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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2015
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Fred A. Bower, III, Durham, NC (US);
Andrew J. Sloma, Austin, TX (US);
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Repurposing a target endpoint to execute a management task, including: identifying an amount of computing resources required to execute a management task that controls one or more operational aspects of a target endpoint; identifying an amount of computing resources required to repurpose the target endpoint such that the target endpoint can participate in the execution of the management task; determining, in dependence upon the amount of computing resources required to execute the management task and the amount of computing resources required to repurpose the target endpoint, whether to repurpose the target endpoint; and responsive to determining to repurpose the target endpoint, initiating execution of a portion of the management task on the target endpoint.