Patent ID: 6021436
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of polling a plurality of heterogeneous computer systems from a host computer comprising the steps of:copying data currently stored in a first location to a second location;deleting said data from said first location;polling said plurality of heterogeneous computers to determine if each of said plurality of heterogeneous computers is active, wherein each of said plurality of heterogeneous computers currently active responds to said host computer;permitting said host computer to run commands on each of said plurality of heterogeneous computers which responded to said polling;obtaining from each of said plurality of heterogeneous computers, which responded to said polling, which operating system each of said plurality of heterogeneous computers is using;obtaining from each of said plurality of heterogeneous computers, which responded to said polling, which version of said operating system is being used on said plurality of heterogeneous computers;using said commands, which corresponds to said operating system and said version of said operating system, to determine if predetermined applications are being run on each of said plurality of heterogeneous computers which responded to said polling;logging information into said first location indicating if said predetermined applications are not being run; andobtaining from each of said plurality of heterogeneous computers running said predetermined tests, which version of said predetermined applications each of said plurality of heterogeneous computers is running.