Patent ID: 8006228

Claim:
A computer-readable non-transitory medium that comprises one or more of a floppy disk, magnetic tape, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, hard disk drive, or electronic memory that stores a software program for implementation of: a first manager component that performs one or more first management operations on a software and/or hardware entity; and a second manager component that performs one or more second management operations on the software and/or hardware entity, wherein the second manager component comprises high availability services system software operating in a high availability domain; wherein the first management component is configured to operate outside of the high availability domain and the second management component is configured to operate within the high availability domain; wherein the first manager component and the second manager component are configured to concurrently share management responsibilities for the software and/or hardware entity; wherein the first manager component and the second manager component are configured for individual management responsibilities; wherein the second manager component is configured to peer with the first manager component to cooperatively manage and prevent autonomous control of the software and/or hardware entity by the second manager component.