Patent ID: 8984119
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for operating an event notification system within a cluster of nodes of a computer system, the method comprising: from the event notification system, transmitting event notifications providing indications of an event occurring within the computer system, to one or more event consumers in response to event notifications received an event producer of the event and according to an event registration entry within the event notification system; first receiving, at an event management interface and from the event producer of the event, a notification that an event identifier associated with the event in the event registration entry is no longer valid; responsive to receiving the notification that the event identifier is no longer valid at the event management interface, blocking event notification for the event at the event management interface, whereby the transmitting of the event notifications to the event consumers is suspended; further responsive to receiving the notification that the event identifier is no longer valid at the event management interface, dissociating the event identifier from the event registration entry, while maintaining the event registration entry; second receiving, from the event producer, a new event identifier associated with the event; responsive to second receiving the new event identifier, associating the registration entry with the new event identifier; and responsive to associating the registration entry with the new event identifier, at the event management interface, resuming event notification for the event, whereby the transmitting of the event notifications to the event consumers is resumed.