Remote Storage Management via XML API and Intermediary
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional content management systems require physical access for system administrators to manage resource manager services, leading to separation and security concerns.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system administration class that generates XML request documents to remotely administer storage management services via a system administration API, allowing remote start, stop, and status checking of resource manager services using XML request and response documents.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If physical access is required for system administrators to manage resource manager services, then direct control and monitoring of services is achieved, but system administrators cannot be separated from machine administrators and security concerns arise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a remote administration interface as an intermediary between system administrators and the resource manager services. This interface communicates with the resource manager through a network, eliminating the need for physical access while maintaining secure control. The intermediary layer allows administrators to manage services remotely without directly accessing the host machine, thus resolving the contradiction between security and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical physical access system with a digital network-based administration system. Instead of requiring physical presence at the server location, the system uses network communications to transmit administration commands and retrieve status information. This substitution eliminates the physical access requirement while maintaining administrative control, addressing both security improvement and operational ease.
2Adaptability or versatility
If system administrators can physically access the host machine, then service management is straightforward, but separation of system administration and machine administration is not possible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the administration functionality into separate components: a remote administration interface for system administration and the underlying resource manager for service management. This segmentation allows system administrators to manage services independently from machine administrators, achieving functional separation. The remote interface acts as a dedicated layer that handles only system administration tasks, making the overall system more adaptable and versatile.
3Ease of operation
If remote administration interface is implemented, then physical access is not required and security is improved, but XML request and response document processing is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs XML (eXtensible Markup Language) as a universal communication protocol that handles multiple administration functions through a single standardized interface. The XML request and response documents can encode various service management operations (starting, stopping, checking status) in a consistent format. This universality simplifies the administration interface design while enabling remote access, and the XML processing complexity is managed through standardized parsing and generation mechanisms.
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AI summary
A method and system employing an object-oriented approach to remotely controlling storage management services in a content management system. An Application Programming Interface (API) is used to communicate between a system administrator client and a resource manager, so that a system administrator can, e.g., start and stop services, check the status of services, etc. The API and resource manager exchange information, for example by exchanging XML documents by HTTP posting.