A phase-oriented method for developing management algorithms for CORBA applications

Managing distributed applications results in a large number of routine management tasks to be performed. Thus, the goal of management has to be the automation of these tasks to the greatest possible extent. This automation requires the definition of management algorithms which describe the behaviour of the management system. The paper presents AMANDA (Automated Management of Distributed Applications), a phase-oriented method for developing management algorithms for CORBA applications. These management algorithms are defined using unified modelling language (UML) statecharts and are transformed into autonomous CORBA management objects.