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A system is for managing an application enterprise, wherein the application enterprise includes a plurality of distributed instances of a plurality of applications. The system includes a plurality of application blueprints, each application blueprint modeling a separate application. An enterprise data store is to hold enterprise data, representative of one or more states of the instances, according to the application blueprints. An application enterprise bus provides a standard interface to the enterprise data. A plurality of enterprise data access tools that each access the enterprise data via the application enterprise bus and provide a view of the current state of the application enterprise based thereon.
1. A system for managing an application enterprise, wherein the application enterprise includes a plurality of distributed instances of a plurality of applications, comprising:
a plurality of application blueprints, each application blueprint modeling a separate application;
an enterprise data store to hold enterprise data, representative of one or more states of the instances, according to the application blueprints;
an application enterprise bus providing a standard interface to the enterprise data; and
a plurality of enterprise data access tools that each access the enterprise data via the application enterprise bus and provide a view of the current state of the application enterprise based thereon.
2. The system of
3. The system of
the application enterprise bus defines a plurality of objects, each object characterized by a separate data model view of the application enterprise bus; and
the enterprise data access tools operate on the objects.
4. The system of
the organization tools include a tool to communicate at least one image of the application instances between the system and processes outside the system.
5. The system of
the tool to communicate the at least one image communicates the at least one image in a portable data format.
6. The system of
the enterprise data access tools operating on the objects collectively accomplish management of the application enterprise.
7. The system of
at least one of the applications includes at least one associated component;
the at least one associated component is modeled by a component blueprint.
8. The system of
the component blueprint is referred to by the application blueprint modeling the application including the component.
9. The system of
the application blueprints identify host types, and each host type is characterized by at least one associated component.
10. The system of
the application blueprints further include rules characterizing interactions between the components.
11. The system of
the at least one associated component being modeled by a component blueprint includes the component blueprint providing a data model of the associated component.
12. The system of
the component blueprint includes categorizations and weights associated with the data elements in the associated component data model.
13. The system of
means for discovering installed components and applications on computational devices.
14. The system of
the discovering means includes at least one agent process.
15. The system of
wherein the at least one agent process is associated with at least one of the computational devices and, based on rules in the component blueprints, is configured to provide information about the components for that at least one associated computational device.
16. The system of
a discovery process configured to interact with the at least one agent process to coordinate execution of the at least one agent process and to correlate information provided by the at least one agent process to generate an image of the application instances.
17. The system of
the discovery process is configured to search for components in the application enterprise based on at least one of the application blueprints.
18. The system of
the at least one of the application blueprints includes component blueprints, and
searching for components in the application enterprise includes locating and verifying components based on the component blueprints included in the at least one of the application blueprints.
19. The system of
the discovery process is configured to
search for and find components in the application enterprise without regard for particular applications to which the components belong; and
in addition to generating the image of the application instances, build at least one application blueprint based on the found components.
20. The system of
a refresh process configured to search for changes in the components of the application enterprise from an execution of a previous refresh process or discovery process.
21. The system of
an archive process configured to archive the image of the application images as a snapshot image.
22. The system of
a compare process configured to compare a first image of the application instances to a second image of the application instances.
23. The system of
the first image of the application instances and the second images of the application instances are image of the same application instances, at different times.
24. The system of
the first image of the application instances and the second image of the application instances are images of different application instances.
25. The system of
the compare process is configured to compare images of application instances across space.
26. The system of
a compare process configured to compare a first portion of an image of the application instances to a second portion of the same image of the application instances.
27. The system of
the component blueprint includes an indication of weighting and categories usable to tune the comparison.
28. The system of
the component blueprint is configured to indicate relative importance of differences found during execution of the compare process.
29. The system of
the differences are weighted and categorized according to the component blueprint configuration.
30. The system of
a process configured to discover elements of a deployment and to generate an image of the application instances based thereon; and
a verification process configured to process the image of the application instances to verify compliance with a plurality of rules.
31. The system of
the rules define constraints on the deployment.
32. The system of
the constraints on the deployment include limitations on values of characteristics of the deployment.
33. The system of
the constraints on the deployment include limitations on a particular value of a characteristic relative to values of other characteristics.
34. The system of
the rules are characterized by a severity level.
35. The system of
the rules are defined in at the component blueprint.
36. The system of
at least some of the rules are defined by implication based on restrictions and specifications in the component blueprint.
37. The system of
a process to export an image of the application instances from the system.
38. The system of
communication tools configured to provide multiple users access to addressable portions of an image of the application instances.
39. The system of
the communication tools include e-mail configured to include a link to the addressable portions of the image of the application instances.
40. The system of
the communications tools include tools to correspond notes and rules to addressable portions of the image of the application instances.
41. The system of
a process configured to process an image of the application instances to provide a view of the application enterprise configured to a particular user.
42. The system of
the process configured to process the image of the application instances to provide a view of the application enterprise includes processing to control access to particular portions of the image of the application instances based on predetermined functional constraints.
