Patent ID: 8332508

Claim:
A system for executing scripts to retrieve and set management data at a plurality of managed server computers, the system comprising: a management application configured for execution on a client computer; and a server computer configured with a management interface, a scripting engine, and a data store having a plurality of management scripts and a management class library stored therein, and wherein the management interface is configured to receive and respond to requests from the management application to execute the management scripts by way of the scripting engine, wherein the management class library has a plurality of management classes communicating with one or more managed computer systems; wherein the management scripts are specific for the management classes and configured to instruct the scripting engine to execute the management classes, wherein the scripting engine is configured to execute a selected management class of the management class library as instructed by the management scripts, and wherein the selected management class is configured to obtain a handle to access at least one of the managed computer systems and to retrieve management data from the accessed at least one managed computer system.