Abstract: A method is described for deploying a software application to run on each server in a group of servers configured to provide a service based on the software application. A dashboard, as a unified user interface for all of the servers of the group, is presented on a user terminal device. One or more user inputs via the dashboard automatically initiate parallel processing with respect to all of the servers of the group. The automate processing include: (i) backing up current server application code for the service, for each of the servers of the group; (ii) installing a new server application code file, for the software application, in each of the servers of the group; and (iii) restarting each server to implement the service by running the software application from the new server application code file.

Abstract: Thread count analyzer programming enables automated monitoring of open process thread counts for a middleware web service, for example, in the context of Communication Enterprise Services (CCES) for providing customer account related notifications to customers/users of a mobile communications network. Web server thread counts are compared to first thresholds. In response to a high web server thread count, an impacted application server is identified, for example, by comparing application server thread counts to second thresholds. The procedure initiates a thread dump with regard to the impacted application server and provides notification to a support person together with information enabling access to a page of thread dump data. The exemplary thread count analysis can automatically detect a high thread count problem before there is an outage or any impact to the customer, accumulate relevant thread data, store such data in an accessible form, and provide automatic notice(s) for support personnel.