Dynamic Self-Configuration of Heterogenous Monitoring Agent Networks
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1. A method of configuring monitoring agents, comprising:
- sending a generic monitoring agent to a first computer from a configuration manager executing on a second computer;
receiving information about the first computer from the generic monitoring agent;
generating automatically a customized configuration for the generic monitoring agent responsive to the information about the first computer received from the generic monitoring agent; and
sending the customized configuration to the generic monitoring agent.
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Abstract
A centralized, policy-driven approach allows dynamic self-configuration and self-deployment of large scale, complex, heterogeneous monitoring agent networks. Such an approach resolves the scalability and manageability issues of manually configured conventional agents. Embodiments of the agents can be self-configuring using a dynamic, adaptive technique. An administrator can group hosts on which agents into groups that have similarly configured agents.
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1. A method of configuring monitoring agents, comprising:
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sending a generic monitoring agent to a first computer from a configuration manager executing on a second computer; receiving information about the first computer from the generic monitoring agent; generating automatically a customized configuration for the generic monitoring agent responsive to the information about the first computer received from the generic monitoring agent; and sending the customized configuration to the generic monitoring agent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a first computer; a generic monitoring agent, executable on the first computer; a second computer; a processor; a storage device, coupled to the processor; and a configuration manager, stored on the storage device and executable on the second computer, configured to; receive a first information about the first computer from the generic monitoring agent; and send a customized configuration for the generic monitoring agent to the generic monitoring agent, responsive to the first information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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