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Method and system for automated handling of resolvable and non-resolvable errors in execution of system management flows consisting of system management tasks

US7840857B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Gerd Breiter · Wildberg, DE
Ruediger Maass · Eppelheim, DE
Steffen Rost · Nufringen, DE
Thomas Spatzier · Holzgerlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 18, 2007
Grant date	Nov 23, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 10, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/0793
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and system for automated handling of resolvable and non-resolvable errors in the execution of system management flows by enhancing Workflow Engines (30) by an Error Handling component (40) and by adding a supportive Error Handling Layer (60, 90, 100) to invoked system management tasks which serves as the counterpart to the Workflow Engine's Error Handling component (see FIG. 2). The additional functionality of the task-provided Error Handling Layer (90, 70, 100) is accessible for the Workflow Engine via extended web services interfaces (91, 71, 101). The Workflow Engine's Error Handling component (40) and the task-provided Error Handling Layer allow for the definition of a standard protocol between the Workflow Engine and invoked tasks (31) for automated error handling.

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