Method and system for discovery of remote agents
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1. A method for discovering remote agents, comprising:
- providing at least one web service;
discovering one or more remote agents based on the at least one web service;
identifying a schema of the one or more remote agents;
wherein the least one web service comprises;
an agent metadata service running on the one or more remote agents;
an agent managed object query service running on the one or more remote agents; and
wherein the agent managed object query service provides information regarding managed objects found on the one or more remote agents; and
displaying the results of the discovery to a user.
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Abstract
A method for discovering remote agents includes providing at least one web service. At least one remote agent may be discovered based on the at least one web service. The at least one web service may include an agent metadata service and/or an agent managed object query service running on the one or more remote agents. The agent managed object query service may provide information regarding managed objects found on one or more remote agents and the results of the discovery may be displayed to a user.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for discovering remote agents, comprising:
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providing at least one web service; discovering one or more remote agents based on the at least one web service; identifying a schema of the one or more remote agents; wherein the least one web service comprises; an agent metadata service running on the one or more remote agents; an agent managed object query service running on the one or more remote agents; and wherein the agent managed object query service provides information regarding managed objects found on the one or more remote agents; and displaying the results of the discovery to a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 26, 27, 28)
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6. A system for discovering remote agents, comprising:
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one or more processors coupled to a memory, the memory comprising instruction executable by the one or more processors, the one or more processors operable when executing the instructions to provide at least one management console residing on a computer; one or more remote agents, wherein the at least one management console is configured to discovers one or more remote agents based on at least one web service and identify a schema of the one or more remote agents; wherein the least one web service comprises; an agent metadata service running on the one or more remote agents; an agent managed object query service running on the one or more remote agents; wherein the agent managed object query service provides information regarding managed objects found on the one or more remote agents; and a user interface operable to display the results of the discovery to a user. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer readable storage medium including computer executable code for discovering remote agents, comprising:
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code for providing at least one web service; and code for discovering one or more remote agents based on the at least one web service; code for identifying a schema of the one or more remote agents; wherein the least one web service comprises; an agent metadata service running on the one or more remote agents; an agent managed object query service running on the one or more remote agents; wherein the agent managed object query service provides information regarding managed objects found on the one or more remote agents; and code for displaying the results of the discovery to a user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus, comprising:
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one or more web-based agents operable to collect data from a plurality of managed objects; a web-based manager operable to; discover the one or more agents; identify a schema of the one or more remote agents; register with the one or more agents; collect the data from the one or more agents; and a user interface operable to display the data. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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