International Business Machines Corporation

Sandip A Amin

Sanaa F Abdelhadi

James Lee Lentz

Anbazhagan Mani

Brian Nelson

Rishika Kedia

Minh Nguyen

Danling Shi

Ajay K Bargoti

David Glenn Grost

David Wa-Wai Nip

Vasu Vallabhaneni

Hatim Yousef Amro

Jack Allen Alford, Jr

Jennifer Lee Carlucci

John Diehl Sillers

Kwan Yin Cheung

Illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for recovering resource connections using persistent subscriptions. In one illustrative embodiment, the method comprises subscribing to an event of a predefined resource to create a persistent subscription, wherein upon receiving notification of the event indicating the predefined resource is unavailable, and responsive to receiving the notification, reconnecting to the predefined resource. The method further comprises creating a new listener for receiving event notifications from the predefined resource, obtaining subscription information related to the predefined resource from the persistent subscription, and re-subscribing to the event of the predefined resource.

Recovering resource connections

Via a processor, receiving a power off alert indicating a power off condition of a first processing system on which a first storage provider is installed, the first storage provider managing at least one storage controller. The method further can include, responsive to the power off alert, issuing a first command to a second storage provider installed on a second processing system, the first command indicating to the second storage provider to assume management of the storage controller.

Managing storage providers in a clustered appliance environment

Receiving a power off alert indicating a power off condition of a first processing system on which a first storage provider is installed, the first storage provider managing at least one storage controller. Responsive to the power off alert, issuing a first command to a second storage provider installed on a second processing system, the first command indicating to the second storage provider to assume management of the storage controller.

An embodiment of the invention comprises a method for use with an integrated solution appliance under control of a management tool, the appliance having at least a console and a plurality of servers. The method includes providing the management tool with a CAM configured to participate in managing the appliance when used to implement a deployed solution. The CAM is furnished with a CTM for use in acquiring appliance level information, which includes specified metadata pertaining to each server. The CAM is also furnished with a COM, wherein the COM is operable to interact with components of the management tool, and is further operable to use information acquired by the CTM to selectively modify one or more commands issued by the management tool, which respectively affect operation of the appliance.

Use of a systems management tool to manage an integrated solution appliance

A computer implemented method, apparatus, data processing system, and computer usable program code are provided for obtaining data from an application. A class loader layer is instantiated for an application. The class loader layer is an interface between the application and a resource adaptor and the class loader layer has access to all classes for the application. The function is executed to generate a set of objects with a set of data types accessible by the resource adaptor responsive to receiving a request from the resource adaptor to invoke a function in the class loader layer. Finally, the set of objects are sent to the resource adaptor.

Preventing an incompatible class exception caused by incompatible class loaders

An apparatus and method for displaying system management command execution status in real-time are provided. The apparatus and method display a window that is divided into a plurality of sub-windows. One sub-window is used to display all the computers on which the system command has not yet started to execute. Another sub-window is used to display all computer systems on which the execution of the command has started. One sub-window is used to display all computer systems that have not successfully completed the command and another sub-window is used to display all computer systems that have successfully executed the command. When a computer system, displayed in the window displaying all computer systems that have started execution of the command, is highlighted or selected, the real-time progress of the execution of the command is displayed. If the computer system is instead displayed in the window in which all computers that have not successfully executed the command are displayed, the reason for the unsuccessful completion of the execution of the command is displayed.

Apparatus and method of representing real-time distributed command execution status across distributed systems

An apparatus and method for interfacing an existing system management software user interface with a new system management software utility are provided. The method and apparatus comprises a cross-referencing table that is used to translate communication between the user interface and the new system management software utility using a set of specifications from both the user interface and the new utility.

Apparatus and method of providing a pluggable user interface

A method, system and apparatus for automatically assigning mnemonics to text strings in a GUI are provided. First, all text strings used in the GUI that are associated with controls requiring mnemonics are stored in a table. Then using common assignment rules, each text string is automatically assigned a unique mnemonic. Text strings that are generally assigned particular mnemonics (i.e., standard mnemonics) are assigned those standard mnemonics. Each mnemonic used is registered into another table to ensure against duplication of mnemonics.

Apparatus, system and method of automatically assigning mnemonics in a user interface

Aspects for allowing adjustment of a setting via a slider bar displayed on a graphical user interface are provided. These aspects include providing a slider bar control button for the slider bar, and integrating fine and coarse adjustment control into the slider bar control button to allow precise manipulation of a value for the setting. The provision of a slider bar control button includes providing a thumbwheel control button with a central area for coarse adjustment control through repositioning of the thumbwheel control button, a top button substantially adjacent and above the central area for fine adjustment control to increase a setting value by a predetermined increment, and a bottom button substantially adjacent and below the central area for fine adjustment control to decrease a setting value by a predetermined increment. Alternatively, providing a slider bar control button includes providing a three section bar with a first section for coarse adjustment, a second section for fine adjustment up, and a third section for fine adjustment down. In yet another alternative, providing a slider bar control button includes providing a zoom control button that allows adjustment to a scale displayed for setting values and responds to separate selection interface means to increase and decrease the scale.

Method and system for adjusting settings with slider controls having variable sensitivity

An apparatus, method, system and computer program product for allowing a command to be entered once and be translated into different command structures and be executed by computer systems running under different operating systems and having different command structures are provided. The command is entered into a common interface. The common interface translates the command into the different command structures and dispatches the command to the computer systems for execution. The common interface also requests that command execution progress status be provided by the computer systems.

Apparatus and method of providing common distributed services for system management applications across heterogeneous environments

A method, system, and program for generating scripts in a networked environment are disclosed. A shell script is written in a programming language in which the shell script is used in a networked environment. The shell script is programmingly converted to a script executable under a specific platform. The script is executed under the specific platform. A script generating command its defined in the shell script. Parameters for the script generating command are defined. The script generating command is executed with the parameters to generate the script. Prefix names having associated prefix variables that are passed to the script generating command are also defined. The prefix names and the prefix variables are obtained for the script generating command. Values for the prefix variables are retrieved from a table. Easy and flexible management and execution of scripts in various scripting languages within a networked environment that includes a collection of systems running under different platforms are provided by the present invention.

Method, system, and program for parameter expansion, generation, and execution of scripts in a networked environment

A data processing system and method of operating a graphical user interface of a data processing system are described. According to the method, a dropdown widget is displayed within the display device of a data processing system. In response to selection of the drop-down widget, a drop-down list is displayed, which contains a plurality of choices. The user is then permitted to select multiple choices from the drop-down list in response the single selection of the drop-down widget. In one embodiment, the drop-down list includes a plurality of preferences that are each displayed in association with a respective control element, such as a radio button.

Graphical user interface including a drop-down widget that permits a plurality of choices to be selected in response to a single selection of the drop-down widget

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Sandip A Amin