System and method for managing group policy backup
First Claim
1. A method for group policy backup management in an enterprise network having a plurality of domains, comprising the steps of:
- retrieving a list of group policy objects for a domain;
generating a configuration initialization file including a domains section identifying a plurality of domains that are to be backed up and a setup section specifying a plurality of values that control the backup of each policy object in each domain;
determining a digital signature for each policy object on a list of policies for the domain;
comparing the digital signature for each policy object with a corresponding previous digital signature for each policy;
determining if a current digital signature for each policy object matches the corresponding previous digital signature for each policy; and
backing up each policy object having a current digital signature that does not match the corresponding previous digital signature.
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Abstract
A method, system and program product for group policy backup management in a network having a plurality of domains including components and modules for steps of retrieving a list of group policy objects for a domain, generating a configuration initialization file including a domains section identifying a plurality of domains that are to be backed up and a setup section specifying a plurality of values that control the backup of each policy object in each domain, determining a digital signature for each policy object on a list of policies for the domain, comparing the digital signature for each policy object with a corresponding previous digital signature for each policy, determining if a current digital signature for each policy object matches the corresponding previous digital signature for a policy, and backing up a policy object having a current digital signature that does not match the corresponding previous digital signature.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for group policy backup management in an enterprise network having a plurality of domains, comprising the steps of:
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retrieving a list of group policy objects for a domain; generating a configuration initialization file including a domains section identifying a plurality of domains that are to be backed up and a setup section specifying a plurality of values that control the backup of each policy object in each domain; determining a digital signature for each policy object on a list of policies for the domain; comparing the digital signature for each policy object with a corresponding previous digital signature for each policy; determining if a current digital signature for each policy object matches the corresponding previous digital signature for each policy; and backing up each policy object having a current digital signature that does not match the corresponding previous digital signature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for managing group policy backup in a network having a plurality of domains, comprising:
a group policy backup component operating on a computer for automatically backing up each modified policy in each domain;
the group policy backup component including;a module for retrieving a list of group policy objects for a domain; a module for generating a configuration initialization file including a domains section identifying a plurality of domains that are to be backed up and a setup section specifying a plurality of values that control the backup of each policy object in each domain; a module for determining a digital signature for each policy object on the list of policies for the domain; a module for comparing the digital signature for each policy object with a corresponding previous digital signature for each policy; a module for determining if a current digital signature for each policy object matches the corresponding previous digital signature for each policy object; and a module for backing up each policy object having a current digital signature that does not match the corresponding previous digital signature. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer program product for group policy backup management in an enterprise network having a plurality of domains comprising a computer readable medium having computer readable code embedded therein, the computer readable medium comprising:
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program instructions that retrieve a list of group policy objects for a domain; program instructions that generate a configuration initialization file including a domains section identifying a plurality of domains that are to be backed up and a setup section specifying a plurality of values that control the backup of each policy object in each domain; program instructions that determine a digital signature for each policy object on a list of policies for the domain; program instructions that compare the digital signature for each policy object with a corresponding previous digital signature for each policy; program instructions that determine if a current digital signature for each policy object matches the corresponding previous digital signature for each policy; and program instructions that back up each policy object having a digital signature that does not match the corresponding previous digital signature. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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