release dates of a plurality of replacement software programs for the respective plurality of installed software programs, wherein the release dates of the respective replacement software programs are dates in the future and pre-date the end-of-life dates for the respective installed software programs; determining, by the one or more processors, a common time period between all of the release dates for all of the respective replacement software programs and all of the end-of-life dates for all of the respective installed software programs; generating, by one or more processors, a report of the common time period and the list of currently installed software programs and corresponding replacement software programs to advise an administrator that all of the installed software programs can be replaced with the corresponding replacement software programs during the common time period; and generating, by one or more processors, an upgrade plan to replace the installed software programs with the corresponding replacement software programs in the data processing system based on the common time period and configuration information about hardware and software within the data processing system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A computer program product for upgrading a plurality of software programs, the computer program product comprising:
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one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage devices, and program instructions stored on the storage devices, the program instructions comprising; program instructions to determine respective end-of-life dates for the plurality of installed software programs, wherein the plurality of installed software programs are no longer generally-available from their respective vendors after the respective end-of-life dates; program instructions to determine respective release dates of a plurality of replacement software programs for the respective plurality of installed software programs, wherein the release dates of the respective replacement software programs are dates in the future and pre-date the end-of-life dates for the respective installed software programs; program instructions to determine a common time period between all of the release dates for all of the respective replacement software programs and all the end-of-life dates for all of the respective installed software programs; program instructions to generate a report of the common time period and the list of currently installed software programs and corresponding replacement software programs to advise an administrator that all of the installed software programs can be replaced with the corresponding replacement software programs during the common time period; and program instructions to generate an upgrade plan to replace the installed software programs with the corresponding replacement software programs in the data processing system based on the common time period and configuration information about hardware and software within the data processing system.
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