Abstract: Proposed is a scale-out-type storage system which implements high-availability, high-speed failover. In a scale-out-type storage system, two or more nodes each comprise a cluster controller, a node controller, a plurality of subcluster processes (subclusters and the like) which are processes which execute I/O processing in their own node, which form a subcluster between processes in their own node, and which are synchronized with work-type (active)/standby-type (passive) corresponding processes in the other nodes, and a nonvolatile data store (SODB). The configuration information of the storage system is held partitioned into global configuration information of the SODB and local configuration information and the like of the subclusters and the like, and thereupon the working-type subcluster is capable of executing I/O processing without accessing the SODB.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are enhancements for operating an input/output (I/O) management cluster with end I/O devices. In one implementation, a method of operating an I/O cluster includes, in a first I/O management node of the I/O management cluster, executing a first application to manage data for an I/O device communicatively coupled via at least one switch to the first I/O management node. The method further provides identifying a failure in the first I/O management node related to processing the data for the I/O device and, in response to the failure, configuring the at least one switch to communicate the data for the I/O device with a second I/O management node of the I/O management cluster. The method also includes, in the second I/O management node and after configuring the at least one switch, executing a second application to manage the data for the I/O device.

Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed towards components in different server clusters, e.g., comprising software components such as components of a distributed computing system. Components are available for use by distributed computing system applications, yet managed by the distributed computing system runtime such that only a single instance can be activated and exist within communicating (non-partitioned) clusters. Also described is recovery from a situation in which no longer partitioned clusters each have created the same component.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for dual port storage device emulation. A switch is configured with a first virtual switch to provide a first computing device with access a first single port device through a first port and a second port. The switch is configured with a second virtual switch to provide a second computing device with access to a second single port device through a third port and a fourth port. In response to determining that the first computing device has experienced a failure, the first virtual switch and the second virtual switch are reconfigured to provide the second computing device with access to the first single port device through the second port and access to the second single port device through the fourth port. The first computing device is disconnected from accessing the first single port device through the first virtual switch.

Abstract: Synchronized source selection for adaptive bitrate (ABR) encoders may be provided. First, a first adaptive transport stream (ATS) that is aligned with a second ATS produced by a second device may be provided from a first source by a first device. The first device may be fed from the first source. Next, an indication that the second device switched from being fed from the first source to being fed from a second source may be received. In response to receiving the indication, the first device may be switched from being fed from the first source to being fed from the second source. The first ATS that is aligned with the second ATS produced by the second device may then be produced from the second source by the first device.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for providing a failover system and method for one or more collaboration conference web adapters. In general, the system and method allow for the movement of traffic or other communication packets associated with a collaboration conference from one adapter located in a first data center to another adapter located in a second data center. In one embodiment, the failover may occur in response to the detection or determination of a failure or loss of an operational state at an adapter of the system. In another embodiment, the failover may occur in response to a selection from an operations center to move the traffic to the selected adapter or second data center.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for processing a gateway device fault. According to one embodiment, when a fault on a gateway device is detected, computing tasks currently executed by the faulty gateway device are acquired; to-be-allocated computing tasks are screened out according to parameters configured when the computing tasks are issued; the computing tasks running on the faulty gateway device are terminated, and the to-be-allocated computing tasks are scheduled to other gateway devices in a normal state according to a preset scheduling strategy. Further, task states of the to-be-allocated computing tasks are recovered, and the to-be-allocated computing tasks are executed by the other gateway devices. Embodiments of the present application can help avoid the problem that computing tasks fail due to a fault occurring in the gateway device, thereby the overall execution efficiency of the computing tasks and ensuring system stability.

Abstract: Method, device, and system for providing hot reservation for in-line deployed network functions with multiple network interfaces. A system includes a first Network Function (NF) unit, connected to an ingress router and to an egress router; and a second NF unit, connected to the ingress router and to the egress router. The first NF unit is initially configured as a controlling NF. The second NF unit is initially configured as a backup NF. The two NF units periodically exchange keep-alive messages via the two routers. The second NF unit, operating as the backup NF, automatically triggers a switchover if the second NF unit did not receive a keep-alive message from the first NF unit for at least a pre-defined time-period. Additionally or alternatively, the controlling NF initiates a switchover if the maintenance status parameters of the backup NF are better than those of the controlling NF.

