Policy Definition Language for Automated Management of Distributed Systems Export

@article{citeulike:5893421, abstract = {The heterogeneity, increasing size and complexity of distributed systems requires new architectures, strategies, and tools for their technical management. In this paper we propose a policy based approach to distributed systems management. The use of different abstraction levels allows a stepwise refinement from an informal strategic level to a formalized operational level. On the lowest level, we use a formal language for separate definition of policies and events, that enables the computer to check the syntax of a given policy description and to translate policies into executable rules. To increase the capability for reasoning on a given set of policies, we extended the architecture by a graph model of the process semantics of operational policy and event specifications. The graph model is supported by a compiler mapping operational specifications into their semantic graphs, and performing analysis and manipulation functions on such graphs.}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, author = {Koch, Thomas and Krell, Christoph and Kraemer, Bernd}, citeulike-article-id = {5893421}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/IWSM.1996.534147}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IWSM.1996.534147}, doi = {10.1109/IWSM.1996.534147}, isbn = {0-8186-7442-3}, journal = {Systems Management Workshop, IEEE International}, keywords = {automated\_management, distributed\_system, policy\_definition\_language}, pages = {55+}, posted-at = {2009-10-05 23:49:55}, priority = {0}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, title = {Policy Definition Language for Automated Management of Distributed Systems}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IWSM.1996.534147}, volume = {0}, year = {1996} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5893421 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5893421 N2 - The heterogeneity, increasing size and complexity of distributed systems requires new architectures, strategies, and tools for their technical management. In this paper we propose a policy based approach to distributed systems management. The use of different abstraction levels allows a stepwise refinement from an informal strategic level to a formalized operational level. On the lowest level, we use a formal language for separate definition of policies and events, that enables the computer to check the syntax of a given policy description and to translate policies into executable rules. To increase the capability for reasoning on a given set of policies, we extended the architecture by a graph model of the process semantics of operational policy and event specifications. The graph model is supported by a compiler mapping operational specifications into their semantic graphs, and performing analysis and manipulation functions on such graphs. JF - Systems Management Workshop, IEEE International SN - 0-8186-7442-3 AD - Los Alamitos, CA, USA TI - Policy Definition Language for Automated Management of Distributed Systems PB - IEEE Computer Society VL - 0 SP - 55 KW - automated_management KW - distributed_system KW - policy_definition_language AU - Koch, Thomas AU - Krell, Christoph AU - Kraemer, Bernd PY - 1996/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IWSM.1996.534147 ER -