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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2017
Bmc Software, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Jay Cicardo, Willis, TX (US);
Roxanne Kallman, Ham Lake, MN (US);
BMC Software, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method on mainframe computing system includes determining a current phase of an ordered list of phases, the current phase being one of a plurality of phases in the ordered list of phases and setting a target phase based on the current phase, the ordered list of phases, and a parameter phase when the parameter phase is provided. The method also includes using the target phase and a resource assignment structure to start and stop a plurality of resources that run on the mainframe computing system. At least some of the plurality of resources have an assigned phase in the resource assignment structure. The method also includes repeating the determining, setting, and using, responsive to receiving a phase command.