System using truncated superior resource name and unique number obtained from global counter maintained by a server for generating unique subordinate resource name

A system to generate a unique name for a particular subordinate resource of a computer system having a plurality of subordinate resources, the system comprising:

• a superior resource associated with the particular subordinate resource;
• a global counter maintained by a server communicating with the superior resource, the global counter configured to provide a unique counter value to be associated with the particular subordinate resource, the global counter to provide a different counter value to each subordinate resource of the plurality of subordinate resources;
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• the server further configured to ascertain a name of the superior resource and to select a portion of the superior resource name and to combine the portion of the superior resource name and the unique counter value to form the unique name for the particular subordinate resource.

A system to generate a unique name for a particular subordinate resource of a computer system having a plurality of subordinate resources, the system comprising:

• means for identifying a superior resource that is associated with the particular subordinate resource;
• means for ascertaining a name of the superior resource;
• means for selecting a portion of the superior resource name;
• means for reading a unique counter value from a global counter maintained by a server communicating with the superior resource, the global counter providing a different counter value to each subordinate resource of the plurality of subordinate resources;
• and
• means for combining the portion of the superior resource name and the unique counter value to form the unique name for the particular subordinate resource.

A computer readable medium containing executable program instructions for generating a unique name for a particular subordinate resource of a computer system having a plurality of subordinate resources, the executable program instructions comprising program instructions configured to:

• identify a superior resource that is associated with the particular subordinate resource;
• ascertain a name of the superior resource;
• select a portion of the superior resource name;
• read a unique counter value from a global counter maintained by a server communicating with the superior resource, the global counter to provide a different counter value to each subordinate resource of the plurality of subordinate resources;
• and
• combine the portion of the superior resource name and the unique counter value to form the unique name for the particular subordinate resource.

A method for generating a unique name for a particular subordinate resource of a computer system having a plurality of subordinate resources, the method comprising:

• identifying a superior resource that is associated with the particular subordinate resource;
• ascertaining a name of the superior resource;
• selecting a portion of the superior resource name, wherein the portion of the superior resource name includes a first set of one or more characters of the resource name and a second set of one or more characters of the resource name;
• reading a unique counter value from a global counter maintained by a server associated with the superior resource, the global counter providing a different counter value to each subordinate resource of the plurality of subordinate resources;
• and
• combining the portion of the superior resource name and the unique counter value by placing the unique counter value between the first set of one or more characters and the second set of one or more characters to form the unique name for the particular subordinate resource.

A system to generate a unique name for a particular subordinate resource of a computer system having a plurality of subordinate resources, the system comprising:

• a superior resource associated with the particular subordinate resource;
• a global counter configured to provide a unique counter value to be associated with the particular subordinate resource, the global counter to provide a different counter value to each subordinate resource of the plurality of subordinate resources;
• and
• a server configured to ascertain a name of the superior resource and to select a portion of the superior resource name, wherein the portion of the superior resource name includes a first set of one or more characters of the resource name and a second set of one or more characters of the resource name, and the server is further configured to combine the portion of the superior resource name and the unique counter by placing the unique counter value between the first set of one or more characters and the second set of one or more characters to form the unique name for the particular subordinate resource.