43. The system of
the functional constraints are based on characteristics associated with a particular user.
44. The system of
the functional constraints are based on characteristics associated with a particular function.
45. The system of
an integrated process configured to process the image of the application instances according to a standard interface.
46. The system of
the integrated process is configured to provide data to the image of the application instances.
47. The system of
the integrated process is configured to accept data from the image of the application instances.
48. The system of
the processing to control access to particular portions of the image of the application instances is driven by data in an enterprise directory.
49. The system of
a process for accomplishing transactions across the application enterprise.
50. The system of
the process for accomplishing transactions includes a process to accomplish a replication operation.
51. The system of
the replication operation is based on an image of the application instances.
52. The system of
the replication operation being based on an image of the application instances includes the replication operation being based on differences determined as a result of a comparison between at least two images of the application instances.
53. The system of
the process for accomplishing transactions includes a process to accomplish a repair operation.
54. The system of
the repair operation is based on an image of the application instances.
55. The system of
the repair operation being based on an image of the application instances includes the repair operation being based on non-compliance to rules associated with the application blueprints.
56. The system of
the process for accomplishing transactions includes a process to accomplish an installation operation.
57. The system of
the installation operation is based on the application blueprints.
58. The system of
the process for accomplishing transactions includes a process to change parameters associated with the applications.
59. The system of
the process to change parameters associated with the applications is an update transaction.
60. The system of
the update transaction operates based on a patch blueprint.
61. The system of
the process to change parameters associated with applications is a tuning transaction.
62. The system of
the tuning transaction operations to change configuration parameters only.
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Even experienced development organizations find themselves struggling with the rapid deployment and support of new online technologies. Despite the web's standardizing influence on emerging technologies, the development, deployment and operations processes that evolve around each application are anything but standardized. We refer to the organizations, processes and tools that exist in support of an application as the Application Enterprise. The Application Enterprise includes not only the application itself, but also such things as configuration parameters, data, release notes, deployment tools, operations tools and execution environments, in other words, components that span development, deployment and operations activity.
Effective development teams typically employ experienced staff to properly structure their environments and processes. Tools are selected by development groups (IDEs, source control systems, bug tracking), by operations and support groups (package installation, change management and operational monitoring tools) and by managers (project tracking tools) according to best practices and their individual experiences. However, even if thought can be given ahead of time to the interaction of these tools, they usually become segregated by organization because they are not designed to interoperate. Typically, custom scripts, flat files and informal processes are developed to bridge the gap between development, deployment and operations environments, often in haste as problems are identified. In each Application Enterprise therefore, an assortment of fragile tools and ad-hoc solutions evolve, creating one-of-a-kind environments understood and managed by critical individuals, typically of which there are only a small number. Development and operations teams spend valuable time learning and struggling with the custom components, unable to leverage previous experience with similar tasks.
Compounding this is the lack of documentation and the use of non-standard tools and processes that characterize organizational interfaces in the Application Enterprise. Without standard tools, inefficiencies occur and wheels are reinvented to solve recurring problems. Custom build environments are developed. Informal scripts are written to package and move applications from one environment to another. Flat files are adopted as a means to define configuration parameters and whole teams are assembled to structure, parameterize and propagate applications. Each ad-hoc tool that is written becomes part of the application itself. This often goes unrecognized, leading to poorly or completely undocumented application components. Undocumented tools and processes lead to installation and execution errors. Releases are delayed and downtime increases. Ultimately, thrashing and finger pointing occurs between development, support and operations groups as the failures fall into gaps between the organizations.
Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) that develop complex, configurable products for their customers quickly recognize the importance of structuring their deployments. The ability to parameterize an application, to train customers on the meaning and tuning of those parameters, and the ability to troubleshoot a system after installation are important application features. The challenge for these organizations is to minimize the development and maintenance costs of deployment and maintenance tools. Building infrastructure of this type can defocus an organization from its core development tasks and can significantly inflate the team needed to deliver and maintain a product. Organizations attempt to decrease lifecycle costs by developing robust deployment tools, but the development involved can in the long run drive up costs, adding new components to the system without creating unique value for the product.
Many product organizations recognize the symptoms of process breakdown within the Application Enterprise. Unfortunately, solutions can be as elusive as an understanding of the problem itself.
Distributed infrastructure for lifecycle management of an application, using a common model of the application A solution is provided that feeds forward information from development to other phases such as, the quality assurance phase to operations and support environments. Status and parameterization is fed back from operating environments, such as, to interested support, QA, and development staff. In all phases, a common model of the application is provided so that participants speak in common terms and use common tools to manipulate application components.
Distributed infrastructure for lifecycle management of an application, using a common model of the application A solution is provided that feeds forward information from development to other phases such as, the quality assurance phase to operations and support environments. Status and parameterization is fed back from operating environments, such as, to interested support, QA, and development staff. In all phases, a common model of the application is provided so that participants speak in common terms and use common tools to manipulate application components.
