The Life Cycle of an Autonomic Element

An autonomic element's life cycle begins with its design and implementation; continues with test and verification; proceeds to installation, configuration, optimization, upgrading, monitoring, problem determination, and recovery; and culminates in uninstallation or replacement. Each of these stages has special issues and challenges.

Design, Test, and Verification

Programming an autonomic element will mean extending Web services or grid services with programming tools and techniques that aid in managing relationships with other autonomic elements. Because autonomic elements both consume and provide services, representing needs and preferences will be just as important as representing capabilities. Programmers ...

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