Failover scopes for nodes of a computer cluster

Details Failover scopes for nodes of a computer cluster Failover scopes for nodes of a computer cluster

2004-10-08

2008-11-11

Baderman, Scott T. (Department: 2114)

Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery

Data processing system error or fault handling

Reliability and availability

C714S006130, C714S047300, C714S746000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07451347

ABSTRACT:
A failover scope comprises a node collection in a computer cluster. A resource group (e.g., application program) is associated with one or more failover scopes. If a node fails, its hosted resource groups only failover to nodes identified in each resource group's associated failover scope(s), beginning with a first associated failover scope, in order, thereby defining an island of nodes within which a resource group can failover. If unable to failover to a node of a resource group's first failover scope, failover is attempted to a node represented in any next associated failover scope, which may require manual intervention. Failover scopes may represent geographic sites, whereby each resource group attempts to failover to nodes within its site before failing over to another site. Failover scopes may be managed by the cluster runtime automatically, e.g., an added node is detectable as belonging to a site represented by a failover scope.

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