Monitoring storage resources used by computer applications distributed across a network
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1. At a server on a data network, a method of collecting data representative of storage utilizations by applications executing at several computing devices across said data network, the method comprising:
- (a) dispatching query requests from said server, to each of said several computing devices, at least one query request indicative of storage utilization information requested from an application at said each of said several computing devices;
(b) receiving responses from said computing devices, at least one of said responses including requested storage utilization information provided by an application at said each of said several computing devices;
(c) storing said requested utilization data at said server for processing.
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Abstract
Computing devices storing and executing applications across a network each include agent software to communicate with the application at the computing device to retrieve storage utilization information. At a server on the network, data representative of storage utilization by the applications executing at the several computing devices across the network is collected from the agents for processing.
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19 Claims
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1. At a server on a data network, a method of collecting data representative of storage utilizations by applications executing at several computing devices across said data network, the method comprising:
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(a) dispatching query requests from said server, to each of said several computing devices, at least one query request indicative of storage utilization information requested from an application at said each of said several computing devices; (b) receiving responses from said computing devices, at least one of said responses including requested storage utilization information provided by an application at said each of said several computing devices; (c) storing said requested utilization data at said server for processing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17)
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12. A method of collecting data representative of storage utilization by an application at a computing device, comprising:
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(a) receiving from a message indicative of a query and specific storage utilization data to be collected from a server in communication with said computing by way of a data network; (b) querying said application to obtain said specific storage utilization data; (c) providing said storage utilization data to said server. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 18)
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19. A server on a data network, said server comprising a network interface, a processor in communication with computer readable memory storing processor executable instruction adapting said server to:
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(a) dispatch query requests from said network interface, to each of several computing devices on said network, at least one query request indicative of storage utilization information requested from an application at said each of said several computing devices; (b) receive responses from said computing devices, including requested storage utilization information from applications at said each of said computing devices; (c) store said requested utilization information at said server for processing.
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