Change monitoring system for a computer system
First Claim
1. A change monitoring system for a computer system having a plurality of platforms and a plurality of products, said products including a plurality of objects, said objects having a plurality of attributes, said attributes having a plurality of values, said change monitoring system comprising:
- means for creating and managing a plurality of templates representative of said computer system, said templates including a plurality of expected values for the values of the attributes of the objects of said products;
means for storing said templates;
means for communicating with said platforms of said computer system;
means for associating said templates with corresponding ones of said platforms or said products; and
means for monitoring said computer system for changes to the values of the attributes of the objects of said products with respect to the expected values of said templates.
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Abstract
A change monitoring system for a computer system includes programs for creating and managing a plurality of templates representative of the computer system. A repository stores the templates. A communications network communicates with plural platforms of the computer system. Programs associate the templates with corresponding ones of the platforms and plural software products of the computer system. Other programs monitor the computer system for changes to the platforms or the software products with respect to the templates.
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48 Claims
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1. A change monitoring system for a computer system having a plurality of platforms and a plurality of products, said products including a plurality of objects, said objects having a plurality of attributes, said attributes having a plurality of values, said change monitoring system comprising:
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means for creating and managing a plurality of templates representative of said computer system, said templates including a plurality of expected values for the values of the attributes of the objects of said products;
means for storing said templates;
means for communicating with said platforms of said computer system;
means for associating said templates with corresponding ones of said platforms or said products; and
means for monitoring said computer system for changes to the values of the attributes of the objects of said products with respect to the expected values of said templates. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A change monitoring system for a computer system having a plurality of platforms and a plurality of products, said platforms and said products include a plurality of attributes each of which has a value, said change monitoring system comprising:
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means for creating and managing a plurality of templates representative of said computer system, said templates include a list of expected values for the values of said attributes;
means for storing said templates;
means for communicating with said platforms of said computer system;
means for associating said templates with corresponding ones of said platforms or said products; and
means for monitoring said computer system for changes to said platforms or said products with respect to said templates, said means for monitoring said computer system includes means for comparing the values of said attributes with the expected values of said list, wherein said list includes a severity value for each of said expected values, said severity value being associated with divergence of a corresponding value of said attributes from a corresponding expected value of said list; and
wherein said means for comparing the values of said attributes with the expected values of said list includes means for identifying each of said attributes and the corresponding severity value for each instance of said divergence.- View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A change monitoring system for a computer system having a plurality of platforms, said platforms include at least one platform having a first operating system and at least one platform having a second operating system which is different than said first operating system, said change monitoring system comprising:
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means for creating and managing a plurality of templates representative of said first and second operating systems;
means for storing said templates;
means for communicating with said platforms of said computer systems;
means for associating said templates with corresponding ones of said first and second operating systems; and
means for monitoring said computer system for changes to said first and second operating systems with respect to said templates. - View Dependent Claims (42)
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43. A change monitoring and response system for a computer system having a plurality of platforms and a plurality of products, said products including a plurality of objects having a plurality of values, said change monitoring and response system comprising:
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means for creating and managing a plurality of templates representative of said computer system, said templates including a plurality of expected values for the objects of said products;
means for storing said templates;
means for communicating with said platforms of said computer system;
means for associating said templates with corresponding ones of said platforms or said products;
means for monitoring said computer system for changes to the values of the objects of said products with respect to the expected values of said templates; and
means for responding to said changes to said values of the objects of said products with respect to said templates. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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