Granted Patent B2

US 12,645,515 · App. 18/355,084 · Granted Jun 2, 2026

Inventors: Rakesh Jain (Murphy, TX); John David Weber (St. Louis, MO)

Assignee: Bank of America Corporation

G06F9/546G06F2209/547

Abstract

Claims (97)

1 . An apparatus, comprising:

a memory, configured to store:

a start script configured to enable execution of one or more middleware instances, each middleware instance being executed using an admin server and a plurality of databases; and

a plurality of start-up files configured to indicate any middleware instances to be executed by the admin server or one or more managed servers; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to:

trigger initiation of the start script;

determine whether the plurality of start-up files comprise a first middleware instance;

in response to determining that the plurality of start-up files comprise the first middleware instance, ping the admin server;

in response to receiving a first server response, determine that the admin server is running;

identify that the plurality of databases are associated with a managed server of the one or more managed servers;

ping the managed server associated with the plurality of databases;

in response to receiving a first database response, determine that the plurality of databases are running; and

trigger a start of the first middleware instance at the admin server or at the managed server.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine whether the first middleware instance is running;

in response to determining that the first middleware instance is running, determine whether the plurality of start-up files comprise a second middleware instance; and

in response to determining that the first middleware instance is not running, pause operations at the apparatus for a predefined time period.

3 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

in response to determining that the plurality of start-up files comprise the second middleware instance, ping the admin server;

in response to receiving a second server response, determine that the admin server is running;

ping the managed server associated with the plurality of databases;

in response to receiving a second database response, determine that the plurality of databases are running; and

trigger a start of the second middleware instance at the admin server or at the managed server.

4 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

in response to determining that the plurality of start-up files do not comprise the second middleware instance, trigger completion of the start script.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the start script is triggered by a boot-up operation of the apparatus.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

in response to not receiving the first server response, determine that the admin server is not running;

in response to determining that the admin server is not running, pause operations at the apparatus for a predefined time period; and

upon completion of the predefined time period, ping the admin server once again.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

in response to not receiving the first server response, determine that the plurality of databases are not running;

in response to determining that the plurality of databases are not running, pause operations at the apparatus for a predefined time period; and

upon completion of the predefined time period, ping the managed server associated with the plurality of databases once again.

8 . A method, comprising:

triggering initiation of a start script configured to enable execution of one or more middleware instances, each middleware instance being executed using an admin server and a plurality of databases;

determining whether a plurality of start-up files comprise a first middleware instance;

in response to determining that a plurality of start-up files comprise the first middleware instance, pinging the admin server,

wherein the plurality of start-up files are configured to indicate any middleware instances to be executed by the admin server or one or more managed servers;

in response to receiving a first server response, determining that the admin server is running;

identifying that the plurality of databases are associated with a managed server of the one or more managed servers;

pinging the managed server associated with the plurality of databases;

in response to receiving a database response, determining that the plurality of databases are running; and

triggering a start of the first middleware instance at the admin server or at the managed server.

9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

determining whether the first middleware instance is running;

in response to determining that the first middleware instance is running, determining whether the plurality of start-up files comprise a second middleware instance; and

in response to determining that the first middleware instance is not running, pausing operations for a predefined time period.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

in response to determining that the plurality of start-up files comprise the second middleware instance, pinging the admin server;

in response to receiving a second server response, determining that the admin server is running;

pinging the managed server associated with the plurality of databases;

in response to receiving a second database response, determining that the plurality of databases are running; and

triggering a start of the second middleware instance at the admin server or at the managed server.

11 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

in response to determining that the plurality of start-up files do not comprise the second middleware instance, triggering completion of the start script.

12 . The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the start script is triggered by a boot-up operation.

13 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

in response to not receiving the first server response, determining that the admin server is not running;

in response to determining that the admin server is not running, pausing operations for a predefined time period; and

upon completion of the predefined time period, pinging the admin server once again.

14 . The method of claim 8 , wherein:

in response to not receiving the first server response, determining that the plurality of databases are not running;

in response to determining that the plurality of databases are not running, pausing operations for a predefined time period; and

upon completion of the predefined time period, pinging the managed server associated with the plurality of databases once again.

15 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

trigger initiation of a start script configured to enable execution of one or more middleware instances, each middleware instance being executed using an admin server and a plurality of databases;

determine whether a plurality of start-up files comprise a first middleware instance;

in response to determining that a plurality of start-up files comprise the first middleware instance, ping the admin server,

wherein the plurality of start-up files are configured to indicate any middleware instances to be executed by the admin server or one or more managed servers;

in response to receiving a first server response, determine that the admin server is running;

identify that the plurality of databases are associated with a managed server of the one or more managed servers;

ping the managed server associated with the plurality of databases;

in response to receiving a first database response, determine that the plurality of databases are running; and

trigger a start of the first middleware instance at the admin server or at the managed server.

16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further caused to:

determine whether the first middleware instance is running;

in response to determining that the first middleware instance is running, determine whether the plurality of start-up files comprise a second middleware instance; and

in response to determining that the first middleware instance is not running, pause operations at the apparatus for a predefined time period.

17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the processor is further caused to:

in response to determining that the plurality of start-up files comprise the second middleware instance, ping the admin server;

in response to receiving a second server response, determine that the admin server is running;

ping the managed server associated with the plurality of databases;

in response to receiving a second database response, determine that the plurality of databases are running; and

trigger a start of the second middleware instance at the admin server or at the managed server.

18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the processor is further caused to:

in response to determining that the plurality of start-up files do not comprise the second middleware instance, trigger completion of the start script.

19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further caused to:

in response to not receiving the first server response, determine that the admin server is not running;

in response to determining that the admin server is not running, pause operations at the apparatus for a predefined time period; and

upon completion of the predefined time period, ping the admin server once again.

20 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further caused to:

in response to not receiving the first server response, determine that the plurality of databases are not running;

in response to determining that the plurality of databases are not running, pause operations at the apparatus for a predefined time period; and

upon completion of the predefined time period, ping the managed server associated with the plurality of databases once again.

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