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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2002
Michael Yip, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Anna Berenberg, Los Altos, CA (US);
Michael Yip, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Anna Berenberg, Los Altos, CA (US);
Extreme Networks, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system is provided to control and check run-time process dependencies. When a process manager receives a request to start a new process, the process manager accesses a configuration file to check if the new process depends on any other processes to be running and what versions of these prerequisite processes are required. If an exact version is specified in the configuration file, the prerequisite process version must match the exact version specified to be compatible with the new process. If a range of acceptable versions is specified in the configuration file, the prerequisite process version must fall within the range of acceptable versions to be compatible with the new process. If a minimum acceptable version is specified in the configuration file, then the prerequisite process version must be greater than or equal to the minimum acceptable version specified. If a maximum acceptable version is specified in the configuration file, then the prerequisite process version must be less than or equal to the maximum acceptable version specified. If the prerequisite processes are not running or the versions of the running prerequisite processes are not compatible with the new process, then the new process is not started. If the new process does not depend on any processes or all the prerequisite are running with compatible versions, then the new process may be started.