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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2006
Thomas Graser, Leonberg, DE;
Norbert Lenz, Magstadt, DE;
Markus Mueller, Eutingen, DE;
Juergen Schneider, Althengstett, DE;
Thomas Graser, Leonberg, DE;
Norbert Lenz, Magstadt, DE;
Markus Mueller, Eutingen, DE;
Juergen Schneider, Althengstett, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for automatically managing IT-resources in a heterogeneous environment on each level of resource abstraction and resource hierarchy by using the concept of the resource-reference object. The resource-reference object represents the link to a referenced resource on a lower level in the hierarchy and may include a priority value assigned by the respective level of hierarchy as well as all information to build a remote request to that referenced resource which may be a single resource or a resource group. Concurrently each resource-reference object itself is accessible from the higher level of hierarchy as an own resource by additional providing a name and a desired state which can differ from desired state of the referenced resource as well as making it externally visible. Resource-reference objects can be grouped to resource groups on the higher level of hierarchy, wherein those resource groups are addressable as own resource-reference object from the next higher level of hierarchy. By using the inventive concept of the resource-reference object conflicts between different levels of hierarchies in the system management are resolved by a conflict resolution method using the priority assigned to the resource reference object by the respective level of hierarchy.