Managing Collections of Appliances
First Claim
1. An appliance manager for managing appliances in a networked environment comprising:
- a subscription component that identifies active subscribed-to appliances to be managed;
a hierarchy component that organizes subscribed-to appliances into at least one managed set of configuration-identical devices, where each managed set has a master appliance and zero or more slave appliances;
a storage component that stores managed data associated with said subscribed-to appliances;
an interface component that receives events from active subscribed-to appliances, wherein said appliance manager exchanges information with a corresponding active subscribed-to appliance in response to receiving an event there from;
anda management component that dynamically manages at least one managed set of appliances so as to synchronize subscribed-to appliances within their associated managed set if information exchanged with a select active subscribed-to appliance of said associated managed set, in response to receiving an associated event there from, identifies a configuration change occurred on said select active subscribed-to appliance.
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Abstract
An appliance manager for managing appliances in a networked environment comprises a subscription component, a hierarchy component, a storage component, an interface component and a management component. The subscription component identifies active subscribed-to appliances to be managed and the hierarchy component organizes subscribed-to appliances into at least one managed set of configuration-identical devices, where each managed set has a roaster appliance and zero or more slave appliances. The storage component stores managed data associated with the subscribed-to appliances. The interface component receives events from active subscribed-to appliances, wherein the appliance manager exchanges information with a select active subscribed-to appliance in response to receiving a corresponding event there from. The management component dynamically manages the at least one managed set of appliances so as to synchronize subscribed-to appliances within their associated managed set in response to receiving events that identity a configuration change occurred on the select active subscribed-to appliance.
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21 Claims
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1. An appliance manager for managing appliances in a networked environment comprising:
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a subscription component that identifies active subscribed-to appliances to be managed; a hierarchy component that organizes subscribed-to appliances into at least one managed set of configuration-identical devices, where each managed set has a master appliance and zero or more slave appliances; a storage component that stores managed data associated with said subscribed-to appliances; an interface component that receives events from active subscribed-to appliances, wherein said appliance manager exchanges information with a corresponding active subscribed-to appliance in response to receiving an event there from; and a management component that dynamically manages at least one managed set of appliances so as to synchronize subscribed-to appliances within their associated managed set if information exchanged with a select active subscribed-to appliance of said associated managed set, in response to receiving an associated event there from, identifies a configuration change occurred on said select active subscribed-to appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of managing appliances in a networked environment comprising:
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providing a subscription component that identifies active subscribed-to appliances to be managed; providing a hierarchy component that organizes subscribed-to appliances into at least one managed set of configuration-identical devices, where each managed set has a master appliance and zero or more slave appliances; providing a storage component that stores managed data associated with said subscribed-to appliances; providing an interface component that receives events from active subscribed-to appliances, wherein said appliance manager exchanges information with a corresponding active subscribed-to appliance in response to receiving an event there from; and providing a management component that dynamically manages at least one managed set of appliances so as to synchronize subscribed-to appliances within their associated managed set if information exchanged with a select active subscribed-to appliance of said associated managed set, in response to receiving an associated event there from, identifies a configuration change occurred on said select active subscribed-to appliance. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product to manage appliances in a networked environment comprising:
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a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising; computer usable program code configured to implement a subscription component that identifies active subscribed-to appliances to be managed; computer usable program code configured to implement a hierarchy component that organizes subscribed-to appliances into at least one managed set of configuration-identical devices, where each managed set has a master appliance and zero or more slave appliances; computer usable program code configured to implement a storage component that stores managed data associated with said subscribed-to appliances; computer usable program code configured to implement an interface component that receives events from active subscribed-to appliances, wherein said appliance manager exchanges information with a corresponding active subscribed-to appliance in response to receiving an event there from; and computer usable program code configured to implement a management component that dynamically manages at least one managed set of appliances so as to synchronize subscribed-to appliances within their associated managed set if information exchanged with a select active subscribed-to appliance of said associated managed set, in response to receiving an associated event there from, identifies a configuration change occurred on said select active subscribed-to appliance. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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