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Method and system for model-based heterogeneous server configuration management

  • US 8,549,114 B2
  • Filed: 04/16/2003
  • Issued: 10/01/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for configuring a plurality of heterogeneous servers across a network, the method comprising:

  • browsing, using at least one processor, in response to user input, server objects in one or more of a plurality of servers across a network to examine current configuration of the server objects in the servers, the server objects comprising server assets that store configuration settings for the servers and configuration parameters that provide configuration settings for the servers;

    creating, using the at least one processor, a template by selecting identifiers of one or more of the browsed server objects;

    creating a reference model by recording values of server objects retrieved from a server selected from the plurality of heterogeneous servers, the recorded values being for the server objects specified by the identifiers in the template and providing values for baseline server objects and the reference model including a compliance range for at least one baseline server object that is based on the value of the at least one baseline server object, the compliance range being a range of configuration values considered acceptable for compliance with the reference model;

    comparing, using the at least one processor, values for server objects from a second server from the plurality of heterogeneous servers to the reference model to discover discrepancies between the server objects of the second server and the baseline server objects of the reference model, wherein a discrepancy for the at least one baseline server object is outside of the compliance range; and

    correcting the second server objects based on the discrepancies discovered by the comparing.

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