Patent ID: 7451347
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In a computing environment, a method comprising: defining a failover scope corresponding to selected nodes within a cluster; associating the failover scope with a resource group; associating at least one other failover scope with the resource group; maintaining an ordering of the failover scopes associated with the resource group such that an attempt is made to failover the resource group to a node in a first failover scope before an attempt is made to failover the resource group a node in any other failover scope; wherein the attempt to failover the resource group to a node in a first failover scope is unsuccessful, and further comprising, accessing data that indicates whether manual intervention is necessary before attempting to failover the resource to a node of another failover scope; and failing over the resource group from one node to another node based on the failover scope associated with the resource group.