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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2004
Irwin Boutboul, White Plains, NY (US);
Dikran S. Meliksetian, Danbury, CT (US);
Jean-pierre Prost, Montpellier, FR;
Nianjun Zhou, Somers, NY (US);
Irwin Boutboul, White Plains, NY (US);
Dikran S. Meliksetian, Danbury, CT (US);
Jean-Pierre Prost, Montpellier, FR;
Nianjun Zhou, Somers, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for automated topology formation in a dynamic distributed environment includes configuring a master node in an active topology having nodes and intercommunication paths between the nodes. The master node includes an automated topology formation application including a predefined topology policy definition and a representation of the active topology. The master node receives a communication from an entity, the communication including a topology event notification indicating an event affecting the active topology. Using the automated topology formation application, it is determined that the topology event notification affects a topology portion of the active topology and, based on the topology event notification, the representation of the affected topology portion of the active topology is modified according to the predefined topology policy definition.