Programming and development infrastructure for an autonomic element

• US 20070033273A1
• Filed: 04/17/2006
• Published: 02/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snow Software, Inc. (Snow Software AB)
• Original Assignee: Embotics Corp. (Snow Software AB)
• Inventors: Watson, David, Calvert, Daniel, Sugden, David, Stockall, Jesse, Webb, Kenneth, Rollins, Mark, Sequin, Jean-Marc, Katz, Fabio, White, Anthony
• Granted Patent: US 8,555,238 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code

Abstract

Programming and development infrastructure for an autonomic element is provided. The system includes a control plane (ISAC), a host server, a management console, and a module development environment. The ISAC contains an Autonomic Controller Engine (ACE) and management module(s). The management module is comprised of a set of scenarios. The ISAC is embedded in a control plane.

Claims

1. A system for programming an autonomic element, comprising.

a module development environment (MDE) module for creating and editing a management module, the autonomic element including an intelligent secure autonomic controller (ISAC) learning a behavior through the management module;

and

a management distribution environment for distributing the management module to the ISAC.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein the management distribution environment is in a management console.

3. A system according to claim 1, wherein the MDE module is for distributing one or more management modules to a group of ISACs.

4. A system according to claim 1, wherein the programming system is embedded in a single board computer.

7. A method of implementing the system of claim 1.

5. A system for distribution of software updates for an autonomic manager, comprising;

a module development environment (MDE) for creating one or more module archives for distribution, and

a management console for customizing the module archives and sending the module archives to a group of intelligent secure autonomic controllers (ISACs),

the ISAC including an autonomic controller engine (ACE), the ACE receiving and unbundling the module archives.

8. A method of implementing the system of claim 5.

9. A method of implementing the system of claim 5 where the state of an existing software component is to be restored after the new software component has been installed.

6. A system for configuration of an autonomic manager based upon managed element configuration, comprising:

a management console for customizing module archives and sending the module archives to an intelligent secure autonomic controller (ISAC), wherein self-configuring elements are included as part of each module archive,

the ISAC including an autonomic controller engine (ACE), wherein software elements associated with the module archive run automatically when the module archive is unbundled and loaded into a running ACE.

10. A method of implementing the system of claim 6.

11. A method of implementing the system of claim 6 where the state of an existing management module is to be restored after the new management module has been installed.