Description
Book SynopsisOur society increasingly depends on computer-based systems; the number of applications deployed has increased dramatically in recent years and this trend is accelerating. Many of these applications are expected to provide their services continuously. The Service Availability Forum has recognized this need and developed a set of specifications to help software designers and developers to focus on the value added function of applications, leaving the availability management functions for the middleware.
A practical and informative reference for the Service Availability Forum specifications, this book gives a cohesive explanation of the founding principles, motivation behind the design of the specifications, and the solutions, usage scenarios and limitations that a final system may have. Avoiding complex mathematical explanations, the book takes a pragmatic approach by discussing issues that are as close as possible to the daily software design/development by practitioners, and yet at
Table of Contents
List of Contributors xiii
Foreword xv
Preface xix
Acknowledgments xxv
List of Abbreviations xxvii
Part I INTRODUCTION TO SERVICE AVAILABILITY
1 Definitions, Concepts, and Principles 3
Francis Tam
1.1 Introduction 3
1.2 Why Service Availability? 4
1.2.1 Dossier on Unavailability of Service 4
1.2.2 Issues and Challenges 5
1.3 Service Availability Fundamentals 6
1.3.1 System, Behavior, and Service 6
1.3.2 Dependable Computing Concepts 8
1.3.3 The Meaning of Availability 10
1.4 Achieving Service Availability 13
1.4.1 Following the Framework of Fault Tolerance 13
1.4.2 Redundancy is a Requisite 14
1.4.3 Dealing with Failures 16
1.4.4 Upgrade Matters 19
1.5 Conclusion 20
2 The Birth of the Service Availability Forum 23
Francis Tam
2.1 Introduction 23
2.2 Technology Environment 23
2.3 Business Environment 24
2.3.1 Ecosystem 25
2.3.2 COTS and Open Systems 26
2.4 The Service Availability Forum Era 27
2.5 Concluding Remarks 28
Part II THE SA FORUM SYSTEM: SERVICES AND FRAMEWORKS
3 Overview of the Service Availability Architecture 33
Dave Penkler
3.1 Introduction 33
3.1.1 Background and Business Context 33
3.1.2 Goals and Requirements 34
3.1.3 Service Availability Architecture Scope and Presentation 36
3.2 HA Concepts Applied 39
3.2.1 To Be or Not to Be High Availability Aware 39
3.2.2 HA Aware Application Perspective 42
3.3 Architecture 43
3.3.1 Basic Architectural Model 43
3.3.2 The AIS Services and Frameworks Architecture 47
3.3.3 Service Dependencies 58
3.4 Open Issues 59
3.4.1 The Optional Features Issue 60
3.4.2 Integrated AIS Service API 60
3.4.3 Common Low Level Communication Facility Interface 60
3.4.4 Common Distributed Process Management Interface 61
3.4.5 System Trace Service 61
3.4.6 Diagnostics Framework 61
3.4.7 Overload Control Framework 61
3.5 Conclusion 62
4 The SA Forum Information Model: The Heart of Control and Monitoring 63
Maria Toeroe
4.1 Introduction 63
4.2 Background 64
4.2.1 Management Models Out There 64
4.2.2 The SA Forum Needs 65
4.3 The SA Forum Information Model 67
4.3.1 Overview of the SA Forum Solution 67
4.3.2 Administrative and Management Aspects 80
4.3.3 Application Information Models 81
4.3.4 Open Issues and Recommendations 81
4.4 Conclusion 83
5 Consistent and High Level Platform View 85
Maria Toeroe
5.1 Introduction 85
5.2 Hardware Platform Interface 86
5.2.1 Background 86
5.2.2 Overview of the Hardware Platform Interface 87
5.2.3 The HPI Model 88
5.2.4 HPI Capability Discovery 93
5.2.5 Error Handling and Administrative Operations 94
5.2.6 Open Issues and Conclusions 95
5.3 Platform Management Service 96
5.3.1 The Conception of PLM 96
5.3.2 Overview of the SA Forum Platform Management 97
5.3.3 The PLM Information Model 98
5.3.4 Tracking of PLM Entities 107
5.3.5 Administrative and Management Aspects 110
5.3.6 Service Interaction 118
