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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2013
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Prashanth Prahalad, Bellevue, WA (US);
David M. Kruse, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mathew George, Bellevue, WA (US);
James T. Pinkerton, Sammamish, WA (US);
Thomas E. Jolly, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Described are embodiments directed at providing a witness service that sends notifications with a resource state to clients. Embodiments provide a protocol that includes various messages for registering and receiving notifications regarding the state of a resource. The protocol may include a message for requesting node information from a first node in a cluster. The node information identifies nodes in the cluster that provide a witness service, which monitors a resource. The protocol includes a message that is used to register with the witness service for notifications regarding a state, or state change, of a network or cluster resource. The protocol also includes messages for sending notifications with state information of the resource.