Patent ID: 8117641
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A control device for controlling an information system that includes a plurality of components, the control device comprising: a configuration information storage unit which stores components information, related to the plurality of components, and components relationship information on respective components, each of which is operated by the information system; a policy storage unit which stores a plurality of policies, each of which includes an action entry including a description of a component to be operated and of an operation to be executed by the component, and a trigger condition entry including a description of a condition for triggering the component to execute the operation; a list storage unit which stores a component list including component information related to a component to be operated described in the action entry of a policy and all the other components having a relationship to the component, according to the component information and component relationship information stored in the configuration information storage unit; an event reception section which receives an event occurring in the information system; a policy selecting section which selects a policy having the description of the condition corresponding to the event received by the event reception section from the plurality of the policies stored in the policy storage unit; and a policy execution section which executes an operation described in the action entry of the selected policy, wherein: