Patent ID: 8312454
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of managing operation of a computer resource, comprising: discovering computer resource assets that are available to the computer resource; maintaining data related to the computer resource assets and a configuration of the computer resource assets; collecting event data about the computer resource that may impact the computer resource's ability to meet a set of policies related to the computer resource, wherein at least one policy in the set of policies comprises an inexact and non-numeric value, wherein event data comprises data indicating that a job is not in compliance with said set of policies, wherein said set of policies specify inexact computer resource values; accumulating relevant statistical data about the computer resource that may impact the computer resource's ability to meet the set of policies related to the computer resource, wherein statistical data comprises computer resource loading statistics, deviations in operation performance, number of jobs currently in queue, job receipt rate, job completion rate, and mathematical indication of computer resource performance parameters; analyzing the event data and the statistical data against the set of policies; based on the analyzing step, determining that at least one action is to be performed in connection with the computer resource; invoking the at least one action; and updating the data related to the computer resource assets and the configuration of the computer resource assets according to the at least one action.