Windows management instrument synchronized repository provider
OwnerJohn M. Prall, Jason T. Ursoinventors
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Abstract
A method and synchronized data repository provider that synchronize data of repositories among a plurality of computing nodes is disclosed. Each node includes a synchronized provider, which communicates with the synchronized providers in the other nodes to synchronize the data of the repositories. The communication is with data synchronization messages, which are multicast by a sending node via a multicast communication link to all of the other nodes. A synchronization scope as well as a class limits the data of a repository. A repository is initialized via a point-to-point communication link with another node. The method and synchronized provider include the capability to handle response storms, lost messages and duplicate messages.
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A method of communication between a local node and a plurality of remote nodes in a computing system for the synchronization of data, said method comprising communicating data synchronization messages concerning the data of a repository in a multicast mode via a multicast communication link that interconnects all of said nodes.
The method claim of 4, wherein said local node obtains said event instance notification from a local client, and said communicating step sends said at least one data synchronization message from said local node to said remote nodes via said multicast communication link.
A synchronized repository provider for communication between a local node and a plurality of remote nodes in a computing system comprising a data communication device that synchronizes data of a repository by communicating data synchronization messages concerning the data of said repository in a multicast mode via a multicast communication link that interconnects all of said nodes.
The synchronized repository provider claim of 18, wherein said communication device obtains said event instance notification from a local client, and wherein said communication device sends said at least one data synchronization message from said local node to said remote nodes via said multicast communication link.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.