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AssigneeEMC Corporation
InventorsCharles Rich, Nelson Ferreira, Stephen Gomory
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A method and apparatus for specifying the identification and classification of at leat one application having components distributed over selected nodes of a network system is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of creating a first section containing at least one directive for specifying information or initiating at least one external process for discovering characteristics of the application, creating a second section containing at least one directive for specifying information or initiating at least one external process for storing the discovered characteristics, and creating a third section containing at least one directive for specifying information or initiating at least one external process for testing the discovered characteristics.
A method for specifying the identification and classification of at least one application having components distributed over selected nodes of a network system, said method comprising the steps of:
The method as recited in clam 2, wherein the directives in the first section further include the identification of locations for storing the discovered characteristics.
An apparatus for specifying the identification and classification of at least one application having components distributed over selected nodes of a network system, said apparatus comprising:
A computer-readable medium containing code thereon, the code suitable for specifying the identification and classification of at least one application having components distributed over selected nodes of a network system for providing instructions to a computing system for executing the steps of:
The computer-readable medium as recited in clam 14, wherein the directives in the first section further include the identification of locations for storing the discovered characteristics.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.