Methods, systems and computer program products for determining installation status of SMS packages
First Claim
1. A method for determining a status of advertised system management server packages at a client device, comprising:
- receiving a request for a determination of the status from a user at the client device at an interface application executing on the client device separately from a system management server client application executing on the client device; and
performing operations as follows responsive to the request without further input from the user;
identifying a plurality of system management server packages that have been advertised to the client device and determining an installation status of the plurality of system management server packages by querying log files generated by the system management server client application using the interface application, wherein querying log files includes using a query to extract data from contents of the log files reflecting the installation status of respective ones of the plurality of system management server packages and wherein the query is generated without user input;
generating a graphical user interface that lists the plurality of system management server packages and provides a visual indication of the installation status of the plurality of system management server packages; and
displaying the graphical user interface to the user on a display of the client device.
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Abstract
Methods of determining status of advertised system management server (SMS) packages at a client device include receiving a request for a determination of the status from a user at the client device. Responsive to the received request and without further input from the user a plurality of SMS packages that have been advertised to the client device may be identified, an installation status of the identified plurality of SMS packages may be determined and a graphical user interface (GUI) may be generated. The GUI lists the identified plurality of SMS packages and provides a visual indication of the determined installation status of the listed plurality of SMS packages. The generated GUI may be displayed to the user on a display of the client device.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for determining a status of advertised system management server packages at a client device, comprising:
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receiving a request for a determination of the status from a user at the client device at an interface application executing on the client device separately from a system management server client application executing on the client device; and performing operations as follows responsive to the request without further input from the user; identifying a plurality of system management server packages that have been advertised to the client device and determining an installation status of the plurality of system management server packages by querying log files generated by the system management server client application using the interface application, wherein querying log files includes using a query to extract data from contents of the log files reflecting the installation status of respective ones of the plurality of system management server packages and wherein the query is generated without user input; generating a graphical user interface that lists the plurality of system management server packages and provides a visual indication of the installation status of the plurality of system management server packages; and displaying the graphical user interface to the user on a display of the client device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for determining a status of advertised system management server packages at a client device, comprising:
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receiving a request for a determination of the status from a user at an interface application executing on the client device separately from a system management server client application executing on the client device; and performing operations as follows carried out by the interface application responsive to the request; identifying a plurality of system management server packages that have been advertised to the client device and determining an installation status of the plurality of system management server packages by querying log files generated by the system management server client application, wherein querying log files includes using a query to extract data from contents of the log files reflecting the installation status of respective ones of the identified plurality of system management server packages and wherein the query is generated without user input; and generating a graphical user interface that lists the plurality of system management server packages and provides a visual indication of the installation status of the plurality of system management server packages. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A method for monitoring a status of distribution of system management server packages to a plurality of client devices, comprising:
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advertising the system management server packages to the plurality of client devices; requesting that users of the client devices execute an interface application on the respective client devices, separately from system management server client applications executing on the client devices, to identify the system management server packages, determine an installation status of the system management server packages by querying log files generated by the system management server client applications and generate graphical user interfaces that list the respective system management server packages and provide a visual indication of the installation status of the system management server packages; and receiving error reports from the users identifying problems indicated in the graphical user interfaces; wherein querying log files includes using a query to extract data from contents of the log files reflecting the installation status of respective ones of the system management server packages and wherein the query is generated without user input. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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