Data processing environment change management methods and apparatuses
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1. An automated method for facilitating management of a data processing environment comprising:
- learning, by one or more servers, of a submission of a request, in digital form, to make a change to a data processing device of the data processing environment;
in response, determining, by the one or more servers, whether to allow the requested change of the data processing device to be scheduled or assigned for implementation;
when a result of said determining is that the requested change is to be allowed, conditionally indicating, by the one or more servers, allowance of the requested change of the data processing device to be scheduled or assigned for implementation; and
when a result of said determining is that the requested change is not to be allowed, rejecting by the one or more servers, prior to implementation of the requested change, allowance of the requested change of the data processing device to be scheduled or assigned for implementation;
wherein said determining comprises determining whether the requested change is dependent on any of one or more previously-approved change requests.
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided with a change management module adapted to manage making changes to a data processing device of a data processing environment.
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1. An automated method for facilitating management of a data processing environment comprising:
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learning, by one or more servers, of a submission of a request, in digital form, to make a change to a data processing device of the data processing environment; in response, determining, by the one or more servers, whether to allow the requested change of the data processing device to be scheduled or assigned for implementation; when a result of said determining is that the requested change is to be allowed, conditionally indicating, by the one or more servers, allowance of the requested change of the data processing device to be scheduled or assigned for implementation; and when a result of said determining is that the requested change is not to be allowed, rejecting by the one or more servers, prior to implementation of the requested change, allowance of the requested change of the data processing device to be scheduled or assigned for implementation; wherein said determining comprises determining whether the requested change is dependent on any of one or more previously-approved change requests. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11)
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6. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; and a change management module adapted to be operated by the processor, to learn of a submission of a request to make a change to a data processing device of a data processing environment, in response, determine whether to allow the requested change of the data processing device to be scheduled or assigned for implementation, and, prior to implementation of the requested change of the data processing device, conditionally indicate allowance or rejection of the requested change of the data processing device to be scheduled or assigned for implementation, based at least in part on the result of said determining; wherein the apparatus is a selected one of a server of the data processing device, and a peer computing device of the data processing device; wherein said change management module is adapted to determine whether the requested change is dependent on any of one or more previously-approved change requests. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 12, 13)
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