Patent ID: 9118553
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring availability data of a system management (SM) environment, said method comprising: retrieving, by a processor of a computer system, a connection configuration associated with the SM environment from a central repository, wherein the SM environment is coupled to a SM portal server that comprises the central repository and an availability module, and wherein the SM environment comprises one or more terminal systems; in response to determining that the retrieved connection configuration properly establishes communication between the SM portal server and the SM environment, said processor collecting availability data, from the availability module, pertaining to availability of resources at endpoints of the one or more terminal systems; for each available endpoint of each terminal system, verifying whether a proper monitoring probe is deployed or not deployed at each available endpoint such that a proper monitoring probe is properly configured to monitor availability of resources at each available endpoint; and said processor recording the collected availability data in the central repository.