TY - JOUR

T1 - Database/domain approach to distributed systems management

AU - Wang, Baoyu

AU - Coffield, David

AU - Hutchison, David

PY - 1989/12/1

Y1 - 1989/12/1

N2 - Distributed systems are now used in a variety of environments and at different levels within business organizations, both in offices and factories. As the number of devices attached to these systems grows, and as the systems become internetworked together, management tools become increasingly essential to retain control of the complete distributed system. A distributed systems management model is presented which is suitable for implementation in the real world. A key feature of this model is its construction from independently managed domains. The DSM functionality is distributed in operation, and overall control is achieved through the cooperation of individual domain management systems, in which human managers make use of management tools provided to control their own domain of responsibility. Another feature of the design is the use of management databases, one per domain. A commercially available database has been used to demonstrate the feasibility of the design. DSM processes are used to query and update the MDBs, and human managers having the appropriate authority may also directly access the MDBs. Monitored management information on all managed objects within a domain is processed and stored in that domain's MDB. The idea for the MDB is derived from the concept of a management information base described in the International Organization for Standardization Open Systems Interconnection management standards. However, whereas the OSI MIB is a virtual concept, the MDB is a physical realization, and it is not intended to be a direct implementation of the MIB as such.

AB - Distributed systems are now used in a variety of environments and at different levels within business organizations, both in offices and factories. As the number of devices attached to these systems grows, and as the systems become internetworked together, management tools become increasingly essential to retain control of the complete distributed system. A distributed systems management model is presented which is suitable for implementation in the real world. A key feature of this model is its construction from independently managed domains. The DSM functionality is distributed in operation, and overall control is achieved through the cooperation of individual domain management systems, in which human managers make use of management tools provided to control their own domain of responsibility. Another feature of the design is the use of management databases, one per domain. A commercially available database has been used to demonstrate the feasibility of the design. DSM processes are used to query and update the MDBs, and human managers having the appropriate authority may also directly access the MDBs. Monitored management information on all managed objects within a domain is processed and stored in that domain's MDB. The idea for the MDB is derived from the concept of a management information base described in the International Organization for Standardization Open Systems Interconnection management standards. However, whereas the OSI MIB is a virtual concept, the MDB is a physical realization, and it is not intended to be a direct implementation of the MIB as such.

KW - database

KW - distributed systems management

KW - domain

KW - local area network

KW - management information base

KW - Open Systems Interconnection

U2 - 10.1016/0140-3664(89)90002-9

DO - 10.1016/0140-3664(89)90002-9

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:0024889440

VL - 12

SP - 324

EP - 330

JO - Computer Communications

JF - Computer Communications

SN - 0140-3664

IS - 6

ER -