A fundamental tenet of autonomic computing is to increase the intelligence of individual computer components so that they become "self- managing," i.e., actively monitoring their state and taking corrective actions in accordance with overall system-management objectives. The autonomic nervous system of the human body controls bodily functions such as heart rate, breathing and blood pressure without any conscious attention on our part. The parallel notion when applied to autonomic computing is to have systems that manage themselves without active human intervention. The ultimate goal is to create self-managing computer systems.