Patent ID: 6470375
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A task management method for creating and performing a system management task on a local computer system that can communicate with one or more local or remote computer systems, comprising the steps of:receiving a request to perform a management task; obtaining a pointer to a task description associated with said management task; determining a domain for said management task; providing a single common application program interface using a single task description language to specify said task description with said management task for a plurality of managers; invoking a remote task execution manager via said single common application program interface for performing said management task if said domain of said task specifies a remote computer system; invoking a command task manager via said single common application program interface for performing said management task if said management task is a command task and said domain of said task specifies said local computer system; and invoking a function task manager via said single common application program interface for performing said management task if said management task is a function task and said domain of said management task specifies said local computer system.