A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUTONOMIC MANAGEMENT OF A NETWORKED SYSTEM USING AN ACTION-CENTRIC APPROACH

摘要

According to the present invention, there is provided a SAN management system to provide autonomic management of a storage system using an action-centric approach. The SAN management system includes a policy specification logic block (26) to maintain a policy specification associated with the managed system. In addition, the SAN management system includes a reasoning logic block to provide for the determining of action rules using a combination of logic and information obtained from the policy specification. Also, the SAN management system includes a learning logic block (30) to couple the policy specification logic block (26) with the reasoning logic block (30) to improve an understanding of a managed system. The learning is continuous and provides for autonomic evolvement of the system in which reliance on manual input from a user is lessened.