Patent ID: 9049123
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for determining policy follow-up action comprising: receiving a function template for at least one permissible action on a given resource type, the function template comprising an annotation of indications of success and failure; performing an action on a resource based upon the resource type and the function template corresponding to the given resource type; and, determining a policy follow up action based upon the annotation of indications of success and failure, the policy follow-up action conforming to a definite course of action to guide and determine present and future decisions, the policy follow-up action conforming to a distributed management task force (DMTF) policy model, the DMTF policy model providing a common framework for specifying system behaviors that are scalable to configuring computer systems; and wherein the annotation of indications of success and failure is associated with a Policy Action class of the DMTF policy model, the Policy Action class comprises a CopyData Policy Action comprising a directive to copy data and the directive returns a failure indication comprising a failure annotation, the failure annotation being associated with the Policy Action, the failure annotation being set forth as FAILURE:=0; and, the DMTF policy model comprises a role-based deployment framework, the role-based deployment framework comprising an administratively assigned name for an enforcement role played by the DMTF policy model when consuming sets of policy rules.