US 6,748,436 B1 · System, method and program for management of users, groups, servers and resources in a heterogeneous network environment

Abstract

A system, method, and program for managing users, groups, servers, and resources in a heterogeneous network environment are disclosed. The network environment includes a configuration server coupled to a number of deployment servers, which each operates under a specific platform. In response to receipt of a generic command for management of a user, group, server, or resource by the configuration server, a determination is made based on pre-assignment as to which one of the deployment servers is the appropriate deployment server that is to receive the generic command. The generic command is mapped to a specific-platform command executable under the respective specific platform of the appropriate deployment server. The specific-platform command is executed by the appropriate deployment server to complete a task for performing the generic command. In a preferred embodiment, a set of generic commands for managing the users, groups, servers, and resources in the heterogeneous networked environment is defined. The set of generic commands is correlated to sets of specific-platform commands for different specific platforms. One of the sets of specific-platform commands is determined for a respective specific platform. The specific-platform command is identified within the set of specific-platform commands that is correlated to the generic command being processed by the deployment server.

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Dependent claims

A method for managing users, groups, servers, and resources in a heterogeneous network environment, said method comprising:

in response to receiving, from an administration client, a generic command at a configuration server within a heterogeneous network environment including a plurality of deployment servers each operating under a different platform, the configuration server parsing said generic command and selecting a task to manage performance of said generic command based upon said generic command by reference to a command resolution data structure;
said configuration server selecting, based upon said generic command, a deployment server among the plurality of deployment servers to perform one or more operations implicated by the generic command;
and
the configuration server generating a platform-independent deployment server command corresponding to the generic command and sending the deployment server command to the selected deployment server for processing so that the selected deployment server at least partially performs a management operation requested by the generic command.

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A system for managing users, groups, servers, and resources, said system comprising:

a configuration server within a heterogeneous network environment including a plurality of deployment servers each operating under a different platform, wherein the configuration server, responsive to receiving from an administration client a generic command, parses said generic command and selects a task to manage performance of said generic command based upon said generic command by reference to a command resolution data structure;
wherein said configuration server selects, based upon said generic command, a deployment server among the plurality of deployment servers to perform one or more operations implicated by the generic command;
and
wherein the configuration server generates a platform-independent deployment server command corresponding to the generic command and sends the deployment server command to the selected deployment server for processing so that the selected deployment server at least partially performs a management operation requested by the generic command.

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A program product for managing users, groups, servers, and resources within a heterogeneous network environment including a plurality of deployment servers each operating under a different platform and a configuration server coupled to the plurality of deployment servers, said program product comprising:

a computer usable medium in which program code is encoded, said program code including:
means, responsive to receiving from an administration client a generic command at the configuration server, for parsing said generic command and for selecting a task to manage performance of said generic command based upon said generic command by reference to a command resolution data structure;
means for selecting, based upon said generic command, a deployment server among the plurality of deployment servers to perform one or more operations implicated by the generic command;
and
means for generating a platform-independent deployment server command corresponding to the generic command and for sending the deployment server command to the selected deployment server for processing so that the selected deployment server at least partially performs a management operation requested by the generic command.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System, method and program for management of users, groups, servers and resources in a heterogeneous network environment

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