Flexible delegation of management function for self-managing resources
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1. A method of autonomic management involving an autonomic manager and a plurality of self-managing network resources, the method comprising:
- identifying the status of a network resource and identifying whether the network resource is a self-managing resource;
at an autonomic manager having a processor and memory, generating an autonomic management rule for management of an identified self-managing network resource,the autonomic management rule comprising diagnostic information, knowledge code and instruction code for use by a self-managing resource;
the autonomic management rule being dynamically movable from hierarchical management resources, to peer-management resources, to self-management resources; and
after identifying a network resource as being a self-managing resource, sending the autonomic management rule, over a network, for use by one or more self-managing resources.
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Included are method, article of manufacture, and device that serve to identify the status of a network resource along with whether the network resource is a self-managing resource. When autonomic management capabilities are identified, an autonomic management rule for management of the network resource may be generated and sent, over a network, for receipt and use by the identified self-managing resource.
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1. A method of autonomic management involving an autonomic manager and a plurality of self-managing network resources, the method comprising:
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identifying the status of a network resource and identifying whether the network resource is a self-managing resource; at an autonomic manager having a processor and memory, generating an autonomic management rule for management of an identified self-managing network resource, the autonomic management rule comprising diagnostic information, knowledge code and instruction code for use by a self-managing resource; the autonomic management rule being dynamically movable from hierarchical management resources, to peer-management resources, to self-management resources; and after identifying a network resource as being a self-managing resource, sending the autonomic management rule, over a network, for use by one or more self-managing resources. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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