METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEPENDENCY-BASED IMPACT SIMULATION AND VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for clarifying vulnerability of a computing environment by identifying a potential impact of component failure simulated in the computing environment.;SOLUTION: The technique for clarifying the potential impact of the simulated condition of at least one subject component associated with the computing environment comprises the following steps/operations. First, one or more components in the computing environment which depend on at least one subject component are identified, and a potential condition status associated with each of the one or more identified components is determined. Then, information is presented to a user with respect to at least a portion of the one or more identified components based on the corresponding condition status. As an example, this technique is applicable to a distributed computing environment.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO