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A systems management subsystem provides resources for managing components and allows components to be manageable. In particular, state information about managed components is encapsulated into objects that are visible in the global name space. The state of a single component may be partitioned into subcomponents that are stored in separate objects. These objects may, in turn, be encapsulated into a single container object that is associated with the managed component. By placing the state information in the global name space, local processes and remote processes may both gain access to internal state information and properly manage the component.

Integration of systems management services with an underlying system object model

An event system is provided within an object-oriented environment. The event system informs users and system functions of events within the system. Events may be modeled as objects that are visible within the global namespace. These objects include event source objects and event sink objects. Event source objects generate event reports and event sink objects are the objects that receive reports. Special objects may be incorporated in the system to direct event reports from an event source object to an event sink object.

Event architecture for system management in an operating system

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