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AUTONOMIC MANAGEMENT OF AUTONOMIC SYSTEMS

  • US 20080235173A1
  • Filed: 04/24/2008
  • Published: 09/25/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for the autonomic management of autonomic systems comprising:

  • a manual management process and an autonomic management process, each of said manual and autonomic management processes having a configuration for recommending courses of action responsive to monitoring the operation of a managed system;

    a data structure coupled to said manual and autonomic management processes and configured for storing an indicator reflecting a level of trust of decision making by said manual and autonomic management processes; and

    ,a transition process coupled to said data structure and programmed to empower a selected one of said manual and autonomic management process to manage said managed system based upon said data structure containing an indicator which exceeds a threshold level, whereinthe autonomic management process comprises the steps of;

    monitoring a managed system and recommending a course of action to be performed in said managed system;

    determining whether said recommended course of action has been performed by an administrator and responsive to said determination further determining whether an outcome from said course of action comports with a predicted outcome;

    changing a point count responsive to a further determination that said outcome from said course of action comports with said predicted outcome and oppositely changing said point count responsive to a further determination that said outcome from said course of action does not comport with said predicted outcome; and

    ,when said point count crosses a threshold value transitioning management of said managed system to an adaptive component.

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