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System and method for loading and populating system inventory data in an event driven model

  • US 10,289,424 B2
  • Filed: 05/22/2017
  • Issued: 05/14/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for loading and populating system inventory data in an event driven model, comprising:

  • providing, at a management device, an inventory file storing the system inventory data from a basic input/output system (BIOS) of a host server computing device;

    monitoring, by the management device, the inventory file storing the system inventory data using an inotify hook function by mapping the inventory file in a watch list of the inotify hook function in order to determine whether the inventory file is updated; and

    in response to determining the inventory file is updated, invoking a function for loading the inventory file and processing the system inventory data stored in the inventory file.

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