Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1998-02-10
2000-02-08
Homere, Jean R.
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
395701, 3952005, 707 10, 707103, 707203, G06F 15173
Patent
active
060235861
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for self-healing of software may rely on a distribution object in a directory services of a network to provide data for controlling distribution of software and installation of files associated therewith. A software object may represent a software product, system, data structure, application, or the like, from a single byte, to a complex program. A directory services system is responsible for maintaining a data store of inter-related logical entities (directory services objects), including software objects and a distribution object containing all distribution information associated with certain distribution processes. Maintenance methods may be programmed into a directory services object or some other executable to verify the existence of files required for particular software. Verification may be completed in association with a launch request, by explicit request, or in an ongoing maintenance procedure. Maintenance may include executables and data to control, complete, and record integrity of distributed files as a distinct activity or as an ongoing, routine, periodic process of verification and appropriate re-installation of files, operating transparently to a user.
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Brooks Matthew G.
Gaisford Calvin R.
Homere Jean R.
Novell Inc.
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