Abstract: A method is used in managing migration of virtual file servers. The method migrates a virtual file server from a source storage processor to a destination storage processor in a storage system. The storage system includes the source and the destination storage processors. The virtual file server comprises a root file system, a configuration file system, and a set of user file systems. The method enables concurrent access to the root file system from both source and destination storage processors during the migration until the set of user file systems is migrated from the source storage processor to the destination storage processor.

Abstract: An example operation may include a system, comprising one or more of: receiving a status failure notification for a VNFCI, retrieving a peer VNFCI admin state and a peer VNFCI operational state, taking no action when one or more of: the peer VNFCI admin state is not online, the peer VNFCI is not reachable, and the peer VNFCI operational state is active, retrieving current issues reported on resources associated with the peer VNFCI when one or more of: the peer VNFCI admin state is online, the peer VNFCI is reachable, and the peer VNFCI operational state is not active, sending a state change request message with an active state to the peer VNFCI when the current issues do not exist, and starting a retry timer for the peer VNFCI.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for training a classifier. The method includes: acquiring an original image; determining a candidate target by segmenting the original image based on at least two segmentation models; determining a universal set of features by extracting features from the candidate target; determining a reference subset of features by selecting features from the universal set of features; and determining a classifier by performing classifier training based on the reference subset of features.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for orchestrating services in a service chain. Establishing a first group with a plurality of active services and a second group with a plurality of standby services. Upon receiving an error notification of a crash in a service, moving the plurality of active services from the first group to the second group, and moving the plurality of standby services from the second group to the first group. Upon receiving an updated service group of the plurality of active services of the first group, moving the plurality of active services from the first group into the second group, and moving the plurality of standby services from the second group to a repository.

Abstract: Techniques for building and implementing computing systems with simulated hardware infrastructures are provided to support, for example, development and testing of management and orchestration software. For example, a system includes a processing platform comprising hardware resources, and a simulated computing system executing on top of the processing platform using the hardware resources. The simulated computing system comprises simulated elements including a simulated compute node, a simulated network switch device, and a simulated power distribution device. The simulated compute node comprises a simulated hardware processor and a simulated storage device. The system further comprises a test control interface configured to enable a user to test the simulated computing system by injecting an error into the simulated computing system. For example, error injection includes manipulating a behavior of one or more of the simulated elements and/or simulating a failure of one or more of the simulated elements.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and techniques are described for a display management of an adaptive private network (APN). A database is installed in a first node of a centralized management system including a network control node (NCN) coupled through the APN to client nodes. Timing messages sent by the NCN to the client nodes are time stamped according to a first clock in the NCN. A network time is calibrated in the client nodes based on timestamps of data which are correlated to a master time specified by the first node. The APN is polled for user specified data to be stored in the database, wherein the data is associated with a user specified period of time which is correlated to the master time. The user specified data is accessed from the database for display according to a network configuration, a user selected display type, and attributes selected by the user.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for cloud-based disaster recovery include receiving, at a cloud-based computing platform, an indication of a failed client workload, in response to the failure indication, recreating the failed client workload at the cloud-based computing platform, reserving resources of the cloud-based computing platform based on the recreated client workload, creating a virtual machine of the recreated client workload in the cloud-based computing platform within the reserved resources, and enabling the virtual machine for use by the client in place of the failed client workload.

Abstract: Techniques for providing a backup network path using a standby wide area network (WAN) link with reducing monitoring. Packet loss and latency metrics are monitored for network paths in an adaptive private network (APN) connecting a first user and a second user according to control traffic operating at a first control bandwidth for each network path. A determination is made that a first network path uses a standby WAN link, has packet loss and latency metrics indicative of a good quality state, and has at least one characteristic that identifies the first network path as a backup network path. The control traffic is then reduced for the backup network path to a second control bandwidth substantially less than the first control bandwidth. The backup network path is made active when the number of active network paths is less than or equal to a minimum number.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods of maintaining a session via an intermediary device. A first device intermediary to a client and a plurality of servers receives a packet of a session. The packet of the session includes application protocol data and application session metadata used to maintain a state of an application accessed via the session. The first device marks a session state of the session to an update state. The first device determines that a second device intermediary to the client and the plurality of servers is in a ready state and the session state of the session is in the update state. The first device forwards the application protocol data and the application session metadata of the packet to the second device to maintain, on the second device, the same state of the application accessed via the session provided by the first device.

