Management system for selective data exchanges across federated environments
First Claim
1. A service management system in a federated system having a first and a second independently administered data service systems, comprising:
- a service manager located only inside the second data service system to allow the first data service system to access selective management data of the second data service system in accordance with a predetermined access agreement between the first and second data service systems without giving the first data service system complete access to the second data service system, wherein the service manager does not provide any broker operation to try to match agents together and the access agreement does not cause a contract to be negotiated, but rather specifies what management data of the second data service system can be received by the first data service system, wherein the management data do not specify interactions between the two service systems.
7 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A service management system in a federated system having a first and a second independently administered data service systems is described. The service management system includes a service manager that provides selective management data of the second data service system to the first data service system in accordance with a predetermined service level agreement between the first and second data service systems without giving the first data service system complete access to the second data service system. A method of selectively providing management data from one independently administered data service system to another independently administered data service system is also described.
139 Citations
9 Claims
-
1. A service management system in a federated system having a first and a second independently administered data service systems, comprising:
a service manager located only inside the second data service system to allow the first data service system to access selective management data of the second data service system in accordance with a predetermined access agreement between the first and second data service systems without giving the first data service system complete access to the second data service system, wherein the service manager does not provide any broker operation to try to match agents together and the access agreement does not cause a contract to be negotiated, but rather specifies what management data of the second data service system can be received by the first data service system, wherein the management data do not specify interactions between the two service systems. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Specification