Patent ID: 6148323
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A task management method for creating and performing a system management task at a local computer system that can communicate with one or more remote computer systems, comprising the steps of:receiving a request to perform a command task and a request to perform a function task via a single common application program interface (API), each of said requests include a task identifier, a pointer to a task data handle associated with said management task, a bit mask field, and a domain specification;utilizing said task data handle to obtain data values from a data access facility;utilizing said bit mask field to control a mode of monitoring said tasks, said bit mask field including error initialization, remote task execution monitoring and return data mode attributes;obtaining a pointer to a task description associated with said command task and a pointer to a task description associated with said function task;determining a domain for said command task and a domain for said function task;invoking a remote task execution manager for performing said command task if said domain of said command task specifies a remote computer system and for performing said function task if said domain of said function task specifies a remote computer system;invoking a command task manager for performing said command task if said domain of said command task specifies said local computer system; andinvoking a function task manager for performing said function task if said domain of said function task specifies said local computer system.