The Application Enterprise Bus (AEB) includes, in some examples, a suite of data models, tools and interfaces integrating development, test, deployment, support and operations tasks. Once exposed to the AEB, an application's structure, parameterization and operating status are visible and manageable by participants in the Application Enterprise. The AEB, for example, provides release management, configuration management, packaging and deployment tools. It facilitates applications to be structured in development, configured in the deployment phase, and moved into an operational environment without custom tools. Once installed, applications can be viewed securely in their operating environment, maintained by support and development staff and troubleshot through a common view onto the system. Operations can integrate monitoring tools to the AEB, enabling them with visibility of application structure and parameterization, while at the same time exposing information from the live system to support and development.
The technical components of the example AEB include:
The AEB, like a "traditional bus" operates according to standard interfaces for modular system components. In this case, the system whose interfaces are to be standardized is the Application Enterprise (including development, deployment and operations tasks). The AEB integrates tools and data representations used by IT, support departments, operations and development organizations. Additionally, the bus allows tools to be introduced to bridge the gaps between organizations, providing a unified toolkit and view of application components.
The AEB defines a set of objects, each with its own data model. These objects can be created, viewed and manipulated by tools connected to the AEB. These objects include; for example:
Development organizations maintain strict control over source code, data and known system bugs. It is less common during the development phase to directly consider deployment and operational issues. The AEB, through its interfaces to the development environment, provides the ability to address these issues up front. Deployment and operational factors impacting or caused by the development organization include; for example:
To address these issues, the AEB facilitates developers to structure and expose application configuration, scripts, and release notes to the application bus. Developers can identify application assets as they are defined during the development phase. Via integration with the IDE, or through a developer's use of the Product Release View, elements in or outside of the source control system can be identified as deployment assets. After identification, these assets are visible as part of the application object and can be viewed and managed through the on dashboard AEB. Views (i.e. visibility)and actions are available whether the object remains in development, is packaged and about to be deployed, or is deployed and in operation.
Release Management
Applications are typically an assembly of built products (libraries and executables), content, configuration parameters, scripts, policies, third party applications, documentation and supporting files. Product organizations generally have one or more "buildmeisters" who are responsible to schedule builds, manage build products and package the build products as applications for delivery to operational environments. Packages are versioned and correlated with labels or branches in the source control system and bug reports are correlated with the released package. The Product Manager tool is used to organize the packaging, versioning and correlation of application components. It saves the buildmeister from writing custom tools for this purpose, as happens in most development organizations. The Product Manager is a bridge from the AEB to the build, bug tracking, and source control systems. The Product Manager is compatible with common source control applications (ClearCase, CVS, SourceSafe) bug tracking; build technologies, and packaging tools. The Product Manager gathers targets from the build environment, packaging them into an application object that is connectable to the AEB. The Product Manager's packaging is compatible with existing package formats (tar, jar, RPM, InstallShield, CAB, cpio).
The Product Manager is flexible such that it can be connected at whatever level the organization desires or requires. A simple linkage can be set up at first, for example, wrapping existing packages with the Product Manager then using the AEB to move and manage the package to operations. With time, more functions can be migrated to the Product Manager, making more elements of the application visible to the AEB. Flexibility of the interface and the ability to evolve integration of release processes to the AEB are desirable features of the Product Manager.
Propagation Policies
Applications are characterized by policies that define a way to move them between build and execution environments (development, QA, staging, operations). Policies, such as check-offs from one group to another, tracking of issues and documentation of application status can be organized and managed through the Product Manager. When products are ready for deployment (using the Installer, see below), policies are enforced and movement activities are tracked and can be audited.
A deployed application is a packaged product, configured and deployed to an execution environment. The target host group may include, for example, various types of servers, network elements, storage, data and supporting software components. Structured deployment of a package to a target environment uses an environment description, and typically assumes that the incoming package is sized and parameterized for that environment. The interface between development and operations with respect to product deployment is typically unique for each product, worked out between the groups according to each one's capabilities. Sometimes complete system images are delivered to operations; sometimes only data, content and a few executables are delivered, and IT or operations sets up system components (hardware and/or software) to support the product. In most cases, a deployment team adds parameterization to the product as it is moved into production, to specifically configure it for the target execution environment.
The ability to define an execution environment and to inspect the implementation of the definition (for example to verify it) is provided by the Execution Environment Builder. Using a common view through the Application Enterprise Dashboard, development, support and operations staff can see and understand the target environment and visualize how an application package maps onto it. Parameterization can move in both directions, facilitating developers to define and document configurations to operations and support, while enabling the export of operational configurations to development and support environments. This addresses a fundamental set of issues that arise between development, support and operations; such as:
Component Blueprints are supplied for the construction of execution environments, allowing drag-drop style definition of target systems. Component Blueprints provide built in knowledge of component structure, installed footprint, dependencies, and parameterization for system setup and tuning. Component Blueprints are defined for all layers, from hardware, networking, firewalls, to load-balancers, operating systems (NT, Win2000, Unix), application platforms (Net, J2EE, ), web-servers (IIS, Apache, iPlanet), databases (Oracle, SQL Server, DB2) and application suites (SAP, PeopleSoft, Siebel). Once defined, application components and configuration parameters can be viewed, queried and modified through the Application Enterprise Dashboard.
