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Method and apparatus for resource dependency relaxation

  • US 6,154,849 A
  • Filed: 06/30/1998
  • Issued: 11/28/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of implementing a policy dealing with resource failure in a computer network, comprising the steps performed by a data processing system of:

  • receiving a failure event corresponding to a failure of a first network resource;

    determining a second network resource that has a dependency relationship with the first network resource;

    if the dependency relationship between the first and the second network resource is a relaxed dependency relationship, performing actions determined by a plurality of relaxation rules for the first and second network resources; and

    perform actions determined by a plurality of event handler rules for the failure event.

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