Method and apparatus for exporting diagnostics interface and menu system to allow remote execution
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRobert Perugini, John S. Harsany
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Abstract
The present invention provides for a method and an apparatus for performing remote execution of system administration upon a standalone computer system, using a controlling computer system. A remote communication sequence is initiated. Communications between the controlling computer system and the standalone computer system is established using the remote communication sequence. Furthermore, a diagnostic software application is initiated on the standalone computer system using the established communication between the controlling computer system and the standalone computer system.
Claims37
A method for performing remote execution of system administration upon a standalone computer system, using a controlling system, comprising:
- initiating a remote communication sequence;
- establishing communications between said controlling computer system and said standalone computer system using said remote communication sequence;
- submitting a request to said standalone computer system to perform a status check;
- receiving status information from said standalone computer system in response to said status check;
- and
- in response to said status information, initiating a diagnostic software application on said standalone computer system using said established communication between said controlling computer system and said standalone computer system.
An apparatus for performing remote execution of system administration upon a standalone computer system, using a controlling computer system, comprising:
- means for initiating a remote communication sequence;
- means for establishing communications between said controlling computer system and said standalone computer system using said remote communication sequence;
- means for submitting a request to said standalone computer system to perform a status check;
- means for receiving status information from said standalone computer system in response to said status check;
- and
- means for initiating a diagnostic software application on said standalone computer system, in response to said status information, using said established communication between said controlling computer system and said standalone computer system.
A computer readable program storage device encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, performs a method for performing remote execution of system administration upon a standalone computer system, using a controlling computer system, comprising:
- initiating a remote communication sequence;
- establishing communications between said controlling computer system and said standalone computer system using said remote communication sequence;
- submitting a request to said standalone computer system to perform a status check;
- receiving status information from said standalone computer system in response to said status check;
- and
- initiating a diagnostic software application on said standalone computer system using said established communication between said controlling computer system and said standalone computer system.
A method for performing concurrent remote execution of system administration upon a plurality of computer systems, using a controlling system, comprising:
- initiating a remote communication sequence to each of said plurality of computer systems;
- establishing communications between said controlling computer system and said computer systems using said remote communication sequence;
- broadcasting a request to said computer systems to perform a status check on each of said computer systems;
- receiving status information from each of said computer systems in response to said status checks;
- and
- in response to said status information received from a computer system, initiating a diagnostic software application on said computer system using said established communication between said controlling computer system and said computer system.
A diagnostic system, comprising:
- a remote communication application;
- and
- a network connection to a plurality of computer systems;
- wherein said remote communication application broadcasts a request to each of said computer systems to perform a status check on each computer systems and receives status information generated by each computer system in response to said status checks, said remote communication application also transmits a signal to a computer system whose status information is indicative of anomalous computer system behavior, said signal causes said computer system to perform a test of at least one component comprising said computer system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.