Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Bradley A Klein

Edgar Circenis

Toran Kent Kopren

James Eugene Wade

Travis Page Longoria

Bryan J Jacquot

Travis Page Longona

A license manager running on a central-management server interacts with a managed node to determine a quantity of licensable units associated with a combination of a central-management program and the selected managed node.

License manager for central management products

A virtual-server license status determination is made as a function a determination of the license status of the host on which said virtual server runs.

Virtual-server license status determination

A computer determines desired software products for a managed system. The computer selects a first set of one or more available owned licenses, each license of said first set involving the least waste in terms of covering non-desired products. The computer selects a second set of one or more of licenses from said first set, each license of said second set providing most coverage in terms of covering desired software products. The computer applies a license of said second set to said managed system.

Multi-product software license selection

The present invention provides a diagnostic method for a centrally managed computer system. The method provides central diagnostic expertise regarding central management software used for managing a system. The method further provides for managed software that integrates with the central management software; the managed software includes its own diagnostic expertise. The method further provides for importing the managed diagnostic expertise and combining it with central diagnostic expertise to define collective diagnostic expertise.

Diagnostics for centrally managed computer system

A computer-implemented method in a computer system for facilitating auditing of the computer system is disclosed. The method includes receiving a request for a codeword from a user of the computer system. The method further includes ascertaining first data from the computer system, the first data including at least one of a number of active components found in the computer system and a number of inactive components found in the computer system. The method additionally includes ascertaining second data from the computer system, the second data including identification data, the identification data identifying at least one of the computer system and a software program executing on the computer system. The method also includes forming the codeword using the first data and the second data, wherein the codeword includes the first data and the second data. Furthermore, the method includes providing the codeword to the user.

Codeword-based auditing of computer systems and methods therefor

A method of activating a previously inactive component in a computer system is disclosed. The method includes receiving a request for activating the previously inactive component and ascertaining whether there exists a first right for activating the previously inactive component. The method further includes activating the previously inactive component in accordance with the first right if the first right exists. The method additionally includes ascertaining, if there is no first right for activating the previously inactive component, whether there exists a second right for activating the previously inactive component, the second right being more restricted than the first right. Furthermore, the method includes activating the previously active component in accordance with the second right if the second right exists.

Methods and apparatus for rapidly activating previously inactive components in a computer system

A method in a computer system for enabling a process to manage the execution of a periodic, single-execution (PSE) task is disclosed. The process represents one of a plurality of processes executing on the computer system, and the PSE task represents a task to be performed once by one of the plurality of processes for each rotation of a periodic schedule. Each of the plurality of processes is capable of performing the PSE task and scheduled to perform the PSE task during the each rotation of the periodic schedule. The method ensures that the PSE task is performed only once by one of a plurality of processes during each rotation of the periodic schedule.

Methods and apparatus for managing the execution of a task among a plurality of autonomous processes

A method for activating a set of previously inactive components in a computer system is disclosed. The method includes receiving a request for activating the set of previously inactive components and ascertaining whether there exists a first right for activating the set of previously inactive components. The method further includes activating the set of previously inactive components in accordance with the first right if the first right exists. The method additionally includes ascertaining, if there is no first right for activating the previously inactive component, whether there exists temporary capacity availability adequate to support the activating the set of previously inactive components, the temporary capacity availability being tracked at the computer system and representing a duration that a component having the same type as components in the set of previously inactive components can be activated in the absence of the first right for activating the set of previously inactive components. The method also includes activating the set of previously active components if the temporary capacity availability adequate to support activating the set of previously inactive components exists.

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Windsor, CO, United States of America

Bradley A Klein