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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2007
Jason M. Cahill, Woodinville, WA (US);
Titus C. Miron, Seattle, WA (US);
Lauren N. Antonoff, Seattle, WA (US);
Sean L. Livingston, Bothell, WA (US);
Jason M. Cahill, Woodinville, WA (US);
Titus C. Miron, Seattle, WA (US);
Lauren N. Antonoff, Seattle, WA (US);
Sean L. Livingston, Bothell, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are provided to automatically managing system downtime in a computer network. In one embodiment, an event is created in an application server to schedule a system downtime period for a web server. When the scheduled downtime occurs, the web server is automatically removed from the network and a downtime notification message is automatically communicated indicating that the web server is offline. In another embodiment, events may be created to schedule downtime for web-based applications, including websites. Prior to the scheduled downtime, requests to a web-based application may be automatically stopped and redirected to a specified location. In another embodiment, the operation of web servers is automatically monitored to detect the presence of a fault condition and, if a fault condition is present, then a determination may be made that the affected web servers are down and requests to the down web servers are automatically redirected to an alternate server.