Patent ID: 7493387

Claim:
A validation method comprising the steps of: identifying a host within a first grid of a grid environment currently unassociated with a ghost agent, wherein said host is a software object operating in the first grid, and wherein said grid environment comprises at least two distinct grids; associating a ghost agent in the first grid with said host, wherein the ghost agent is a software object configured to replicate actions of an associated host software object and record data related to the replicated actions of the associated host software object; comparing the recorded data related to said replicated actions with validation data; generating a validation output based upon said comparing step; moving said host from the first grid to a second grid within said grid environment; and, in response to moving said host to said second grid, moving said associated ghost agent from said first grid to said second grid within said grid environment so as to follow movements of said host within the grid environment and to permit the ghost agent to replicate actions of said host in said second grid and record data related to said replicated actions in said second grid.