Patent ID: 6421737
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A system for monitoring resources within a computing system comprising:a resource management client which, in response to user interactions, selects resources of the computing system to monitor; a plurality of resource monitor modules which monitor the resources; and, a resource monitoring manager which includes a resource dictionary into which is stored information about each resource monitor module, the stored information including descriptive information about the resources, the resource monitoring manager, in response to a request for descriptive information about a first resource, searching for the descriptive information within the resource dictionary, wherein when the descriptive information is not within the resource dictionary, obtaining the descriptive information from a first resource monitor module which is associated with the first resource, the resource monitoring manager forwarding the descriptive information to the resource management client and wherein when the descriptive information is within the resource dictionary, forwarding the descriptive information from within the resource dictionary to the resource management client.