Failover method and system for a computer system having clustering configuration
US7925922B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 25, 2009 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 9, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/2043
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A failover method for a computer system having a clustering configuration, in which among a plurality of computers having the clustering configuration, any one of computers, when detecting a malfunction of a system including a certain computer, transmits a detection of the system malfunction to computers configuring the other systems, and the any one of computers, when detecting the malfunction of the system including the certain computer and receiving malfunction notifications of the system including the certain computer from the computers configuring the other systems, issues a reset request to the certain computer.
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