Method, device, computer program and computer program product for controlling a digital information technology IT infrastructure
OwnerPaul Whaleninventor
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Abstract
Method, device, computer program and computer program product for the automated control of a digital information technology IT infrastructure comprised of a multitude of configurable IT components arranged for supporting processes to be executed by the IT infrastructure. The IT components in question are grouped, among other things, on the basis of their functionality in the IT infrastructure, by means of specifications data and activity data, wherein the obtained groups are controlled as IT services within the IT infrastructure.
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A method for automated control of the use of IT components for supporting at least one process in a digital information technology IT infrastructure comprised of a multitude of configurable IT components that are operatively interconnected for technically supporting said at least one process to be executed by said IT infrastructure, wherein a specifications data file of a respective IT component is available, which file comprises specifications data representative of technical properties and functions of said IT component, comprising the steps of:
- reading specifications data from said specifications data file of a respective IT component;
- generating and storing first linkage data from said specifications data of a respective IT component as read, which first linkage data indicates a link between said IT component and at least one logical IT service on the basis of the technical support to be provided to a logical IT service by said IT component;
- generating and storing second linkage data which indicates a link between at least one logical IT service and at least one virtual IT service on the basis of technical support to be provided to a virtual IT service by a logical IT service;
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- controlling the use of a respective IT component for supporting at least one process on the basis of said first and second linkage data as stored.
A device for automated control, in a digital information technology IT infrastructure built up of a multitude of configurable IT components that are operatively interconnected for technically supporting at least one process to be carried out by said IT infrastructure, of the use of IT components for supporting said at least one process, wherein a specifications data file of a respective IT component is available, which data file comprises specifications data representative of the technical properties and functions of said IT component, said device comprising:
- reading means for reading specifications data from said specifications data file of a respective IT component;
- grouping means for generating and storing first linkage data from said specifications data of said IT component as read, which first linkage data indicates a link between said IT component and at least one logical IT service on the basis of technical support to be provided to a logical IT service by said IT component;
- virtualisation means for generating and storing second linkage data that indicates a link between at least one logical IT service and at least one virtual IT service on the basis of technical support to be provided to a virtual IT service by a logical IT service;
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- control means for controlling the use of said IT component for supporting said at least one process on the basis of said first and second linkage data as stored.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.