Patent ID: 6658420
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
An enterprise management (EM) system for managing objects in a log containment hierarchy, the EM system comprising:a management information server (MIS) operable to receive a request corresponding to a managed object, wherein a local distinguished name format or a fill distinguished name format may be used to identify the managed object; a database coupled to store the managed object in a multi-level hierarchy, wherein each level within the hierarchy corresponds to a name component in an address path, wherein the address path is represented by an ASCII string, wherein the local distinguished name format comprises a partial address path consisting of a system ID, a logID, and a log record name, and wherein the full distinguished name format comprises a full address path, wherein the first name component of the full address path may be a naming root, a network ID or a system ID, and wherein the full address path may specify any location within the hierarchy, a log server coupled to instantiate the managed object and store it in the database, wherein the log server is operable to store the managed object under a system ID name component when the managed object is identifiable by a local distinguished name and store the managed object under the full address path when the object is identified by a full distinguished name, and wherein the log server is operable to distinguish a partial address path from a full address path by examining the first character of are ASCII string address path.