SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECONSTITUTION OF NETWORK ELEMENTS IN A SIMULATED NETWORK
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1. A system for automatically restoring any network device in a simulated network environment to a predefined configuration comprising:
- a computer network platform having hardware and software configured as a standalone configuration including a system control module and a memory;
a module configured for creating one or more network device images for one or more network devices within a user'"'"'s operating network environment, the created network device images including configuration information about the network device so as to define the installed and configured network device, the module also configured for initiating the restoring of the network devices within the simulated network environment utilizing at least one of the created network device images; and
an interface configured for receiving metadata regarding the one or more network devices and adding the received network device metadata to the associated network device image.
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Systems and methods for automatically restoring any network device in a simulated network environment to a predefined configuration including module is configured for creating one or more network device images for one or more network devices within a user'"'"'s operating network environment, creating an image set utilizing one or more of the created network device images, and initiating the restoring of the network devices within the simulated network environment utilizing at least one of the created network device images and image sets.
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1. A system for automatically restoring any network device in a simulated network environment to a predefined configuration comprising:
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a computer network platform having hardware and software configured as a standalone configuration including a system control module and a memory; a module configured for creating one or more network device images for one or more network devices within a user'"'"'s operating network environment, the created network device images including configuration information about the network device so as to define the installed and configured network device, the module also configured for initiating the restoring of the network devices within the simulated network environment utilizing at least one of the created network device images; and an interface configured for receiving metadata regarding the one or more network devices and adding the received network device metadata to the associated network device image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for automatically restoring any network device in a simulated network environment to a predefined configuration comprising:
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a module configured for creating one or more network device images for one or more network devices within a users operating network environment, the created network device images including configuration information about the network device so as to define the installed and configured network device, the module also configured to create an image set utilizing one or more of the created network device images, the image set being a group of one or more network device images along with corresponding image set metadata; and an interface configured for receiving metadata regarding the one or more network devices and adding the received network device metadata to the associated network device image and for receiving metadata regarding the one or more image sets and adding the received image set metadata to the associated image set. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for automatically restoring any network device in a simulated network environment to a predefined configuration comprising:
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a module configured for creating one or more network device images for one or more network devices within a users operating network environment, the created network device images including configuration information about the network device so as to define the installed and configured network device, the module also configured to create an image set utilizing one or more of the created network device images, the image set being a group of one or more network device images along with corresponding image set metadata, the module further being configured for monitoring the restoration process as a function of predetermined factors; and an interface configured for receiving metadata regarding the one or more network devices and adding the received network device metadata to the associated network device image and for receiving metadata regarding the one or more image sets and adding the received image set metadata to the associated image set. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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