US 2014/0278820 A1 · Managing the Topology of Software Licenses in Heterogeneous and Virtualized Environments

Abstract

Methods, computer-readable storage media, and systems provide both reactive and proactive data to customers about their licensing positions. This is done by (1) automatically scanning data centers for all servers without any agent technology required; (2) creating an inventory of all software on all servers; (3) making detailed measurements of the most complex and expensive software; e.g. databases by Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, and Sybase; (4) normalizing and storing the gathered data in a database; (5) providing simple graphical views of typical problem areas such as (5a) over-allocation or under-allocation of virtual machines, called macro-consolidation, and (5b) inefficient use of Oracle options, called micro-consolidation; and finally (6) providing a simple graphical interface for the customer to play out “what if” scenarios with virtualization and consolidation.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving information technology configuration data for a heterogeneous and virtualized data center;
analyzing the information technology configuration data to determine under-utilization of information technology resources;
and
reporting the under-utilization of information technology resources.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Managing the Topology of Software Licenses in Heterogeneous and Virtualized Environments

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Managing the Topology of Software Licenses in Heterogeneous and Virtualized Environments

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Abstract

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