System and method for the administration of resource groups

A computer-readable medium having instructions encoded thereon, which instructions, when executed in a computer system comprising a plurality of resources, an automatic availability manager for monitoring at least some of the plurality of resources, an agent to configure resource groups, each resource group specifying a group of resources to be monitored by the automatic availability manager and at least one action to be taken by the automatic availability manager upon a determination that at least one of the group of resources has failed or is functioning improperly, and a graphical user interface (GUI) that communicates with the automatic availability manager and provides an interface for a user to monitor a resource group, perform a method comprising:

• (A) providing, via the GUI, customized presentations to the user for monitoring resource groups of different types so that the GUI provides different presentations to the user in monitoring different types of resource groups.

An apparatus for use in a computer system comprising a plurality of resources, an automatic availability manager for monitoring at least some of the plurality of resources, an agent to configure resource groups, each resource group specifying a group of resources to be monitored by the automatic availability manager and at least one action to be taken by the automatic availability manager upon a determination that at least one of the group of resources has failed or is functioning improperly, and a graphical user interface (GUI) that communicates with the automatic availability manager and provides an interface for a user to monitor a resource group, the apparatus comprising:

• a presentation controller that provides, via the GUI, customized presentations to the user for monitoring resource groups of different types so that the GUI provides different presentations to the user in monitoring different types of resource groups.

In a computer system comprising a plurality of resources, an automatic availability manager for monitoring at least some of the plurality of resources, an agent to configure resource groups, each resource group specifying a group of resources to be monitored by the automatic availability manager and at least one action to be taken by the automatic availability manager upon a determination that at least one of the group of resources has failed or is functioning improperly, and a graphical user interface (GUI) that communicates with the agent and provides an interface for a user to access the agent for configuring a resource group, a method comprising:

• (A) providing the agent with functionality to configure resource groups of different types;
• and
• (B) providing, via the GUI, customized presentations to the user for configuring resource groups of different types so that the GUI provides different presentations to the user in configuring different types of resource groups.

A computer-readable medium having instructions recorded thereon, which instructions, when executed in a computer system comprising a plurality of resources, an automatic availability manager for monitoring at least some of the plurality of resources, an agent to configure resource groups, each resource group specifying a group of resources to be monitored by the automatic availability manager and at least one action to be taken by the automatic availability manager upon a determination that at least one of the group of resources has failed or is functioning improperly, and a graphical user interface (GUI) that communicates with the agent and provides an interface for a user to access the agent for configuring a resource group, perform a method comprising:

• (A) providing the agent with functionality to configure resource groups of different types;
• and
• (B) providing, via the GUI, customized presentations to the user for configuring resource groups of different types so that the GUI provides different presentations to the user in configuring different types of resource groups.

An apparatus for use in a computer system comprising a plurality of resources, an automatic availability manager for monitoring at least some of the plurality of resources, an agent to configure resource groups, each resource group specifying a group of resources to be monitored by the automatic availability manager and at least one action to be taken by the automatic availability manager upon a determination that at least one of the group of resources has failed or is functioning improperly, and a graphical user interface (GUI) that communicates with the agent and provides an interface for a user to access the agent for configuring a resource group, the apparatus comprising:

• a configuration controller that provides the agent with functionality to configure resource groups of different types;
• and
• a presentation controller that provides, via the GUI, customized presentations to the user for configuring resource groups of different types so that the GUI provides different presentations to the user in configuring different types of resource groups.