System management based on goals relevant to a current state of a managed system

摘要

A system includes a goal state repository, a goal state repository instance and management tools. The goal state repository stores goals for a managed system. The goal state repository instance stores a subset of the goals applicable to a current state of the managed system. The goal state repository instance is created by comparing the current state of the managed system to the goals stored in the goal state repository. The management tools modify the managed system to be in compliance with the subset of goals stored in the goal state repository instance.

主权项

1. A method of managing a system to be compliant with applicable goals, the method comprising:
automatically determining an applicable goal for a current state of a managed system from a goal state repository instance, wherein the applicable goal includes a metric to be achieved by the managed system; determining a measurement of the metric, wherein the measurement describes a current state of the managed system; determining whether the measurement of the metric is not in compliance with the the metric in the applicable goal; in response to determining the measurement of the metric is not incompliance, determining a difference between the metric in the applicable goal and the measurement of the metric; and modifying the metric in the applicable goal in the goal state repository instance based on the difference, wherein the managed system is modified based on the modified applicable goal stored in the goal state repository instance.