Method and apparatus for cross-partition control in a partitioned process environment
US5345590A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 1, 1993 |
| Grant date | Sep 6, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/3466
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A logically partitioned data processing system has a policy defining responsive actions to be undertaken by a process in one partition because of a monitored failure of an operating system in another partition. When such a failure occurs, the monitoring partition, if authorized, automatically communicates with a hypervisor to initiate the responsive actions on the failing partitions to reset and/or reconfigure that failing partition. Communication of action request between the partition and the hypervisor is accomplished without operator intervention, through a Service Call Logical Processor interface.
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