Configuration management resource specification database design
First Claim
1. A database table comprising:
- a group of structures including Resource Type, Resource Specification and Resource Instance;
the Resource Type category identifying a set of computer resource types, each of said resource types including services having like functions; and
wherein each of the computer resource types identified in the Resource Type category includes zero, one or more Resource specifications, each Resource Specification includes zero, one or more Resource Instances, and each Resource Instance is a representation of an individual computing resource; and
wherein the database enables a provisioning application to incorporate into a provisioning solution design, all supported resources, whether or not said supported resources are currently available.
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Abstract
The present invention provides generalized database tables to implement the classifications of Resource Type, Resource Specification, and Resource Instance, supplemented by individual tables specific to each type of resource, and by the associations and dependencies between them. More specifically, this invention provides database tables comprising a group of structures including Resource Type, Resource Specification and Resource Instance. The Resource Instance is a representation of an individual computing resource, each Resource Instance relates to a physical or logical instance of one Resource Specification. A Resource Specification is a collection of features and functions of a given resource, belonging to one Resource Type which can have zero, one or more resource instances associated with it. A Resource Type, being the highest level of the Resource Model can have zero, one or many resource specifications associated with it.
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1. A database table comprising:
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a group of structures including Resource Type, Resource Specification and Resource Instance;
the Resource Type category identifying a set of computer resource types, each of said resource types including services having like functions; and
wherein each of the computer resource types identified in the Resource Type category includes zero, one or more Resource specifications, each Resource Specification includes zero, one or more Resource Instances, and each Resource Instance is a representation of an individual computing resource; and
wherein the database enables a provisioning application to incorporate into a provisioning solution design, all supported resources, whether or not said supported resources are currently available. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for implementing a database table design, comprising the steps of:
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establishing a group of categories including Resource Type, Resource Specification and Resource Instance; and
identifying in the Resource Type category a set of computer resource types, each of said resource types including services having like functions; and
wherein each of the computer resource types identified in the Resource Type category includes zero, one or more Resource Specification, each Resource Specification includes zero, one or more Resource Instances, and each Resource Instance is a representation of an individual computing resource; and
wherein the database enables a provisioning application to incorporate into a provisioning solution design, all supported resources, whether or not said supported resources are currently available. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for implementing a database table design, said method steps comprising:
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establishing a group of categories including Resource Type, Resource Specification and Resource Instance; and
identifying in the Resource Type category a set of computer resource types, each of said resource types including services having like functions; and
wherein each of the computer resource types identified in the Resource Type category includes zero, one or more Resource Specifications, each Resource Specification includes zero, one or more Resource Instances, and each Resource Instance is a representation of an individual computing resource; and
wherein the database enables a provisioning application to incorporate into a provisioning solution design, all supported resources, whether or not said supported resources are currently available. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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