Patent ID: 7228407
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. In a data processing system including a plurality of subject entities and at least one authority entity, an autonomic management method for self-configuring the subject entities, each subject entity belonging to at least one of a plurality of categories, wherein the method includes the steps of: the at least one authority entity publishing a plurality of rules each one defining a target state for a category, the target state of at least one rule being a prerequisite for the target state of at least one further rule, each subject entity retrieving the rules for the corresponding at least one category, applying each retrieved rule to configure the subject entity according to the target state, the application of the retrieved rule failing when at least one corresponding prerequisite is not available on the subject entity, and repeating the application of each failed rule to configure the subject entity according to the target state specified in the failed rule when all the corresponding prerequisites are available.