Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Morris Lee

Eric Martin Soderberg

James Russell Curtis

Daniel W Hepner

Vernon E McGeorge, Jr

Jonathan Paul Patrizio

Eric R Soderberg

Methods and systems for providing information a client requested about a system using scripts are described. In one embodiment, one or more scripts request information about a computer system. A translator receives the information about the system from the scripts. The translator stores the information about the system in readily accessible data structures.

Providing information about a system using scripts

A system and method for handling a query seeking information about computers of a network, where the query can be optimized in a way which limits the set of computers examined to a set smaller than all known computers. The query is examined to determine a limited list of computers to be accessed that would yield the complete result. If the query can be satisfied using data from a number of computers which is less than all of the computers in the network, then the number of computers which is less than all of the computers in the network is accessed to satisfy the query. In this manner, the data collection process for satisfying the query is generally more efficient than accessing all of the computers in the network.

Method and apparatus for reducing the scope of queries that seek information from networked computers

A rule based compatibility module provides a single unified mechanism for testing rules where testing results depend on various combinations of database queries, computable values, and/or run-string parameters. The testing results may be evaluated within a particular operational environment. The rule based compatibility module encapsulates all versions of compatibility issues, which are highly dependant on the operational context, into one simple mechanism, thereby reducing risks of unexpected behaviors caused by improper or incomplete handling of compatibility issues. In addition, the rule based compatibility module provides a simple mechanism for handling ad-hoc run-string switches used for debugging, or for optional enabling or disabling of features under development.

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