Granted Patent B2

US 12,613,735 · App. 18/141,676 · Granted Apr 28, 2026

Inventor: Bradley Dees (Galveston, TX)

Assignee: Insight Direct USA, Inc.

G06F9/485

Abstract

Claims (45)

1 . A method of starting and stopping System Analysis Program Development (SAP) processes across a plurality of servers on an SAP platform via an SAP start/stop utility, the method comprising:

executing a system-scale SAP start/stop script by specifying an action and a type, the action identifying one of START, STOP, and RESTART, the type identifying categories of server to be stopped or started, the categories comprising database servers, message servers, and application servers;

halting, via the system-scale SAP start/stop script and in response to the action including STOP or RESTART, in order, among servers in categories matching the type: application servers, message servers, and database servers; and

subsequently starting, via the system-scale SAP start/stop script and in response to the action including START or RESTART, in order, among servers in categories matching the type: database servers, message servers, and application servers.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

evaluating, via the system-scale SAP start/stop script, a status of each server in a category matching the type; and

reporting to an administrator user interface, via the system-scale SAP start/stop script, the status of each server in a category matching the type.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising, prior to executing the system-scale SAP start-stop script:

executing a system group-scale SAP start/stop script by specifying an action, a type, and an system group; and

identifying systems within the system group via the group-scale SAP start/stop script; and

wherein executing the system-scale SAP start/stop script comprises separately executing an instance of the system-scale SAP start/stop script local to each of the identified systems, using the action and type specified when executing the system group-scale SAP start/stop script.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein identifying systems within the group comprises comparing the system group to a record of systems, by group, using the system group-scale SAP start/stop script.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the system group is a software environment, and the record of systems, by group, is a record of systems belonging to each environment.

6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the record of systems further specifies at least one of a message server type and a number of application servers associated with each of the systems.

7 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

generating, via the system-scale SAP start/stop script, a confirmation key; and

prompting a user to reproduce the confirmation key; and

confirming that the user has reproduced the confirmation key before halting any of the plurality of servers.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising confirming HugePage settings before starting a database server.

9 . The method of claim 3 , wherein:

an instance of the system-scale SAP stop/start script is saved locally within a database server of each of the systems; and

the system group-scale SAP start/stop script is executed from an SAP admin terminal on the SAP platform but external to the systems.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein halting application and message servers via the system-scale SAP start/stop script comprises executing a stop/clean subscript for each such server, the stop/clean script configured to first terminate SAP processes on the respective server, then extirpates any residual inter-process communication (IPC) processes on the respective server.

11 . A System Analysis Program Development (SAP) platform comprising a plurality of servers, the SAP platform comprising:

a plurality of software environments, each of the plurality of software environments comprising at least one system encompassing a database server, a message server, and an application server, all from among the plurality of servers;

an SAP admin terminal communicatively coupled to all of the plurality of servers, the SAP admin terminal including a user interface; and

an SAP start/stop utility distributed across the SAP admin terminal and each of the database servers, the SAP start/stop utility configured to:

receive arguments via the user interface specifying an action and a server type;

halt SAP processes on a subset of the plurality of servers matching the server type, in response to the action specifying STOP or RESTART; and

start SAP processes on the subset of the plurality of servers matching the server type, in response to the action specifying START or RESTART.

12 . The SAP platform of claim 11 , wherein the database server is an Oracle database server.

13 . The SAP platform of claim 11 , wherein the message server is an SCS or ASCS server.

14 . The SAP platform of claim 11 , wherein the SAP start/stop utility is further configured to:

generate a confirmation key;

prompt a user to reproduce the confirmation key via the user interface; and

confirm that the user has reproduced the confirmation key before halting any of the plurality of servers.

15 . The SAP platform of claim 11 , wherein the arguments received by the SAP start/stop utility via the user interface further specify at least one environment from among the plurality of environments, and wherein the SAP start/stop utility halts and/or stops only SAP processes on servers within systems falling within the at least one environment.

16 . The SAP platform of claim 15 , wherein the SAP start/stop utility is additionally configured to report a status of each system falling within the at least one environment.

17 . The SAP platform of claim 15 , wherein the SAP start/stop utility comprises:

a system-scale SAP start/stop script configured to start and halt SAP processes; and

a system group-scale SAP start/stop script configured to identify systems falling within the at least one environment, and call instances of the system-scale SAP start/stop script for each system falling within the at least one environment.

18 . The SAP platform of claim 17 , wherein both the system-scale SAP start/stop script and the system group-scale SAP start/stop script are directly runnable from the SAP admin terminal user interface, such that the system scale SAP start/stop script can be executed either directly by an administrator via the user interface, or indirectly by the system group-scale SAP start/stop script.

19 . The SAP platform of claim 17 , wherein:

an instance of the system-scale SAP start/stop script is distributed to each of the database servers, such that execution of the system-scale SAP start/stop script for a particular system comprises running the system-scale SAP script stored locally on a respective database sever of the particular system.

20 . The SAP platform of claim 17 , wherein the system group-scale SAP start/stop script identifies systems walling within he at least one environment by reference to a record identifying the system makeup of each environment.

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