US Patent:
20060212422, Sep 21, 2006
Inventors:
Anil Khilani - Sunnyvale CA, US
Hasan Rizvi - San Carlos CA, US
Harish Akali - Merrimack NH, US
Karen McKeen - Amherst NH, US
International Classification:
G06F 17/30
Abstract:
According to one embodiment of the invention, a technique is provided for interactive execution of commands on multiple computer targets. As the commands execute on the remote systems, the user receives feedback in real time. The feedback consists of the status of each command on each system and the output from each command executed on each system, among other items. The feedback is formatted in a user-friendly fashion to enable the user to quickly determine the status of the job, such as which systems have succeeded in executing the commands and which have failed. The feedback also indicates which systems are currently being operated on. The feedback may be viewed in real time as well as saved to a file for later viewing. In one embodiment, the user is also provided with a graphical user interface (GUI).