Patent ID: 6789101
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
System comprising at least:a) two computers including one or more identical or different programs and/or one or more input/output facilities (resources) and/or data carriers; b) a communication facility for exchange of information between the individual resources; c) an abstract Resource Manager installed in a non-volatile memory on one of the computers, at least comprising: aa) a component to register the resources of a computer; bb) a component to display the start and stop dependencies of the resources by means of a non-resource-dependent Logic Deck; cc) a component to access desired status information of a resource; dd) a component to update the status information of the resources; and ee) an interface component to activate the Resource Agent to start and stop a resource; d) a Resource Agent to execute the resource-specific start and stop orders, wherein the Resource Agent is installable on any computer in the computer network; and e) a monitoring and selection facility to start and stop a resource.