# US 2020/0401564 A1 · Management of instrumentation data using a resource database > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0401564 A1 - Document ID: US20200401564A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/446,224 - Filed: 2019-06-19 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2019-06-19 - Assignees: Dell Products L.P. - Applicants: Dell Products L.P. - Inventors: Chitrak Gupta; Hari Venkatachalam; Abhirup Seal; Chandrasekhar Puthillathe; Ranjan Kumar; Sriparna Som; Chinmay Hegde - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200401564A1 ## CPC - G06F 16/212: {with details for data modelling support} - G06F 16/22: Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures - G06F 16/2358: {Change logging, detection, and notification (replication G06F16/27)} - G06F 16/258: {Data format conversion from or to a database} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Methods, systems, and computer programs encoded on computer storage medium, for receiving a request for instrumentation data describing one or more devices in the computing environment, the request received from a resource management interface; retrieving the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices from a resource database; identifying a schema associated with the resource management interface; converting the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices based on the identified schema associated with the resource management interface; and transmitting the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices to the resource management interface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for managing instrumentation data for a plurality of devices in a computing environment, the method comprising: receiving a request for instrumentation data describing one or more devices in the computing environment, the request received from a resource management interface; retrieving the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices from a resource database; identifying a schema associated with the resource management interface; converting the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices based on the identified schema associated with the resource management interface; and transmitting the converted instrumentation data describing the one or more devices to the resource management interface for analysis. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein converting the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices based on the identified schema comprises: serializing a format of the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices into a format of the identified schema associated with the resource management interface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: identifying, by an event manager, a change event associated with a device of the plurality of devices, the change event modifying at least one property of the device; and in response to identifying the change event: generating, by the event manager, updated instrumentation data describing the device, the updated instrumentation data including the at least one property; and storing, by the event manager, the updated instrumentation data into the resource database. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices includes at least one of: a class for each of the one or more devices; a set of class properties for each class; a data type for each of the set of class properties; a set of methods associated with each class; an input parameter for each of the set of methods; an output parameter for each of the set of methods; and a set of privileges associated with each class. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the resource database is comprised of a plurality of data tables, each of the plurality of data tables including instrumentation data describing a device of the plurality of devices in the computing environment. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the plurality of data tables includes instrumentation data in a common manageability programming interface (CMPI) format. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the plurality of data tables includes instrumentation data in a Structured Query Language (SQL) format. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the schema associated with the resource management interface is at least one of: an extensible markup language (XML) schema; and a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) schema. ### Claim 9 A system comprising a processor having access to memory media storing instructions executable by the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving a request for instrumentation data describing one or more devices in the computing environment, the request received from a resource management interface; retrieving the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices from a resource database; identifying a schema associated with the resource management interface; converting the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices based on the identified schema associated with the resource management interface; and transmitting the converted instrumentation data describing the one or more devices to the resource management interface for analysis. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein converting the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices based on the identified schema comprises: serializing a format of the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices into a format of the identified schema associated with the resource management interface. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, the operations further comprising: identifying, by an event manager, a change event associated with a device of the plurality of devices, the change event modifying at least one property of the device; and in response to identifying the change event: generating, by the event manager, updated instrumentation data describing the device, the updated instrumentation data including the at least one property; and storing, by the event manager, the updated instrumentation data into the resource database. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices includes at least one of: a class for each of the one or more devices; a set of class properties for each class; a data type for each of the set of class properties; a set of methods associated with each class; an input parameter for each of the set of methods; an output parameter for each of the set of methods; and a set of privileges associated with each class. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the resource database is comprised of a plurality of data tables, each of the plurality of data tables including instrumentation data describing a device of the plurality of devices in the computing environment. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the plurality of data tables includes instrumentation data in a common manageability programming interface (CMPI) format. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the plurality of data tables includes instrumentation data in a Structured Query Language (SQL) format. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the schema associated with the resource management interface is at least one of: an extensible markup language (XML) schema; and a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) schema. ### Claim 17 A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising: receiving a request for instrumentation data describing one or more devices in the computing environment, the request received from a resource management interface; retrieving the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices from a resource database; identifying a schema associated with the resource management interface; converting the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices based on the identified schema associated with the resource management interface; and transmitting the converted instrumentation data describing the one or more devices to the resource management interface for analysis. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein converting the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices based on the identified schema comprises: serializing a format of the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices into a format of the identified schema associated with the resource management interface. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, the operations further comprising: identifying, by an event manager, a change event associated with a device of the plurality of devices, the change event modifying at least one property of the device; and in response to identifying the change event: generating, by the event manager, updated instrumentation data describing the device, the updated instrumentation data including the at least one property; and storing, by the event manager, the updated instrumentation data into the resource database. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the resource database is comprised of a plurality of data tables, each of the plurality of data tables including instrumentation data describing a device of the plurality of devices in the computing environment.