Auto-Suggesting IT Asset Groups Using Clustering Techniques
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1. A method, comprising:
- registering a plurality of information technology assets of an enterprise in a computerized information technology asset management system;
performing cluster analysis on configuration data corresponding to the plurality of information technology assets, generating a plurality of clusters of information technology assets; and
adding a cluster of the plurality of clusters of information technology assets as a logical group in the information technology asset management system.
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An information technology (IT) asset management system provides for logically grouping IT assets and performing actions on the logical groups. Cluster analysis techniques are used to analyze the configuration data corresponding to IT assets in the IT asset management system, generating proposed logical groups from the clusters determined by the cluster analysis techniques. A system administrator may be allowed to accept or reject the proposed logical groups.
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1. A method, comprising:
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registering a plurality of information technology assets of an enterprise in a computerized information technology asset management system; performing cluster analysis on configuration data corresponding to the plurality of information technology assets, generating a plurality of clusters of information technology assets; and adding a cluster of the plurality of clusters of information technology assets as a logical group in the information technology asset management system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computerized information technology asset management system, comprising:
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a database of information technology asset configuration data, entries in which comprise a plurality of attributes of information technology assets; a processor, coupled to the database of information technology assets; a program storage unit, coupled to the processor; and software, stored in the program storage unit, comprising instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform actions, comprising; selecting a plurality of configuration data corresponding to a plurality of information technology assets; performing cluster analysis on the plurality of configuration data, generating a plurality of clusters of information technology assets; and adding a logical group to the information technology management system corresponding to a first cluster of the plurality of clusters of information technology assets. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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