Novell, Inc.

Bryan J Cardoza

Christopher Jean Seiler

Daniel T Ferguson

Bruce T Cragun

K Michael Mahoney

Russell T Young

Nick N Nikols

Brady A Anderson

Travis W McKinney

Richard S Bell

Patrick L Campbell

Betty Graupe

Steven F Sonntag

Michael E Lasky

Membership in a group is defined, either manually or by rule. Items are distributed to the members of the group as the items are associated with the group. When a container hierarchy changes (by adding, removing, or changing the properties of an object), the object is checked to see if the change affects the group. If so, then items are re-distributed and/or recalled from the affected members of the group.

Method for dynamically distributing items for changes based on group membership

A method and system for supplanting a first name base with a second name base. The system consolidates name bases from different network operating systems into a single name base administrable from a single administration utility. Existing first name base applications continue to execute without modification, as communications are transparently translated and redirected to the second name base, and responses translated and communicated back into a format associated with the first name base. The method and system simplify administration of the network, and consolidate multiple name bases into a single name base.

Method and system for supplanting a first name base with a second name

A method and apparatus for managing a heterogeneous network is disclosed. A first computer system has one or more identities. A management service on a second computer system manages objects on the second computer system. One or more objects on the second computer system represent the one or more identities and are adapted to be managed by the management service. An event monitor operating on the second computer system is operative to send messages relating to changes to the one or more objects. A replication agent operating on the first computer system is operative to receive messages from the event monitor and is operative to synchronize the one or more identities to the changes made to the one or more objects.

Method and apparatus for heterogeneous network management

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American Fork, UT, United States of America

Bryan J Cardoza