Identification of discrepancies in actual and expected inventories in computing environment having multiple provisioning orchestration server pool boundaries

US7499865B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Vijay Kumar Aggarwal · Marlboro, US
• Craig Lawton · Raleigh, US
• Christopher Andrew Peters · Round Rock, US
• Puthukode G. Ramachandran · Austin, US
• Lorin Evan Ullmann · Austin, US
• John Patrick Whitfield · Cary, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 17, 2004
• Grant date: Mar 3, 2009
• Expiry date: Jul 2, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/063
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Environment asset inventories of computing environment assets are arranged into computing environments, and at least one collector interface is disposed between the environments to detect movement of an asset and to produce asset movement reports. Upon receipt of a movement report, one or more backup copies of a environment asset inventory are accessed, and compared a modified environment asset inventory. A history of each asset in each inventory is maintained. A history report regarding the life of an asset from first introduction into an environment throughout movements between environments is produced, including any applicable patches and upgrades configured into an environment. A discrepancy report is generated including assets, locations, status, and a revision level indicators.