Installation Tools
The Installer moves application packages and their parameterization and updates from the development or deployment environment to an operations environment. Often a firewall is in place between these organizations to prevent un-audited modification of executing software, or to prevent non-operations staff from accessing data in the operations environment. The Installer provides secure, audited movement of packages to operations and ensures proper deployment of products to selected machines.
Many issues associated with application configuration and installation are addressed by the Installer.
The Installer in conjunction with the Release Manager implements transactional installation/deinstallation, roll-in/roll-out of patches and tuning of parameters in such a way that changes are recognized and automatically organized into deployment patches
Releases are application versions managed by the Release Manager. One step in the workflow of application installation is the check-off that exposes a version as a Release. This function is reversible, allowing a release to be decommissioned when it is obsolete, or withdrawn as an installation candidate if problems are discovered.
Once checked off, the Installer is employed to install a Release to one or more execution environments. The installation process combines a Product application object with an Environment object to map the virtual application to a specific target. At this time, configuration parameters identified by development are visible to the deployment team through the Installation View. Data, environment variables, runtime parameters and other configuration can be populated and verified. Once the configuration has been specified and verified, installation can take place. This involves securely moving application components to their targets, placing components where they belong and verifying that all of the parts are accounted for and are in place. Installation may include the placement of application products on a configured server, or complete imaging of the servers with applications components included. The Installer operates in either mode. Installation workflows can be defined, ordering the installation of components, running scripts, and prompting for feedback during the process. Because installations are transactional, they can be aborted and rolled back at any point in the workflow.
After component installation, a common problem is inability to 'bring the system up'. This may be due to application misconfiguration, missing components, bad data, hardware/network failure, software version incompatibilities or other problems. The Installer and Development Interfaces can help to structure an application so that misconfiguration and missing components are minimized or eliminated. But beyond application structuring, the Installer allows OS independent application bring-up to be scripted, and made visible to the AEB. The Installer handles security and OS specific tasks on installation, allowing the application to be activated and deactivated from the Installer View. The Activation step is often overlooked until an application is first deployed and it becomes the operations team's task to script system bring up and debug problems as they occur. By explicitly defining Activation as an application component and by providing tools to structure and automate the process, Cendura fills a critical gap in the Application Enterprise is filled.
Updating installed systems and tuning application parameters are common, although not always well structured, tasks in the Application Enterprise. Through product definition with the Release Manager, partial updates are applied to installed system, using similar (if not the same) process and interfaces as installation. The Installer optimizes updates by installing only those components that have changed, speeding the deployment of patches, thus minimizing downtime for updates.
The tuning of installed applications is called adaptation. Many parts of an application are tunable, including parameters from hardware, OS, application and network levels. Both the Installer View and Environment View facilitate enabled users to view and modify parameters that have been exposed to the AEB. All changes are recorded for auditability, and may be rolled back if needed. This capability addresses two fundamental issues in the Application Enterprise. First, explicit definition of tunable parameters helps to document the variables that control application behavior. Second, auditable control over adaptation keeps undocumented changed from creeping into the system, giving operators confidence to allow support and development staff access to the system for troubleshooting.
Data model of an application—abstract blueprint.
(a) Layered, with nesting.
The Application Blueprint describes the generic structure of a software application. It is an abstract model that is not specific to a particular deployed instance. The application may at first be decomposed into (potentially nested) sub-applications. Sub-applications are independent units within the larger application structure, that may be separately maintained or released within the Application Enterprise. For example a billing system or streaming video capability may be considered a sub-application within a larger customer facing service. Within the sub-application (or the application, if no sub applications exist), specific host types are identified. Distributed applications typically have different types of computational servers performing specialized functions such as serving web pages or acting as a database server. Each host type has a set of associated components, potentially nested.
The application blueprint data model represents the structure shown in
Component Blueprint
The component blueprint, an example of which is illustrated in
The Managed container holds rules for determining the 'parts-list' of the component, identifying all of the pieces belonging to the component, including files, data, registry values, directory server sub-trees or other resources available through interfaces. Overlays can be provided that define rules, annotation and categorization of individual managed elements.
The Configuration container enumerates and defines all of the configuration 'knobs' for the component. Structure classes can be provided that define how to parse configuration information, rules, annotation and interpretive information for each configuration element.
The Runtime container identifies the components runtime signature, including processes, log files and other resources uses or modified while the component is running.
The Documentation container collects documentation from the component vendor into one location. This includes files, web pages, data and the output of executables.
The Diagnostics and Utilities containers organize executables that can be used to respectively administer or troubleshoot the component. Executables and scripts are exposed, along with common parameterizations as Diagnostics/Utility files. Sequences of actions and conditional logic can be chained together as Macros, allowing typically sequential activities to be gathered together and executed as a unit.
