Flexible Delegation of Management Function For Self-Managing Resources
AssigneeInternational Busiiness Machines Corporation
InventorsPeter James Brittenham, David Bruce Lindquist, Balan Subramanian
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Abstract
Included are method, article of manufacture, and device that serve to identify the status of a network resource along with whether the network resource is a self-managing resource. When autonomic management capabilities are identified, an autonomic management rule for management of the network resource may be generated and sent, over a network, for receipt and use by the identified self-managing resource.
Claims28
A method of autonomic management involving an autonomic manager and a network resource, the method comprising:
- identifying the status of a network resource and identifying whether the network resource is a self-managing resource;
- at an autonomic manager having a processor and memory, generating an autonomic management rule for management of the network resource,
- the autonomic management rule comprising diagnostic information, knowledge code and instruction code;
- and
- after identifying the network resource as being a self-managing resource, sending the autonomic management rule, over a network, for receipt by the network resource.
An autonomic management device comprising:
- a bus;
- memory coupled to the bus;
- and
- a microprocessor coupled to the bus, wherein the microprocessor is programmed to identify the status of a network resource and whether the network resource is a self-managing resource,
- generate an autonomic management rule for management of the network resource,
- the autonomic management rule comprising diagnostic information, knowledge and instruction code;
- and,
- after identifying the status of the network resource, send the autonomic management rule, over a network, for receipt by the network resource.
An article of manufacture comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium, the storage medium containing instructions, which when executed, cause a microprocessor to
- identify the status of a network resource and whether the network resource is a self-managing resource,
- generate an autonomic management rule for management of the network resource,
- the autonomic management rule comprising instruction code and information;
- and
- after identifying the status of the network resource, send the autonomic management rule, over a network, for receipt by the network resource.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.