SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING SOFTWARE PROVISIONING AND CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A method of provisioning in a software provisioning environment, comprising:
- maintaining a set of provisioning objects, wherein at least one provisioning object in the set of provisioning objects is associated with a management class of a configuration management system;
initiating a provisioning process on at least one target machine utilizing the at least one provisioning object; and
performing the provisioning process on the at least one target machine according to the at least one provisioning object and the management class.
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Abstract
A provisioning server can cooperate with configuration management systems to deliver provisioning processes integrated with configuration management services. The provisioning server can associate provisioning objects for the various provisioning processes with management classes supported by the configuration management systems. The management classes can include data for configuring the resources of a target machine (hardware, software, data, etc.). As the provisioning server performs the provisioning process for a particular provisioning object on a target machine, the provisioning server can apply the management class, associated with the particular provisioning object, to the target machine.
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1. A method of provisioning in a software provisioning environment, comprising:
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maintaining a set of provisioning objects, wherein at least one provisioning object in the set of provisioning objects is associated with a management class of a configuration management system; initiating a provisioning process on at least one target machine utilizing the at least one provisioning object; and performing the provisioning process on the at least one target machine according to the at least one provisioning object and the management class. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for provisioning in a software provisioning environment, comprising:
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a network interface to a network of target machines; and a provisioning server, communicating with the network interface and a configuration management system, the provisioning server being configured to— maintain a set of provisioning objects, wherein at least one provisioning object in the set of provisioning objects is associated with a management class of the configuration management system; initiate a provisioning process on at least one target machine utilizing the at least one provisioning object; and perform the provisioning process on the at least one target machine according to the at least one provisioning object and the management class. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A provisioning application, the provisioning application being embodied in a computer readable storage medium and comprising instructions for causing a processor to perform a method comprising:
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maintaining a set of provisioning objects, wherein at least one provisioning object in the set of provisioning objects is associated with a management class of a configuration management system; initiating a provisioning process on at least one target machine utilizing the at least one provisioning object; and performing the provisioning process on the at least one target machine according to the at least one provisioning object and the management class. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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