Distributed computing environment with remote data collection management

US8140614B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Fred Allison Bower, III · Durham, US
• Rodney H. Brown · Cary, US
• Tushar Dasharath Fadale · Raleigh, US
• Thomas James Fox · Apex, US
• Richard E. Harper · Chapel Hill, US
• David B. Roberts · Bedford, US
• Ketan K. Shah · Cary, US
• Celia A. Schreiber · Raleigh, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 2, 2005
• Grant date: Mar 20, 2012
• Expiry date: May 11, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/10
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of a distributed computing environment with remote data collection management include a management server, and a plurality of computer systems networked to and managed by the management server. Each of the plurality of computer systems includes a listening agent to receive process code from a management server and to control the periodic execution of the process code to collect data from the plurality of computer systems. The periodic execution occurs without requiring a connection to be maintained between the plurality of computer systems and the management server. Further, the data collected includes data collected from problem determination activities.