Automated CORBA-Based Application Management

Kröger, Reinhold; Debusmann, Markus; Weyer, Christoph; Brossler, Erik; Davern, Paul; McDonald, Aiden

doi:10.1007/978-0-387-35565-8_19

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“…In the Fachhochschule Wiesbaden (Germany) work was done on management of distributed systems [15], specifically the monitoring of Orbix based applications with the so-called ObjectMonitor. They use Orbix proprietary filters to intercept in and A paper from the University of Aachen (Germany) describes the usage of non-colocated proxy servers to intercept in-and outgoing requests [17].…”

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Using Message Reflection in a Management Architecture for CORBA

Wegdam

Plas

Halteren

et al. 2000

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. The availability of object middleware, such as CORBA, is rapidly being accepted as a means for cost effective and fast development for a wide range of distributed applications. Distributed applications that are built using these technologies often comprise many objects and become more and more complex. The deployment of such large distributed applications requires a significant improvement of management methods and tools. In this paper, we present a management architecture for object middleware based systems. We use message reflection to extend the middleware layer with management capabilities, i.e. we monitor the application by observing the messages exchanged between the objects of the distributed application. We argue why management should be transparent to the application developer and show that message reflection supports this management transparency. We have compared different mechanisms to implement message reflection in CORBA, and argue why portable interceptors are the most suitable. Finally, we describe our prototype and the lessons we learned.

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Using Message Reflection in a Management Architecture for CORBA

Wegdam

Plas

Halteren

et al. 2000

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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“…For this category, several tools and monitors are available; among these are third-party tools like CORBA Assistant [4] or AppMan [10], as well as ORB-vendor tools like OrbixManager [7]. The drawback of all these systems is that they are closely tailored to CORBA applications and cannot be extended to other middleware platforms.…”

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A methodology for efficiently developing on-line tools for heterogeneous middleware

Rackl¹,

Ludwig²

Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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Software development is getting more and more complex, especially within distributed and heterogeneous environments based on middleware enabling the interaction of distributed components. A major drawback during the overall software development process is the lack of on-line tools, i.e. tools applied as soon as there is a running prototype of an application. On-line tools can either be used for development tasks like debugging or visualisation of programs, or for deployment tasks like application management. For various middleware platforms, on-line tools have been developed, but most of them suffer from the drawbacks of being tailored to specific middleware, offering only a small set of tool functions, and not being extensible. The MIMO MIddleware MOnitor project proposes a solution to this problem. MIMO is based on a clear separation of tools, the monitoring system which collects data and controlls an observed application, and the applications. The MIMO core consists of a light-weight infrastructure that allows to integrate heterogeneous middleware in a flexible way, monitor applications simultaneously using several middleware platforms, and build interoperable development and deployment tools. This paper presents a methodology for developing on-line tools with MIMO. Based on the MIMO infrastructure, a systematic and efficient procedure for constructing on-line tools is established. The goal of our methodology is to establish a "rapid tool development" process, leading to an enhanced software development process by consequently and efficiently integrating on-line tools from the beginning. £ Research supported by German Science Foundation (DFG) SFB 342 (TP A1). MotivationDeveloping and maintaining large distributed applications is one of the major challenges in computer science at the time. As systems are getting more and more complex and heterogeneous, middleware platforms enabling the interoperability of diverse components and abstracting from the details of execution environments are increasingly important for software development.In order to simplify the software development process, tools are applied during various development phases. Basically, tools are programs used to support the development and deployment of applications. This comprises software development tools like CASE tools or integrated development environments, as well as on-line tools applied to applications under development at runtime.Although a lot of work is done in the field of off-line tools concentrating on the analysis, design, and implementation phases, there is a considerable lack of on-line tools for heterogeneous middleware environments that support the test and deployment phases. Existing systems are not suited for usage within such environments because of several drawbacks: They are mostly built for working on applications within simple and homogenous scenarios, do not support interoperability of simultaneously applied tools, and show an inflexible architecture that inhibits their extensibility. Particularly, existing tools do not...

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A phase-oriented method for developing management algorithms for CORBA applications

Debusmann¹

2001 IEEE/IFIP International Symposium on Integrated Network Management Proceedings. Integrated Network Management VII. Integra

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Automated CORBA-Based Application Management

Cited by 4 publications

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Using Message Reflection in a Management Architecture for CORBA

Using Message Reflection in a Management Architecture for CORBA

A methodology for efficiently developing on-line tools for heterogeneous middleware

A phase-oriented method for developing management algorithms for CORBA applications

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