Abstract: In some examples, with respect to adaptive multi-level checkpointing, a transfer parameter associated with transfer of checkpoint data from a node-local storage to a parallel file system may be ascertained for the checkpoint data stored in the node-local storage. The transfer parameter may be compared to a specified transfer parameter threshold. A determination may be made, based on the comparison of the transfer parameter to the specified transfer parameter threshold, as to whether to transfer the checkpoint data from the node-local storage to the parallel file system.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention include a method, system and computer program product for handling a split condition within a computer cluster configuration. The method includes determining by a processor of a node, for each of a number of other nodes within a plurality of nodes whether each of the number of other nodes is in a DOWN state or an UP state; adding each node that is an UP state to a list of nodes that are in an UP state; adding each node that is a DOWN state to a list of nodes that are in a DOWN state; and generating a split event having two islands.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a node manager configures a “new” node as a replacement for an “unavailable” node that was previously included in a distributed data store. First, the node manager identifies a source node that stores client data that was also stored in the unavailable node. Subsequently, the node manager configures the new node to operate as a slave of the source node and streams the client data from the source node to the new node. Finally, the node manager configures the new node to operate as one of multiple masters nodes in the distributed data store. Advantageously, by configuring the node to implement a hybrid of a master-slave replication scheme and a master-master replication scheme, the node manager enables the distributed data store to process client requests without interruption while automatically restoring the previous level of redundancy provided by the distributed data store.

Abstract: Techniques manage a storage system and involve: determining priorities of a first set of to-be-executed operations of a first stripe of a plurality of stripes of the storage system and priorities of a second set of to-be-executed operations of a second stripe, the plurality of stripes at least including the first stripe and the second stripe different from the first stripe, and each of the plurality of stripes including a plurality of extents distributed on different storage devices; determining a first to-be-executed operation with the highest priority among the priorities of the first set of to-be-executed operations; determining a second to-be-executed operation with the highest priority among the priorities of the second set of to-be-executed operations; and determining operation execution priorities of the first and second stripes based on the priorities of the first and second to-be-executed operations. Accordingly, the processing performance of the storage system is increased.

Abstract: Embodiments for, in an object storage environment, deduplicating data within and between distributed computing components by a processor. A deduplication operation is paired with metadata associated with a data object to determine data necessitating deduplication before the data object is transferred and written to a local node.

Abstract: A computer network has ports connected to production machines (PM) and communicating with an assigned virtual user interface and a higher-ranking facility located outside the PM. Connection of an additional PM is monitored, in which case a commissioning service automatically assigns a virtual user interface to the additional PM, re-initializes an individual virtual computer network within the computer network and connects the additional PM to the virtual user interface via the re-initialized virtual computer network. Communication between the additional PM and the assigned virtual user interface is isolated from other communications until, a release command is specified. A then activated integration service automatically re-initializes a virtual router for connection to the additional PM via the virtual computer network and configures the re-initialized virtual router such that the additional PM communicates with the higher-ranking facility via the re-initialized virtual router.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to end-to-end testing of applications using simulated data. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods that test applications in a production environment by dynamically generating and tracking the simulated data in real time. In some implementations, an expected number of simulated user profiles (e.g., based on a protocol for generating simulated user profiles) can be compared against an actual number of simulated user profiles stored in a state machine to identify issues within the end-to-end environment of the application being tested.

Abstract: In a data processing system having multiple production hosts, each with a backup agent, interfaced to a storage array and to a backup server, an array I/O priority engine on the storage array establishes and enforces I/O priorities for I/O backup and production communications with the array to ensure that backup does not consume a disproportionate CPU processing and array bandwidth load or disrupt more critical production processing.

