Autonomic management of autonomic systems

• US 7,370,098 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2003
• Issued: 05/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kaminsky, David L., Doyle, Ronald P., Ogle, David M., Telford, Richard Dean
• Primary Examiner(s): Caldwell; Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): BIAGINI, CHRISTOPHER D
• Application Number:
  US10/635,878
• Publication Number:
  US 20050044209A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,735 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/16 using machine learning or artificial intelligence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring

Abstract

A method for the autonomic management of autonomic systems can include monitoring a managed system and recommending a course of action to be performed in the managed system. It can be determined whether the recommended course of action has been performed by an administrator. Responsive to the determination, it further can be determined whether an outcome from the course of action comports with a predicted outcome. If so, a point count can be changed responsive to a further determination that the outcome from the course of action comports with the predicted outcome. Conversely, the point count can be oppositely changed responsive to a further determination that the outcome from the course of action does not comports with the predicted outcome. In any case, when the point count crosses a threshold value, the management of the managed system can be transitioned to an adaptive component.

Claims

1. A method for the autonomic management of autonomic systems, the method comprising the steps of:

monitoring a managed system and recommending a course of action to be performed in said managed system;

determining whether said recommended course of action has been performed by an administrator and responsive to said determination, further determining whether an outcome from said course of action comports with a predicted outcome;

changing a point count responsive to a further determination that said outcome from said course of action comports with said predicted outcome, and oppositely changing said point count responsive to a further determination that said outcome from said course of action does not comport with said predicted outcome; and

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when said point count crosses a threshold value, transitioning management of said managed system to an adaptive component.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of when said point count re-crosses said threshold value in a direction opposite a direction which gave rise to said transitioning step, returning management of said managed system to a predictive component.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of requesting permission from an administrator prior to returning management of said managed system to said predictive component.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said transitioning step comprises the steps of:

detecting a crossing of said threshold value in a changing of said point count;

smoothing changes in said point count; and

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permitting said transition step only after said step of smoothing changes.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of forbidding a transition to said adaptive component by setting said threshold value to a de facto infinite value.

6. A machine readable storage having stored thereon a computer program for the autonomic management of autonomic systems, the computer program comprising a routine set of instructions for causing the machine to perform the steps of:

monitoring a managed system and recommending a course of action to be performed in said managed system;

determining whether said recommended course of action has been performed by an administrator and responsive to said determination, further determining whether an outcome from said course of action comports with a predicted outcome;

changing a point count responsive to a further determination that said outcome from said course of action comports with said predicted outcome, and oppositely changing said point count responsive to a further determination that said outcome from said course of action does not comport with said predicted outcome; and

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when said point count crosses a threshold value, transitioning management of said managed system to an adaptive component.

7. The machine readable storage of claim 6, further comprising the step of when said point count re-crosses said threshold value in a direction opposite a direction which gave rise to said transitioning step, returning management of said managed system to a predictive component.

8. The machine readable storage of claim 7, further comprising the step of requesting permission from an administrator prior to returning management of said managed system to said predictive component.

9. The machine readable storage of claim 6, wherein said transitioning step comprises the steps of:

detecting a crossing of said threshold value in a changing of said point count;

smoothing changes in said point count; and

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permitting said transition step only after said step of smoothing changes.

10. The machine readable storage of claim 6, further comprising the step of forbidding a transition to said adaptive component by setting said threshold value to a de facto infinite value.