Centralized Resource Management via Network Interfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing resource management systems rely heavily on local agents, leading to complexity, difficulty in deployment and maintenance, and increased costs due to the need for multiple agent installations and updates across distributed environments.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for managing resources that reduces dependence on local agents by using a centralized management program to communicate with resources over a network through software interfaces, leveraging resource adapters to perform management tasks without the need for local agents, thereby simplifying deployment and maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If local agents are deployed on each managed resource, then resource management functionality is provided, but system complexity and deployment difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the management functionality from local agents and consolidates it into a centralized management server. Instead of having distributed agents on each resource, the management capabilities are removed and centralized, reducing system complexity while maintaining full resource management functionality through remote command execution.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent inverts the traditional agent-based architecture by having the management server directly communicate with resources without requiring local agents. Instead of resources having management capabilities locally, the management server performs all management operations remotely, flipping the architectural approach to simplify deployment.
2Productivity
If local agents are installed on each resource, then management tasks can be performed locally, but deployment time and installation costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the need for local agent installation by extracting management capabilities to a centralized server. This eliminates the time-consuming process of deploying, configuring, and maintaining agents on hundreds or thousands of individual resources, dramatically reducing deployment time while preserving management task execution capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The centralized management server provides universal management capabilities that can handle multiple resource types and management tasks from a single platform. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for resource-specific agents, reducing both deployment time and complexity while maintaining productivity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple agents are deployed across distributed environments, then comprehensive resource management is achieved, but maintenance difficulty and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges all agent functions into a single centralized management server. Instead of maintaining multiple distributed agents across the network, all management functionality is consolidated in one location, making updates, patches, and maintenance operations straightforward while maintaining comprehensive resource management capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The centralized management server provides universal adaptability to manage diverse resource types through a single platform. This multi-functional design maintains comprehensive resource management versatility while eliminating the maintenance burden of multiple specialized agents, as all updates and repairs are performed centrally.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method of managing information objects on a resource that substantially eliminate or reduce disadvantages associated with previously developed systems and methods of resource management. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for of resource management that reduces dependence on local agents to perform management tasks. One embodiment of the present invention can include a method for resource management comprising (i) communicating with a resource program over a network according to said resource program's software interface; (ii) generating a resource management command remote from said resource to perform a management task; and (iii) communicating said resource management command over said network to said resource in accordance with said resource program's software interface to manage an information object at said resource.