Abstract: A Distributed Availability Group (DAG) spans two AGs, each spanning one or more replica nodes and functioning as primary or secondary AG. A primary AG is replicated to the secondary AG synchronously or asynchronously. A failover in the DAG results in the AGs swapping their roles. Multiple DAGs can be linked together as a chain, which provides many useful features including disaster recovery across geographical regions, massive read scale (numerous readable secondary nodes), online migration of databases (across different operating systems and computing environments). The systems using DAGs can replicate databases across multiple independent high availability (HA) failover clusters using complex replication topologies and allow for manual failover and failback. The systems allow chaining of multiple AGs to provision a treelike structure of replicas and numerous secondary replicas without impacting performance.

Abstract: Examples of techniques for failure detection for central electronics complex (CEC) group management are described herein. An aspect includes issuing a first logical partition (LPAR) probe to a hardware management console (HMC) of a central electronics complex (CEC) group, wherein the CEC group comprises a plurality of LPARs. Another aspect includes receiving a first response packet from the HMC corresponding to the first LPAR probe, wherein the first response packet comprises health data corresponding to a first LPAR of the plurality of LPARs. Another aspect includes storing the health data corresponding to the first LPAR in a first health data entry corresponding to the first LPAR. Another aspect includes, for a second LPAR of the plurality of LPARs that was not included in the first response packet, updating a second health data entry corresponding to the second LPAR to indicate that the second LPAR is healthy.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and computer readable media for generating a consistent deduplicated snapshot of a distributed database using optimistic deduplication. In a particular embodiment, a method provides, for each node of a plurality of nodes in the distributed database, deduplicating data items stored on the node that are owned by the node and generating a summary that describes a file in which the data items are located. The method further provides identifying from the summaries for each of the nodes whether mistakes occurred during deduplication and, upon identifying one or more mistakes, determining one or more corrections for the one or more mistakes. Also, the method provides generating a consistent deduplicated snapshot for the distributed database comprising the deduplicated data items from each node and the one or more corrections.

Abstract: A technology is provided for adapting a quorum size of messaging nodes in a service provider environment. An adaptive quorum evaluation is executed to determine a number of messaging nodes for a quorum of messaging nodes. A messaging environment trigger is identified to change the number of messaging nodes used for the quorum of messaging nodes. The number of messaging nodes used for the quorum of messaging nodes is changed based on the messaging environment trigger. Data for the message is synchronized with a quorum of messaging nodes before delivering the message.

Abstract: Online content is served to participant devices using two or more systems. The content served by each system is not the same. Rather, the content streams coming from each system is a partial or lower-quality version of the original high-quality version of the content stream. A single one of the partial data streams can be used by the participant device to output a lower-quality version of the original content stream to the user. Alternately, the received partial content streams can be combined to output, to the user, a high-quality version of the original content stream.

Abstract: Synchronizing storage devices outside of disabled write windows is described. A system receives, via a backup/restore application interface, a list of identifiers corresponding to source storage devices to be backed up. The system enables a target storage device to synchronize with a source storage device. The system sends, via the backup/restore application interface, a request to disable any write commands to the source storage devices corresponding to the list of identifiers. The system creates a snapshot of the source storage device. The system sends, via the backup/restore application interface, a request to enable any write commands to the source storage devices corresponding to the list of identifiers.

Abstract: A system is provided that is adapted to service web-based database service requests. In one implementation, a database service is provided for servicing web-originated service requests. In one implementation, virtual computer systems may be used to service requests in a more reliable manner Different operating modes may be configured for backup redundancy and the database service may be scaled to meet service requests for a particular application. Also, methods are provided for exchanging timestamp information among web service transaction systems to reduce the amount of processing capability and bandwidth for ensuring database consistency. Further, a NoSQL Key/Value (KVS) database is provided that provides one or more features that may be beneficial for cloud service, Internet-based, and other types of database applications.

Abstract: A method includes migrating a workload from a first server to a second server, wherein the first and second servers are within a management network. The method further includes transferring one or more configuration parameter(s) from the first server to the second server, wherein the one or more parameter(s) enables continued performance of the workload on the second server.

