Using status inquiry and status response messages to exchange management information
AssigneeRed Hat, Inc.
InventorMark Cameron Little
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Abstract
A status inquiry message is received at a first machine, wherein the status inquiry message is directed to one of the first machine or a service operating on the first machine. A status response message is generated at the first machine, the status response message indicating that at least one of the first machine or the service is operational. Management information is attached to the status response message, the management information including operating statistics of at least one of the first machine, the service, or an additional service that operates on the first machine. The status response message is transmitted to the second machine.
Claims1
A method, comprising:
- receiving a status inquiry message at a first machine, the first machine comprising a processor, via a network, wherein the status inquiry message is directed to one of the first machine or a service operating on the first machine;
- generating a status response message at the first machine, the status response message indicating that at least one of the first machine or the service is operational;
- determining, by the processor, whether a second machine is equipped to receive management information;
- attaching the management information to the status response message based on the determination, the management information comprising operating statistics of at least one of the first machine, the service, and an additional service that operates on the first machine;
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- transmitting the status response message, with the attached management information, to the second machine at which the status inquiry message was generated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.