Enterprise management system
First Claim
1. A computer network, the computer network including a plurality of managed sites, wherein each of the managed sites comprises:
- a. at least one manager engine computer coupled to a plurality of managed nodes, the at least one manager engine computer including a management software component, the management software component being capable of retrieving and storing data representative of network system state information, the network system state information comprising relationships among a plurality of managed network elements, wherein at least one of the plurality of managed network elements corresponds to one of the plurality of managed nodes, and wherein the plurality of managed network elements comprise at least one physical element and at least one of a software application, and a software subroutine; and
b. at least one client computer coupled to the at least one manager engine computer, the at least one client computer including a data retrieval software component, the data retrieval software component being capable of retrieving the data representative of network system state information from the at least one manager engine computer and of presenting the data representative of network system state information to a user.
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Abstract
A Managed Site (10), a logical network entity, is composed of a number of Sub Sites (20) in a one to many relationship. A Sub Site (20) is a logical component, which is composed of a number of Engines (30). Nodes (40) similarly relates to their Engine (30) in a many to one relationship. A Node (40) is a collection of Managed Elements (ME'"'"'s) (50) (while being an ME (50) itself), which represent network state information. The subsite (20) consists of the engine (30) connected to server nodes (40). One or more clients (110) are connected to the management engine (30) and access management engine (30) information relating to managed elements (50) including nodes (40). The connected manager engines may communicate with one another so that, for example, in the event of a failure, one of the manager engines remaining on line commences monitoring of manage elements assigned to the failed manager engine. Upon accessing the manager engine (30), the client interface displays relationships among managed elements (50) using meaningful connectors and tree-like structures. In addition to basic managed element state monitoring functionality, the manager engine (30) provides a variety of automated tasks ensuring the health of the network and optimal failure correction in the event of a problem. For example, the manager engine (30) performs root cause analysis utilizing an algorithm tracing through manged element (50) relationships and indicating the source of the failure.
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58 Claims
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1. A computer network, the computer network including a plurality of managed sites, wherein each of the managed sites comprises:
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a. at least one manager engine computer coupled to a plurality of managed nodes, the at least one manager engine computer including a management software component, the management software component being capable of retrieving and storing data representative of network system state information, the network system state information comprising relationships among a plurality of managed network elements, wherein at least one of the plurality of managed network elements corresponds to one of the plurality of managed nodes, and wherein the plurality of managed network elements comprise at least one physical element and at least one of a software application, and a software subroutine; and b. at least one client computer coupled to the at least one manager engine computer, the at least one client computer including a data retrieval software component, the data retrieval software component being capable of retrieving the data representative of network system state information from the at least one manager engine computer and of presenting the data representative of network system state information to a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A manager engine computer coupled to at least one client and a plurality of managed nodes, the plurality of managed nodes located in one of a plurality of managed sites comprising a network, the manager engine computer communicating with the plurality of managed nodes and storing data representative of network state information, the network state information being organized as a series of relationships among managed elements of the network, the manager engine computer comprising:
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a. a management software component, the management software component being capable of retrieving, analyzing and storing the data representative of network state information organized as a series of relationships among managed elements of the network, and b. a client interface software component, the client interface software component facilitating retrieval from the manager engine computer by the client of the stored data representative of network state information organized as a series of relationships among managed elements of the network, wherein the plurality of managed elements comprise at least one physical element and at least one of software application, and a software subroutine. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of managing a computer network, the computer network including a plurality of managed sites, comprising:
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retrieving and storing data representative of network state information using at least one manager engine computer coupled to a plurality of managed nodes, the at least one manager engine computer including a management software component, the management software component being capable of retrieving and storing data representative of network system state information, the network system state information comprising relationships among a plurality of managed network elements, wherein at least one of the plurality of managed network elements corresponds to one of the plurality of managed nodes, and wherein the plurality of managed network elements comprise at least one physical element and at least one of software application, and a software subroutine; and retrieving the data representative network system state information using at least one client computer coupled to the at least one manager engine computer, the at least one client computer including a data retrieval software component, the data retrieval software component being capable of retrieving the data representative of network system state information from the at least one manager engine computer and of presenting the data representative of network system state information to a user. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method of managing a computer network comprising a manager engine computer coupled to at least one client and a plurality of managed nodes, the plurality of managed nodes located in one of a plurality of managed sites comprised in the network, the manager engine computer communicating with the plurality of managed nodes and storing data representative of network state information, the network state information being organized as a series of relationships among managed elements of the network, the method comprising:
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retrieving, analyzing, and storing the data representative of the network state information using a management software component, the management software component being capable of retrieving, analyzing and storing the data representative of network state information organized as a series of relationships among managed elements of the network; and facilitating retrieval of the stored data representative of network state information using a client interface software component, the client interface software component facilitating retrieval from the manager engine computer by the client of the stored data representative of network state information organized as a series of relationships among managed elements of the network, and wherein the plurality of managed network elements comprise at least one physical element and at least one of software application, and a software subroutine. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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