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7620851 Fault injection methods and apparatus  
A method of testing a target in a network by fault injection, includes: defining a transaction baseline; modifying at least one of an order and a structure of the transaction baseline to obtain a...
7620842 Method for highly available transaction recovery for transaction processing systems  
A highly available transaction recovery service migration system in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention implements a server's Transaction Recovery Service (TRS) as a migratable...
7620841 Re-utilizing partially failed resources as network resources  
A method and apparatus for re-utilizing partially failed compute resources in a massively parallel super computer system. In the preferred embodiments the compute node comprises a number of clock...
7620033 Method for optimal path selection in traversal of packets through network address translators  
Reduction of administrative overhead in maintaining network information, rapid convergence on an optimal routing path through the data network, and utilization of only required network resources...
7619982 Active probe path management  
A technique manages paths taken by probe packets sent from a source to a target of a computer network. The novel path management technique enables each probe packet i) to be transferred onto a path...
7617411 Cluster system and failover method for cluster system  
Provided is a failover method for a cluster system for realizing smooth failover of the guest OS's, even when there are many guest OS's, while reducing consumption of computer resources of a...
7613747 Tiered database storage and replication  
A storage network comprising a production database configured to store a first production section on a first tier production storage system and a second production section on a second tier...
7610505 Violations in a peer-to-peer relay network  
Methods and apparatus for implementing peer-to-peer relay. In one implementation, a method of detecting and recovering from violations in a peer-to-peer relay network includes: receiving a message...
7607069 Computer system including network slices that map to field replaceable units  
In one embodiment, a computer system includes a first client subsystem, a second client subsystem and a network. The network is coupled to convey a packet between the first client subsystem and the...
7607049 Apparatus and method for detecting network failure location  
A L2 loop failure location generated in any one of a plurality of search target apparatuses disposed in network is detected in a short time. A network failure location detecting apparatus executes...
7606884 SNMP firewall for network identification  
Systems and methods are provided for exchanging Small Network Management Protocol (SNMP) messages in a multi-network system between devices across different networks and a network management...
7606140 Distributed and disjoint forwarding and routing system and method  
A distributed and disjoint forwarding and routing system and method operable with a routing element having a scalable cluster-based architecture, wherein the control plane and data plane are...
7603590 Information processing apparatus and notification method therefor, program for implementing the method, and storage medium storing the program  
An information processing apparatus which is capable of notifying a management server of only necessary information for the management server to perform its proper maintenance function, as...
7603588 Two-stage detection of trace identifier mismatches  
Methods and apparatus for processing a trace mismatch by using hardware to detect a change in a trace string and software to perform string analysis are disclosed. In accordance with one aspect of...
7603444 Using description files to configure components in a distributed system  
The present invention provides for using description files to configure components in a distribute system. Computer-readable media store data structures representing a component mapping and a...
7600148 High-availability data center  
Method/system is disclosed for recovering computing capacity and critical applications after a catastrophic failure. The method/system involves distributing the computing capacity over multiple...
7600147 Apparatus and method for managing traps in a network environment  
An apparatus for managing traps in a network environment is provided. The apparatus includes a trap manager and a trap daemon. The trap manager includes an interface for managing trap filters in a...
7596726 Method and apparatus for selecting a primary resource in a redundant subsystem  
Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for selecting a primary resource in a redundant subsystem. In one method embodiment, the present invention receives a list of available...
7596715 Computer server with built-in modular networking component  
A network-configured computing device providing services to one or more other computing devices. A circuit board contained within a housing of the computing device includes a plurality of...
7596712 Method and system for efficiently accessing a storage redundancy group  
A method and system for efficiently accessing a pool of mass storage devices are described. In one embodiment of the invention, a primary storage server and a secondary storage server share a pool...
7596615 Multi-server automated redundant service configuration  
Automated redundant configuration of a computer service can be accomplished in a variety of ways. An installation answer can be received and used to automatically determine configuration settings...
7596100 Methods, devices and systems with improved zone merge operation by caching prior merge operation results  
Methods, devices and systems for improved zone merge operations are disclosed. Two connected switches are arbitrated as an initiator and a receiver. The merge operation is initiated only by the...
7594273 Network security system having a device profiler communicatively coupled to a traffic monitor  
A system and method for providing distributed security of a network. Several device profilers are placed at different locations of a network to assess vulnerabilities from different perspectives....
7594252 Early warning fault identification and isolation system for a two-way cable network  
Set top boxes (STBs) connected to the HFC cable network are “pinged” and their responses recorded. The two most responsive STBs in each node of the HFC cable network are identified. The most...
7594141 Apparatus, system, and method for signaling logical errors in an EIS remote function call  
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed to signal a logical error in a function call made by an integration adapter. The apparatus includes an communication module, a code extraction module,...
