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Managing distributed resources in a computer system

US8631062B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8References

12Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Gerd Breiter · Wildberg, DE
Jochen Breh · Stuttgart, DE
Thomas Spatzier · Holzgerlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 9, 2004
Grant date	Jan 14, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 29, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/50
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a new management system and a new method for managing distributed resources (61-66), comprising a workflow engine (88) that can execute management workflows in order to actively control the distributed resources (61-66).The new management system is characterized in that autonomic Correlation Services (74-76) are introduced that manage different functional parts of the managed system in cooperation with workflow engine (88), whereby each Correlation Service (74-76) employs a Correlation Engine (174,175) and a set of rules (184,185,186) that describe how underlying resources (61-66) shall be managed, whereby a controller (44) communicates with the Correlation Services (74-76).

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