AUTONOMIC ASSISTANCE FOR POLICY GENERATION

• US 20130185407A1
• Filed: 01/02/2013
• Published: 07/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc.
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kaminsky, David L., Ogle, David M.
• Granted Patent: US 10,454,767 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/02 Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/108 when the policy decisions are valid for a limited amount of time

Abstract

A system, method and apparatus for autonomically assisting in the creation of an administrative policy. The method can include detecting a stimuli in a system under study and monitoring a response by a systems administrator to the stimuli. The stimuli and the response can be forwarded to a policy maker suited to analyze the stimuli and the response. Also, the policy maker can be queried for a preferred response to the stimuli. Based upon the preferred response to the stimuli, a policy for responding to the stimuli can be formulated. As such, the policy can be enforced in managing the system under study. Moreover, the policy can be forwarded for future consideration to the systems administrator.

Claims

1. A system for autonomically assisting in the creation of an administrative policy comprising:

a processor configured to

detect a stimuli in a system under study and monitor a response by a systems administrator to said stimuli;

forward said stimuli and said response to a policy maker suited to analyze said stimuli and said response;

query said policy maker for a preferred response to said stimuli; and

,

formulate a policy for responding to said stimuli based upon said preferred response.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a data store of stimuli and responses in said system under study.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to enforce said policy in managing said system under study.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to forward said policy to said systems administrator.

23. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to store said stimuli and response in a data store for subsequent analysis.

24. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to

monitor the performance of said system under study in respect to said policy;

and,

report said monitored performance to at least one of said systems administrator and said policy maker.

25. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to

identify a policy maker among a plurality of policy makers, said identified policy maker having an association with at least one of said system under study, said stimuli and said response;

and,

route said stimuli and response to said identified policy maker.

26. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to

identify a policy maker among a plurality of policy makers, said identified policy maker having knowledge of another policy maker among said plurality of policy makers, said another policy maker having an association with at least one of said system under study, said stimuli and said response;

and,

route said stimuli and response to said identified policy maker, said identified policy maker further routing said stimuli and response to said another policy maker.

27. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to query said policy maker for at least one of an identity of a related stimuli, an identity of a related response, and an identity of a related system to which said policy can apply.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the processor is further configured to formulate said policy additionally based upon said at least one of said identity of said related stimuli, said identity of said related response, and said identity of said related system to which said policy can apply.

3-20. -20. (canceled)