Patent ID: 8214686
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a system including a first computer and a second computer for executing a job and a third computer for distributing the job to the first computer and the second computer, the method comprising: generating, by the third computer, job script data; generating, by the first computer, VM (Virtual Machine) image data for processing VM for executing the job before completion of execution of the job, the VM image data including state information of the VM at a given internal time, the VM including a starter function for monitoring a completion of job processing; transmitting the generated VM image data from the first computer to the third computer; transmitting the VM image data and job script data regarding the job from the third computer to the second computer when the second computer takes over the job; receiving, by the second computer, the VM image data and the job script data from the third computer; resuming, by the second computer, the job based on the VM image data and the job script data; detecting, by the first computer, a completion of the job executed in the VM on the basis of the starter function; and notifying, by the first computer, a batch system of the completion of the job.