System and method to propagate information across a connected set of entities irrespective of the specific entity type

A computer system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transient computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions executable by the one or more processors, wherein the computer instructions are configured to perform a method comprising
• monitoring a datacenter for a change to the datacenter, wherein
• the monitoring is performed by a management server,
• the datacenter comprises a plurality of entities in communication with one another via a network,
• the plurality of entities comprise at least a first entity and a second entity,
• the change to the datacenter is caused by one or more operations being performed,
• each entity of the plurality of entities is at least one of a hardware device, a software component, or group of hardware devices and/or software components, and is represented by a corresponding node of a plurality of nodes of a property graph,
• the property graph is a directed graph,
• the property graph represents one or more relationships between ones of the plurality of entities as one or more edges of a plurality of edges between the ones of the plurality of nodes,
• each of the one or more edges represents a corresponding dependency, of a plurality of dependencies, between the ones of the plurality of entities,
• each node of the plurality of nodes is represented by a corresponding object instance of a plurality of object instances,
• the first entity is represented by a first node of the plurality of nodes,
• the first node is represented by a first object instance of the plurality of object instances,
• the second entity is represented by a second node of the plurality of nodes,
• the second node is represented by a second object instance of the plurality of object instances, and
• a dependency, of the plurality of dependencies, between the first entity and the second entity is represented by an edge, of the plurality of edges, between the first node and the second node,
• detecting the change to the datacenter, wherein
• the detecting is performed by a property graph analysis module of the management server,
• the property graph analysis module detects the change by analyzing property graph data representing the property graph,
• the property graph data comprises the plurality of object instances, and
• information is associated with the change to the datacenter,
• in response to detecting the change to the datacenter,
• determining a first propagation rule of the first object instance, wherein the first propagation rule comprises at least a first condition, and
• automatically propagating the information from the first object instance to the second object instance, wherein
• the automatically propagating the information comprises evaluating at least a portion of the information with regard to the first
• condition with respect to propagating the information to the second object instance, and
• in response to the at least the portion of the information meeting the first condition, propagating the information to the second object instance.

A computer program product, comprising a plurality of instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the instructions are configured to execute a method comprising:

• monitoring a datacenter for a change to the datacenter, wherein
• the monitoring is performed by a management server,
• the datacenter comprises a plurality of entities in communication with one another via a network,
• the plurality of entities comprise at least a first entity and a second entity,
• the change to the datacenter is caused by one or more operations being performed,
• each entity of the plurality of entities is at least one of a hardware device, a software component, or group of hardware devices and/or software components, and is represented by a corresponding node of a plurality of nodes of a property graph,
• the property graph is a directed graph,
• the property graph represents one or more relationships between ones of the plurality of entities as one or more edges of a plurality of edges between the ones of the plurality of nodes,
• each of the one or more edges represents a corresponding dependency, of a plurality of dependencies, between the ones of the plurality of entities,
• each node of the plurality of nodes is represented by a corresponding object instance of a plurality of object instances,
• the first entity is represented by a first node of the plurality of nodes,
• the first node is represented by a first object instance of the plurality of object instances,
• the second entity is represented by a second node of the plurality of nodes,
• the second node is represented by a second object instance of the plurality of object instances, and
• a dependency, of the plurality of dependencies, between the first entity and the second entity is represented by an edge, of the plurality of edges, between the first node and the second node;
• detecting the change to the datacenter, wherein
• the detecting is performed by a property graph analysis module of the management server,
• the property graph analysis module detects the change by analyzing property graph data representing the property graph,
• the property graph data comprises the plurality of object instances, and information is associated with the change to the datacenter;
• in response to detecting the change to the datacenter,
• determining a first propagation rule of the first object instance, wherein the first propagation rule comprises at least a first condition;
• and
• automatically propagating the information from the first object instance to the second object instance, wherein
• the automatically propagating the information comprises
• evaluating at least a portion of the information with regard to the first condition with respect to propagating the information to the second object instance, and
• in response to the at least the portion of the information meeting the first condition, propagating the information to the second object instance.