Policies in Network and Systems Management - Formal Definition and Architecture
Rene Wies
TTI TECTRAN GmbH,
Technology Transfer Consultants
P.O. Box 251, 82026 Gruenwald/Munich
Germany
Email: r.wies_AT_ieee.org
Abstract
The task of managing information technology resources becomes
increasingly complex as managers must take heterogeneous systems,
different networking technologies, and distributed applications
into consideration. As the number of resources to be managed grows,
the task of managing these devices and applications depends on
numerous system and vendor specific issues. To prevent the
operators from drowning in excessive detail, the level of
abstraction needs to be raised in order to hide system and network
specifics. Policies which are derived from the goals of management
define the desired behaviour of distributed heterogeneous systems
and networks, and specify means to enforce this behavior. A formal
definition of policies is presented and examples of policies from
network and systems management are given to illustrate the concept. An
architecture is introduced to show how a policy system can be realized.
Keywords: Policies; network and systems management; policy definition; policy objects; policy enforcement; policy monitoring
JNSM: Vol. 2, No. 1, 1994
Policies in Network and Systems Management - Formal Definition and Architecture [Vol. 2, No. 1, 1994]
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