System and method for synchronizing the configuration of distributed network management applications

A method for synchronizing the configuration of a network management application comprising without human intervention, the method comprising:

• storing a current network metric for a network object;
• determining a last previous metric of the network object;
• determining if the current network metric and the last previous network metric are the same;
• if the current network metric and the last previous network metric are different, creating a current configuration file comprising the current network metric;
• sending the current configuration file to a network application;
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• updating the last configuration file of the network application to the current configuration file.

A method for reassigning the functions of a network management application without human intervention wherein a first network management application is assigned to backup a second network management application, the method comprising:

• detecting at the first network management application the connectivity between the first network management application and the second network management application;
• if the connectivity between the first network management application and the second network management application is lost, launching by the first network management application a backup network management application;
• assigning the backup network management application the tasks of the second network management application;
• detecting at the first network management application the connectivity between the first network management application and the second network management application;
• shutting down the backup network management application if connectivity between the first network management application and the second network management application are restored.