System and Method for Synchronizing the Configuration of Distributed Network Management Applications
First Claim
1. A change management system comprising:
- a network management object connected to a network, wherein the network management object is associated with network management object configuration information;
a datastore, wherein the datastore comprises last known configuration information associated with the network management object; and
a core engine connected to the network, wherein the core engine comprises instructions for;
polling the network management object for current configuration information of the network management object;
receiving the current configuration information from the network management object;
making a determination as to whether the current network management object configuration information is different from the last known network management object configuration information as stored in the datastore;
when the current network management object configuration information is different from the last known network management object configuration information, then processing the current network management object configuration information received from the network management object to obtain a new network management object configuration file;
identifying an application on a network application server that uses the configuration information of the network management object; and
sending the new network management object configuration file to the network application server on which the identified application resides.
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Abstract
A change management system to synchronize the configuration of network management applications. Traditional network management systems are maintained by hand-entering device lists into individual network management applications with no common-ties between the different applications. Whenever a network management application is changed or upgraded, it frequently becomes necessary to insure that the upgrade is populated throughout the network in order for devices to talk to one another in an error free way. The present invention is a system and method that automates the change management process in a real-time using a two-way communications model that permits a central database to affect changes on all or some network management applications/systems in the field, while also allowing those same field systems to affect the central database thereby reducing the time required for updating and monitoring a system when device changes take place.
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26 Claims
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1. A change management system comprising:
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a network management object connected to a network, wherein the network management object is associated with network management object configuration information; a datastore, wherein the datastore comprises last known configuration information associated with the network management object; and a core engine connected to the network, wherein the core engine comprises instructions for; polling the network management object for current configuration information of the network management object; receiving the current configuration information from the network management object; making a determination as to whether the current network management object configuration information is different from the last known network management object configuration information as stored in the datastore; when the current network management object configuration information is different from the last known network management object configuration information, then processing the current network management object configuration information received from the network management object to obtain a new network management object configuration file; identifying an application on a network application server that uses the configuration information of the network management object; and sending the new network management object configuration file to the network application server on which the identified application resides. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for managing change on a network, wherein the network comprises a network management object connected to the network and wherein the network management object is associated with network management object configuration information, the method comprising:
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polling the network management object for current configuration information; receiving the current network management object configuration information from the network management object; accessing a datastore comprising last known configuration information associated with the network management object; determining whether the current network management object configuration information is different from the last known network management object configuration information as stored in the datastore; when the current network management object configuration information is different from the last known network management object configuration information, then processing the current network management object configuration information received from the network management object to obtain a new network management object configuration file; identifying an application that uses the configuration information of the network management object; and sending the new network management object configuration file to the network application server on which the identified application resides. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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