Abstract: Data in a database cache in memory of an operating database server is copied to memory of a standby database server, without requiring synchronization between the operating server and the standby server. If the operating server fails, the database is recovered to a consistent state in the standby server using a sequential database log and the copied data in the cache of the standby server. Preferably, recovery is performed by reading the log to determine a set of database actions to recover, verifying blocks of data in the standby server's cache, using verified blocks to recover at least some actions, and reading blocks from storage only when a corresponding verified block is not available in the cache.

Abstract: A system and method for providing remote direct memory access failover. The method includes receiving, at a storage server including a network storage device, an access instruction over a first communication path between a client device and the storage server, wherein the network storage device includes a first memory and a second memory, wherein the first memory stores a first access queue; storing the access instruction in the first access queue; storing a second access queue in the second memory when the first communication path has failed, wherein the second access queue is at least a portion of the first access queue including the access instruction; determining a status of the access instruction when a second communication path is established with the client device; and sending, to the client device, a notification indicating the determined status of the access instruction via the second communication path.

Abstract: Some examples include instructions stored in a memory and executed by one or more processors to configure an availability group that includes a primary database and a secondary database and configure one or more subscriptions associated with the primary database. Individual subscriptions of the one or more subscriptions may identify a network element (e.g., individual subscriber) of one or more network elements that subscribe to receiving a portion of data stored in the primary database. The processors may configure the secondary database to replicate a content of the primary database, configure the secondary database to publish data based on the one or more subscriptions in response to a failover from the primary database to the secondary database, and redirect the one or more subscriptions from the primary database to the availability group.

Abstract: A method and system for managing online charging sessions is provided. The method includes: establishing a subscriber data session on a network; establishing a connection with an initial online charging system; detecting a condition change in the subscriber data session; determining whether the condition change is associated with a change in the online charging system; if the condition change is associated with a change in the online charging system, determining a new online charging system; terminating the connection to the initial online charging system while maintaining the subscriber data session; and establishing a connection with the new online charging system; otherwise continuing the session with the initial online charging system. The system includes a control plane engine and is operatively connected to a policy charging enforcement function.

Abstract: A measurement sampling facility takes snapshots of the central processing unit (CPU) on which it is executing at specified sampling intervals to collect data relating to tasks executing on the CPU. The collected data is stored in a buffer, and at selected times, an interrupt is provided to remove data from the buffer to enable reuse thereof. The interrupt is not taken after each sample, but in sufficient time to remove the data and minimize data loss.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program is provided for enabling varying computer applications that are running in Enterprise Information System to send request to a cluster of Java Enterprise Server (J2EE server) cluster. One or more computers provide an application server environment including one or more servers operating within the application server environment to run an application. The computers create a cluster of resource adapters and create a cluster thread for each of the resource adapters to read a cluster port from configured properties, wherein the cluster thread for each of the resource adapters enables an enterprise information system to participate in a cluster of J2EE runtime servers.

Abstract: In a computer system running at least a first virtual machine (VM) and a second VM on virtualization software, a computer implemented method for the second VM to provide quasi-lockstep fault tolerance for the first VM includes executing a workload on the first VM and the second VM that involves producing at least one externally visible output and comparing an externally visible output of the second VM with an externally visible output of the first VM to determine if there is an output match. In response to a determination that the externally visible output of the second VM does not match the externally visible output of the first VM, a resynchronization of the second VM is executed. The externally visible output of the first VM is kept from being output externally until completion of the resynchronization.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a host system with information handling resources, a management controller configured to provide out-of-band management of the information handling system, and a debugging circuit. The debugging circuit may receive a plurality of serial data streams from the management controller and the plurality of information handling resources, and provide access to at least a subset of the plurality of serial data streams to a debugging information handling system via a wireless interface.

Abstract: Technology for provision and use of computing resource management is provided. In one example, a method may include initiating a computing resource for use by an application distributed across a plurality of computing resources and obtaining an identifier for the application at the computing resource. The computing resource may be registered with a deployment state service configured to monitor deployment of the plurality of computing resources for the application. Metrics for the computing resource over time may be associated with the application using the identifier.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system to maintain high availability of a service processor. An embodiment provides program code with a location of a second service processor (the second service processor is communicatively coupled to the first service processor). The program code stops a virtual machine during runtime, including instruction execution and IO operations, where during runtime, the virtual machine executes one or more processes to service and manage computing resources in the distributed computing environment. The program code generates a micro-checkpoint of the virtual machine. The program code resumes the instruction execution of the virtual machine and transmits the micro-checkpoint to a second service processor based on the location and then resumes IO operations. The second service processor utilizes the micro-checkpoint to enable a hypervisor on the second service processor to start a virtual machine on the second service processor.

