Method and apparatus for exporting diagnostics interface and menu system to allow remote execution
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1. A method for performing remote execution of system administration upon a standalone computer system, using a controlling system, comprising:
- initiating a remote communication sequence;
establishing communications between said controlling computer system and said standalone computer system using said remote communication sequence;
submitting a request to said standalone computer system to perform a status check;
receiving status information from said standalone computer system in response to said status check; and
in response to said status information, initiating a diagnostic software application on said standalone computer system using said established communication between said controlling computer system and said standalone computer system.
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Abstract
The present invention provides for a method and an apparatus for performing remote execution of system administration upon a standalone computer system, using a controlling computer system. A remote communication sequence is initiated. Communications between the controlling computer system and the standalone computer system is established using the remote communication sequence. Furthermore, a diagnostic software application is initiated on the standalone computer system using the established communication between the controlling computer system and the standalone computer system.
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1. A method for performing remote execution of system administration upon a standalone computer system, using a controlling system, comprising:
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initiating a remote communication sequence;
establishing communications between said controlling computer system and said standalone computer system using said remote communication sequence;
submitting a request to said standalone computer system to perform a status check;
receiving status information from said standalone computer system in response to said status check; and
in response to said status information, initiating a diagnostic software application on said standalone computer system using said established communication between said controlling computer system and said standalone computer system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus for performing remote execution of system administration upon a standalone computer system, using a controlling computer system, comprising:
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means for initiating a remote communication sequence;
means for establishing communications between said controlling computer system and said standalone computer system using said remote communication sequence;
means for submitting a request to said standalone computer system to perform a status check;
means for receiving status information from said standalone computer system in response to said status check; and
means for initiating a diagnostic software application on said standalone computer system, in response to said status information, using said established communication between said controlling computer system and said standalone computer system.
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19. A computer readable program storage device encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, performs a method for performing remote execution of system administration upon a standalone computer system, using a controlling computer system, comprising:
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initiating a remote communication sequence;
establishing communications between said controlling computer system and said standalone computer system using said remote communication sequence;
submitting a request to said standalone computer system to perform a status check;
receiving status information from said standalone computer system in response to said status check; and
initiating a diagnostic software application on said standalone computer system using said established communication between said controlling computer system and said standalone computer system. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for performing concurrent remote execution of system administration upon a plurality of computer systems, using a controlling system, comprising:
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initiating a remote communication sequence to each of said plurality of computer systems;
establishing communications between said controlling computer system and said computer systems using said remote communication sequence;
broadcasting a request to said computer systems to perform a status check on each of said computer systems;
receiving status information from each of said computer systems in response to said status checks; and
in response to said status information received from a computer system, initiating a diagnostic software application on said computer system using said established communication between said controlling computer system and said computer system.
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37. A diagnostic system, comprising:
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a remote communication application; and
a network connection to a plurality of computer systems;
wherein said remote communication application broadcasts a request to each of said computer systems to perform a status check on each computer systems and receives status information generated by each computer system in response to said status checks, said remote communication application also transmits a signal to a computer system whose status information is indicative of anomalous computer system behavior, said signal causes said computer system to perform a test of at least one component comprising said computer system.
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