Elements in the blueprint can be categorized and weighted. Categorization facilitates any number of descriptors such as "Security" or "Performance" to be associated with an element. These act as attributes that can be queried for during operations executed against a discovered component. Weights allow the importance of elements in the blueprint to be identified. This allows operations on discovered components to be tuned so that only the most relevant elements are considered.
Software components can be defined using the same component blueprint data model. This normalization process facilitates all components to be stored and viewed similarly. Users not familiar with a given component are able to find and work with information in the model because of this normalization.
2. Discovery
Discovery is the process of locating installed components and applications on a set of hosts. The mechanism of discovery is to, in parallel, query an agent software process running on each host that is to be interrogated. The agent process looks for the indicators defined in the component blueprints and reports the results back to a centralized server. At the centralized server, results from all of the agents are correlated into a complete image of the deployment. The results of discovery are stored in a database from which they can be retrieved, viewed and updated.
(a) Refresh
After a deployment has been discovered, elements among the managed components may change. For example files may be moved or configuration parameters may be updated. To get a current image of the deployment, and to update the stored deployment image in the database, the deployment may be refreshed. During refresh, agents on each managed host are asked to review all of the managed components, and report differences to the server. The time stamped, updated deployment image is stored in place of the previous deployment image.
(b) Snapshot
To retain an image of a discovered deployment, so that refresh operations do not cause historical information to be lost, a snapshot can be taken. A snapshot causes a duplicate copy of the deployment image to be created in a database. This image is marked as a snapshot and subsequently cannot be modified, since it is a historical record that should remain unchanged from the time that the snapshot is taken.
(c) Compare
Comparison can be used to determine if a deployment is drifting away from a standardized configuration (a gold-standard or template), or it can be used to investigate the difference between different deployments, or the same deployment across time.
(d) Verification
Verification is the process of running rules that have been defined on the elements of a deployment image or snapshot. Rules are Boolean expressions involving the value of one or more elements, or the values of element attributes. All elements in a deployment have a value (for example the value of a registry key is its defined value), and all elements have attributes, which are name-value pairs (for example a managed file has an attribute called size, which is the number of bytes in the file).
Rules are used to define a set of constraints on the deployment image. They can limit a value, or constrain one value relative to another. All rules return a Boolean result, true or false. Rules are assigned a severity, allowing selection at verification time of the severity level or rules to run.
Rules can be defined in the component blueprint, or a rule can be defined directly on the deployment. If defined on the blueprint, the rule is attached to the deployment when it is discovered. Many rules are automatically generated, and these are called implicit rules. Implicit rules are created from data type restrictions and default value specification. When an element has it's data type defined in a component blueprint, a rule is generated that will fail if the value of that element does not conform to the data type. If an element has a default value (a value that the system will use if no other value is defined, for example in a configuration file), then an implicit default value rule will be generated.
When verification is rule, a severity level is chosen, and type set of rules to execute is defined. One constraint on the set of rules to rule is the rule type. Rule types include Component Blueprint rules, Deployment rules, and default value Rules.
(e) Export/Import
In addition to a common data model, a portable representation of the model and its contents is defined. The portable format allows deployment images to be exported from one data store, and imported to another. An exported blueprint, deployment or snapshot image is represented in a single file that can be encrypted and easily be moved from one location to another. This allows comparison and verification to take place away from the actual physical location of the deployment. ISVs for example can utilize this capability to take exported images of customer installations and import them within their support organizations to help troubleshoot problems. The export format can also be used for archiving since it is a space efficient representation of the deployment image.
(f) Communication
The deployment image can be used as a communication tool that binds together members of the Application Enterprise. Links into the image can be embedded into conventional communication tools, like e-mail so that co-workers can communicate effectively about the exact location of issues within the deployment image. Notes and rules can be attached to the application and component blueprints, or do deployment images allowing members to annotate the application with information at precise locations within the data model.
Organizations outside of development and operations (for example finance, marketing or sales) may require visibility to portions of the Application Enterprise. Even customers may want access so that they can verify application parameters, verify system functions and 'feel comfortable' that their applications are running and are well managed. Via a secured Custom View, guests, customers and/or other users can be granted access to any or all products and execution environments plugged into the Application Enterprise Bus. This is a powerful extension, allowing controlled and auditable access to what is conventionally a closed environment. Access control can be configured so that only selected objects are visible and selected operations are enabled.
A common view shared by all associated organizations and customers helps to expedite troubleshooting during periods of application instability, helps all parties to plan future releases and strategies, and provides a common vocabulary and understanding of how the application runs and how it is developed and released.
From both the development and operations environments, the open interfaces of Application Enterprise Bus allow integration of all parts of an Application Enterprise into a common view. Project management, Schema and OO design tools can be plugged into the bus via standard interfaces. Schema design, for example can be used to provide operations staff and DBAs a sophisticated view of database, triggers, stored procedures and constraints that they would otherwise not be afforded. Alternatively, operational tools (e.g. HP OpenView, Tivioli, Unicenter) can be integrated into the bus, providing developers a view onto the running system. Because these custom tools are accessed through the Application Enterprise Bus, the applications associated with each capability do not have to be installed (saving license costs). The Application Enterprise Bus can be used effectively as an application integration platform.
