Richard W Harper

US Patent:

8140614, Mar 20, 2012

Filed:

Jun 2, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/144246

Inventors:

Rodney H. Brown - Orlando FL, US
Tushar D. Fadale - Raleigh NC, US
Thomas J. Fox - Apex NC, US
Richard E. Harper - Chapel Hill NC, US
David B. Roberts - Cary NC, US
Ketan K. Shah - Cary NC, US
Celia A. Schreiber - Raleigh NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 15/173
G06F 9/44

US Classification:

709202, 709223, 719317

Abstract:

Aspects of a distributed computing environment with remote data collection management include a management server, and a plurality of computer systems networked to and managed by the management server. Each of the plurality of computer systems includes a listening agent to receive process code from a management server and to control the periodic execution of the process code to collect data from the plurality of computer systems. The periodic execution occurs without requiring a connection to be maintained between the plurality of computer systems and the management server. Further, the data collected includes data collected from problem determination activities.