Preventing Distribution of a Failure

A preventing module for preventing a distribution of a failure caused by a sequence of instructions in a distributed client server environment, the preventing module comprising:

• an execution unit being adapted to execute the sequence of instructions on a first client computing device, the instructions being provided by a management control server and being indicative of maintenance actions;
• a determination unit being adapted to determine by the first client computing device a failure caused by the sequence of instructions;
• a generation unit being adapted to generate a warning message based on the determined failure, the warning message comprising an indicator for the sequence of instructions;
• and
• a sending unit being adapted to send the warning message to a second client computing device to inform the second client computing device about the sequence of instructions causing the failure in order to prevent a distribution of the failure.

A data processing system comprising:

• a processor coupled to a memory;
• a preventing module coupled to the processor;
• and
• a network interface coupled to the preventing module, wherein the processor executes a sequence of instructions loaded into the memory, and wherein the preventing module is configured to:
• detect a failure that is caused by the execution of the sequence of instructions;
• generate a warning message based on the detected failure, the warning message comprising an indicator of the sequence of instructions;
• and
• send, via the network interface, the warning message to a second data processing system to inform the second data processing system about the sequence of instructions causing the failure in order to prevent a distribution of the failure.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a data processing system, causes the data processing system to:

• execute a sequence of instructions;
• detect a failure that is caused by the execution of the sequence of instructions;
• generate a warning message based on the detected failure, the warning message comprising an indicator of the sequence of instructions;
• and
• send the warning message to a second data processing system to inform the second data processing system about the sequence of instructions causing the failure in order to prevent a distribution of the failure.

A method, in a data processing system, for preventing a distribution of a failure caused by a sequence of instructions in a distributed client server environment, the method comprising:

• executing, by the data processing system, the sequence of instructions;
• detecting, by the data processing system, a failure that is caused by the execution of the sequence of instructions;
• generating, by the data processing system, a warning message based on the detected failure, the warning message comprising an indicator of the sequence of instructions;
• and
• sending, by the data processing system, the warning message to a second data processing system to inform the second data processing system about the sequence of instructions causing the failure in order to prevent a distribution of the failure.