Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual machine task or process management or task management/control inventions 08/06

20060195842 - Disk drive/cpu architecture for distributed computing: A disk drive is described which includes means for executing distributed computing tasks including a CPU and associated memory. The communication interface with the host computer is modified to allow the host computer to send executable code for a task to the drive and to allow the drive to communicate...

20060195841 - Method and apparatus for scheduling maintenance and repair: A method and apparatus for scheduling the calibration, repair, maintenance or upgrade of one or more instruments is described. The method and apparatus includes a timer function that initiates a scan of a transaction database, looking for any transaction that is about to be due, is due or is past...

20060195843 - Method and apparatus for scheduling maintenance and repair: A method and apparatus for scheduling an activity (calibration, repair, maintenance or upgrade of one or more instruments) is described, as well as scheduling an activity regarding an animate object. The method and apparatus includes a timer function that initiates a scan of a transaction database, looking for any transaction...

20060195846 - Method and system for scheduling jobs based on predefined, re-usable profiles: A method for scheduling execution of a work unit in a data processing system, wherein the execution of the work unit involves the execution of at least one program, the method comprising: providing a first collection (265) of pieces of information necessary to execute the work unit, said first collection...

20060195845 - System and method for scheduling executables: In one embodiment, a computer system comprises a plurality of processors, a plurality of groups of executables, wherein a respective share parameter is defined for each group that represents an amount of processor resources to support executables of the group, a software routine that generates a plurality of weights using...

20060195844 - Task execution mechanism with automated condition checking and compensation: A method of executing a task in a manner that verifies that performance of the task will likely be successful. This may be accomplished using a task object that specifies one or more preconditions that must be satisfied in order for the task to be successful. The preconditions are verified...

20060195847 - Task scheduling device, method, program, recording medium, and transmission medium for priority-driven periodic process scheduling: A high priority setter 102 writes the first priority (high priority) of a specific task #1 recorded in a specific task table 110 every time interval T, as the priority of the task #1 in a task priority table 111. Thereafter, when a time duration TH shorter than the time...

20060195848 - System and method of virtual resource modification on a physical adapter that supports virtual resources: A method, computer program product, and distributed data processing system for modifying one or more virtual resources that reside within a physical adapter, such as a peripheral component interconnect (PCI), PCI-X, or PCI-E adapter, and that are associated with a virtual host is provided. Specifically, the present invention is directed...

20060190942 - Processor task migration over a network in a multi-processor system: Methods and apparatus for migrating and distributing processor tasks on a plurality of multi-processing systems distributed over a network. The multi-processing system includes at least one broadband entity, each broadband entity including a plurality of processing units and synergistic processing units, as well as a shared memory. Tasks from one...

20060190943 - System and a method for scheduling tasks: A system and method for scheduling tasks is disclosed. One embodiment comprises a system that includes an initial scheduler that schedules a plurality of tasks of an associated priority group within an available schedule time period based on an earliest possible end time of a task duration of a respective...

20060190944 - System and method for resource management: The resource management system and method is a solution for balancing or leveling resource utilization in business processes. The solution relies on an analysis model implemented on a computer system with a user interface. A user enters resource capability data, resource requirements data including prioritized tasks and task categories, and...

20060190945 - Symmetric multiprocessor operating system for execution on non-independent lightweight thread context: A multiprocessing system is disclosed. The system includes a multithreading microprocessor, including a plurality of thread contexts (TCs), each comprising a first control indicator for controlling whether the TC is exempt from servicing interrupt requests to an exception domain for the plurality of TCs, and a virtual processing element (VPE),...

20060190946 - Symmetric multiprocessor operating system for execution on non-independent lightweight thread context: A multiprocessing system is disclosed. The system includes a multithreading microprocessor having a plurality of thread contexts (TCs), a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) shared by the plurality of TCs, and an instruction scheduler, coupled to the plurality of TCs, configured to dispatch to execution units, in a multithreaded fashion, instructions...

20060184938 - Method, apparatus and system for dynamically reassigning memory from one virtual machine to another: A method, apparatus and system enable a virtual machine manager (“VMM”) to dynamically reassign memory from one virtual machine (“VM”) to another. The VMM may generate a message to the VM to which the memory is currently assigned and inform the device that the memory is shutting down. The current...

20060184937 - System and method for centralized software management in virtual machines: Virtual machines of a virtual data center generate runtime instances with a software image, hardware configuration, management configuration and user/service configuration. Virtual data center resource use is monitored by reference to the management configuration of runtime instances, such as for environmental controls like power, cooling and balancing, or for policy...

