Patent ID: 7703019
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method employed within a network of application server instances having a cluster architecture comprising: displaying a hierarchical tree structure having one or more tree nodes in a graphical user interface, each of the one or more tree nodes representing a resource of an application server instance within a cluster of application server instances, each application server instance within the cluster of application server instances having wherein at least one of the resources the tree nodes represent is a service of the application server instance within the cluster of application server instances; receiving an input selecting the tree node representing the service of the application server instance within the cluster of application server instances; displaying a list of one or more service references associated with the service represented by the selected tree node in the graphical user interface; and displaying a relationship value for each listed service reference, wherein the relationship value is to specify a binary value that represents a strength of a relationship between the listed service reference and the service represented by the selected tree node, the strength of the relationship indicating whether the listed service reference is or is not automatically started when the service represented by the selected tree node is started.