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Patent Title: Notification of disconnected service machines that have stopped running

Assignee: IBM
Patent Number: US5640513
Issue Date: 06-17-1997
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File Date:01-22-1993

Abstract: A method and system are provided in a software network using a network of disconnected servers for detecting which background data processing functions have stopped running in that network of disconnected servers. The network of disconnected servers is monitored to determine those that contain background data processing functions which have stopped running in servers which remain disconnected. Notification is provided as to which servers have stopped running but remain disconnected and which background data processing functions in the servers have stopped running. The system periodically sends a message to restart servers which contain background data processing functions which have stopped running and remain disconnected.

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