Methods and systems for history analysis for access paths in networks

The process of claim 8, further including selecting one or more subsets of the events or of the network, or both, for providing a summary statistics of the events or a network status.

A process for updating logical access paths in a network, comprising:

• detecting at least one component event in the network,
• checking conformance of a configuration change caused by the at least one component event with a network access path policy, and
• if the configuration change is in conformance, validating the logical access path.

A process for constructing and analyzing an access path event history in a network, comprising:

• detecting nonconformance between an access path state and an access path policy, and
• determining at least one future change event which, if it occurs, will result in conformance of the network access paths with the access path policy.

A network management system for managing access path in a network, comprising:

• a components interaction engine receiving event information from network components, and
• an event correlation engine determining a logical or temporal order, or both, of events, and generating an event sequence based on the logical or temporal order.