Abstract: One embodiment includes a method which may be practiced in a computing environment where resources are distributed. The method includes acts for obtaining policy information defining restrictions on resources distributed in the computing environment. The method includes sending a request to a server for metadata about one or more resource protection policies at the server. In response to the request, metadata about one or more resource protection polices at the server is received from the server. The metadata from the server is analyzed. Based on analyzing the metadata, one or more resource protection policies stored at the client are updated.

Abstract: One embodiment includes a method which may be practiced in a computing environment where resources are distributed. The method includes acts for obtaining policy information defining restrictions on resources distributed in the computing environment. The method includes sending a request to a server for metadata about one or more resource protection policies at the server. In response to the request, metadata about one or more resource protection polices at the server is received from the server. The metadata from the server is analyzed. Based on analyzing the metadata, one or more resource protection policies stored at the client are updated.

Abstract: A refrigerant heating and cooling system for a motor vehicle includes an inside coil, an outside coil, expansion valves, a reversing valve, a refrigerant compressor, a chiller and a control device. The compressor, outside coil, an expansion valve and the inside coil define a first circuit for cooling the air within the vehicle. The compressor, inside coil, an expansion valve and the chiller define a second circuit for heating the interior of the vehicle. The chiller is a refrigerant-to-engine coolant heat exchanger. When in the heating mode, the chiller functions as an evaporator, the inside coil functions as a condenser and the engine coolant system is the heat source. The control device varies the flow of the engine coolant through the chiller as a function of the engine coolant temperature in order to maintain a relatively constant set temperature within the vehicle.