5.3.7 Open Issues and Conclusions 120
5.4 Cluster Membership Service 121
5.4.1 Background 121
5.4.2 Overview of the Cluster Membership Service 122
5.4.3 CLM Configuration: The Bootstrap Trap 125
5.4.4 Are You a Member? 126
5.4.5 Administrative and Management Aspects 127
5.4.6 Service Interaction 129
5.4.7 Open Issues 130
5.4.8 Recommendation 131
5.5 Conclusion 131
6 Model Based Availability Management: The Availability Management Framework 133
Maria Toeroe
6.1 Introduction 133
6.2 Background 134
6.2.1 Error Detection and Repair 134
6.2.2 Fault Zones and Error Escalation 135
6.2.3 Separation of Services from Serving Entities 136
6.2.4 Service Provisioning Roles 136
6.2.5 Delicacies of Service State Replication 137
6.3 The Availability Management Framework 138
6.3.1 Overview of the SA Forum Solution 138
6.3.2 Components and Component Service Instances 139
6.3.3 The AMF Information Model 148
6.3.4 Redundancy Models 167
6.3.5 The AMF Administrative Interface 176
6.3.6 Interactions Between AMF and Other AIS Services 187
6.3.7 Open Issues 190
6.3.8 Recommendation 191
6.4 Conclusion 191
7 Communication and Synchronization Utilities 193
Maria Toeroe and Sayandeb Saha
7.1 Introduction 193
7.2 Event Service 194
7.2.1 Background: Event Service Issues, Controversies, and Problems 194
7.2.2 Overview of the SA Forum Event Service 195
7.2.3 Event Service Architecture and Model 196
7.2.4 User Perspective 200
7.2.5 Administrative and Management Aspects 201
7.2.6 Service Interactions 201
7.2.7 Open Issues and Recommendations 202
7.3 Message Service 202
7.3.1 Need for Reliability and Load Distribution 202
7.3.2 Overview of the SA Forum Message Service 203
7.3.3 Message Service Architecture and Model 205
7.3.4 User Perspective 207
7.3.5 Administrative and Management Aspects 210
7.3.6 Service Interaction 210
7.3.7 Open Issues and Recommendations 211
7.4 Checkpoint Service 212
7.4.1 Background: Why Checkpoints 212
7.4.2 Overview of the SA Forum Checkpoint Service 213
7.4.3 Checkpoint Service Model 215
7.4.4 User Perspective 217
7.4.5 Administrative and Management Aspects 220
7.4.6 Service Interaction 221
7.4.7 Open Issues 222
7.4.8 Recommendation 222
7.5 Conclusion 223
7.5.1 Common Issue: Entity Names 223
7.5.2 Conclusion 223
8 Services Needed for System Management 227
Maria Toeroe
8.1 Introduction 227
8.2 Log Service 228
8.2.1 Background: Data, Data, and More Data 228
8.2.2 Overview of the SA Forum Solution 229
8.2.3 The LOG Information Model 231
8.2.4 User Perspective 232
8.2.5 Administrative and Management Aspects 233
8.2.6 Service Interaction 233
8.2.7 Open Issues and Recommendations 235
8.3 Notification Service 236
8.3.1 Background: Issues, Controversies, and Problems 236
8.3.2 Overview of the SA Forum Notification Service 237
8.3.3 User Perspective 239
8.3.4 Correlation of Notifications 241
8.3.5 Administrative and Management Aspects 243
8.3.6 Service Interaction 244
8.3.7 Open Issues and Recommendation 246
8.4 Information Model Management Service 247
8.4.1 Background: Issues, Controversies, and Problems 247
8.4.2 Overview of the SA Forum IMM Solution 249
8.4.3 The Object Manager API 251
8.4.4 The Object Implementer API 255
8.4.5 IMM XML File 258
8.4.6 Administrative and Management Aspects 258
8.4.7 Service Interaction 258
8.4.8 Open Issues 260
8.4.9 Recommendation 261
8.5 Conclusion 262
9 Model-Based Software Management: The Software Management Framework 265
Maria Toeroe
9.1 Introduction 265
9.2 Background 266
9.3 Software Management a la Carte 268
9.3.1 Overview of the SA Forum Solution 268
9.3.2 Entity Types File: Is It Eaten or Drunk by SMF? 271
9.3.3 The Upgrade Campaign and Its Specification 273
9.3.4 Upgrade Campaign Execution Status and Failure Handling 279
9.3.5 Administrative and Management Aspects 285
9.3.6 User Perspective 288
9.3.7 Service Interaction 289
9.3.8 Open Issues 291
9.3.9 Recommendation 292
