Service management system for configuration information
First Claim
1. A method of system management comprising:
- providing configuration information relative to components of said system being managed, wherein said components are multiple computers in a network environment, and wherein one of said components is a server computer;
utilizing a common language to provide said configuration information;
providing an interface enabling the inputting of said configuration information and enabling the managing of said configuration information; and
validating said configuration information during the inputting thereof, so as to ensure said configuration information is compliant with a schema of said configuration information.
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Abstract
A method for system management of configuration data used by server or groups of servers. In one embodiment, the present invention is comprised of providing information relative to components of the system being managed. A common language is utilized to express the information. An interface is provided to enable inputting of said information. The interface also enables management of the inputted information. In one embodiment, the information is validated during inputting. The validation of inputted information ensures that the information inputted is compliant with a schema of the information. In one embodiment, the information is comprised of defined tasks that are performed by the components of the system. The information is further comprised of specified configurations relative to the defined tasks. The information further comprises a declared schema for representing the information.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of system management comprising:
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providing configuration information relative to components of said system being managed, wherein said components are multiple computers in a network environment, and wherein one of said components is a server computer;
utilizing a common language to provide said configuration information;
providing an interface enabling the inputting of said configuration information and enabling the managing of said configuration information; and
validating said configuration information during the inputting thereof, so as to ensure said configuration information is compliant with a schema of said configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. In a network environment, a method of server system information management comprising:
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defining tasks performed by said server system of said network environment during system management;
specifying configurations for said tasks, said configurations comprising parameters relative to said tasks;
declaring schemas for representation of said configurations, wherein a common language is used for defining said tasks and specifying said configurations and declaring said schemas;
using an interface to enable the inputting and managing of said information in said server system; and
validating said information during the inputting thereof, so as to ensure that said information is compliant with said schema. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer system in a computer system network, said computer system comprising:
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a bus;
a display device coupled to said bus;
a memory unit coupled to said bus; and
a processor coupled to said bus, said processor for performing a method of system management comprising;
providing configuration information relative to said computer system network;
utilizing a common language to provide said configuration information;
using an interface to enable the inputting of said configuration information and the managing of said configuration information, wherein said providing configuration information further comprises specifying a configuration for a task, said configuration comprising a parameter relative to said task; and
validating said configuration information during the inputting thereof, so as to ensure said configuration information is compliant with a schema of said configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system in a computer system network to perform a method of system management comprising:
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providing configuration information relative to said computer system network;
utilizing a common language to provide said configuration information;
using an interface to enable the inputting and managing of said configuration information; and
validating said configuration information during the inputting thereof, so as to ensure said configuration information is compliant with a schema of said configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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