Predicting the health of a computer system by determining a set of modifications involved in a proposed intervention to an existing system
First Claim
1. A method for determining a predicted health of a set of components of a computer system that would result from an application of a proposed intervention to the computer system, comprising:
- providing information that represents the proposed intervention to a prediction program implemented by a computer, wherein the information comprises a component identification that represents a component of the computer system to the prediction program and at least one of a set of operational commands that represent operations of the computer system to the prediction program;
the computer determining a set of modifications involved in the proposed intervention, each modification involving one or more of the components of the computer system;
for each modification, the computer obtaining a set of component information that pertains to the modification from a knowledge base, each set of component information specifying a set of inter-dependencies among the components involved in the modification;
for each modification, the computer predicting a health of the computer system based on whether the inter-dependencies specified in the component information are satisfied.
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Abstract
An arrangement for determining a predicted health of a system that would result from an application of a proposed intervention to an existing system. The predicted health is determined by determining a set of modifications involved in the proposed intervention wherein each modification involves one or more components of the existing system. For each modification, a set of component information that pertains to the modification is obtained from a knowledge base. Each set of component information may specify inter-dependencies among the components involved in the modification. For each modification, it is determined whether the inter-dependencies specified in the component information are satisfied. The determination of whether the inter-dependencies are satisfied enables a determination of the predicted health of individual components of the system as well as the predicted health of the overall system.
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1. A method for determining a predicted health of a set of components of a computer system that would result from an application of a proposed intervention to the computer system, comprising:
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providing information that represents the proposed intervention to a prediction program implemented by a computer, wherein the information comprises a component identification that represents a component of the computer system to the prediction program and at least one of a set of operational commands that represent operations of the computer system to the prediction program;
the computer determining a set of modifications involved in the proposed intervention, each modification involving one or more of the components of the computer system;
for each modification, the computer obtaining a set of component information that pertains to the modification from a knowledge base, each set of component information specifying a set of inter-dependencies among the components involved in the modification;
for each modification, the computer predicting a health of the computer system based on whether the inter-dependencies specified in the component information are satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A storage medium that stores computer readable instructions for determining a predicted health of a computer system that would result from an application of a proposed intervention to the computer system, when executed, the computer readable instructions perform a method comprising:
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interpreting a representation of the proposed intervention, wherein the representation comprises a component identification that is associated with a component of the computer system and one of a set of operational commands that represent a proposed installation, a proposed removal, and a proposed reconfiguration of the component associated with the component identification;
determining a set of modifications involved in the proposed intervention, each modification involving one or more components of the computer system;
obtaining a set of component information that pertains to the modification from a knowledge base, each set of component information specifying a set of inter-dependencies among the components involved in the modification;
determining whether the inter-dependencies specified in the component information are satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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