Patent ID: 8082273
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented apparatus for managing a plurality of database systems, comprising: a domain comprised of a plurality of database systems for managing a database, wherein data from the database is stored into one or more segmented memory partitions of a global partition; a virtual monitor partition, executed by a computer, configured to provide access to the data stored in the segmented memory partitions as a virtual database; one or more open application programming interfaces (APIs), executed by a computer, configured to logon to the virtual monitor partition and to access the data stored in the segmented memory partitions using SQL, as though accessing a virtual table stored in the virtual database; and a multi-system regulator, executed by a computer, for managing the plurality of database systems in the domain, wherein the multi-system regulator is configured to utilize the one or more open APIs to access the data in the virtual table in order to manage the plurality of database systems.