RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A method and apparatus fo resource management are disclosed. The method includes detecting a change in availability of one or more resources, determining whether a dependency exists between the resources and a manged component, and propagating the change in availability to the managed compone nt when a dependency exists. The apparatus for resource management includes a media manager adapted to detect a change in availability of one or more resources, a resource inventory having information indicative of one or more dependencies between the resources and one or more managed components, and a management agent adapted to propagate the change in availability to a manage d component when a dependency exists between the managed component and the resources.