Managing a high availability framework by enabling and disabling individual nodes

A method for managing components within a framework, the method comprising the steps of:

• associating a plurality of members as being part of a composite resource, each of the plurality of members being executable to provide a comparable service, wherein the plurality of members are provided on a plurality of nodes;
• receiving, on a first node where a first member of the plurality of members has ceased to execute, a request to restart at least one of the first member and the first node;
• in response to receiving the request, performing the steps of:
• (a) determining, by consulting the composite resource, a status of the first member as being one of enabled or disabled just prior to the first member ceasing to provide the service;
• (b) if the status is enabled, automatically attempting to restart the first member in order to provide the service;
• and
• (c) if the status is disabled, not starting the first member.

A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for managing components within a framework, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of:

• establishing a composite resource for providing said service;
• wherein said composite resource includes a plurality of members;
• wherein said composite resource maintains data indicating, for each member of the application has been amended as follows:
• plurality of members, whether the member is enabled or disabled;
• wherein enabled members of the composite resource are concurrently executing on one or more nodes;
• wherein each enabled member of the composite resource is configured to automatically restart when the node upon which the enabled member is executing is restarted;
• wherein each enabled member of the plurality of members is considered to be a candidate, by the composite resource, for providing said service to a component that requests the service from the composite resource;
• in response to a particular event, disabling a first member in the plurality of members;
• wherein disabling a first member in the plurality of members reconfigures the first ember to not automatically restart when the node upon which the member is executing is restarted;
• and while the first member is disabled, ceasing to consider the first member as a candidate for providing the service to the component that requests the service from the composite resource.

A computer-readable storage medium storing one or more sequences of instructions for managing components within a framework, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of:

• associating a plurality of members as being part of a composite resource, each of the plurality of members being executable to provide a comparable service, wherein the plurality of members are provided on a plurality of nodes;
• receiving, on a first node where a first member of the plurality of members has ceased to execute, a request to restart at least one of the first member and the first node;
• in response to receiving the request, performing the steps of:
• (a) determining, by consulting the composite resource, a status of the first member as being one of enabled or disabled just prior to the first member ceasing to provide the service;
• (b) if the status is enabled, automatically attempting to restart the first member in order to provide the service;
• and
• (c) if the status is disabled, not starting the first member.