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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2015
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Hui Liu, Westborough, MA (US);
Hui Li, Bellevue, WA (US);
Grace Chen, Beijing, CN;
Yun Qin, Westborough, MA (US);
Boying Lu, Beijing, CN;
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A method includes determining if a workflow step has an unsatisfied dependency; setting a state of the workflow step to a blocked state if the workflow step has an unsatisfied dependency; executing the workflow step if the workflow step does not have an unsatisfied dependency; setting the state of the workflow step to a cancelled state if, after executing the workflow step; the workflow step is cancelled; setting the state of the workflow step to a success state if, after executing the workflow step, the workflow step is executed successfully; setting the state of the workflow step to an error state if, after executing the workflow step, the workflow step is executed unsuccessfully; setting a state of a workflow to a success state if the workflow is executed successfully; and notifying other nodes of the state of the workflow step and the state of the workflow using a database replication.