Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling programs in a network
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring and controlling at least one program being executed on any of at least two workstations in a network, said system comprising:
- an agent to identify an event occurring with respect to a program executing on one of said at least two workstations and to send an alert to a management console which identifies said event, the agent is resident on said one of said at least two workstations;
at least one procedure, said at least one procedure to include a plurality of stored triggers, said plurality of stored triggers including at least one trigger chosen from a trigger library including at least one trigger selected from the group consisting of add a line to an AUTOEXEC batch filed, install a driver, check a disk for bad sectors, send a SNMP trap, send an alert via modem, send an alert via email, send an alert via pager, run a program on a local workstation, generate a NMS alarm, copy files, set a last drive, set a number of disk buffers, stop a program by name, pause, stop a program executing during an alert generation, set a number of network control blocks, copy an alert to a database, copy an alert to a text filed, and copy an alert to a printer file;
the management console to send said at least one procedure from said management console to the agent in response to receipt of said alert; and
said one of said at least two workstations to automatically launch at scheduled times said plurality of stored triggers in said at least one procedure, each of said plurality of stored triggers adapted to cause a specific corrective action in response to the event.
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Abstract
A system for monitoring and controlling at least one program capable of being executed on any one of at least two workstations in a network. The network includes at least one agent module resident on each of the at least two workstations and a management console connected to each of the at least two workstations. The system includes modules for identifying an event occurring with respect to a program executing on one of the at least two workstations, modules for sending an alert to the management console which identifies the event, memory for storing a plurality of triggers, each of the triggers adapted to cause an action to be taken within the network, memory for storing at least one procedure, the at least one procedure comprising at least one of the plurality of triggers, and modules for sending at least one of the procedures from the management console to the agent module resident on the one of the at least two workstations in response to receipt of the alert. A method is also provided for monitoring and controlling programs capable of being executed on any of at least two workstations in a network.
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17 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring and controlling at least one program being executed on any of at least two workstations in a network, said system comprising:
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an agent to identify an event occurring with respect to a program executing on one of said at least two workstations and to send an alert to a management console which identifies said event, the agent is resident on said one of said at least two workstations; at least one procedure, said at least one procedure to include a plurality of stored triggers, said plurality of stored triggers including at least one trigger chosen from a trigger library including at least one trigger selected from the group consisting of add a line to an AUTOEXEC batch filed, install a driver, check a disk for bad sectors, send a SNMP trap, send an alert via modem, send an alert via email, send an alert via pager, run a program on a local workstation, generate a NMS alarm, copy files, set a last drive, set a number of disk buffers, stop a program by name, pause, stop a program executing during an alert generation, set a number of network control blocks, copy an alert to a database, copy an alert to a text filed, and copy an alert to a printer file; the management console to send said at least one procedure from said management console to the agent in response to receipt of said alert; and said one of said at least two workstations to automatically launch at scheduled times said plurality of stored triggers in said at least one procedure, each of said plurality of stored triggers adapted to cause a specific corrective action in response to the event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for monitoring and controlling at least one program in a network, said network comprising at least two workstations and a management console connected to each of said at least two workstations, said system comprising:
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at least one generic agent resident on said workstations to transmit alerts indicating occurrence of an event with a program executing on the workstations; a monitor resident on said management console to log alerts transmitted by any of said at least one generic agent; at least one procedure resident on said management console, said procedure including a plurality of stored triggers, said plurality of stored triggers including at least one trigger selected from the group consisting of add a line to an AUTOEXEC batch file, install a driver, check a disk for bad sectors, send a SNMP trap, send an alert via modem, send an alert via email, send an alert via pager, run a program on a local workstation, generate a NMS alarm, copy files, set a last drive, set a number of disk buffers, stop a program by name, pause, stop a program executing during an alert generation, set a number of network control blocks, copy an alert to a database, copy an alert to a text file, and copy an alert to a printer file; a manager coupled to said at least one generic agent to monitor and control operations of said at least one generic agent, said manager further to send at least one procedure to said at least one generic agent in response to an alert; and said one of said at least two workstations to automatically launch at schedule times said plurality of stored triggers in said at least one procedure, each of said plurality of triggers adapted to cause a specific corrective action in response to the event. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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