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US 8,285,844 B2Granted
Server scanning system and method
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsAmanullah Hussaini, Asad M. Baig, Venkat D. Raghavan, Krishna Devulapally
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Abstract
A technique for quickly locating, diagnosing and fixing problems with one or more servers is presented. The technique improves upon prior art techniques by providing a centralized utility by which multiple servers may be viewed and modified. More particularly, the technique allows a user to view, in a consolidated format, features of multiple servers and to modify parameters of such servers from a remote location.
Claims16
A system comprising:
- a server communicatively coupled to a network, wherein the server is configured to execute at least one application, the application configured to:
- provide a remote device having access to the server with information in a format allowing the remote device to consolidate the information with information from a plurality of servers, wherein the consolidated information comprises server processor usage, server memory usage, server processes, and installed server applications associated with the plurality of servers, where the consolidated information allows a user of the remote device to monitor and diagnose a cause of a partial outage among one or more of the servers in the plurality of servers;
- provide the remote device access to the server over the network to remotely modify features of the server by modifying a configuration file associated with the system, the configuration file stored on the server, wherein the features comprise:
- server processes and server services;
- and
- electronic storage storing the configuration file.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, at a receiving server of a plurality of servers and over a computer network, consolidated information regarding each of the plurality of servers, wherein the consolidated information is provided by software and comprises:
- server processor usage, server memory usage, server processes, and installed server applications associated with the plurality of servers;
- remotely modifying features of at least one of the plurality of servers different from the receiving server, wherein the remotely modifying is performed through the receiving server, wherein the features comprise:
- server processes and server services,
- wherein the modifying comprises modifying at least one of a plurality of configuration files associated with the plurality of servers, and wherein the plurality of configuration files are stored on each of the plurality of servers;
- whereby the receiving allows a user to monitor and diagnose a cause of an outage involving the at least one of the plurality of servers different from the receiving server, and whereby the remotely modifying allows the user to correct the cause of the partial outage.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, using a computer processor, information about each of a plurality of servers, the information for each server comprising a server identification, an identification of at least one application configured to execute on the server, and an identification of a configuration path of the server;
- locally storing the information for each server, whereby the information for each server is accessible on the network;
- monitoring each of the plurality of servers in real time via a graphical user interface, wherein the monitoring is based on the information for each server;
- and
- remotely modifying features of at least one of the plurality of servers, wherein the features comprise:
- server processes and server services,
- wherein the modifying comprises modifying at least one of a plurality of configuration files associated with the plurality of servers, and wherein the plurality of configuration files are stored on each of the plurality of servers.
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A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable instructions stored therein, wherein the computer-readable instructions are configured to be readable from the at least one medium by at least one computer processor and thereby cause the at least one computer processor to operate so as to:
- receive consolidated information regarding each of the plurality of servers, wherein the consolidated information is provided by software and comprises:
- server processor usage, server memory usage, server processes, and installed server applications associated with the plurality of servers;
- remotely modify features of at least one of the plurality of servers different from the receiving server, wherein the remotely modifying is performed through the receiving server, wherein the features comprise:
- server processes and server services,
- wherein the modifying comprises modifying at least one of a plurality of configuration files associated with the plurality of servers, and wherein the plurality of configuration files are stored on each of the plurality of servers;
- whereby the receiving allows a user to monitor and diagnose a cause of an outage as involving the at least one of the plurality of servers different from the receiving server, and whereby the remotely modifying allows the user to correct the cause of the partial outage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.