EXTENSIBLE FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT DIFFERENT DEPLOYMENT ARCHITECTURES

• US 20110029673A1
• Filed: 03/05/2010
• Published: 02/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Jaisinghani, Devendra Rajkumar
• Granted Patent: US 9,201,557 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/203 using migration
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4401 Bootstrapping security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/14 Charging , metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1428 Invoice generation, e.g. customization, lay-out, database processing, algorithms for calculating the bill or formatting invoices as WWW pages invoicing in general G06Q30/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/145 involving simulating, designing, planning or modelling of a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/344 Out-of-band transfers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/829 Topology based
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles

Abstract

A method for managing services and resources across a plurality of deployment architectures is described. The method begins by defining a profile corresponding to a deployment architecture. Each profile is defined according to a meta-model. The meta model comprises a service object representing a service that is accessible over a network, resource objects representing resources consumed by the service, inter-relationships between the service and resources, inter-relationships between the resources. For each profile, a topology is generated based on the profile. The topology includes the resources used to perform a task.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

defining a profile corresponding to a deployment architecture, each profile defined according to a meta-model, the meta-model comprising;

a service object representing a service that is accessible over a network, and

resource objects representing resources consumed by the service, and

inter-relationships between the service and resources, and

inter-relationships between the resources; and

for each profile,

generating, using one or more processors, a topology based on the profile, the topology including the resources to perform a task.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the meta-model further comprises configuration objects each associated with a resource object of the resource objects, the configuration objects declaring a configuration associated with the resource object.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the meta-model further comprises performance objects each associated with the resource object, the performance objects declaring a performance metric of the resource object.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the meta-model further comprises capability objects each associated with the resource object, the capability objects declaring a capability metric of the resource object.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the profiles are defined according to a base model for the architecture domain and a further architecture domain.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the service object is associated with a further configuration object, a further performance object, and a further capability object.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource object is a hardware resource or a software resource, or an Internet Protocol (IP) Address, or a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN), and the hardware and software resource object comprises a plurality of part objects.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the meta-model comprises a group object, the group object identifying one or more of the resource objects, or one or more of the part objects, the group object having an associated performance object and an associated configuration object.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising management of the service specified in the topology, by:

managing a resource of the resources within the topology, the resource corresponding to the resource object, and

managing a physical component corresponding to the resource within the topology based on the profile of the resource within the topology.

10. A system comprising:

a management system implemented by one or more processors to access one or more profiles of services within a deployment architecture and to generate a topology based on a profile, the profiles defined according to a meta-model, the meta-model comprising;

a service object representing a service of the services, and

resource objects representing resources consumed by at least a portion of the services, and

inter-relationships between the service and resources, and

inter-relationships between the resources; and

a service manager to manage the operational life cycle and service levels of the service, the service corresponding to the deployment architecture the service manager configured to dynamically load;

a controller to manage a resource of the resources within the topology, the resource corresponding to the resource object, and

an adapter to translate commands from the controller to an instance of the managed resource.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the meta-model further comprises configuration objects each associated with a resource object of the resource objects, the configuration objects declaring a configuration associated with the resource object.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the meta-model further comprises performance objects each associated with the resource object, the performance objects declaring a performance metric of the resource object.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the meta-model further comprises capability objects each associated with the resource object, the capability objects declaring a capability metric of the resource object.

14. The system of claim 10, further comprising a configuration manager to store the one or more profiles and the topology within a memory storage device and to verify a configuration of a resource within the topology.

15. The system of claim 10, further comprising a resource manager to allocate the resources consumed by a service of the services.

16. The system of claim 10, further comprising a microkernel to generate and control the service manager.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the profile is defined according to a base model, the base model comprising of the elements common across deployments architectures and a further collection of elements specific only to a given deployment architecture.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the meta-model comprises a group object, the group object identifying one or more of the resource objects, the group object having an associated performance object and an associated configuration object.

19. The system of claim 10, wherein the resource instance is in a data center.

20. The system of claim 10, wherein the physical component is in a cloud computing environment.

21. The system of claim 10, wherein the resources comprises one or more of a hardware resource, a software resource, a Internet Protocol (IP) address, and a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN).

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the hardware resources and the software resources further comprise parts.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the resources corresponding to the hardware resource comprise computing elements, network elements, and storage elements.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein the resources corresponding to the software resource comprise operating systems and applications.

25. A computer-readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions executable by one or more processors for performing a method for managing services across a plurality of deployment architectures, the method comprising:

defining a profile for each deployment architecture, the profile defined according to a meta-model, the meta-model comprising;

a service object representing a service of the one or more services, and

resource objects representing resources consumed by the service, and

inter-relationships between the service and resources, and

inter-relationships between the resources; and

for each profile, generating, using one or more processors, a topology based on the profile, the topology including the resources to perform a task.