Patent ID: 8103591
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A flexible management method for managing a plurality of activities executed within at least one computer hardware resource perimeter which is configured at least one multicellular computer platform of a plurality of multicellular computer platforms, each computer platform defining a subsystem of a multiple processor system, each activity including at least one operating system configured to manage the computer hardware resources of the perimeter within which the activity it is intended to be executed, the at least one multicellular computer platform including a plurality of distinct computer hardware resource perimeters configured to be activated successively or simultaneously on said multicellular computer platform, the method comprising: identifying an activity, upon initialization of the activity within a perimeter, using an extended serial number associated with the activity, the extended serial number being stored in a storage resource module of a management tool, and the extended serial number including the serial number of a subsystem on which the execution of the activity is authorized; authenticating the serial number of the subsystem on which the execution of the activity is authorized; verifying the extended serial numbers of activities already being executed on a different subsystem of the system; and recording the extended serial numbers as activity licenses in working memories of the computer hardware resources of the subsystems in which perimeters within which the activities which are in the process of initialization are configured, wherein said activities are executed using a management system comprising wherein the administration tool further includes