Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright

List of Contributors

Foreword

Preface

How This Book Came About

The Goal of the Book

The Structure of the Book

Acknowledgments

From Maria

From Francis

List of Abbreviations

Part One: Introduction to Service Availability

Chapter 1: Definitions, Concepts, and Principles

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Why Service Availability?

1.3 Service Availability Fundamentals

1.4 Achieving Service Availability

1.5 Conclusion

Chapter 2: The Birth of the Service Availability Forum

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Technology Environment

2.3 Business Environment

2.4 The Service Availability Forum Era

2.5 Concluding Remarks

Part Two: The SA Forum System: Services and Frameworks

Chapter 3: Overview of the Service Availability Architecture

3.1 Introduction

3.2 HA Concepts Applied

3.3 Architecture

3.4 Open Issues

3.5 Conclusion

Chapter 4: The SA Forum Information Model: The Heart of Control and Monitoring

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Background

4.3 The SA Forum Information Model

4.4 Conclusion

Chapter 5: Consistent and High Level Platform View

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Hardware Platform Interface

5.3 Platform Management Service

5.4 Cluster Membership Service

5.5 Conclusion

Chapter 6: Model Based Availability Management: The Availability Management Framework

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Background

6.3 The Availability Management Framework

6.4 Conclusion

Chapter 7: Communication and Synchronization Utilities

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Event Service

7.3 Message Service

7.4 Checkpoint Service

7.5 Conclusion

Chapter 8: Services Needed for System Management

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Log Service

8.3 Notification Service

8.4 Information Model Management Service

8.5 Conclusion

Chapter 9: Model-Based Software Management: The Software Management Framework

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Background

9.3 Software Management a la Carte

9.4 Conclusion

Chapter 10: Combining the Services

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Application Design and Development

10.3 Application Platform Design

10.4 Operation and Maintenance

Part Three: SA Forum Middleware in Action

Chapter 11: SA Forum Programming Model and API Conventions

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Programming Model

11.3 Making Sense of the API Specifications

11.4 Practical Topics

11.5 Concluding Remarks

Chapter 12: SA Forum Java Mappings: Specifications, Usage, and Experience

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Background

12.3 Understanding the Java Mappings

12.4 Using the Java Mappings

12.5 Going Further

Chapter 13: SA Forum Middleware Implementations

13.1 Introduction

13.2 The OpenHPI Project

13.3 The OpenSAF Project

13.4 Conclusion

Chapter 14: Integration of the VideoLAN Client with OpenSAF: An Example

14.1 Introduction

14.2 Going Under the Hood: The VLC Workflow

14.3 Integrating VLC with OpenSAF

14.4 Summary and Conclusion

Chapter 15: Migration Paths for Legacy Applications

15.1 Introduction

15.2 Reasons for Migration

15.3 Integration Criteria

15.4 How to Migrate

15.5 Open Issues

15.6 Conclusion

Chapter 16: Overcoming Complexity: Formal Modeling Techniques at the Rescue

16.1 Introduction

16.2 Background

16.3 Model-Based Software Management

16.4 Conclusion

Chapter 17: Conclusion

17.1 Summary

17.2 The Future

References

Index