Emc Corporation

Nigel B Hislop

Boris Farizon

Benjamin Thrift

Anoop George Ninan

Mordechai Zvi Zur

Sylvia Martin

Dongjun Sun

Samuil Shmuylovich

Svetlana Patsenker

Ethan D Roberts

Eric Baize

Christopher M Barrett

Paul Clark

Terrence Lewis

Jeffrey B Lee

John Young

Wesley A Scott

A storage area network management application operates using agents for management of resources. Authenticity is verified in installing an agent on a host computer system in the storage area network. A file is identified for use in installing the agent. The file is signed to produce a digital signature for the file. A certificate is sent to a recipient for use in verifying authenticity of information. The file and digital signature are sent to the recipient. At the recipient, the certificate and the digital signature are used to verify the file. An agent installation operation is performed, using the file, to install the agent on the host computer system.

Verifying authenticity in data storage management systems

A method and apparatus for managing a transaction in a storage area network is presented. A request is received from an agent process at a management server. The management server provides a ticket relating to the request. The ticket is sent to the agent process. The management server identifies a storage process related to the ticket. The storage process contacts the agent process and receives the information from the agent process.

Transaction lifecycle management in distributed management systems

An agent installer operates to install an agent on a plurality of host computer systems using a bulk automated installation process that identifies at least one agent to be installed on a plurality of host computer systems and performs prerequisite checking of each of the plurality of host computer systems to determine which host computer systems of the plurality of host computer system are capable of supporting operation of the at least one agent. For each host computer system of the plurality of host computer systems that is capable of supporting operation of the at least one agent, the agent installer performs an automated bulk agent installation operation to install the at least one agent on that host computer system.

Methods and apparatus for installing agents in a managed network

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Nigel B Hislop