A framework for distributed management with mobile components

The increasing importance of networks and the growing numbers of devices and services that run on them necessitate effective network and systems management. The traditional centralized management paradigm alone is no longer sufficient for effective management solutions, primarily as it does not scal...

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Published in:Computer networks (Amsterdam, Netherlands : 1999) Netherlands : 1999), 2001, Vol.35 (1), p.25-38
Main Authors: Feridun, M, Krause, J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Active network management
Code mobility
Distributed management
Java
Mobile agents
Mobile communications
Network management systems
Networks
Software packages
Studies
Systems management
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Summary:The increasing importance of networks and the growing numbers of devices and services that run on them necessitate effective network and systems management. The traditional centralized management paradigm alone is no longer sufficient for effective management solutions, primarily as it does not scale well. Distribution of management tasks is a promising approach. The distributed management framework (DMF) presented in this paper provides an environment that allows a broad range of management tasks to move and run anywhere within the managed system. In our approach, management tasks are lightweight applications that can be configured and downloaded dynamically as required, reducing the load on managed resources and simplifying the problem of management software updates. We present an object-oriented, Java-based implementation of the DMF and describe applications developed on this platform.
ISSN:1389-1286
1872-7069
DOI:10.1016/S1389-1286(00)00147-X