Patent ID: 7912804
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for providing change management in a distributed system comprising: compiling a policy for change management in the distributed system, the policy includes at least one policy rule based on an event-condition-action (ECA) framework with a pre-condition and a post-condition to an action in the policy rule, wherein the pre-condition is separate from a condition of the policy rule and indicates a prior condition in the distributed system that enables the action, and the post-condition indicates a subsequent condition in the distributed system that results from the action; receiving at least one event indicating a change in the distributed system; determining that the at least one received event triggers the at least one policy rule; generating, by a computer, a workflow to manage the change in the distributed system based on the at least one triggered policy rule, initiating one or more actuators in the distributed system to dynamically configure or deploy components in the distributed system to execute the workflow, wherein determining that the at least one received event triggers the at least one policy rule comprises determining that the at least one received event triggers the at least two policy rules, and wherein generating a workflow to manage the change in the distributed system comprises: