On the Use of Web Service Compositions for Systems Management Automation: A Use Case

In this paper we address the issue of automating systems management. Currently, any changes made in the configuration settings of the IT infrastructure in an enterprise are performed manually. To enable automatic system reconfiguration we propose the use of Web Service-enabled enterprise registries in combination with Web Service-based processes. Web Service-based processes define complex sequences of tasks and thus could implement complex reconfiguration rules. We call these composite Web services "systems management rules". Creating systems management rules can be automated using templates