AUTO DISCOVERY OF CONFIGURATION ITEMS
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- determining that an agent configured an identified node of a computer system;
obtaining a definition of the agent that configured the identified node;
identifying a configuration item associated with the identified node based at least in part on the definition of the agent that configured the identified node; and
updating a service model database with the identified configuration item.
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Abstract
Implementations of a system, method and apparatus described herein execute a discovery process to identify a plurality of computing devices within a computer network and a respective configuration associated with each of the plurality of computing devices. Upon discovery of a first computing device configured by an agent, configuration management of the computer network is searched for a definition used by the agent to configure the first computing device, and the discovery process for the first computing device is modified based on the definition to identify a first plurality of configuration items associated with a current configuration of the first computing device. Finally, a service model database is updated with the first plurality of configuration items.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining that an agent configured an identified node of a computer system; obtaining a definition of the agent that configured the identified node; identifying a configuration item associated with the identified node based at least in part on the definition of the agent that configured the identified node; and updating a service model database with the identified configuration item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for discovering nodes in a computer network, the method comprising:
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executing a discovery process on the computer network to identify a plurality of nodes in the computer network, the discovery process comprising; determining whether an agent configured an identified node of the plurality of nodes; if an agent did not configure the identified node; identifying one or more configuration items associated with the node; and updating a service model database with the one or more identified configuration items; if an agent did configure the identified node; obtaining a definition of the agent that configured the identified node; identifying one or more agent-configured configuration items associated with the identified node based at least in part on the definition of the agent that configured the identified node; and updating a service model database with the one or more identified agent-configured configuration items. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for discovering nodes in a computer network, the apparatus comprising:
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a physical network interface configured to couple the apparatus to the computer network; a processor operably coupled to the physical network interface and configured to execute instructions stored in a memory which, when executed, cause the processor to; perform a discovery process on the computer network to identify a plurality of nodes in the computer network, the discovery process; determines that an identified node of the plurality of nodes was configured by an agent; obtains a definition of the agent that configured the identified node; identifies any configuration items associated with the identified node based at least in part on the definition of the agent that configured the identified node; and updates a service model database with any identified configuration items. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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