Byron A Todd

US Patent:

20070112889, May 17, 2007

Filed:

Nov 7, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/268978

Inventors:

Jonathan Cook - Austin TX, US
Randy Rendahl - Raleigh NC, US
David Robinson - Cary NC, US
Byron Todd - Austin TX, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707204000

Abstract:

A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for collecting data. The data is collected from a particular data source by an application portion of agent to form collected data. The application portion is associated with the particular data source in response to an event. The collected data stored in a temporary data store for transfer to a data storage system to form stored data. The stored data sent to the data storage system using a generic portion of the agent, wherein the generic portion of the agent is configured to send data to the data storage system.