Network Management Scheduling for Power State Coordination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing device management systems fail to consider the power supply state of devices when scheduling security policy settings, leading to potential security holes when requests fail due to power off or power saving states.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that manages device information and executes a management application, featuring a first setting unit for scheduling power supply state transitions and a second setting unit for scheduling security policy requests, with an execution unit ensuring these schedules do not overlap, preventing request failures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the management application transmits security policy setting requests to management target devices via network without considering power supply scheduling, then security policy enforcement is attempted, but request transmission fails when devices are in power off or power saving states
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary scheduling of security policy setting requests by the management application, coordinating with power supply state schedules to determine appropriate transmission timing. This advance planning ensures requests are sent only when devices are in operational states, preventing transmission failures and ensuring reliable security policy enforcement.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the management application schedules security policy requests independently without coordinating with power supply state changes, then scheduling flexibility is maintained, but security holes occur due to request failures
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the management application monitors power supply state schedules and adjusts security policy request timing accordingly. This feedback loop maintains scheduling flexibility while ensuring requests are transmitted at appropriate times when devices are operational, preventing security holes caused by failed transmissions.
3Productivity
If the system transmits security policy setting requests during power off or power saving states, then request transmission frequency is increased, but all requests fail and create security holes
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary coordination between security policy scheduling and power supply state scheduling to identify optimal transmission windows. By planning request transmission timing in advance based on known device operational states, the system maintains high request transmission frequency while ensuring all requests are sent during operational periods, achieving both productivity and reliability.
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AI summary
The present disclosure is directed to providing an information processing apparatus in which a management application is executed sets a first schedule for determining timing for transmitting an instruction to shift to a predetermined power supply state in which a request via a network fails to a management target device and a second schedule for determining timing for transmitting a request according to a setting of a security policy to the management target device via the network, and executes processing so that timing for transmitting a request based on the second schedule regarding the setting of the second schedule does not overlap with a period during which a request fails due to an instruction to be transmitted based on the first schedule.