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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ariel Kass, Nofim, IL;
Amalia Avraham, Petach Tikva, IL;
Erez A. Theodorou, Petah Tikva, IL;
Lior Tamary, Omer, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes sending, from a first system to a second system, a request for a clock value associated with a third system, receiving, from the second system, a clock value associated with the third system and a query clock value determined at the second system, comparing, at the first system, the clock value associated with the third system to the query clock value determined at the second system to determine whether the third system is unavailable, and performing one or more predetermined actions at the first system in response to determining that the third system is unavailable.