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US 7,065,563 B2Granted
Visible multi-level online-offline configuration control
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsShah Mohammad Rezaul Islam, Mark E. Molander, Michael J. Ryan
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Abstract
A method and system presents a plurality of selections to a user for updating a system configuration from the choices of: an immediate mode, a scheduled queued mode, a queued mode, and an optimized activation mode. The immediate mode activates all change requests immediately. The scheduled queued mode queues all change requests and activates the change requests at a predetermined time. The queued mode queues all change requests and activates the change requests after receiving a triggering event. The optimized activation mode analyzes the system usage to determine and optimally vary the mode among the immediate mode, the scheduled queued mode, and the queued mode.
Claims27
A method of updating a system configuration comprising:
- presenting a plurality of selections for updating a system configuration from predetermined modes;
- receiving a selected mode;
- and
- executing the selected mode, wherein the predetermined modes comprise an immediate mode, a scheduled queued mode, a queued mode, and an optimized activation mode,
- wherein the optimized activation mode comprises:
- receiving a configuration change request from a user;
- determining if a system is in a disaster recovery mode;
- activating the change request if the system is in a disaster recovery mode;
- comparing a priority rating for the change request to a priority rating for end-user disruption;
- and
- queuing the change request for later activation when the change priority rating is lower than the end-user disruption rating.
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A system comprising:
- a network interface;
- a computer system, communicatively coupled to the network interface;
- and
- a configuration control interface, communicatively coupled to the computer system, for presenting a plurality of selections from predetermined modes for updating a system configuration of a configurable system, wherein the predetermined modes comprise an immediate mode, a scheduled queued mode, a queued mode, and an optimized activation mode,
- wherein the optimized activation mode comprises:
- receiving a configuration change recquest from a user;
- determining if a system is in a disaster recovery mode;
- activating the change request if the system is in a disaster recovery mode;
- comparing a priority rating for the change request to a priority rating for end-user disruption;
- and
- queuing the change request for later activation when the change priority rating is lower than the end-user disruption rating.
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A system comprising:
- a configurable storage system;
- a network interface, communicatively coupled to the configurable storage system;
- a computer system, communicatively coupled to the network interface;
- and
- a configuration control interface, communicatively coupled to the computer system, for presenting a plurality of selections from predetermined modes for updating a system configuration of the configurable storage system, wherein the predetermined modes comprise an immediate mode, a scheduled queued mode, a queued mode, and an optimized activation mode,
- wherein the optimized activation mode comprises:
- receiving a configuration change request from a user;
- determining if a system is in a disaster recovery mode;
- activating the change request if the system is in a disaster recovery mode;
- comparing a priority rating for the change request to a priority rating for end-user disruption;
- and
- queuing the change request for later activation when the change priority rating is lower than the end-user disruption rating.
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A computer readable medium comprising instructions for:
- presenting a plurality of selections for updating a system configuration from predetermined modes;
- receiving a selected mode;
- and
- executing the selected mode, wherein the predetermined modes comprise an immediate mode, a scheduled queued mode, a queued mode, and an optimized activation mode,
- wherein the optimization activation mode comprises instructions for:
- receiving a configuration change request from a user;
- determining if a system is in a disaster recovery mode;
- activating the change request if the system is in a disaster recovery mode;
- comparing a priority rating for the change request to a priority rating for end-user disruption;
- and
- queuing the change request for later activation when the change priority rating is lower than the end-user disruption rating.
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A system comprising:
- means for presenting a plurality of selections from predetermined modes for updating a system configuration of a configurable system;
- means for receiving a selected mode;
- and
- means for executing the selected mode to configure the configurable system, wherein the predetermined modes comprise an immediate mode, a scheduled queued mode, a queued mode, and an optimized activation mode,
- wherein the optimized activation mode comprises;
- receiving a configuration change request from a user;
- determining if a system is in a disaster recovery mode;
- activating the change request if the system is in a disaster recovery mode;
- comparing a priority rating for the change request to a priority rating for end-user disruption;
- and
- queuing the change request for later activation when the change priority rating is lower than the end-user disruption rating.
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A method of updating a system configuration for a system comprising:
- presenting a plurality of selections for updating a system configuration from predetermined modes;
- receiving a selected mode;
- and
- executing the selected mode, wherein the predetermined modes comprise an immediate mode in which all configuration changes are immediately activated, a scheduled queued mode in which all configuration changes are queued until later and scheduled activation, a queued mode in which all configuration changes are queued until later manual activation, and an optimized activation mode in which the system determines the best method of updating the system configuration,
- wherein the optimized activation mode comprises:
- receiving a configuration change request from a user;
- determining if a system is in a disaster recovery mode;
- activating the change request if the system is in a disaster recovery mode;
- comparing a priority rating for the change request to a priority rating for end-user disruption;
- and
- queuing the change request for later activation when the change priority rating is lower than the end-user disruption rating.
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