Method for managing membership of a group of processors in a distributed computing environment
First Claim
1. A method for joining a group of processors in a distributed computing environment, said method comprising:
- requesting, by a processor, to join a group of processors, said group of processors executing related processes;
establishing said group responsive to the first processor requesting to join said group, said first processor being designated as group leader processor for performing specified actions for said group of processors; and
adding said processor to said group of processors.
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Abstract
Membership of a group of processors in a distributed computing environment is managed. Specific actions are identified and performed in order to manage the group membership. A processor requests to join the group of processors and thus, is added to the group. Similarly, processors may request to leave the group or may fail and then are removed from the group. The group of members also receives multicasts initiated from one member of the group to other members of the group. Additionally, each group of processors within a distributed computing environment has a group leader that controls the actions being performed for the group of members.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for joining a group of processors in a distributed computing environment, said method comprising:
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requesting, by a processor, to join a group of processors, said group of processors executing related processes; establishing said group responsive to the first processor requesting to join said group, said first processor being designated as group leader processor for performing specified actions for said group of processors; and adding said processor to said group of processors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for maintaining groups of processors in a distributed computing environment, said method comprising:
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establishing a group of processors of said distributed computing environment, said group of processors including one or more member processors, each of said one or more member processors, including a related process, said group of processors, the processor making said first request designated as group leader being established responsive to a first request to join said group by one of said processors; identifying a specified action to be taken for said group of processors; and performing said specified action by said group leader for said group of processors. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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