Patent ID: 8307060
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for defining at least one policy used for management in a computing system, comprising: receiving, by the computing system, a specified result; receiving, by the computing system, a prospective policy and a list of parameters of the prospective policy that may be adjusted; accessing, by the computing system, stored information regarding at least one managed entity in the computing system; applying, by the computing system, the prospective policy to the information regarding the at least one managed entity; determining, by the computing system, if the result of applying the prospective policy to the information regarding the at least one managed entity achieves the specified result; outputting, by the computing system, the prospective policy in response to determining that the result of applying the prospective policy achieves the specified result; in response to determining that the result of applying the prospective policy does not achieve the specified result, performing, by the computing system: in response to determining that the result of applying the prospective policy achieves the specified result and that additional policies are desired, then the operations performed by the computing system further comprise: in response to determining that the result of applying the first modified prospective policy does not achieve the specified result, then the operations performed by the computing system further comprise performing operations (a), (b), and (c); and outputting, by the computing system, each prospective policy and modified prospective policy that is determined to achieve the specified result.