Orchestrating resources in a multilayer computing environment by sending an orchestration message between layers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016366252-A1
Application number	US-201514739032-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 15, 2015
Priority date	Jun 15, 2015
Publication date	Dec 15, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Software that generates a message containing program instructions for multiple layers in a multi-layer environment, by performing the following operations: (i) receiving an operation to perform across a multilayer computing environment; (ii) generating a message for performing the operation across the multilayer computing environment, wherein the message includes a plurality of layer portions, wherein each layer portion corresponds to a respective layer in the multilayer computing environment and includes computer program instructions for performing a set of sub-operation(s) of the operation; and (iii) orchestrating, by one or more processors, performance of the operation by sending the message between layers in the multilayer computing environment, wherein when the message is located at a respective layer, the layer performs its respective set of sub-operation(s) according to the computer program instructions included in the layer's respectively corresponding layer portion of the message.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors, an operation to perform across a multilayer computing environment; generating, by one or more processors, a message for performing the operation across the multilayer computing environment, wherein the message includes a plurality of layer portions, wherein each layer portion corresponds to a respective layer in the multilayer computing environment and includes computer program instructions for performing a set of sub-operation(s) of the operation; and orchestrating, by one or more processors, performance of the operation by sending the message between layers in the multilayer computing environment, wherein when the message is located at a respective layer, the layer performs its respective set of sub-operation(s) according to the computer program instructions included in the layer's respectively corresponding layer portion of the message.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the multilayer computing environment is a cloud computing environment.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the layers in the multilayer computing environment include at least two of the following: an application layer, a platform layer, and an infrastructure layer.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein each layer portion of the message is modifiable by the layer portion's respectively corresponding layer in the multilayer computing environment.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein at least one layer in the multilayer computing environment modifies its respectively corresponding layer portion by appending the results of the performance of the layer's respective set of sub-operation(s) to the layer portion.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the message follows a composite design pattern, wherein a first layer portion corresponding to a first layer in the multilayer computing environment is nested within a second layer portion corresponding to a second layer in the multilayer computing environment.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the message further includes an orchestration plan indicating at least a first sending layer in the multilayer computing environment and a first receiving layer in the multilayer computing environment, wherein the first sending layer is to send the message to the first receiving layer according to the orchestration plan.

8 . A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon:
first instructions executable by a device to cause the device to receive an operation to perform across a multilayer computing environment; second instructions executable by the device to cause the device to generate a message for performing the operation across the multilayer computing environment, wherein the message includes a plurality of layer portions, wherein each layer portion corresponds to a respective layer in the multilayer computing environment and includes computer program instructions for performing a set of sub-operation(s) of the operation; and third instructions executable by the device to cause the device to orchestrate performance of the operation by sending the message between layers in the multilayer computing environment, wherein when the message is located at a respective layer, the layer performs its respective set of sub-operation(s) according to the computer program instructions included in the layer's respectively corresponding layer portion of the message.

9 . The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the multilayer computing environment is a cloud computing environment.

10 . The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the layers in the multilayer computing environment include at least two of the following: an application layer, a platform layer, and an infrastructure layer.

11 . The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein each layer portion of the message is modifiable by the layer portion's respectively corresponding layer in the multilayer computing environment.

12 . The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein at least one layer in the multilayer computing environment modifies its respectively corresponding layer portion by appending the results of the performance of the layer's respective set of sub-operation(s) to the layer portion.

13 . The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the message follows a composite design pattern, wherein a first layer portion corresponding to a first layer in the multilayer computing environment is nested within a second layer portion corresponding to a second layer in the multilayer computing environment.

14 . The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the message further includes an orchestration plan indicating at least a first sending layer in the multilayer computing environment and a first receiving layer in the multilayer computing environment, wherein the first sending layer is to send the message to the first receiving layer according to the orchestration plan.

15 . A computer system comprising:
a processor(s) set; and a computer readable storage medium; wherein: the processor set is structured, located, connected and/or programmed to execute instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium; and the instructions include:
first instructions executable by the processor set to cause the system to receive an operation to perform across a multilayer computing environment;
second instructions executable by the processor set to cause the system to generate a message for performing the operation across the multilayer computing environment, wherein the message includes a plurality of layer portions, wherein each layer portion corresponds to a respective layer in the multilayer computing environment and includes computer program instructions for performing a set of sub-operation(s) of the operation; and
third instructions executable the processor set to cause the system to orchestrate performance of the operation by sending the message between layers in the multilayer computing environment, wherein when the message is located at a respective layer, the layer performs its respective set of sub-operation(s) according to the computer program instructions included in the layer's respectively corresponding layer portion of the message.

16 . The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the multilayer computing environment is a cloud computing environment.

17 . The computer system of claim 16 , wherein the layers in the multilayer computing environment include at least two of the following: an application layer, a platform layer, and an infrastructure layer.

18 . The computer system of claim 15 , wherein:
each layer portion of the message is modifiable by the layer portion's respectively corresponding layer in the multilayer computing environment; and at least one layer in the multilayer computing environment modifies its respectively corresponding layer portion by appending the results of the performance of the layer's respective set of sub-operation(s) to the layer portion.

19 . The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the message follows a composite design pattern, wherein a first layer portion corresponding to a first layer in the multilayer computing environment is nested within a second layer portion corresponding to a second layer in the multilayer computing environment.

20 . The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the message further includes an orchestration plan indicating at least a first sending layer in the multilayer computing environment and a first receiv

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Chefalas Thomas E
• Egle David M
• Hiebert Daniel L
• Jurgensen Dennis D
• Meyer Iii Arthur J
• Schultz David M
• Singh Peter A

Classifications

• H04L69/30 Primary

  Definitions, standards or architectural aspects of layered protocol stacks · CPC title

• H04L67/10

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title

• G06F9/5038

  considering the execution order of a plurality of tasks, e.g. taking priority or time dependency constraints into consideration (scheduling strategies G06F9/4881 and subgroups) · CPC title

• G06F9/5066

  Algorithms for mapping a plurality of inter-dependent sub-tasks onto a plurality of physical CPUs (mappping at compile time, see G06F8/451) · CPC title

• G06F9/547

  Remote procedure calls [RPC]; Web services · CPC title