Patent ID: 7660886
Filing Date: 2010-02-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying an execution status of a command, said command being sent to a plurality of computer systems on a network for execution, each computer system on the network having a network address and a software management utility running thereon, said method comprising: cross-referencing into a table each computer system on the network to the network address of the computer system and to the software management utility running on the computer system; entering the command on a command line in a local command interface; specifying in the local command interface the plurality of computer systems on the network on which the command is to be concurrently executed; mapping the command entered in the local command interface onto a plurality of corresponding commands, each corresponding command being a particular command of a particular software management utility running on a particular computer system of the specified computer systems; dispatching, using the cross-referenced network address of the specified computer systems, the corresponding commands to the specified computer systems; in response to the dispatching, displaying a dialog window, said dialog window being divided into sub-windows for displaying a present status of the execution of the command on each of the specified computer systems; and displaying the status of the execution of the command on each of the specified computer systems within a proper sub-window.