Patent ID: 7774405

Claim:
A system for correlating identifiers on different computers comprising: a first agent on a first computer that is adapted to receive a message from a second agent on the first computer, wherein the second agent is adapted to send the message to a second computer, the message comprising: a first identifier for a resource, wherein the first identifier is a first integer assigned to the resource as the resource is encountered in a process running on the first computer, wherein the resource is identified by a second identifier on the second computer, the second identifier comprising a second integer not equal to the first integer, wherein the first agent on the first machine is adapted to replace the first identifier with the second identifier in the message to be sent to the second computer; and a table of entries comprising at least one table entry for correlating between the first integer and the second integer, wherein the first agent is adapted to send a request to the second computer for the second identifier when the second identifier is not found in the table of entries.