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Flexible delegation of management function for self-managing resources

  • US 9,479,389 B2
  • Filed: 03/06/2012
  • Issued: 10/25/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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