Validation of configuration settings prior to application within a networked environment

• US 20040098472A1
• Filed: 11/04/2003
• Published: 05/20/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Quest Software, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ScriptLogic Corporation (Quest Software, Inc.)
• Inventors: Styles, Brian, Bucklew, Charles B.
• Granted Patent: US 7,353,262 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/221
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/177 Initialisation or configuration control processor initialisation G06F9/4405

Abstract

A system, a computer readable medium and a method in a client-server environment, to manage a configuration of resources on client systems. This includes receiving one or more predetermined events along with one or more local run-time environmental conditions including wildcard characters along with one or more user selectable settings. The events, the settings and the environmental conditions are previously set graphically using a graphical user interface with one or more user selectable selections therein on a server. These events, local run-time environmental conditions along with settings are delivered to a client system. A monitoring agent on the client system is used to detect when one or more predetermined events occur including if the client system is a portable computer as opposed to a desktop computer. When an event occurs, a test is made to determine if one or more local run-time environmental conditions, which includes the wildcard character, are met, and if the conditions are met then the agent automatically applies one or more selectable configuration settings on the client system.

Claims

1. A method in a client-server environment, to manage a configuration of resources on at least one client system, the method on a client system comprising:

receiving at least one local run-time environmental condition including at least one condition including a wildcard to determine whether one or more selectable configuration settings are applied on the client system, wherein the one or more selectable configuration settings are previously set graphically using a graphical user interface with one or more user selectable configuration settings therein; and

determining if the environmental condition is met with the wildcard then applying at least one of the one or more selectable configuration settings on the client system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving at least one local run-time environmental condition includes at least one condition including a wildcard, wherein the wildcard is length dependent.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the receiving at least one local run-time environmental condition includes at least one condition including a wildcard, wherein the wildcard is a DOS (Disk Operating System) type wildcard of “

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4. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving at least one local run-time environmental condition includes at least one condition including a wildcard, wherein the wildcard is length independent.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining if the environmental condition is met with the wildcard is a value for one or more environmental conditions of Domain, Site, Organization Unit Computer, Organization Unit User, Group Membership, Primary Group, User Name, TCP/IP address, Host Address, Computer Name, MAC Address, Terminal Services Application Name, Terminal Services Initial Program, Terminal Services Client Name, Terminal Services Session Name, Terminal Services Client TCP/IP Address, operating system, LAN connection, Dial-up connection, Desktop machine, Portables machine, Terminal Services Client, Member Server, and Domain Controller.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein the determining if the environmental condition is met with the wildcard is a value for one or more environmental conditions of Domain, Site, Organization Unit Computer, Organization Unit User, Group Membership, Primary Group, User Name, TCP/IP address, Host Address, Computer Name, MAC Address, Terminal Services Application Name, Terminal Services Initial Program, Terminal Services Client Name, Terminal Services Session Name, Terminal Services Client TCP/IP Address, operating system, LAN connection, Dial-up connection, Desktop machine, Portables machine, Terminal Services Client, Member Server, and Domain Controller.

7. The method according to claim 3, wherein the determining if the environmental condition is met with the wildcard is a value for one or more environmental conditions of Domain, Site, Organization Unit Computer, Organization Unit User, Group Membership, Primary Group, User Name, TCP/IP address, Host Address, Computer Name, MAC Address, Terminal Services Application Name, Terminal Services Initial Program, Terminal Services Client Name, Terminal Services Session Name, Terminal Services Client TCP/IP Address, operating system, LAN connection, Dial-up connection, Desktop machine, Portables machine, Terminal Services Client, Member Server, and Domain Controller.

8. The method according to claim 4, wherein the determining if the environmental condition is met with the wildcard is a value for one or more environmental conditions of Domain, Site, Organization Unit Computer, Organization Unit User, Group Membership, Primary Group, User Name, TCP/IP address, Host Address, Computer Name, MAC Address, Terminal Services Application Name, Terminal Services Initial Program, Terminal Services Client Name, Terminal Services Session Name, Terminal Services Client TCP/IP Address, operating system, LAN connection, Dial-up connection, Desktop machine, Portables machine, Terminal Services Client, Member Server, and Domain Controller.