Method and apparatus for generating configuration rules for computing entities within a computing environment using association rule mining
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving configuration data for a plurality of computing entities of a data center,wherein the configuration data comprisesa plurality of attributes, andsemantics that characterize the configuration data;
analyzing the configuration data to infer one or more relationships, whereinthe analyzing infers the one or more relationships between the plurality of attributes,the analyzing is performed independent of the semantics of the configuration data, andthe analyzing is performed by a computing system that comprises at least one processor;
generating one or more configuration rules based on one or more relationships;
receiving user input specifying at least one invalid configuration rule out of the one or more configuration rules; and
filtering out the at least one invalid configuration rule from the one or more configuration rules.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating computer configuration rules comprising receiving configuration data regarding a plurality of computers, analyzing the configuration data to determine associations within the configuration data, and generating configuration rules from a result of the analysis.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving configuration data for a plurality of computing entities of a data center, wherein the configuration data comprises a plurality of attributes, and semantics that characterize the configuration data; analyzing the configuration data to infer one or more relationships, wherein the analyzing infers the one or more relationships between the plurality of attributes, the analyzing is performed independent of the semantics of the configuration data, and the analyzing is performed by a computing system that comprises at least one processor; generating one or more configuration rules based on one or more relationships; receiving user input specifying at least one invalid configuration rule out of the one or more configuration rules; and filtering out the at least one invalid configuration rule from the one or more configuration rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 17)
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10. An apparatus comprising:
an analyzer, comprising at least one processor, for analyzing configuration data collected from a plurality of computing entities of a data center, wherein the configuration data comprises a plurality of attributes, and semantics that characterize the configuration data, the analyzer infers the one or more relationships between the plurality of attributes, the analyzer performs the analyzing independently of the semantics of the configuration data, generating at least one configuration rule based on the one or more relationships, receiving user input specifying at least one invalid configuration rule out of the at least one configuration rule; and filtering out the at least one invalid configuration rule from the at least one configuration rule. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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