Methods, Apparatus and Media for System Management of Object Oriented Information Models

• US 20080208896A1
• Filed: 02/28/2007
• Published: 08/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Yin, Jianwen, Jayaraman, Vishwanath, Buchanan, Jody
• Granted Patent: US 8,103,698 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/103R
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/217 Database tuning G06F16/2282 takes precedence; database performance monitoring G06F11/3409
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/289 Object oriented databases

Abstract

Computer implemented methods comprising receiving a client request from a client within an object-oriented model, intercepting the client request with a client manager able to communicate with the client and a management database, and generating with the client manager a request for information from the management database, wherein the database comprises information describing each managed object of the object-oriented model. Generally the database is created by the client manager when the client manager is installed on an information handling system of the model. Methods may comprise generating with the client manager the request for information from an object manager of the model. Methods may comprise initializing a discovery process identifying each managed object of the model, and adding to the database any new information describing a managed object of the model. Information handling systems and computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for executing said methods.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

receiving a client request from a client within an object-oriented model;

intercepting said client request with a client manager able to communicate with said client and a management database; and

generating with said client manager a request for information from said management database, wherein said database comprises information describing each managed object of said object-oriented model.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said database is created by said client manager when said client manager is installed on an information handling system of said model.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving requested information in response to the request for information with said client manager from said database.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising

providing said requested information from said client manager to said client.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising

generating with said client manager said request for information from an object manager of said model,

receiving with the client manager requested information from said object manager,

providing said requested information from said client manager to said client, and

updating said database with said requested information from said object manager.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising

initializing a discovery process identifying each managed object of the model;

and

adding to said database any new information not present in the database wherein said new information describes a managed object of the model.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said object-oriented model is a common information model (CIM).

8. An information handling system comprising:

a processor;

memory accessible by the processor; and

instructions stored on the memory that when carried out cause the system to;

initialize a discovery process identifying each managed object of the information handling system; and

add to a database comprising information describing each managed object of said system any new information describing the managed object of the system, wherein said new information is not already present in the database, and wherein said database is created when said instructions are installed on said system.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising instructions that when carried out cause the system to:

receive a client request from a client within an object-oriented model,

intercept said client request with a client manager able to communicate with said client and a management database, and

generate with said client manager a request for information from said management database.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising instructions that when carried out cause the system to:

receive requested information in response to the request for information with said client manager from said database.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising instructions that when carried out cause the system to:

provide said requested information from said client manager to said client.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising instructions that when carried out cause the system to:

generate with said client manager a request for information from an object manager of said model;

receive with the client manager the requested information from said object manager;

provide said requested information from said client manager to said client; and

update said database with said requested information from said object manager.

13. The system of claim 9 wherein said object-oriented model is a common information model (CIM).

14. A computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions that when carried out on an information handling system cause the system to:

initialize a discovery process identifying each managed object of said system; and

add to a database comprising information describing each managed object of said system any new information describing the managed object of the system, wherein said new information is not already present in the database, and wherein said database is created when said instructions are installed on said system.

15. The medium of claim 14 further comprising instructions that when carried out cause the system to:

receive a client request from a client within an object-oriented model;

intercept said client request with a client manager able to communicate with said client and said database; and

generate with said client manager a request for information from said database.

16. The medium of claim 15 further comprising instructions that when carried out cause the system to:

receive with said client manager the requested information from said database.

17. The medium of claim 15 further comprising instructions that when carried out cause the system to:

provide said requested information from said client manager to said client.

18. The medium of claim 15 further comprising instructions that when carried out cause the system to:

generate with said client manager the request for information from an object manager of said model;

receive with the client manager the requested information from said object manager;

provide said requested information from said client manager to said client; and

update said database with said requested information from said object manager.

19. The medium of claim 15 wherein said object-oriented model is a common information model (CIM).