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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2008
Tamar Eilam, New York, NY (US);
Michael Husayn Kalantar, Millwood, NY (US);
Alexander Konstantinou, New York, NY (US);
Kaoutar El Maghraoui, Troy, NY (US);
Alok Menghrajani, Lausanne, CH;
Lily Barkovic Mummert, Mahopac, NY (US);
John Arthur Pershing, Jr., Cortland Manor, NY (US);
Tamar Eilam, New York, NY (US);
Michael Husayn Kalantar, Millwood, NY (US);
Alexander Konstantinou, New York, NY (US);
Kaoutar El Maghraoui, Troy, NY (US);
Alok Menghrajani, Lausanne, CH;
Lily Barkovic Mummert, Mahopac, NY (US);
John Arthur Pershing, Jr., Cortland Manor, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for automatically determining a valid ordering of provisioning operations, and their needed parameters, so that a provisioning system can configure a desired resource state. This is accomplished by formally describing the pre-conditions and effects of provisioning operations, the current state of managed resources and the desired final state. A planning algorithm is then used to determine the provisioning operations, a valid ordering and appropriate parameters to bring the system from the current state to the desired state.