Gail B Johnson

US Patent:

6728764, Apr 27, 2004

Filed:

Nov 8, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/708323

Inventors:

Kristine J. Wilson - Arden Hills MN
Mark A. Wiggins - St. Paul MN
Gail L. Johnson - White Bear Lake MN

Assignee:

Unisys Corporation - Blue Bell PA

International Classification:

G06F 15177

US Classification:

709220, 709223, 345733

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for operating a data processing system. The data processing system hosts an operating system which is coupled to a management interface processor. The management interface processor is further coupled to a network along with a plurality of workstations. One or more logical console objects are instantiated on the management interface processor. Respectively associated with and coupled to the one or more logical console objects are one or more instances of a system operations program. The instances of the system operations programs provide a user-interface for console level operations of the data processing system. The instances of the system operations program can be rehosted amongst the workstations, thereby aiding in workload balancing and resiliency.

US Patent:

7293075, Nov 6, 2007

Filed:

Apr 12, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/833943

Inventors:

Kristine J. Wilson - Arden Hills MN, US
Mark A. Wiggins - St. Paul MN, US
Gail L. Johnson - White Bear Lake MN, US
Kate H. Tsai - Champlin MN, US

Assignee:

Unisys Corporation - Blue Bell PA

International Classification:

G06F 3/00
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709219, 709227, 715740

Abstract:

Method and apparatus for operating a data processing system. The data processing system hosts an operating system that is coupled to a management interface processor, wherein the management interface processor is coupled to a network having a plurality of computer systems coupled thereto. One or more instances of an independently operable console view are initiated on one or more of the computer systems, and one or more logical console objects are instantiated on the management interface processor. On selected ones of the computer systems, one or more instances of a system operations program are configured to transmit data received from a console view to the logical console object and transmit data received from a logical console object to one or more instances of a console view. The instances of the system operations program are coupled to the logical console objects, respectively, and in response to user-initiated connection requests for each of the one or more instances of the console view, each instance of the console view is coupled to a selected instance of the system operations program.