INTERPRETING CATEGORIZED CHANGE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN CHANGE CATALOGS
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- providing at least one change catalog;
receiving, by a monitor server, change data associated with a plurality of changes captured on a target host, the target host providing the change data in response to detecting the plurality of changes, wherein the change data includes one or more rules, settings, and/or parameters;
analyzing, by the monitor server, the change data in order to group the change data into clusters; and
correlating, by the monitor server, the clusters with the at least one change catalog in order to classify at least a portion of the clusters relating to at least one potential reason for the plurality of changes in order to categorize at least some of the clusters;
determining, for at least one cluster not included within the at least a portion of the clusters, at least one other reason relating to at least one potential reason for the plurality of changes; and
updating the at least one change catalog with the at least one other reason.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and articles for receiving, by a monitor server, change data associated with a change captured on a target host, are described herein. In various embodiments, the target host may have provided the change data in response to detecting the change, and the change data may include one or more rules, settings, and/or parameters. Further, in some embodiments, the monitor server may then group the change data into clusters and may correlate the clusters with a change catalog in order to provide a possible reason or cause for the cluster of changes. Once the change data have been classified as clusters, a report may be generated providing classification or categorization and cluster information for the various changes. In various embodiments, the generating may comprise generating a report to the target host and/or to an administrative user. In various embodiments, a reason may be determined for causing a cluster of changes and the change catalog may updated with the reason.
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22 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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providing at least one change catalog; receiving, by a monitor server, change data associated with a plurality of changes captured on a target host, the target host providing the change data in response to detecting the plurality of changes, wherein the change data includes one or more rules, settings, and/or parameters; analyzing, by the monitor server, the change data in order to group the change data into clusters; and correlating, by the monitor server, the clusters with the at least one change catalog in order to classify at least a portion of the clusters relating to at least one potential reason for the plurality of changes in order to categorize at least some of the clusters; determining, for at least one cluster not included within the at least a portion of the clusters, at least one other reason relating to at least one potential reason for the plurality of changes; and updating the at least one change catalog with the at least one other reason. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A monitor server comprising:
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a processor; a change database for storing change data associated with a plurality of changes captured on a target host, the target host providing the change data in response to detecting the plurality of changes, wherein the change data includes one or more rules, settings, and/or parameters; and logic communicatively coupled to the change database and to be operated by the processor to; receive the change data; store the change data in the change database; analyze the change data in order to group the change data into clusters; and correlate the clusters with at least one change catalog in order to classify at least a portion of the clusters relating to at least one potential reason for the plurality of changes in order to categorize at least some of the clusters; determine, for at least one cluster not included within the at least a portion of the clusters, at least one other reason relating to at least one potential reason for the plurality of changes; and update the at least one change catalog with the at least one other reason. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a storage medium; and a plurality of programming instructions stored on the storage medium and configured to program a monitor server to; receive change data associated with a plurality of changes captured on a target host, the target host providing the change data in response to detecting the plurality of changes, wherein the change data includes one or more rules, settings, and/or parameters; analyze the change data in order to group the change data into clusters; correlate the clusters with at least one change catalog in order to classify at least a portion of the clusters relating to at least one potential reason for the plurality of changes in order to categorize at least some of the clusters; determine, for at least one cluster not included within the at least a portion of the clusters, at least one other reason relating to at least one potential reason for the plurality of changes; and update the at least one change catalog with the at least one other reason.
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