Model management and the automation of computer system operations

Abstract

A report is presented on efforts to develop and manage a model of a real-time computer system. The computer systems of interest are large-scale, IBM mainframe computers that run the MVS operating system. The model interacts with both the computer system itself, and with heterogeneous software modules designed to control and manage the computer system. The work indicates that even in rule-based environments, an object-oriented status-model manager provides valuable functionality.<>