Patent ID: 8521861
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer program product for managing object managers in a network, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage device having computer readable program code embodied therein that executes to cause a first object manager in a first computing device in communication with object managers in the network to perform operations, the first object manager operations comprising: maintaining object manager information for object managers in a network indicating a device type of devices in the network managed by the object managers and device information providing information on the devices in the network, wherein the object managers have access to the object manager information; sending, over the network, object manager capabilities of the first object manager, including the device type of devices managed by the first object manager; receiving object manager capabilities over the network from one of the object managers over the network; determining from the object manager information a second object manager in a second computing device comprising one of the object managers in the network managing a same device type as the devices managed by the first object manager; communicating with the second object manager to establish a migration relationship between the first and the second object managers; and in response to a migration event at the second object manager, accessing the device information for the second object manager to manage the devices currently managed by the second object manager.