Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Martin Recker

Frank Vosseler

Marc P Werner

Hans-Peter Schmollinger

A method includes issuing non-unique credentials to an operations management agent ('the agent'). The method further includes establishing a first encrypted communication channel between an operations management server ('the server') and the agent based on the non-unique credentials. The method further includes issuing, automatically based on the establishing, unique credentials to the agent. The method further includes replacing, automatically based on the issuing of the unique credentials, the first encrypted communication channel with a second encrypted communication channel that is based on the unique credentials.

Systems and methods for credentialing

The invention is directed to a method for monitoring objects within an information technological (IT) network having monitored nodes in which monitoring-relevant events occurs comprising: generating event-related messages comprising a message key and a message relation key; comparing the message relation key with the message key of another message; processing the other message depending on the result of the comparison. The invention is also directed to a corresponding system and computer program product.

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Boeblingen, Germany

Martin Recker