20060184936 - System and method using virtual machines for decoupling software from management and control systems: Virtual machines of a virtual data center generate runtime instances with a software image, hardware configuration, management configuration and user/service configuration. Virtual data center resource use is monitored by reference to the management configuration of runtime instances, such as for environmental controls like power, cooling and balancing, or for policy...

20060184935 - System and method using virtual machines for decoupling software from users and services: Virtual machines of a virtual data center generate runtime instances with a software image, hardware configuration, management configuration and user/service configuration. Virtual data center resource use is monitored by reference to the management configuration of runtime instances, such as for environmental controls like power, cooling and balancing, or for policy...

20060184940 - Composite task framework: A system, method and media for performing a composite task, comprising: determining an undo task for each subtask in a plurality of subtask for the composite task; performing each one of the plurality of subtasks; performing the associated undo task for each subtask that was performed if the performing of...

20060184941 - Distributed task framework: A system, method and media for performing a task, comprising: determining an undo task for the task; performing the task with a local task manager; distributing the task to at least one remote task manager if the performing of the task with local task manager succeeds; performing the associated undo...

20060184943 - Healthcare procedure and resource scheduling system: A User Interface system provides a physician with a user-friendly overview of operational and resource information of a Radiology Information System (RIS) and uses rules and hospital knowledge to find and filter RIS information to provide information facilitating making a particular decision. A radiology resource monitoring system comprises at least...

20060184939 - Method for using a priority queue to perform job scheduling on a cluster based on node rank and performance: In a multi node information processing system, a method for scheduling jobs, includes steps of: determining node-related performance parameters for a plurality of nodes; determining a ranking for each node based on the node related performance parameters for each node; and ordering each nodes by its ranking for job scheduling....

20060184942 - System, method and medium for using and/or providing operating system information to acquire a hybrid user/operating system lock: A system, method and medium for utilizing data indicative of operating system activity to determine if a process should continue to attempt to acquire a lock, or make a call to an operating system....

20060184944 - Scheduling batch jobs: A technique is described in which a plurality of requests for batch jobs is received. Each batch job corresponds to one of a plurality of batch job categories. Each batch job category has one or more associated time slots. Each request includes a selection of one or more of these...

20060184945 - Suspending scenario generation method, server device, and program therefor: To provide a suspending scenario generation method which is executed in a storage system including a management server provided with a storage device and a job scheduler for executing an operating scenario for managing the storage device, and generates the operating scenario and a suspending scenario for suspending execution of...

20060184946 - Thread priority method, apparatus, and computer program product for ensuring processing fairness in simultaneous multi-threading microprocessors: A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed in a data processing system for ensuring processing fairness in simultaneous multi-threading (SMT) microprocessors that concurrently execute multiple threads during each clock cycle. A clock cycle priority is assigned to a first thread and to a second thread during a standard...

20060184947 - Distributed system, computer and state transition control method for distributed system: In a distributed system in which a plurality of resources execute a distributed transaction, each of the resources changes the state of an own updating process in accordance with an notification from a coordinator. In addition, each of the resources includes a termination protocol unit which collects states of updating...

20060174245 - Dynamically tasking one or more surveillance resources: In one embodiment, a system for dynamically tasking one or more surveillance resources includes a core module identifying one or more surveillance resources each including one or more sensors. The system also includes one or more discrete tasking modules dynamically tasking one or more of the surveillance resources identified in...

20060174246 - Processor and information processing method: A processor comprises a plurality of processor sections that process a task or a thread, wherein the processor includes a dedicated processor section that exclusively processes a predetermined high priority processing, a general-purpose processor section that performs processing other than the predetermined high priority processing and a high priority processing...

20060174249 - Resource management system, resource conversion table generation system, software authentication system, resource management program, resource conversion table generation program, software authentication program, resource management method, resource conve: A resource management system, which manages resources to be utilized by a functional module, includes a resource measuring unit that measures a resource amount to be utilized by the functional module in a first execution environment, a resource converting unit that converts the resource amount measured by the resource measuring...

20060174248 - Software tool for automatically protecting shared resources within software source code: A method for identifying shared resources in multiple tasks in a multitasking system and for automatically inserting code to protect these shared resources from race conditions due to access by more than one task....

20060174247 - System for dynamic processor enablement: An apparatus, program product and method improve management of available computing resources by adjusting use of the resource over a first interval according to actual use of the resource during a second interval. This feature enables a computing resource to exceed its normal limits during the first interval of operation....