9.4 Conclusion 294
10 Combining the Services 297
Maria Toeroe
10.1 Introduction 297
10.2 Application Design and Development 297
10.3 Application Platform Design 299
10.4 Operation and Maintenance 301
Part III SA FORUM MIDDLEWARE IN ACTION
11 SA Forum Programming Model and API Conventions 305
Francis Tam
11.1 Introduction 305
11.2 Programming Model 306
11.2.1 AIS Area Service Interfaces 306
11.2.2 Real-Time Support 306
11.2.3 Naming Conventions and Type Definitions 308
11.2.4 Usage Model and Library Life Cycle 309
11.2.5 Tracking 311
11.3 Making Sense of the API Specifications 312
11.3.1 Structure of Service API Specification 314
11.3.2 Administration API 315
11.4 Practical Topics 316
11.4.1 Interacting with POSIX 316
11.4.2 Allocating and Freeing Memory 319
11.4.3 Handling Pointers 319
11.4.4 Finding Out Implementation Limits 320
11.4.5 When an Area Service is Unavailable 321
11.4.6 Backward Compatibility 322
11.5 Concluding Remarks 322
12 SA Forum Java Mappings: Specifications, Usage, and Experience 325
Robert Hyerle and Jens Jensen
12.1 Introduction 325
12.2 Background 325
12.2.1 Early Exploration of Java Mappings in Hewlett–Packard 325
12.2.2 Java in Ericsson 326
12.2.3 The SA Forum Java Mapping Initiative 327
12.3 Understanding the Java Mappings 328
12.3.1 Java Application Integration Architecture 328
12.3.2 Naming 329
12.3.3 Package Structure 330
12.3.4 The Underlying Objects 330
12.3.5 Types 331
12.3.6 Parameters, Exceptions, and Method Signatures 332
12.3.7 Factories, Callbacks, and Life-cycles 333
12.3.8 Callbacks and the Selection Object in Java 334
12.4 Using the Java Mappings 335
12.4.1 Integrating AIS Services with Java Applications 335
12.4.2 Integrating AIS Services with Containerized Java Applications 342
12.4.3 AIS Services in Mixed Language and Mixed Implementation Environments 343
12.5 Going Further 343
12.5.1 The Java Mapping Roadmap 343
12.5.2 Related Java Standards and Other References 344
13 SA Forum Middleware Implementations 347
Mario Angelic and Ulrich Kleber
13.1 Introduction 347
13.1.1 OpenHPI 347
13.1.2 OpenSAF 348
13.2 The OpenHPI Project 348
13.2.1 Overview of the OpenHPI Solution 348
13.2.2 User Perspective 351
13.2.3 OpenHPI Tools 353
13.2.4 Open Issues and Recommendations 354
13.3 The OpenSAF Project 355
13.3.1 Background 355
13.3.2 OpenSAF Architecture 356
13.3.3 SA Forum Compliant Services 360
13.3.4 OpenSAF Infrastructure Services 364
13.3.5 Managing OpenSAF 365
13.3.6 Deploying OpenSAF 367
13.4 Conclusion 368
14 Integration of the VideoLAN Client with OpenSAF: An Example 371
Anik Mishra and Ali Kanso
14.1 Introduction 371
14.2 Going Under the Hood: The VLC Workflow 372
14.3 Integrating VLC with OpenSAF 373
14.3.1 Nonproxied-Non-SA-Aware Integration 374
14.3.2 SA-Aware VLC Integration 379
14.3.3 SA-Aware VLC with Service Continuity 384
14.4 Summary and Conclusion 387
15 Migration Paths for Legacy Applications 391
Mario Angelic
15.1 Introduction 391
15.2 Reasons for Migration 392
15.2.1 Benefits for System Owners 392
15.2.2 Benefits for ISVs 392
15.3 Integration Criteria 393
15.3.1 Main Factors 393
15.3.2 Easy Management 394
15.3.3 Streamlined Architecture 396
15.3.4 Code Quality 397
15.3.5 Integration Levels 397
15.4 How to Migrate 399
15.4.1 Availability Integration 399
15.4.2 Manageability Integration 409
15.5 Open Issues 413
15.6 Conclusion 413
16 Overcoming Complexity: Formal Modeling Techniques at the Rescue 415
Maria Toeroe and Ferhat Khendek
16.1 Introduction 415
16.2 Background 416
16.2.1 The Model-Based Approach 416
16.2.2 Starting Points in the Specifications 417
16.3 Model-Based Software Management 419
16.3.1 Configuration Model 419
16.3.2 Configuration Generation 420
16.3.3 Upgrade Campaign Generation 424
16.3.4 Analytical Models and How They Can Help 427
16.4 Conclusion 428
17 Conclusion 431
17.1 Summary 431
17.2 The Future 433
References 435
Index 443
