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A method of autonomic management involving an autonomic manager and a network resource, the method comprising:identifying the status of a network resource and identifying whether the network resource is a self-managing resource;

at an autonomic manager having a processor and memory, generating an autonomic management rule for management of the network resource,the autonomic management rule comprising diagnostic information, knowledge code and instruction code; and

after identifying the network resource as being a self-managing resource, sending the autonomic management rule, over a network, for receipt by the network resource.