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Methods and systems for managing network connections associated with provisioning objects in a software provisioning environment

  • US 8,612,968 B2
  • Filed: 09/26/2008
  • Issued: 12/17/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • identifying a resource associated with a target machine;

    determining a function to be performed by the target machine based on the identified resource associated with the target machine;

    generating, by a provisioning server, a profile for a software distribution, wherein the profile associates the software distribution with the function to be performed by target machines utilizing the software distribution, and wherein the profile links a configuration file to the software distribution;

    maintaining a provisioning record for a plurality of provisioning objects, wherein the provisioning record associates the plurality of provisioning objects with a plurality of network configurations for a plurality of network connections, wherein the provisioning record comprises a plurality of virtual network addresses for each type of virtual machine associated with the provisioning server;

    receiving a request to perform a provisioning process for a provisioning object of the plurality of provisioning objects; and

    performing a network management action based on the provisioning record of the provisioning object with a network configuration, wherein the network management action comprises selecting a virtual network address for the virtual machine from the plurality of virtual network addresses for a type of a virtual machine associated with the provisioning object.

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