US 6,212,581 B1 · Method and system for managing a group of computers

Abstract

The system and method of this invention automatically manages a group of computers by automatically gathering data, storing the data, analyzing the stored data to identify specified conditions, and initiating automated actions to respond to the detected conditions. The invention, hereafter “SYSTEMWatch AI-L”, comprises a SYSTEMWatch AI-L client which turns a computer into a managed computer, a SYSTEMWatch AI-L console, which turns a computer into a monitoring computer, a SYSTEMWatch AI-L send facility, which allows a system administrator to send commands to various SYSTEMWatch AI-L clients through the SYSTEMWatch AI-L console, and a SYSTEMWatch AI-L report facility which allows a system administrator to query information collected and processed by the SYSTEMWatch AI-L clients and SYSTEMWatch AI-L consoles.

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Dependent claims

A computer management system, comprising:

a monitoring computer system including a console program;
and
a managed computer system including a client program with a continuously running main loop, wherein the client program includes:
an exception detection system for detecting when the availability of a resource on the managed computer system falls below a predetermined threshold;
an alert manager including a system for creating and validating an alert, a system for communicating the alert to the console program, and a system for determining a default action;
and
an action manager for automatically initiating the default action in response to the alert.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and system for managing a group of computers

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