EFFICIENTLY RELATING ADJACENT MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS MANAGING A SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE
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Abstract
A linkage controller analyzes, for a first management application managing at least one common resource with a second management application adjacent to the first management application within a computing environment comprising multiple resources and relationships, a resource and relationship model known by the first management application of a selection of resources and relationships managed by the first management application from among the plurality of resources and relationships in the computing environment. The linkage controller identifies, for the first management application, only a minimal set of resources and relationships within the resource and relationship model providing at least one optimal linkage point between the first management application and the second management application as to the at least one common resource. The linkage controller outputs the minimal set of resources and relationships to the second management application for relating to the first management application.
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11. A system for relating a first management application to a second management application, comprising:
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a resource and relationship model of a selection of resources and relationships managed by and known by a first management application from among a plurality of resources and relationships in a computing environment, wherein the resource and relationship model comprises at least one common resource managed by the first management application and a second management application adjacent to the first management application in a computing environment; a linkage controller operative to identify only a minimal set of resources and relationships within the resource and relationship model providing at least one optimal linkage point between the first management application and the second management application as to the at least one common resource; and the linkage controller operative to output the minimal set of resources and relationships to the second management application. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product for relating a first management application and an adjacent management application both managing at least one common resource in a computing environment, said computer program product tangibly embodied in a computer-readable storage medium and comprising computer executable instructions which cause a computer to:
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analyze, for a first management application managing at least one common resource with a second management application adjacent to the first management application within a computing environment comprising a plurality of resources and relationships, a resource and relationship model known by the first management application of a selection of resources and relationships managed by the first management application from among the plurality of resources and relationships; identify, for the first management application, only a minimal set of resources and relationships within the resource and relationship model providing at least one optimal linkage point between the first management application and the second management application as to the at least one common resource; and output the minimal set of resources and relationships to the second management application. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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