EXTENSIBLE TASK EXECUTION TECHNIQUES FOR NETWORK MANAGEMENT
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1. A computing system comprising:
- a plurality of user computing devices;
a plurality of backend devices, services and resources;
a configuration management database for various relationships between the plurality of user computing device, the plurality of backend devices, services and resources;
a portal for receiving a stimulus;
a workflow engine, including a plurality of workflow instances, for matching a given workflow instance to the stimulus, determining a context for the stimulus from the configuration management database and generating a contextual task based upon the given workflow instance and the context; and
an operations manager for initiating the contextual task on a given user computing device, a given backend device, a given backend service or a given backend resource.
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Abstract
An extensible task execution technique includes receiving a stimulus, matching the stimulus to a given workflow instance, determining parameters applicable to the received stimulus and the given workflow instance, and executing one or more tasks on one or more target devices specified by the given workflow instance and the parameters.
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20 Claims
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1. A computing system comprising:
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a plurality of user computing devices; a plurality of backend devices, services and resources; a configuration management database for various relationships between the plurality of user computing device, the plurality of backend devices, services and resources; a portal for receiving a stimulus; a workflow engine, including a plurality of workflow instances, for matching a given workflow instance to the stimulus, determining a context for the stimulus from the configuration management database and generating a contextual task based upon the given workflow instance and the context; and an operations manager for initiating the contextual task on a given user computing device, a given backend device, a given backend service or a given backend resource. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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receiving a stimulus; determining one or more task sets corresponding to the stimulus from an extensible group of task sets; determining a context based on the determined one or more task sets and the stimulus from a repository of information about an information technology environment; initiating execution of the one or more tasks sets using the context on one or more appropriate entities of the information technology environment. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. One or more computing device readable media including instructions which when executed cause a computing system to implement an extensible task execution method comprising:
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receiving a stimulus; matching the stimulus to a given workflow instance; determining parameters applicable to the received stimulus and the given workflow instance; and executing one or more tasks on one or more target devices specified by the given workflow instance and the parameters. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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