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US 2010/0161577 A1Published application
Method of Reconciling Resources in the Metadata Hierarchy
AssigneeBMC Software, Inc.
InventorVitaly Morozov
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AssigneeBMC Software, Inc.
InventorVitaly Morozov
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An enhanced resource reconciliation process is disclosed to examine the metadata hierarchy of unidentified instances of configuration objects within a particular “data partition” (sometimes called a dataset) of an enterprise configuration management database (CMDB) and perform reconciliation against a target dataset, such as a golden, i.e., production, dataset. The enhanced reconciliation process could identify against instances in the production dataset that are of the same class as the unidentified instance—as well as instances that come from any “candidate” classes. Candidate classes could consist of, e.g., classes upstream or downstream from the unidentified instance in the metadata hierarchy. By allowing the specification of one or more reconciliation properties, such as, “identify downstream,” “identify upstream,” “identify upstream and downstream,” or “identify resources of the same class only,” the enhanced resource reconciliation process could perform identification and resource reconciliation against instances of any class in the unidentified instance's metadata hierarchy.
A computer system comprising a programmable control device programmed to perform a resource reconciliation method for a configuration management database (CMDB), the method comprising:
A computer usable memory medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, wherein the computer readable program code is adapted to be executed to:
A resource reconciliation method for a configuration management database (CMDB), the method comprising:
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