Custom tools can also be plugged into the Application Enterprise Bus. For example an interface could be developed that allows managers or customers to request summaries of source control system activity, correlated with filed bugs. The custom plug-in would in this case consist of a wrapper around scripts executed against the source control and bug tracking systems.
4. Security
(a) Access Control to the Schema
Access control is configurable to restrict views and/or application objects across the user base. Well-managed security implementations require that policy be coherent and fully documented by a team of security experts. While it is often the case that policies are documented, it is rarely true that implementation of the policy can be accurately or conveniently tracked. The Product Manager allows security policies and associated parameterizations to be defined, viewed and managed from a single interface. This provides a powerful capability to centralize security policy, allowing only those individuals responsible for and knowledgeable of the policies to control their implementation. The security policy of an application can be audited from a single place and those responsible for security within an organization can be assured that the policy is defined and implemented correctly
(b) Access Control to Application Object
Users within the Application Enterprise have different needs and restrictions as they view and act on deployment images. Users can be restricted to read, write, or execute access on any object or function within the deployment image. Access can also be controlled to the meta-data, for example the building and modification of application and component blueprints.
(c) Integrate with Existing Security—e.g., Directory Services
Users within the Application Enterprise can be configured and given permissions by an administrator as they are imported from the organization's enterprise directory (e.g. LDAP).
5. Transactional Operations
Because the application enterprise bus federates the Application Enterprise, operations can be transactionally performed across the enterprise in way not previously possible. Transactional operations are actions on the deployment or deployment image that conform to the well-known ACID properties of transactions. That is, they are (a) Atomic, all parts of the operation happen, or all do not, (b) Consistent, the target of a transaction remains in a consistent state before and after the transaction, (c) Isolation, the transaction is isolated from other activity or other transactions in the system and (d) Durable, once completed and committed, the changed caused by the transaction are permanent. An important feature of transactions is 'rollback', allowing changes to be removed before they are committed to the system.
Transactions across the deployment are enabled by federations and aided by the underlying data model. The transactional operations enabled include
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The French Open had regained full prestige of a Grand Slam since the mid to late 1970's ie well before the late 80's. It has equal status with Wimbledon and the US open in the period you refer to. The Australian Open started to regain it starting in 1983 when players like McEnroe, Lendl and Wilander came - that process of rehabilitation came to full fruition in 1988 with the change of venue and change to hard court and the expansion of the field to 128.
re. McEnroe - keep in mind that he competed at the event in December 1983 (only a month before his peak year and he was number 1), December 1985 (when he still was number 3) - he was only 24 and 26- all on Grass - which suited him. So if it was a lesser event - it should have been easier for him to win ....but he didn't. (having said that reading his biography his mind wasn't in the 1985 event - but that was his problem, it shouldn't be an excuse). So it is a bit of a myth that some hold that McEnroe didn't really compete at the Australian Open as a top player.
On the other hand, I am in agreement that more credit needs to be put against Mac for his WCT finals wins. His 5 wins tend to get swept under the carpet. Memory is short in tennis.
The WCT finals was a very big event.
No doubt. The way they publicized it at the time in the 1970's you often would think the WCT Championship was the biggest tournament in the world. I think they did call the winner the World Champion of Tennis. It was a different value system in those days.
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To Rkiver,if you do not speak english,you are missing a big lot of a community,and star trek is a big and various community.Some people just don't speak english.( i barely do).
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From Children of Eden by Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz, this song relays the story of Eve's encounter with the serpent. Pulsating with energy, the selection captures the creativity and imagination inherent within all humans. Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA, ShowTrax CD. Combo parts available digitally (fl, ob, hn, syn, gtr, b, dm) Duration: ca. 2:20.


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King of Queens star Leah Remini has broken her silence on her defection from Scientology, issuing her most direct words about her decision to dump the church after more than 30 years and vowing that she will not "shut up."
Remini and her entire family have left Scientology after a bizarre series of events that unfolded during at least the past seven years, with A-list stars writing "knowledge reports" about her. Leah's persistent questions about the whereabouts of church head David Miscavige's wife created controversy.
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"We stand united, my family and I, and I think that says a lot about who we are, and what we're about," Remini told People magazine on Saturday at the 15th annual DesignCare event in Malibu, California.
Leah's mother was advanced in the church's teachings but the entire family is supporting the actress, including older sister Nicole who has spoken out and revealed jaw-dropping details about events involving Scientologists.
After former Village Voice editor Tony Ortega broke the story that Leah was leaving Scientology, Nicole gave interviews saying that her sister questioned Miscavige in 2006 at Tom Cruise and Katy Holmes' wedding about the whereabouts of his wife Shelly, who was not at the event.
