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US 2004/0003078 A1Published application
Component management framework for high availability and related methods
OwnerCharlene J. Todd, Todd R. Leasher +1inventors
InventorsCharlene J. Todd, Todd R. Leasher, Nick Ramirez
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Abstract
Described herein is a component management framework for high availability and related methods.
Claims49
A system, comprising:
- a plurality of system components having component management entities (CMEs) to at least monitor one or more operational characteristics of the respective components;
- and
- a system manager, coupled with the plurality of system components, to interface with the CMEs of at least a subset of the plurality of system components and to manage operation of and interaction between at least the subset of system components based on feedback from the CMEs.
A system, comprising:
- a manager having access to a set of high availability (HA) rules to provide an HA service for the system;
- and
- a self-configuring interface having a set of member functions from a class library of high availability interface attributes and methods to couple the manager with a component in the system.
A component management entity for a system of components, comprising:
- control logic;
- and
- an interface engine including one or more functions selectively invoked by the control logic to interface a system manager with the component based on one or more characteristics affecting one of an interfaceability and a service availability of the component.
A method, comprising:
- receiving characteristics associated with a component in a system;
- configuring an interface for the component based on one or more of the characteristics;
- and
- controlling the component through the interface to maintain the service availability of the system.
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A method, comprising:
- coupling a component in a system with a component management entity to control the operational characteristics of the component;
- interfacing a system manager with the component;
- and
- managing the operation of the component based on feedback from the component to maintain the service availability of the system.
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An article of manufacture, comprising:
- a machine-accessible medium containing a class library, wherein the class library expresses attributes and methods of a high availability (HA) component management framework for a computing device.
An article of manufacture, comprising:
- a machine-accessible medium containing data, that when accessed by a machine cause the machine to:
- receive characteristics affecting an interfaceability and a service availability of a component in a system;
- configure an interface for the component based on one or more of the characteristics;
- and
- control the component through the interface to maintain the service availability of the system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.