Program product for group leader recovery in a distributed computing environment
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPeter Richard Badovinatz, Tushar Deepak Chandra, Orvalle Theodore Kirby, John Arthur Pershing, Jr.
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Abstract
A new leader of a group of processors executing within a distributed computing environment is selected when the current group leader fails. The new group leader is selected from a membership list ordered in sequence of joins of processors to the group of processors. The selected leader is the next processor on the membership list after the failed group leader. In particular, it is the next active processor on the membership list. The group of processors is informed of the new group leader, after it is selected.
Claims5
A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable program code means therein for use in recovering from a failed group leader of a group of processors of a distributed computing environment, said computer readable program code means in said computer program product comprising:
- computer readable program code means for causing a computer to affect obtaining from a membership list ordered in sequence of joins of processors to said group of processors a next processor in said membership list;
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- computer readable program code means for causing a computer to affect selecting said next processor as a new group leader of said group of processors.
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