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That started a chain of events that appeared to be reprisals against the actress. But on Saturday, Leah let everyone know that the church was not going to silence her.
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Numerous ex church members say the church encourages members to break off contact with people who leave Scientology. The church has denied this is their policy in comments to Radar. But the reports persist.
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Marine had seen his share of IED casualties in Afghanistan, then he became one
A disproportionate number of the amputees, about 41 percent, have been wounded in Afghanistan, despite much higher troop levels in Iraq for years.
In Afghanistan, there were about 400 IED attacks a month in 2008; by 2010 the prevalence had tripled to more than 1,300, according to the Pentagon's Joint IED Defeat Organization. This year has been about the same or, from July through September, worse. In that quarter the monthly average of attacks climbed over 1,600.
The homemade explosives are concocted usually from calcium ammonium nitrate, a fertilizer that is banned in Afghanistan but illegally trucked over the border from Pakistan. Once anti-explosive additives are cooked off, 10 pounds buried in a vegetable oil jug is enough to maim or kill.
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In Afghanistan, where there are few paved roads or concrete buildings in the southern hinterlands where the Taliban is strongest, the devices can be embedded easily in the rural landscape. They are buried in lanes and paths, in the earthen walls and doorways of the region's fortress-like homes, and in the fields of opium poppy that fund the insurgency — and buy the bombs.
Kite string or other types of low-tech command wire are also used in the devices. But set-it-and-leave pressure-plate triggers are more common. Long after the insurgent departs, the bombs strike whoever steps on them, including many Afghan civilians.
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The main targets, however, are U.S. and international troops who patrol largely on foot, because of the lack of roads and the requirement under counterinsurgency doctrine to interact with the locals. Almost 61 percent of U.S. troops wounded or killed in action to date in Afghanistan were attacked by IEDs. As of Dec. 1, 166 Marines had lost limbs in Iraq, and more than 240 in Afghanistan, according to Defense Department figures.
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QUOTE=c. breeze;1029672]How can you seriously talk about the abandonment of safety when you have all kinds of mandatory PPE I use by AC crews? As well as PPE which may or may not be discretionary- such as air tanks to allow 3 -4 minutes breathing underwater?
This is called risk mitigation- there are many ways to conduct a risk assessment- and then to mitigate excessive risk, in order to bring it back into the realm of acceptability.
Are we so arrogant as to believe that the teams, the designers, and the officials haven't conceived of this very scenario?
It's all just a bunch of high horsery from folks that are too timid to take on that level of risk themselves- and find it uncomfortable to live in a world where there are those who are willing to sack up and go out there life on the line for something as pointless as sailing a billionaires boat. Then on the otherhand If this guy died sailing his pearson triton singlehanded on a circumnavigation thi place would be a cacophony of blowhards demanding to know who payed for the search and rescue- if any attempt was made at all- griping like they had to sign that check themselves personally. Sailing isn't about as pointless and self indulgent an activity as anything in existence - but there's this constant chorus of those decrying sailing in races, or singlehanded, or in a small boat, or when it's windy, or if where you want to go is the same direction that the wind is comin from. So for all those who are going on about how irresponsible or unsafe all this is- I say sell your boat. Sailing is irresponsible at its core. We aren't out here shuttling goods from
Continent to continent or filling or holds with clean burning whale oil with which to keep the streetlights lit.
This guy- with a solid background that afforded him the experience to make an informed decision said "this activity is both safe and well paying enough for me to engage in"
The guys writin the checks have so far determined that their exposure to risk is also acceptable- whether or not they are out on an AC 72.
I find the prevalence of the attitude that "it's not safe enough because someone died doing it" to be at its core indicative of the absolute decay of the American spirit- which historically sought out and thrived on adventure- in pursuit of goals as lofty as "building a new nation" to as mundane as just trying to keep food on the table.
I'm no big fan of the billboard boats. I don't care who paid for it or even who built it since they aren't cranking out rides I can get a seat on anyway. - I'm interested in who designed it and who is sailing it- so maybe they can make that change- keep the boats appearance a bit less commercial.[/QUOTE]
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West Ham United boss Alan Curbishley has cooled talk that former Liverpool coach Paco Ayesteran is to become his club's new technical director.
The Londoners have made no secret of their desire to create the role, and Spaniard Ayesteran - who left Anfield earlier this season - was strongly linked with the position this week.
But Curbishley, 50 yesterday, insists West Ham are only in the early stages of the selection process - and denies that the new man will affect his control of the first-team squad.
Curbishley said: "We've discussed the situation and we're coming up with a brief for what the job entails.
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Catelynn Lowell has admitted to her fair share of struggles on Facebook, but until recently, few Teen Mom fans realized just how much trauma the reality star's fiance faced during his younger years. Turns out, Tyler Baltierra was sexually abused as a young child. He is still healing from this horrific experience and, as such, is grateful to have his fiance's constant support.
