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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2001
Jason Benfield, Austin, TX (US);
Oliver Yehung Hsu, Austin, TX (US);
Lorin Evan Ullmann, Austin, TX (US);
Julianne Yarsa, Austin, TX (US);
Jason Benfield, Austin, TX (US);
Oliver Yehung Hsu, Austin, TX (US);
Lorin Evan Ullmann, Austin, TX (US);
Julianne Yarsa, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product is presented for management of a distributed data processing system on behalf of a plurality of management customers. The distributed data processing system is logically represented as a set of scopes, wherein a scope is a logical organization of network-related objects. Endpoint objects, system objects, and network objects are logically organized into a set of scopes that do not logically overlap. Each scope is uniquely assigned to a management customer. The distributed data processing system is managed as a set of logical networks in which a logical network contains a set of scopes and in which each logical network is uniquely assigned to a management customer. An administrative user may dynamically reconfigure the logical networks within the distributed data processing system while managing the logical networks for a set of customers.