Method and apparatus for partitioning system management information for a server farm among a plurality of leaseholds
First Claim
1. A method of partitioning system management information for a plurality of network devices, comprising:
- receiving system management information for the plurality of network devices; and
partitioning the system management information based on at least one leasehold of the plurality of network devices.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided by which system management information is partitioned and provided to customers of a thin server farm. With the method and apparatus, a thin server manager is utilized to aggregate system management information for a plurality of customers of a thin server farm. The aggregated system management information is then partitioned into documents for each customer and provided to adapters for the customers'"'"' agents. The adapters translate the documents into a form useable by the agents which then provide the information contained in the documents to the customers'"'"' management system software. Correspondingly, the customers'"'"' management software may generate commands that are sent through the agents and adapters, converted to commands to the thin server manager and, with appropriate controls, are executed against the resources controlled by the particular customer whose management system sent the commands.
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1. A method of partitioning system management information for a plurality of network devices, comprising:
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receiving system management information for the plurality of network devices; and
partitioning the system management information based on at least one leasehold of the plurality of network devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for partitioning system management information for a plurality of network devices, comprising:
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means for receiving system management information for the plurality of network devices; and
means for partitioning the system management information based on at least one leasehold of the plurality of network devices. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for partitioning system management information for a plurality of network devices, comprising:
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first instructions for receiving system management information for the plurality of network devices; and
second instructions for partitioning the system management information based on at least one leasehold of the plurality of network devices. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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