Patent ID: 7580996
Filing Date: 2009-08-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for updating operational parameters of a monitoring agent on a client in a distributed data processing system, the monitoring agent monitoring characteristics of at least one application executing on a server in the distributed data processing system, the method comprising the steps of: filtering, by the monitoring agent, network data from the client to the server; determining, by the monitoring agent, whether an outgoing transaction in the network data is addressed such that an application on the server receives the outgoing transaction as a request to change the operational parameters of the monitoring agent; and in response to a positive determination that the outgoing transaction is addressed such that an application on the server receives the outgoing transaction as a request to change the operational parameters of the monitoring agent, sending a request from the monitoring agent to the server to send to the monitoring agent an update of the operational parameters of the monitoring agent; receiving, at the monitoring agent, the update of the operational parameters of the monitoring agent; and storing updated operational parameters on the client in a manner accessible to the monitoring agent.