Patent ID: 9485151
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for performing system management operations on at least one target endpoint data processing apparatus of a distributed data processing system including a system management server adapted to the centralized system management of the endpoints of the distributed data processing system, the method comprising: at the system management server, receiving a system management activities plan including at least one system management activity to be performed on said at least one target endpoint; having the system management server executing the system management activities plan, wherein said executing the plan includes performing the at least one system management activity, wherein performing the system management activity further comprises: prior to executing the corresponding system management activity, having the system management server cause the execution, on the at least one target endpoint, of a simulated system management activity corresponding to and adapted to simulate the at least one system management activity in the plan so as to ascertain a capability of the at least one target endpoint of successfully executing the system management activity; and having the system management server execute the system management activity conditionally to a result of the execution of the simulated system management activity.