NCR Corporation
AGNOSTIC DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM

Abstract:

A collector is configured to obtain management data associated with a managed device. The collector formats the management data in a platform independent message and sends to a hardware/Operating System (OS) broker. The broker forwards the message to a hardware/OS agnostic agent, who is subscribed to receive the management data. The agent adds identifying information associated with the managed device to the management data of the message, packages the management data, and forwards the management data to a data collection server or an endpoint device where the management data with the identifying information may be processed by a remote management workflow for managing the managed device.