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Identifying and associating computer assets impacted by potential change to a particular computer asset

  • US 10,466,984 B2
  • Filed: 05/01/2017
  • Issued: 11/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2017
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method, comprising:

  • searching, by one or more processors and in response to a request to determine a computer asset from a plurality of computer assets that would be impacted by a potential change to a particular computer asset of the plurality of computer assets, one or more databases for characteristics of each of the plurality of computer assets;

    identifying, by the one or more processors, an impacted computer asset from the plurality of computer assets, wherein;

    the particular computer asset and the impacted computer asset are connected to a network;

    the particular computer asset is a host server;

    the impacted computer asset is a virtual server hosted by the particular computer asset; and

    identifying the impacted computer asset comprises determining, by the one or more processors and based on the characteristics of the impacted computer asset and the particular computer asset, that the impacted computer asset depends on the particular computer asset for the impacted computer asset'"'"'s connection to the network;

    generating, by the one or more processors, an association from the plurality of computer assets, wherein the association comprises the particular computer asset and the impacted computer asset;

    determining, by the one or more processors, that the particular computer asset has not been assigned a change request; and

    creating, by the one or more processors, a change request for the particular computer asset.

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