US 2026/0205385 A1Published application

Managing different addm appliances using a cross-compatible centralized platform

OwnerTim M. WATKINS, Ian MIDDLETONinventors

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Abstract

A computerized method manages a group of different Application Discovery and Dependency Mapping (ADDM) appliances using a single central manager entity. An operation that is associated with a first ADDM appliance and a second ADDM appliance is determined. A first sub-operation to be performed by the first ADDM appliance is identified and a second sub-operation to be performed by the second ADDM appliance is identified. A first message for the first ADDM appliance is determined from an ADDM appliance data store. A second message for the second ADDM appliance is determined from the ADDM appliance data store. The determined first message is sent to the first ADDM appliance using the first interface, whereby the first sub-operation is performed by the first ADDM appliance. The determined second message is sent to the second ADDM appliance using the second interface, whereby the second sub-operation is performed by the second ADDM appliance.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a processor;
and
a memory comprising computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to cause the processor to:
determine an operation to be performed that is associated with a first ADDM appliance and a second ADDM appliance;
identify a first sub-operation of the determined operation to be performed by the first ADDM appliance;
identify a second sub-operation of the determined operation to be performed by the second ADDM appliance;
determine a first message to be sent to the first ADDM appliance from a group of messages in an ADDM appliance data store, wherein the first message is compatible with a first interface of the first ADDM appliance and the first message is configured to cause the first sub-operation to be performed by the first ADDM appliance;
determine a second message to be sent to the second ADDM appliance from the group of messages in the ADDM appliance data store, wherein the second message is compatible with a second interface of the second ADDM appliance and the second message is configured to cause the second sub-operation to be performed by the second ADDM appliance;
send the determined first message to the first ADDM appliance using the first interface, whereby the first sub-operation is performed by the first ADDM appliance;
and
send the determined second message to the second ADDM appliance using the second interface, whereby the second sub-operation is performed by the second ADDM appliance.

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A computerized method comprising:

determining an operation to be performed that is associated with an ADDM appliance;
determining a first message to be sent to the ADDM appliance from a group of messages in an ADDM appliance data store, wherein the first message is compatible with an application programming interface (API) of the ADDM appliance, and the first message is configured to cause a first sub-operation of the determined operation to be performed by the ADDM appliance;
determining a second message to be sent to the ADDM appliance from a group of messages in an ADDM appliance data store, wherein the second message is compatible with a command line interface (CLI) of the ADDM appliance, and the second message is configured to cause a second sub-operation of the determined operation to be performed by the ADDM appliance;
sending the determined first message to the ADDM appliance using the API, whereby the first sub-operation is performed by the ADDM appliance;
and
sending the determined second message to the ADDM appliance using the CLI, whereby the second sub-operation is performed by the ADDM appliance.

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A computer storage medium has computer-executable instructions that, upon execution by a processor, cause the processor to at least:

determine an operation to be performed that is associated with a first ADDM appliance and a second ADDM appliance;
identify a first sub-operation of the determined operation to be performed by the first ADDM appliance;
identify a second sub-operation of the determined operation to be performed by the second ADDM appliance;
determine a first message to be sent to the first ADDM appliance from a group of messages in an ADDM appliance data store, wherein the first message is compatible with a first interface of the first ADDM appliance and the first message is configured to cause the first sub-operation to be performed by the first ADDM appliance;
determine a second message to be sent to the second ADDM appliance from the group of messages in the ADDM appliance data store, wherein the second message is compatible with a second interface of the second ADDM appliance and the second message is configured to cause the second sub-operation to be performed by the second ADDM appliance;
send the determined first message to the first ADDM appliance using the first interface, whereby the first sub-operation is performed by the first ADDM appliance;
and
send the determined second message to the second ADDM appliance using the second interface, whereby the second sub-operation is performed by the second ADDM appliance.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.