HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS WITH SHADOW MODULES

• US 20110246632A1
• Filed: 03/31/2010
• Published: 10/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Crumpton, Kathleen, Tran, My
• Granted Patent: US 8,732,286 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3006 where the computing system is distributed, e.g. networked systems, clusters, multiprocessor systems multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46; allocation of resources G06F9/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3055 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the status of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring if the computing system is on, off, available, not available error or fault processing without redundancy G06F11/0703; error detection or correction by redundancy in data representation G06F11/08; error detection or correction by redundancy in operation G06F11/14; error detection or correction by redundancy in hardware G06F11/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3058 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring environmental properties or parameters of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring of power, currents, temperature, humidity, position, vibrations thermal management in cooling arrangements of a computing system G06F1/206

Abstract

A shadowing platforms and systems in a network with a remote platform are provided. The shadowing platform includes a shadow health management module and platform storage coupled to the shadow health management module. The shadow health management module is configured to receive health information from the remote platform; store the health information in the platform storage; receive status information from the remote platform; and provide the health information to the remote platform when the status information is unacceptable.

Claims

1. A shadowing platform in a network with a remote platform, comprising:

a shadow health management module;

platform storage coupled to the shadow health management module,

the shadow health management module configured to

receive health information from the remote platform;

store the health information in the platform storage;

receive status information from the remote platform; and

provide the health information to the remote platform when the status information is unacceptable.

2. The shadowing platform of claim 1, wherein health information is critical health information for operation of the remote platform.

3. The shadowing platform of claim 1, wherein the shadow health management module is configured to restore the remote platform to an acceptable operational status.

4. The shadowing platform of claim 1, wherein the shadow health management module is configured to establish a shadowing relationship with the remote platform.

5. The shadowing platform of claim 1, wherein the shadow health management module is configured to establish a remote network connection with the remote platform.

6. The shadowing platform of claim 1, wherein the shadow health management module is configured to manage data transfer with the remote platform.

7. The shadowing platform of claim 6, wherein the shadow health management module is configured to manage conditions to initiate the data transfer with the remote platform.

8. The shadowing platform of claim 1, wherein the shadow health management module is configured to merge the health information with partial health information associated with the remote platform.

9. The shadowing platform of claim 1, wherein the remote platform is a first remote platform and the network further includes a second remote platform, and wherein the shadow health management module is further configured to receive health information from the second remote platform;

store the health information from the second remote platform in the platform storage; and

aggregate the health information from the first remote platform and the health information from the second remote platform.

10. The shadowing platform of claim 9, wherein the shadow health management module is further configured to fuse the health information from the first remote platform and the health information from the second remote platform.

11. A method of health monitoring in a network of platforms, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving, at a resident platform, health information from a first remote platform;

storing, in the resident platform, the health information from the first remote platform;

receiving, at the resident platform, status information from the first remote platform; and

providing, from the resident platform, the health information of the first remote platform to the first remote platform when the status information is unacceptable.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the providing step includes providing critical health information to the first remote platform.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising the step of assigning shadowing responsibility of the resident platform with respect to the remote platform.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising the step of managing conditions to initiate a data transfer between the resident platform and the first remote platform.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising the step of merging, in the resident platform, the health information associated with the first remote platform with partial health information associated with the first remote platform.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising the step of establishing a remote network connection between the resident platform and the first remote platform.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising the step of managing data transfer between the resident platform and the first remote platform.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising the steps of

receiving, at the resident platform, health information from a second remote platform;

storing, in the resident platform, the health information from the second remote platform;

receiving, at the resident platform, status information from the second remote platform; and

providing, from the resident platform, the health information of the second remote platform to the second remote platform when the status information is unacceptable.

19. The method of claim 11, further comprising the steps of

receiving, at a second remote platform, health information from the resident platform;

storing, at the second remote platform, the health information from the resident platform;

receiving, at the second remote platform, status information from the resident platform; and

providing, from the second remote platform, the health information of the resident platform to the resident platform when the status information is unacceptable.

20. A network of platforms, comprising:

a first platform;

a second platform configured to communicate with the first platform and comprising a first shadow health management module and first platform storage coupled to the first shadow health management module,

the first shadow health management module configured to receive health information from the first platform, store the health information in the first platform storage;

receive status information from the first platform; and

provide the health information to the first platform when the status information is unacceptable; and

a third platform configured to communicate with the first and second platforms and comprising a second shadow health management module and second platform storage coupled to the second shadow health management module,

the second shadow health management module configured to receive health information from the second platform, store the health information in the second platform storage;

receive status information from the second platform; and

provide the health information to the second platform when the status information is unacceptable.