Method for optimal system availability via resource recovery

A computer program product in a computer readable media for use in a data processing system for recovering system resources to provide a minimum system configuration, the computer program product comprising:

• first instructions for determining that a first resource has failed;
• second instructions for deallocating the first resources;
• third instructions, responsive to a determination that deallocation of the resource has resulted in less than the minimum system configuration for operation of a data processing system, for determining which of a plurality of deallocated resources suffered from a least severe failure;
• and
• fourth instructions for reallocating the one of the plurality of deallocated resources that suffered from the least severe failure.

A system in a computer readable media for use in a data processing system for recovering system resources to provide a minimum system configuration, the system comprising:

• first means for determining that a first resource has failed;
• second means for deallocating the first resource;
• third instructions, responsive to a determination that deallocation of the resource has resulted in less than the minimum system configuration for operation of a data processing system, for determining which of a plurality of deallocated resources suffered from a least severe failure;
• and
• fourth means for reallocating the one of the plurality of deallocated resources that suffered from the least severe failure.