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Method and apparatus for managing components in an IT system

  • US 8,037,195 B2
  • Filed: 01/15/2009
  • Issued: 10/11/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program instructions executable to:

  • store a fingerprint specifying a plurality of attributes of a component of an information technology (IT) system;

    automatically discover the existence of the component in the IT system using the fingerprint, wherein automatically discovering the existence of the component comprises;

    receiving a plurality of event messages indicating a plurality of real-time events that occur in the IT system, wherein each event message matches a respective attribute specified by the fingerprint; and

    determining that event messages matching each attribute of the plurality of attributes specified by the fingerprint have been received;

    wherein the plurality of event messages includes a first event message indicating a first real-time event selected from the following real-time events;

    a file creation, a file deletion, a file modification, a registry key creation, a registry key deletion, or a registry key modification.

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