Identifying stray assets in a computing enviroment and responsively taking resolution actions
US8775607B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 10, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/0866
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a discovery stage, a set of suspect rules can be utilized to determine if each environment asset of the computing environment is to be considered a suspect asset or a standard environment asset, where suspect assets are a subset of environment assets of the computing environment. In a confirmation stage, a set of stray rules can be used to determine whether each suspect asset is to be considered a stray asset, wherein stray assets are a subset of the suspect assets. A stray asset can be an asset defined and configured by a configuration management system that is active in the computing environment and is consuming resources of the computing environment yet is not needed by active processes of the computing environment and is unneeded by other active environment assets. For each stray asset, at least one resolution action (e.g., alert action, containment action, delete action) can be performed.
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