Remote execution system with program receiver

• US 5,918,015 A
• Filed: 02/26/1997
• Issued: 06/29/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Suzuki, Motohiro, Kiriha, Yoshiaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramirez, Ellis B.
• Application Number:
  US08/806,787
• Time in Patent Office: 853 Days
• Field of Search: 395/200.32, 395/200.49, 395/684, 395/685, 395/710, 711/118
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/549 Remote execution
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A remote execution system having a program receiver (server system) capable of receiving a program describing a flow of a complicated processing having a control structure such as branches and repeats from a client system C1, C2 or C3 and performing a remote execution of the program on its own. In the server, the program receiver receives a program sent from a client system C1, C2 or C3 and transfers the received program to a dynamic binding processing section including a link authority inspector and a specific operational object linker. After receiving the client system names from the program receiver, the link authority inspector inspects whether or not the client system C1, C2 or C3 has link authority. When the client system C1, C2 or C3 has the link authority, the specific operational object linker dynamically links specific operational objects to process operation names written in the program. A program execution section executes the linked program, and the program receiver transmits the program execution result to the client systems C1, C2 and C3. A program execution information storage stores the programs, access control information, and the specific operational objects. An agent system having a delegation device in a network management, to which the server system is applied is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A remote execution system having a program receiver and acting as a server system, comprising:

a program receiver, a program execution information storage, a dynamic binding section, and a program execution section;

said program receiver;

receiving, from a client system, a program describing a flow of processing, and

transmitting an execution result of said program;

said program execution information storage storing;

said program

access control information, and

specific operation objects;

said dynamic binding section including a link authority inspector and a specific operation object linker, wherein;

said link authority inspector, based on said access control information, determines whether said client system has authority to link said program with ones of said specific operation objects indicated by processing operation names in said program, and

said specific operation object linker dynamically links said ones of said specific operation objects to processing operation names, when said link authority inspector determines said client system has said authority, to provide a corresponding linked program; and

said program execution section executing said corresponding linked program.

2. The remote execution system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said dynamic binding system protects said server system by determining whether said client system has said authority.

3. The remote execution system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said program receiver further comprises an access controller determining whether said client system is permitted access to said server system.

4. The remote execution system as set forth in claim 3, wherein said access controller;

prevents unauthorized execution of programs changing said access control information; and

determines whether said specific operation objects indicated by said processing operation names in said program will, during execution of said corresponding linked program, deviate said access control information of said client system.

5. The remote execution system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said program receiver comprises a program converter;

converting abstract operation object names, as processing operation names common to a plurality of server systems, into corresponding ones of said specific operation object names, and converting received programs, of a changeable text form, into programs executable by said server system.

6. The remote execution system as set forth in claim 5, wherein said program converter:

converts received programs written in written in intermediate codes into said programs executable by said server system, and

stores received programs written in binary codes into said program execution information storage.

7. The remote execution system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said program receiver comprises an access controller and a program converter, wherein:

said access controller determines whether said client system is accessible to said server system;

said program converter converts abstract operation object names, as processing operation names common to a plurality of server systems, into corresponding ones of said specific operation object names; and

said program converter converts received programs, of a changeable text form, into programs executable by said server system.

8. The remote execution system as set forth in claim 7, wherein said program converter:

converts received programs written in written in intermediate codes into said programs executable by said server system, and

stores received programs written in binary codes into said program execution information storage.

9. An agent system, comprising:

a delegation execution section, an agent core, a management information storage, and managed object resource controllers;

said delegation execution section comprising;

a delegation protocol processing section receiving a message from a manager system;

a delegation information storage storing scripts, management operations, access control information, script conversion information, and said received message;

an access controller determining, based on said access control information, whether said manager system has authority for said received message;

a request analyzer analyzing said received message to determine whether said received message indicates creation of a new script;

a script converter converting a script skeleton of said received message into an executable script of a series of said management operations, wherein said script skeleton describes a flow of said management operations using abstract expressions different from names of said management operations, and wherein said script converter converts said abstract expressions using said script conversion information, said executable script being stored in said delegation information storage; and

a script controller controlling said creation of said new script to execute said executable script, and controlling operations of a running script;

said managed object resource controllers controlling managed object resources;

said management information storage storing management objects obtained by abstracting said managed object resources; and

said agent core;

managing said management information storage,

indicating common management operations for said managed object resources,

converting requested ones of said management operations into converted management operations having a form adapted for corresponding ones of said managed object resource controllers, and

delivering said converted management operations to said corresponding ones of said managed object resource controllers.

10. The agent system as set forth in claim 9, wherein:

said access controller system protects said managed object resources by determining, when said received message is received, whether said manager system has authority to access said agent system;

said script controller determines whether said manager system has authority to control said running script;

said script controller determines whether said manager system has authority to use said management operations indicated by said received message based on said access control information; and

said script converter determines whether said manager system has authority to perform said management operations in said corresponding executable script with respect to said managed object resource controllers.

11. The agent system as set forth in claim 9, wherein said management operations include a suspend operation, a stop operation, a resume operation, a start operation, and an information acquisition operation.

12. The agent system as set forth in claim 9, further comprising a script information structure uniform with respect to start date, state, script identifier, manager system name, and comment.

13. The agent system as set forth in claim 9, wherein, when a running script accesses said management information storage and said managed object resources, said running script indirectly accesses to said agent core by communicating with a management protocol processing section for converting an operation request in a management protocol form into a form adapted for use by said agent core.