Cooperative Computing and Integrated System Management: A Critical



H.-G. Hegering
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat
Institute fur Informatik, Barestr
21, D-80333 Muchen, Germany
Email: hegering_AT_lrz-muenchen.de

B. Neumair
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat
Institute fur Informatik, Leopoldstr
11b, D-80802 Muchen, Germany
Email: neumair_AT_informatik.uni-muenchen.de

M. Gutschmidt
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat
Institute fur Informatik, Leopoldstr
11b, D-80802 Muchen, Germany
Email: gutschmidt_AT_informatik.uni-muenchen.de



Abstract
New information processing services structures based on client-server concepts gain growing importance in both scientific and commercial computing because they provide a high flexibility with respect to the positioning of building blocks of a distributed application. The price for this flexibility, however, is a more complex system management. The paper discusses the new management requirements in a cooperative computing environment. The management platforms needed in this context must provide appropriate models for cooperation. Services for supporting distributed management applications and an information model as a basis for the modeling of resources relevant to system management. The paper presents and evaluates approaches to solutions existing so far in research and development.

Keywords: System management; cooperative computing; management platforms; distributed systems.

JNSM: Vol. 2, No. 3, 1994 Cooperative Computing and Integrated System Management: A Critical [Vol. 2, No. 3, 1994]



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