7590898 Heartbeat mechanism for cluster systems  
A heartbeat system and method is provided for a cluster system. In one embodiment, a heartbeat mechanism includes a quorum file for receiving heartbeat messages from the plurality of nodes. A...
7590886 Method and apparatus for facilitating device redundancy in a fault-tolerant system  
Method and apparatus for facilitating device redundancy in a fault tolerant system is described. One aspect of the invention relates to common redundancy for a set of devices in a redundancy group....
7590737 System and method for customized I/O fencing for preventing data corruption in computer system clusters  
Systems, methods, apparatus and software can implement a flexible I/O fence mechanism framework allowing clustered computer systems to conveniently use one or more I/O fencing techniques. Various...
7590727 System and method for software failover on a bladed system  
A system for managing software failover on a bladed server is provided. The system includes a plurality of bladed servers, including a first bladed server and a second failover bladed server. The...
7587624 Method and apparatus for telecommunication reliability by media connectivity endpoint selection of a control entity  
A method and apparatus for assuring telecommunication reliability by receiving from each of a plurality of control entities factors concerning priority of each of the plurality of control entities;...
7587623 Systems and methods for recovering a trading system  
The present invention relates to methods, a system, computer readable mediums and computer program products for recovering an application state of an electronic trading system including a first...
7587492 Dynamic performance management for virtual servers  
One embodiment in accordance with the invention is a method for enabling dynamic performance management for virtual servers. The method can include automatically detecting when a first physical...
7587465 Method and apparatus for configuring nodes as masters or slaves  
A node ( 101 , FIG. 1 ), within a networked computer system ( 100 ), is capable of supporting communications with other nodes relating to operating multiple application instances in a master-slave...
7584377 System, machine, and method for maintenance of mirrored datasets through surrogate writes during storage-area networks transients  
A host bus adapter for interconnecting a computer system to a storage area network has an embedded processor for processing frames. When frames are received by the processor, it inspects frames for...
7580999 Remote system administration and seamless service integration of a data communication network management system  
A method for providing remote management and maintenance of a node or service within a data communications network that is activated by the data communications network management system's receipt...
7580998 Method for describing problems in a telecommunications network  
A method for describing problems in a telecommunications network is provided, wherein the alarms for a network service displayed on an operator's console are presented in the order of the path...
7577959 Providing on-demand capabilities using virtual machines and clustering processes  
Techniques are provided for on-demand resource allocation in a cluster having at least one initial virtual machine. It is determined that resource requirements have changed. At least one new...
7577865 System and method for failure recovery in a shared storage system  
A system and method is disclosed for failure recovery and communications in a shared storage system. The shared storage system includes at least two host nodes, each of which includes two ports....
7577738 Method and apparatus using voice and data attributes for probe registration and network monitoring systems  
The present invention is directed to network monitoring systems. Test probes available for use in connection with network monitoring are registered. As part of the registration of test probes,...
7574658 State display apparatus, management system and computer-readable recording medium in which program for controlling state display is stored  
A state display apparatus includes a function data obtaining section to obtain function data concerning a function of possessed by the electronic device through the communication network; a state...
7574620 Method for operating an arrangement of a plurality of computers in the event of a computer failure  
A method is established for operating an arrangement of a plurality of computers that are configured to execute software units. Continuous monitoring of the plurality of computers and intervening...
7574322 Automated client device management  
Automated client device management techniques are described. In an implementation, a method is described which includes collecting heuristic data from a plurality of client device over a network....
7573886 System and method for adaptive bandwidth determination  
A method of determining effective bandwidth includes selecting a first packet size and sending a first packet having the first packet size from a first node to a second node. A confirmation that...
7571345 Bisectional fault detection system  
An apparatus and program product logically divide a group of nodes and causes node pairs comprising a node from each section to communicate. Results from the communications may be analyzed to...
7571344 Ensuring data integrity in network memory  
A first appliance for ensuring data integrity in network memory is disclosed. The first appliance includes a processor and a communications interface that communicates over a communication network...
7571264 Computer system for load balance, and method and program for setting path  
Provided is a computer system which includes computers and a storage system coupled to the computers. The storage system includes a first load measuring module that measures a first access load for...
7568121 Recovery from failure in data storage systems  
Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein a command is received at a first computational device coupled to a first adapter that is capable of allowing access to a data...
7568120 Method, apparatus, and computer program for handling web server failure  
To handle web server failures, a client comprises a health monitor for monitoring the status of the web server, the client being an originator of requests for web pages from the web server. The...
7568119 Storage control device and storage control device path switching method  
The invention verifies the validity of instructions transmitted between controllers without complicating the structure of the electrical connection between controllers. The initial setup detection...
7567812 Indirect asset inventory management  
A method for receiving, on a first device connected to a network, a communication including information corresponding to a second device which is not connected to the network. The information is...