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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2005
Carl Shawn Kessler, Austin, TX (US);
Giovanni Lanfranchi, Piacenza, IT;
David Bruce Lindquist, Raleigh, NC (US);
Bala Rajaraman, Cary, NC (US);
Carl Shawn Kessler, Austin, TX (US);
Giovanni Lanfranchi, Piacenza, IT;
David Bruce Lindquist, Raleigh, NC (US);
Bala Rajaraman, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, computer program product and network management server for distributing software. The network management server receives a request to deploy an application on a designated target client station at a designated scheduled time. The network management server determines whether to deploy the application on the designated target client station at the designated time based on the resource state of the systems involved in the deployment of the software (e.g., processor usage of the network management server, processor usage of the target client station) as well as the environmental conditions (e.g., bandwidth usage, time of day pricing for connectivity at scheduled time, work orders on the target client station). By taking into consideration the dynamic resource state of the systems involved in the deployment of the software as well as the environmental conditions, software may be deployed on the client stations by the network management server more effectively.