CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT DATABASE (CMDB) WHICH ESTABLISHES POLICY ARTIFACTS AND AUTOMATIC TAGGING OF THE SAME
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1. A configuration management database (CMDB) system comprising:
- a plurality of configuration items (CIs), wherein each configuration item is a data structure representing an information technology resource that is placed under configuration management;
a plurality of policy artifacts, wherein each policy artifact is associated with a policy related to an information technology resource; and
a plurality of policy tags related to the policy artifacts, wherein said policy tags are indexed to a set of searchable keywords, which are able to be used when searching for related policy artifacts.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a solution for managing policy artifacts using a configuration management database (CMDB). Policies can be associated with a number of information technology resources, such as servers, businesses applications and the like. The solution permits automatic tagging of the policies (auto-discovery) as they enter the CMDB. For example, when a policy is added, it can be compared against a set of tagging rules. Multiple rules can match a new policy, which results in multiple tags being added for the policy. The policy specific tags can be optionally indexed for faster searching. Once indexed, the CMDB can support policy and policy tag based queries. In one embodiment, policy artifacts can be manipulated within a CMDB tool in a manner consistent with how the CMDB tool handles configuration items (CIs).
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20 Claims
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1. A configuration management database (CMDB) system comprising:
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a plurality of configuration items (CIs), wherein each configuration item is a data structure representing an information technology resource that is placed under configuration management; a plurality of policy artifacts, wherein each policy artifact is associated with a policy related to an information technology resource; and a plurality of policy tags related to the policy artifacts, wherein said policy tags are indexed to a set of searchable keywords, which are able to be used when searching for related policy artifacts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for automatically categorizing a usage policy in a configuration management database comprising:
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acquiring a policy artifact, wherein the policy artifact defines a usage parameter for one or more resource items contained within a configuration management database; comparing the acquired policy artifact to at least one tagging rule, wherein the tagging rule specifies a set of programmatic instructions for categorizing policy artifacts; and when the result of the comparing step indicates that the tagging rule is applicable, associating the applicable policy tags with a related policy artifact using the applicable tagging rule, wherein the policy tags are able to be used when searching for the policy artifact. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A software program stored in a machine readable medium comprising:
a data repository of information related to all components of an enterprise information system, the data repository records configuration items and details about important attributes and relationships between configuration items, wherein the data repository also stores at least one policy artifact for policies associated with information technology resources. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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