MESSAGE FORWARDING BACKUP MANAGER IN A DISTRIBUTED SERVER SYSTEM
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1. A distributed server computer system, comprising:
- a primary manager, for providing distributed server management software services;
one or more backup managers communicatively coupled to the primary manager, for backing up information as requested by the primary manager and forwarding at least one request in response to a request received from the primary manager; and
one or more workers communicatively coupled to the one or more backup managers, for receiving at least one request forwarded from the primary manager by the one or more backup managers.
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Abstract
A distributed server system may include a primary manager, one or more backup managers communicatively coupled to the primary manager, and one or more workers communicatively coupled to the one or more backup managers. The one ore more backup managers may receive a command to backup the state of the distributed server system. The backup managers may forward work tasks to the one or more communicatively coupled workers. The backup managers may further aggregate responses received from the one or more communicatively coupled workers and send the aggregated response to the primary manager.
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1. A distributed server computer system, comprising:
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a primary manager, for providing distributed server management software services; one or more backup managers communicatively coupled to the primary manager, for backing up information as requested by the primary manager and forwarding at least one request in response to a request received from the primary manager; and one or more workers communicatively coupled to the one or more backup managers, for receiving at least one request forwarded from the primary manager by the one or more backup managers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for performance by a backup manager in a distributed server system, comprising:
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receiving a request from a primary manager to begin closing of an identifier associated with a state of the distributed server system; sending a response to the primary manager indicating the state corresponding to the identifier has been closed; receiving a request from the primary manager to broadcast tasks associated with the identifier; and broadcasting the tasks associated with the identifier to one or more workers. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. One or more device-readable media having device-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
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sending a command to one or more backup managers to close an identifier associated with a state of a distributed server system; waiting a first predetermined time interval to receive a response from each of the one or more backup servers; determining if the number of backup servers that responded is greater than a predetermined number; and reassigning one or more workers assigned to one or more backup servers that did not respond to one or more backup servers that did respond. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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