Patent ID: 8166177

Claim:
A method for managing requests for connections to services on a computer system, the method being implemented by a resident agent on the computer system, the method comprising: receiving, at the resident agent, multiple requests from one or more requesting processes for connections to services, wherein the resident agent is hosted by a management agent on a managed node, and wherein the multiple requests are received from a management application on an administrative system; establishing multiple connections to the one or more requesting processes for the requested services; notifying a single instance of a fast service host of the multiple connections, wherein the requested services comprise different types of services, wherein the different types of services are hosted by the single instance of the fast service host, wherein the single instance of the fast service host is the only instance of the fast service host that is running; creating multiple routing connections to the single instance of the fast service host, a separate routing connection being created for each of the requested services; and facilitating communication between the requested services on the single instance of the fast service host and the one or more requesting processes.