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- Nachgewiesen in: USPTO Patent Grants
- Sprachen: English
- Patent Number: 9,576,044
- Publication Date: February 21, 2017
- Appl. No: 15/075487
- Application Filed: March 21, 2016
- Assignees: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, NY, US)
- Claim: 1. A method for registering a Common Information Model (CIM) agent to a management agent in a computing environment by a processor device, comprising: discovering, by the CIM agent, the management agent in a management domain in response to an insertion of the CIM agent into the management domain; and self-registering, by the CIM agent, at least one of information of the CIM agent and the discovered management agent, the management agent compliant with the CIM agent; wherein the management agent converts a CIM schema of the CIM agent into a schema at the management agent identifiable by the management agent according to a mapping specification corresponding to a management model of the management domain in response to a determination of no schema at the management agent corresponding to the CIM schema to be converted in the management agent that is compliant with the CIM agent, and the management agent is determined by matching a management object scope, or safety strategy defined in a predefined strategy of the discovered management agent with a management object, or safety strategy of the CIM agent.
- Claim: 2. The method of claim 1 , further including, previous to matching the management object scope, initiating, by the CIM agent, a registration request to the discovered management agent, wherein the registration request includes at least one of a CIM agent location, a domain name space, a management object and a safety strategy in relation to the CIM agent.
- Claim: 3. The method of claim 2 , wherein registering, by the CIM agent, at least one of information of the CIM agent and the discovered management agent further includes: registering, by the management agent, respective information item in the registration request of the CIM agent in response to the discovery of the CIM agent, and returning, by the discovered management agent, a response indicating the registration request is accepted by the CIM agent.
- Claim: 4. The method of claim 1 , further including performing, by the management agent: setting up a communication connection with the CIM agent, capturing at least one CIM class from the CIM agent, determining a CIM schema to be converted from the CIM classes, determining an existence of a schema at the management agent corresponding to the CIM schema to be converted, and recording a corresponding relationship between the schema at the management agent corresponding to the converted CIM schema and the CIM agent.
- Claim: 5. The method of claim 1 , wherein discovering, by the CIM agent, the management agent further includes: delivering, by the CIM agent, a multicast query in the management domain according to a dynamic discovery protocol of the management domain, receiving, by the CIM agent, information returned by the management domain, and determining, by the CIM agent, the management agent according to the information returned by the management domain.
- Claim: 6. A system for registering a Common Information Model (CIM) agent to a management agent in a computing environment, comprising: a processor device, in communication with the management agent and operational in the computing environment, wherein the processor device: discovers, by the CIM agent, the management agent in a management domain in response to an insertion of the CIM agent into the management domain; and self-registers, by the CIM agent, at least one of information of the CIM agent and the discovered management agent, the management agent compliant with the CIM agent; wherein the management agent converts a CIM schema of the CIM agent into a schema at the management agent identifiable by the management agent according to a mapping specification corresponding to a management model of the management domain in response to a determination of no schema at the management agent corresponding to the CIM schema to be converted in the management agent that is compliant with the CIM agent, and the management agent is determined by matching a management object scope, or safety strategy defined in a predefined strategy of the discovered management agent with a management object, or safety strategy of the CIM agent.
- Claim: 7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the processor device, previous to matching the management object scope, initiates, by the CIM agent, a registration request to the discovered management agent, wherein the registration request includes at least one of a CIM agent location, a domain name space, a management object and a safety strategy in relation to the CIM agent.
- Claim: 8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processor device, pursuant to registering, by the CIM agent, at least one of information of the CIM agent and the discovered management agent: registers, by the management agent, respective information item in the registration request of the CIM agent in response to the discovery of the CIM agent, and returning, by the discovered management agent, a response indicating the registration request is accepted by the CIM agent.
- Claim: 9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the processor device, by the management agent, performs each of: setting up a communication connection with the CIM agent, capturing at least one CIM class from the CIM agent, determining a CIM schema to be converted from the CIM classes, determining an existence of a schema at the management agent corresponding to the CIM schema to be converted, and recording a corresponding relationship between the schema at the management agent corresponding to the converted CIM schema and the CIM agent.
- Claim: 10. The system of claim 6 , wherein discovering, by the CIM agent, the management agent further includes: delivering, by the CIM agent, a multicast query in the management domain according to a dynamic discovery protocol of the management domain, receiving, by the CIM agent, information returned by the management domain, and determining, by the CIM agent, the management agent according to the information returned by the management domain.
- Claim: 11. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the management agent is a Web Services for Management (WS-Management) agent and the dynamic discovery protocol is Web Services (WS) dynamic discovery protocol.
- Claim: 12. A computer program product for registering a Common Information Model (CIM) agent to a management agent in a computing environment by a processor device, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising: a first executable portion that discover, by the CIM agent, the management agent in a management domain in response to an insertion of the CIM agent into the management domain; and a second executable portion that self-registers, by the CIM agent, at least one of information of the CIM agent and the discovered management agent, the management agent compliant with the CIM agent; wherein the management agent converts a CIM schema of the CIM agent into a schema at the management agent identifiable by the management agent according to a mapping specification corresponding to a management model of the management domain in response to a determination of no schema at the management agent corresponding to the CIM schema to be converted in the management agent that is compliant with the CIM agent, and the management agent is determined by matching a management object scope, or safety strategy defined in a predefined strategy of the discovered management agent with a management object, or safety strategy of the CIM agent.
- Claim: 13. The computer program product of claim 12 , further including a third executable portion that, previous to matching the management object scope, initiates, by the CIM agent, a registration request to the discovered management agent, wherein the registration request includes at least one of a CIM agent location, a domain name space, a management object and a safety strategy in relation to the CIM agent.
- Claim: 14. The computer program product of claim 13 , further including a fourth executable portion that, pursuant to registering, by the CIM agent, at least one of information of the CIM agent and the discovered management agent: registers, by the management agent, respective information item in the registration request of the CIM agent in response to the discovery of the CIM agent, and returns, by the discovered management agent, a response indicating the registration request is accepted by the CIM agent.
- Claim: 15. The computer program product of claim 12 , further including a third executable portion that performs, by the management agent: setting up a communication connection with the CIM agent, capturing at least one CIM class from the CIM agent, determining a CIM schema to be converted from the CIM classes, determining an existence of a schema at the management agent corresponding to the CIM schema to be converted, and recording a corresponding relationship between the schema at the management agent corresponding to the converted CIM schema and the CIM agent.
- Claim: 16. The computer program product of claim 12 , further including a third executable portion that, pursuant to discovering, by the CIM agent, the management agent: delivers, by the CIM agent, a multicast query in the management domain according to a dynamic discovery protocol of the management domain, receives, by the CIM agent, information returned by the management domain, and determines, by the CIM agent, the management agent according to the information returned by the management domain.
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- Primary Examiner: Dang, Thanh-Ha
- Attorney, Agent or Firm: Griffiths & Seaton PLLC
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