K2 Management Tool is the set of utilities to manage CCM components and servers effectively and efficiently. The management architecture uses the familiar concept of Managed Objects (as used in JMX and other NMS architectures), contains local management services, supports extensible load-balancing algorithms and also allows dynamic reconfiguration of policies by using scripting managed objects.

The management of the K2 Component Server is based on the Distributed Management Architecture (DUMA) which is shown in Figure . The K2 Management can create a managed object for any instance of a resource and registers it with the Management Agent. The Management Agent provides a unified access interface to any of these managed objects. Additionally the Management Agent is extensible by accepting managed objects that are actually implemented by a Python script and are used to implement intelligence for handling certain runtime or error conditions locally without the interference of a centralised management tool.

K2 Distributed Management Architecture (DUMA)

The user interface to all the management agents of a cluster can be done using HTTP or IIOP. The following property categories are distinguishable:

• Performance Management



• Fault Management



• Configuration Management (Deployment)



• Security Management



• Auditing and Accounting Management (Logging Service)

K2 Management Tool can be used to manage distributed component application from a remote access point. It provides integrated management of distributed clusters, consisting of nodes over LAN. It enables uniform access to manage resources existing in different hierarchy within K2. The key management functionality supported by K2 Management:

•   Monitoring nodes and CCM Server activities
  
  
•   Start/stop CCM Servers that provides runtime environment to components
  
  
•   Start/stop K2 Daemons on host machine
  
  
•   Configuring load balancing algorithm for service types
  
  
•   Managing application components
  
  
•   Subscribing or unsubscribe from notification for events through e-mail/SMS/pager
  
  
•   Automatics performance management
  
  
•   Improving performance and Quality of Service
  
  

1. Management detail levels for CCM components

There are different hierarchy levels that are possible to display. Each of the instances in each level has properties and actions associated with it depending on the type of the instance.

Network Resource Management

Manage uses of components deployed in cluster and associated information such as average transaction time, transactions committed, transactions rolled back, requests served per second, requests coming per seconds.

2. Monitor resource consumption by CCM servers

K2 Management Tool allows monitoring real time resource consumption of CCM Servers. This allows take appropriate decision while loading and unloading of a component on/from a particular CCM process. It helps in performance management and improving quality of service.

Viewing CCM process summary

The figure K2 easy-to-use tools supporting the complete development process for migrating and managing the CCM environment with K2 Component Server. K2 provides ample tool support involved during each different phase of migration, development, and component maintenance lifecycle.

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The key features of management tool are: