John Alex

US Patent:

20050071449, Mar 31, 2005

Filed:

Sep 30, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/675001

Inventors:

John Alex - Valley Cottage NY, US
Reinhard Buendgen - Tuebingen, DE
Rong-Sheng Lee - Staatsburg NY, US
Jeffrey Lucash - Hurley NY, US
Thomas Lumpp - Reutlingen, DE
Juergen Schneider - Boebligen, DE

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - ARMONK NY

International Classification:

G06F015/173

US Classification:

709223000, 709226000

Abstract:

An autonomic computing system and method determine that a desired end state cannot be reached, determine that an acceptable sub-state can be reached using at least one of priority ratings, conditional relationship specifications, and alternative relationship specifications, and place the computing system in an acceptable sub-state. The priority ratings can contain an attribute assigned to a policy definition that determines a sequence for applying the policy definition. The attribute can be “mandatory”, a numerical value, or “not required”. The conditional relationship specifications have policy definitions that are applied when the state of a specified resource meets a predetermined requirement. An alternative relationship specification has policy definitions and/or conditional relationship specifications that are applied when the state of a specified resource does not meet a predetermined requirement.

US Patent:

20050091352, Apr 28, 2005

Filed:

Sep 30, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/675828

Inventors:

John Alex - Valley Cottage NY, US
Peter Badovinatz - Beaverton OR, US
Reinhard Buendgen - Tuebingen, DE
Gregory Laib - Kingston NY, US
Rong-Sheng Lee - Staatsburg NY, US
Jeffrey Lucash - Hurley NY, US
Thomas Lumpp - Reutlingen, DE
Juergen Schneider - Boebligen, DE

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - ARMONK NY

International Classification:

G06F015/173

US Classification:

709223000

Abstract:

An autonomic computing system and method determine policy definitions () and a set of available actions (); monitor resources distributed within the system; determine if the system is at a desired end state; and modify resource states by sending instructions for the resources to perform available actions. The policy definitions () specify: start order between resources, prioritization between resources, conditional activation of policies, desired end state of resources, and location limitation of resources. The system and method receive status information from available resources, and monitor and modify the system until it reaches the desired end state. The policy definitions () can be determined by specifying a user-defined system end state and resource relationships. The policy definitions () can further harvest implicit relationships between resources, via self-discovery, and underlying relationships among resources.