Transaction control arrangement for device management system

A method comprising:

• providing device management services, via a processor under program control, to a managed device by defining one or more transaction control primitives and one or more transaction initiation commands for modifying a management tree of the managed device;
• mapping the transaction control primitives and transaction initiation commands to device management commands for the managed device, and transmitting the device management commands to the managed device;
• and
• determining a relevance of any of the transmitted device management commands that fail to execute and, when one of the transmitted device management commands is determined to be of low relevance, allowing the managed device to modify the management tree without executing the command that failed to execute and, when the one of the transmitted device management commands is alternatively determined to be of high relevance, causing a return to an initial state prior to a start of execution of the transmitted device management commands.

An apparatus comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory operable to implement:
• a device management agent of a managed device configured for mapping one or more received device management commands to transaction control primitives and transaction initiation commands;
• a service management agent configured for executing the transaction control primitives and transaction initiation commands for modifying a management tree of the managed device;
• the device management agent further configured to transmit an information element identifying any device management commands that fail to execute and, based on a relevance determination when one of the device management commands identified by the information element is of low relevance, allow modification of the management tree without executing the command that failed to execute and, when the one of the device management commands is alternatively of high relevance, cause a return to an initial state prior to a start of execution of the device management commands.

A method comprising:

• receiving device management services by a managed device, via a processor under program control, by receiving device management commands for modifying a management tree of the managed device;
• mapping the device management commands to transaction control primitives and transaction initiation commands for the managed device;
• and
• transmitting an information element identifying any transaction control primitives and transaction initiation commands that fail to execute and, based on a relevance determination when one of the device management commands identified by the information element is of low relevance, allowing modification of the management tree without executing the command that failed to execute and, when the one of the device management commands is alternatively of high relevance, causing a return to an initial state prior to a start of execution of the device management commands.