Abstract: An approach is provided in which an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) system is established in a cloud that includes a plurality of virtual machines. Each of the plurality of virtual machines are allocated to one or more of a plurality of datastores based on one or more user inputs. Next, one of a plurality of priorities are assigned to each of the plurality of virtual machines based on the one or more of the plurality of datastores to which each of the plurality of virtual machines is allocated. In turn, the virtual machines are recovered in the cloud in an order determined, at least in part, by their assigned one of the plurality of priorities.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to virtual host bus adapter logins. A hypervisor may comprise a processing resource and a memory resource storing non-transitory machine-readable instructions to cause the processing resource to query a computing device to determine port identity information of a plurality of virtual host bus adapters (VHBAs) associated with a physical host bus adapter (HBA) of the computing device and uplink mappings for the plurality of VHBAs, determine a bandwidth allocation of each of the plurality of VHBAs, rank each of the plurality of VHBAs, and cause each of the plurality of VHBAs to login via the determined uplink mappings based on the rank of each of the plurality of VHBAs.

Abstract: A first compute node of a plurality of compute nodes of a database cluster may receive a request for a database transaction from a client application. The client application may be located within the first compute node. A first connection may be established, without regard to whether another compute node has a lighter workload than the first compute node, between the client application and a first database of the database cluster. The first connection may be a local connection, wherein the first database is located within the first compute node. The first compute node may detect that a failure associated with the first database has occurred. The first compute node may execute a failover operation to continue servicing the request for the data. The executing of a failover operation may include establishing a second connection between the client application and a second database of the database cluster.

Abstract: A method for provisioning a virtualized resource includes directing, by a provisioning machine, a server-executed hypervisor to provision a virtual machine. The provisioning machine directs generation of an organizational unit within a first organizational unit within a multi-tenant directory service separated from a second organizational unit in the multi-tenant directory service by a firewall. The provisioning machine associates the virtual machine with the first organizational unit. The provisioning machine establishes a firewall policy on the virtual machine restricting communications to the virtual machine and excluding a user associated with the second organizational unit. The provisioning machine receives a request to provision a virtualized resource for at least one user. The server establishes a connection between a client machine of the at least one user and the at least one virtual machine providing the at least one virtual resource.

Abstract: Direct monitoring of a plurality of storage nodes in a primary cluster is performed based on connectivity with the storage nodes. Indirect monitoring of a first storage node is performed, in response to direct monitoring of the first storage node indicating failure of the connectivity with the first storage node, wherein a second storage node of the plurality of nodes is a backup node for the first storage node. The indirect monitor of the first storage node indicates failure of the first storage node in response to performance of storage access operations by the second storage node that were previously performed by the first storage node. A cluster-switch operation is initiated to switch to from the primary cluster to a backup cluster based on an occurrence of at least one cluster-failure condition that comprises the indirect monitor of the first storage node indicating failure of the first storage node.

Abstract: A system can include one or more content distribution sites to provide content to one or more content satellite offices for delivery toward a set of destination devices for display. A content distribution site, of the one or more content distribution sites, can include one or more streamer devices. The one or more streamer devices can be associated with a single spoofed Internet protocol (IP) address. The spoofed IP address can facilitate failover among the one or more streamer devices. The one or more streamer devices can be configured to provide the content toward the set of destination devices using multicast with forward error correction (FEC). A content satellite office, of the one or more content satellite offices, can be configured to subscribe to a multicast group associated with the one or more streamer devices. The multicast group can be associated with the spoofed IP address to facilitate the failover among the one or more streamer devices.

Abstract: In the case where an indication that a limit of an event-driven computing service will be reached is detected during the execution of asynchronous process code, the same asynchronous process code is started in an execution environment having higher specifications from the asynchronous process code currently being executed, and processing is continued.