Method and system for managing an AIX UNIX server using an SNMP interface
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorKurt Russell Taylor
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Abstract
A method and system for allowing a server to be configured using a standard protocol is disclosed. The server includes a proprietary database having a plurality of classes. Each of the plurality of classes is capable of including at least one object instance. The at least one object instance is described by at least one descriptor. The proprietary database is for managing the server. The method and system include reading the proprietary database and saving a first plurality of locations of the plurality of classes and a second plurality of locations of the at least one object instance in a standard database accessible using the standard protocol. Via the standard protocol, the standard database can be used to manage the server using the proprietary database.
Claims21
A method for providing an interface that allows a server to be configured using a standard protocol, the server including a proprietary database having a plurality of classes, each of the plurality of classes capable of including at least one object instance, the at least one object instance being described by at least one descriptor, the proprietary database for managing the server, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) reading the proprietary database;
- and
- (b) hierarchically saving a first plurality of locations of the plurality of classes and a second plurality of locations of the at least one object instance in a standard database accessible using the standard protocol;
- wherein, via the standard protocol, the standard database can be used to manage the server using the proprietary database;
- wherein the proprietary database is an object instance data manager (ODM) and the standard protocol is an SNMP protocol;
- wherein the standard database is a management information base (MIB).
A system for providing an interface that allows a server to be configured using a standard protocol, the server including a proprietary database having a plurality of classes, each of the plurality of classes capable of including at least one object instance, the at least one object instance being described by at least one descriptor, the proprietary database for managing the server using a manager, the system comprising:
- a standard database accessible using the standard protocol;
- means for interfacing the manager with the server, the interfacing means being capable of reading the proprietary database and hierarchically saving a first plurality of locations of the plurality of classes and a second plurality of locations of the at least one object instance in the standard database;
- and
- wherein, via the standard protocol, the standard database created by the interfacing means can be used to manage the server using the proprietary database;
- wherein the proprietary database is an object instance data manager (ODM) and the standard protocol is an SNMP protocol;
- wherein the standard database is a management information base (MIB).
A computer readable medium containing a program for providing an interface that allows a server to be configured using a standard protocol, the server including a proprietary database having a plurality of classes, each of the plurality of classes capable of including at least one object instance, the at least one object instance being described by at least one descriptor, the proprietary database for managing the server, the program including instructions for:
- (a) reading the proprietary database;
- and
- (b) hierarchically saving a first plurality of locations of the plurality of classes and a second plurality of locations of the at least one object instance in a standard database accessible using the standard protocol;
- wherein, via the standard protocol, the standard database can be used to manage the server using the proprietary database;
- wherein the proprietary database is an object instance data manager (ODM) and the standard protocol is an SNMP protocol;
- wherein the standard database is a management information base (MIB).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.