Patent ID: 6122664
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A process for monitoring from a management node in a data processing system a plurality of object types of a plurality of nodes comprising:configuring and then distributing monitoring functions in a filtered way from the management node to at least one autonomous agent installed on each node to be monitored, each autonomous agent comprising a plurality of monitoring modules specific to different object types or to a particular domain, wherein after said distributing step said at least one agent operates independently without direct control from the management nodeproviding intertype correlation to an autonomous agent to locally process the different object types or all of the objects of a domain defined as a global object or to feed back information to be displayed to a graphical interface of the management node,measuring, by each specific monitoring module, static and dynamic parameters particular to the object type that the specific monitoring module monitors,collecting the measurements, said collecting being performed by said autonomous agents;testing conditions on said dynamic parameters relative to predefined thresholds, said testing being performed by said autonomous agents;initiating actions associated with said tested conditions, which parameters, conditions and actions can be modified by a user of the management node.