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Jenelle Evans' Facebook fans had high hopes when she began dating Nathan Griffith. At the time, he seemed to be a far cry from Kieffer Delp and Courtland Rogers. That all has changed, however, as the Teen Mom star was recently arrested and charged with domestic violence.
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Farrah Abraham's career has received a ton of criticism, both from her haters on Facebook and her frenemies on Teen Mom. Maci Bookout and Amber Portwood worry that Farrah's adult pursuits will ruin their reality show, but Catelynn Lowell is not all that concerned.
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Jenelle Evans received plenty of well wishes on Twitter when she revealed that she was engaged to Nathan Griffith, but Amber Portwood has not been quite as fortunate. The reality star has been forced to deal with a ton of criticism as of late, with rumors on Facebook indicating that her engagement is merely a ploy for attention.
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Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra welcomed their second child into the world well over a month ago and, since that time, they have enjoyed cuddling with and doting on the adorable Nova Reign. The other day, the Teen Mom parents decided to show their pride with tattoos. While both of the tats are dedicated to the baby girl, they definitely do not match!
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Important 1850 Mormon Five, K-5, MS611850 $5 Mormon Five Dollar MS61 NGC. K-5, High R.5. Those familiar with the history of Mormon Territorial gold pieces immediately recognize the significance of any Mint State survivor, regardless of the date or denomination. In fact, it is believed that fewer than 30 Uncirculated specimens exist from the six different issues minted between 1849 and 1860. While there are several factors contributing to the condition rarity of gold coinage issued by the Mormon Church in the State of Deseret--which later became the Utah Territory--the most significant cause was the substandard weight and fineness of the coins. Jacob Eckfeldt and William DuBois provide a contemporary account of the Mormon gold issues in the third edition of their New Varieties of Gold and Silver Coins published in 1852:
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"The Mormon coinage, although executed in the Territory of Utah, is without impropriety classed amongst California coins, on account of neighborhood, and the source whence the material is derived. These are the four denominations of twenty, ten, five, and two and a half dollars. Although there is much irregularity both in weight and fineness, the denominations are tolerably in proportion to each other. A parcel made up of all sizes, and counting $562.50, yielded at the mint $479.20; say $8.52 to the ten dollar piece. The fineness was .886."
Eckfeldt and DuBois' 1852 account was more charitable than their opinion of Mormon gold coinage written two years earlier, when they stated that "the weights are more irregular and the values very deficient." In fact, the Mormon issues had the lowest values of any California Territorial coins tested by the Mint at the time of their publication. Nationwide, newspapers printed warnings regarding the inferior Mormon gold coins and, as a direct result, the pieces traded at discounts ranging from 10% to 25% of their face value (Kagin, 1981). It is for this reason that most of the Utah Territorial gold pieces were melted during the ensuing years.
It is believed that less than 100 1850 Mormon half eagles have survived to this day, and most of those examples are well circulated or otherwise impaired. As of (1/09), NGC has certified only three examples at the MS61 level, although it is possible that this number includes a resubmission of the same coin. The combined NGC and PCGS population of Mint State 1850 Mormon fives is a mere five pieces, with none grading finer than MS61 at either service. Again, this issue is a condition rarity. Since we began maintaining our online auction archives in the early 1990s, the finest 1850 Mormon half eagle to cross the Heritage auction block graded AU58. In fact, during the same period, we have sold only one Mint State Mormon Territorial gold piece at auction--an 1849 quarter eagle grading MS62.
The current offering represents a remarkable opportunity for the connoisseur of Territorial gold coinage, or rare coins in general. This is an incredibly well-preserved example. The devices are sharply defined on each side, quite an unusual attribute for this type. The coin has a pronounced accent of reddish patina, undoubtedly from the higher alloy of copper. Listed on page 374 of the 2009 Guide Book. (PCGS# 10265)
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Gatsalov and Mahov got sick with the flu and will not wrestle. Their replacements will be Muradov and Ahmedov respectively.
USA will be in the same group as Turkey and Russia. The other group will have Uzbekistan, Cuba, and Ukraine. So USA and Russia meeting is inevitable.
Russia will first wrestle Turkey. Russian lineup against Turkey will be as follows:
Mihailov, Dudaev, Batirov, Tsargush, Saitiev, Saidov, Gagloev.
Don't know why they are holding the top horses out but it seems to me this is not a very strong lineup at all relatively speaking. Anyway, I hope they know what they are doing.
PS Russian coaches are somewhat confused and intrigued with the American team. They simply don't recognize most of the names with respect to last year's World team and they can't figure out whether this is America's secret team or what.


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Tomato Salad Dressing
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|Canned tomato sauce
|8 Ounce (1 Can)
|Tarragon vinegar
|2 Tablespoon
|Worcestershire sauce
|1 Teaspoon
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Dried dill weed
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Dried basil
|1⁄2 Teaspoon, crushed
|Onion juice
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
In screw-top jar combine tomato sauce, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, salt, dried dillweed, basil, and onion juice.
Cover and shake to mix well.
Chill thoroughly.
Shake again just before serving.
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