Methods and apparatus for installing agents in a managed network
First Claim
1. In a storage area network management application that operates using agents for management of resources, a method for installing an agent on a plurality of host computer systems in the storage area network, the method comprising:
- in a storage area network, identifying at least one agent to be installed on a plurality of host computer systems, wherein said storage area network includes one or more servers which interconnect through a switching fabric to a group of data storage systems to allow access to the stored data by said servers on behalf of client computer systems that request such data, and wherein said at least one agent executes on host computer systems to receive commands from a management server to configure and control various managed resources within the storage area network;
performing prerequisite checking of each of the plurality of host computer systems to determine which host computer systems of the plurality of host computer system are capable of supporting operation of the at least one agent; and
for each host computer system of the plurality of host computer systems that is capable of supporting operation of the at least one agent, performing an automated bulk agent installation operation to install the at least one agent on that host computer system.
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Abstract
An agent installer operates to install an agent on a plurality of host computer systems using a bulk automated installation process that identifies at least one agent to be installed on a plurality of host computer systems and performs prerequisite checking of each of the plurality of host computer systems to determine which host computer systems of the plurality of host computer system are capable of supporting operation of the at least one agent. For each host computer system of the plurality of host computer systems that is capable of supporting operation of the at least one agent, the agent installer performs an automated bulk agent installation operation to install the at least one agent on that host computer system.
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20 Claims
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1. In a storage area network management application that operates using agents for management of resources, a method for installing an agent on a plurality of host computer systems in the storage area network, the method comprising:
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in a storage area network, identifying at least one agent to be installed on a plurality of host computer systems, wherein said storage area network includes one or more servers which interconnect through a switching fabric to a group of data storage systems to allow access to the stored data by said servers on behalf of client computer systems that request such data, and wherein said at least one agent executes on host computer systems to receive commands from a management server to configure and control various managed resources within the storage area network; performing prerequisite checking of each of the plurality of host computer systems to determine which host computer systems of the plurality of host computer system are capable of supporting operation of the at least one agent; and for each host computer system of the plurality of host computer systems that is capable of supporting operation of the at least one agent, performing an automated bulk agent installation operation to install the at least one agent on that host computer system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer system comprising:
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a memory; a processor; a communications interface; an interconnection mechanism coupling the memory, the processor and the communications interface, wherein the memory is encoded with an agent installer that when executed on the processor causes the computer system to install an agent on a plurality of host computer systems by performing the operations of; in a storage area network, identifying at least one agent to be installed on a plurality of host computer systems, wherein said storage area network includes one or more servers which interconnect through a switching fabric to a group of data storage systems to allow access to the stored data by said servers on behalf of client computer systems that request such data, and wherein said at least one agent executes on host computer systems to receive commands from a management server to configure and control various managed resources within the storage area network; performing prerequisite checking of each of the plurality of host computer systems to determine which host computer systems of the plurality of host computer system are capable of supporting operation of the at least one agent; and for each host computer system of the plurality of host computer systems that is capable of supporting operation of the at least one agent, performing an automated bulk agent installation operation to install the at least one agent on that host computer system. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A computer readable storage medium encoded with programmed logic code that, when executed on a computer system, forms an agent installer that performs bulk agent installation by causing the computer system to perform the operations of:
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in a storage area network, identifying at least one agent to be installed on a plurality of host computer systems, wherein said storage area network includes one or more servers which interconnect through a switching fabric to a group of data storage systems to allow access to the stored data by said servers on behalf of client computer systems that request such data, and wherein said at least one agent executes on host computer systems to receive commands from a management server to configure and control various managed resources within the storage area network; and for each host computer system of the plurality of host computer systems that is capable of supporting operation of the at least one agent, performing an automated bulk agent installation operation to install the at least one agent on that host computer system.
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Specification