Systems and methods for providing stable deployments to mainframe environments

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11086757-B1
Application number	US-201916438660-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jun 12, 2019
Priority date	Jun 12, 2019
Publication date	Aug 10, 2021
Grant date	Aug 10, 2021

Abstract

A mainframe deployment device for deploying code to a mainframe device in a stable, self-correcting manner is described. The mainframe deployment device is configured to receive a code section from the software management device, identify a set of valid sub-components from the code section using a dispatcher service associated with the dispatcher device, identify a set of elements in the code section identified for deployment, request the at least one testing service to perform at least one set of code diagnostics to determine whether the code section satisfies build requirements, attempt to create a deployment package from the code section, identify a production program running on the mainframe device, compare the production program to the deployment package to identify a set of synchronization errors, resolve the synchronization errors, and deploy the deployment package to the mainframe device upon resolving the set of synchronization errors.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mainframe deployment system for deploying code to a mainframe device in a stable, self-correcting manner, comprising:
a software management device;
a dispatcher device;
at least one testing service;
a mainframe device; and
a mainframe deployment device including a processor and a memory device,
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive a code section from the software management device, wherein the code section includes a status identifier;
upon determining that the status identifier is complete, identify a set of valid sub-components from the code section using a dispatcher service associated with the dispatcher device;
upon determining that the identified set of valid sub-components are capable of creating a build, identify a set of elements in the code section identified for deployment;
upon determining that the set of elements in the code section are deployable, request the at least one testing service to perform at least one set of code diagnostics to determine whether the code section satisfies build requirements;
upon determining that the at least one set of code diagnostics satisfies a diagnostic goal for mainframe stability, create a deployment package from the code section;
upon successfully creating the deployment package, transmit a cast request to perform a package casting process using the deployment package;
upon determining that the package casting process succeeded, identify a production program running on the mainframe device;
compare the production program to the deployment package to identify a set of synchronization errors;
resolve the set of synchronization errors; and
deploy the deployment package to the mainframe device upon resolving the set of synchronization errors.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
identify discrepancies between the deployment package and the production program; and
upon determining that the discrepancies do not cause a failure, automatically resolve the set of synchronization errors and deploy the deployment package to the mainframe device.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
identify discrepancies between the deployment package and the production program;
transmit a message to a system messaging device to request a synchronization resolution;
upon receipt of the synchronization resolution indicating that the discrepancies are resolvable, resolve the set of synchronization errors based on the synchronization resolution; and
deploy the deployment package to the mainframe device.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
perform a first code analysis of the code section to identify a code quality associated with the code section;
identify a predefined threshold for code quality; and
upon determining that the code section exceeds the predefined threshold, deploy the deployment package to the mainframe device.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
perform a first code coverage analysis of the code section to identify a code coverage score;
identify a predefined threshold for code coverage; and
upon determining that the code section exceeds the predefined threshold, deploy the deployment package to the mainframe device.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
transmit a message to a system messaging device to request an approval for deployment of the code section; and
upon receiving the approval for deployment, deploy the deployment package to the mainframe.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
upon deployment of the deployment package, request the at least one testing service to perform a set of post-deployment testing to obtain a post-deployment testing score;
identify a predefined threshold for the post-deployment testing score; and
upon determining that the post-deployment testing score exceeds the predefined threshold, identifying the deployment as stable.

8. A mainframe deployment device for deploying code to a mainframe device in a stable, self-correcting manner, the mainframe deployment device including a processor and a memory device, the mainframe deployment device in communication with a software management device, a dispatcher device, at least one testing device, and a mainframe device, wherein the processor is configured to:
receive a code section from the software management device, wherein the code section includes a status identifier;
upon determining that the status identifier is complete, identify a set of valid sub-components from the code section using a dispatcher service associated with the dispatcher device;
upon determining that the identified set of valid sub-components are capable of creating a build, identify a set of elements in the code section identified for deployment;
upon determining that the set of elements in the code section are deployable, request the at least one testing service to perform at least one set of code diagnostics to determine whether the code section satisfies build requirements;
upon determining that the at least one set of code diagnostics satisfies a diagnostic goal for mainframe stability, create a deployment package from the code section;
upon successfully creating the deployment package, transmit a cast request to perform a package casting process using the deployment package;
upon determining that the package casting process succeeded, identify a production program running on the mainframe device;
compare the production program to the deployment package to identify a set of synchronization errors;
resolve the set of synchronization errors; and
deploy the deployment package to the mainframe device upon resolving the set of synchronization errors.

9. The mainframe deployment device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
identify discrepancies between the deployment package and the production program; and
upon determining that the discrepancies do not cause a failure, automatically resolve the set of synchronization errors and deploy the deployment package to the mainframe device.

10. The mainframe deployment device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
identify discrepancies between the deployment package and the production program;
transmit a message to a system messaging device to request a synchronization resolution;
upon receipt of the synchronization resolution indicating that the discrepancies are resolvable, resolve the set of synchronization errors based on the synchronization resolution; and
deploy the deployment package to the mainframe device.

11. The mainframe deployment device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
perform a first code analysis of the code section to identify a code quality associated with the code section;
identify a predefined threshold for code quality; and
upon determining that the code section exceeds the predefined threshold, deploy the deployment package to the mainframe device.

12. The mainframe deployment device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
perform a first code coverage analysis of the code section to identify a code coverage score;
identify a predefined threshold for code coverage; and
upon determining that the code section exceeds the predefined threshold, deploy the deployment package to the mainframe device.

13. The mainframe deployment device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
transmit a message to a system messaging device to request an approval for deploy

Assignees

• Express Scripts Strategic Dev Inc

Inventors

• Ciliberti John
• Garside Thomas W

Classifications

• G06F8/75

  Structural analysis for program understanding · CPC title

• G06F8/658

  Incremental updates; Differential updates · CPC title

• G06F8/656

  while running · CPC title

• G06F8/71

  Version control (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57); Configuration management · CPC title

• G06F11/3692

  for test results analysis · CPC title