Synchronizing configurations amongst multiple devices

A method for synchronizing device configuration comprising:

• querying, with a configuration manager, a management system (MS), the query comprising a device identifier and a current operating configuration version number, the current operating configuration version number designating a current operational configuration of the querying device, the querying device comprising the configuration manager, a device processor, and a device memory;
• interrogating, with the (MS), a configuration version table (CVT) comprising a querying device identifier and an intended configuration version number to determine if the current operating configuration version number is the same as the intended configuration version number, the intended configuration version number designating a proper operational configuration of the querying device, the MS comprising:
• a MS processor, a MS memory, a user interface to receive updated intended configuration information associated with the querying device, a repository that stores the updated intended configuration information, and a counter that increments the intended configuration version number in the CVT in response to receiving the updated intended configuration information, wherein the MS is a centralized MS in a data handling network comprising the MS and a plurality of devices in communication with the MS in which the MS maintains operation configurations of the plurality of devices by comprising a single CVT within the data handling network;
• returning, with the MS to the configuration manager, a path to the updated intended configuration information in the repository if the intended configuration version number is dissimilar to the current operating configuration version number;
• and
• subsequent to returning the path to the updated intended configuration information in the repository, querying, with the configuration manager, the MS with the path to the updated intended configuration information in the repository to obtain the intended configuration information.

A computer program product for synchronizing device configuration, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable to:

• cause a configuration manager to query a management system (MS), the query comprising a device identifier and a current operating configuration version number, the current operating configuration version number designating a current operational configuration of the querying device, the querying device comprising the configuration manager, a device processor, and a device memory;
• cause the MS to interrogate a configuration version table (CVT) comprising a querying device identifier and an intended configuration version number to determine if the current operating configuration version number is the same as the intended configuration version number, the intended configuration version number designating a proper operational configuration of the querying device, the MS comprising:
• a MS processor, a MS memory, a user interface to receive updated intended configuration information associated with the querying device, a repository that stores the updated intended configuration information, and a counter that increments the intended configuration version number in the CVT in response to receiving the updated intended configuration information, wherein the MS is a centralized MS in a data handling network comprising the MS and a plurality of devices in communication with the MS in which the MS maintains operation configurations of the plurality of devices by comprising a single CVT within the data handling network;
• returning, with the MS to the configuration manager, a path to the updated intended configuration information in the repository if the intended configuration version number is dissimilar to the current operating configuration version number;
• and
• subsequent to returning the path to the updated intended configuration information in the repository, querying, with the configuration manager, the MS with the path to the updated intended configuration information in the repository to obtain the intended configuration information.