Resource configuration change management
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- only in response to a user indicating that a first configuration change is to be made to a first network resource and not to a second resource, determining before the first configuration change is made to the first network resource and not to the second resource, a first performance metric of only the second network resource of a network prior to the first configuration change, such that the first performance metric is not determined until the user has indicated that the first configuration change is to be made, and determining, after the first configuration change has been made and then after purposefully waiting for a length of time, a second performance metric of only the second network resource subsequent to the first configuration change of the first network resource;
comparing the second performance metric to at least one of a service objective and the first performance metric to yield comparison results; and
based on the comparison results, performing one of;
maintaining the first configuration change of the first network resource;
causing a second configuration change of the first network resource,wherein the first configuration change does not result in complete failure or fault of the second network resource, wherein the second network resource is not a subject of the first configuration change,wherein the comparison results indicate whether the second network resource has been adversely affected as a result of the first configuration change to just the first network resource,wherein the first network resource is part of a different device than the second network resource,and wherein determining the first performance metric responsive to the user indicating that the first configuration change is to be made and determining the second performance metric subsequent to the first configuration change permits determination of whether the second network resource has been adversely affected as a result of the first configuration change.
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Abstract
Prior to a first configuration change of a first resource, such as a network resource of a network, a processor determines a first performance metric of a second resource, such as a second network resource of the network. The first configuration change does not result in complete failure or fault of the second resource. Subsequent to the first configuration change of the first resource, the processor determines a second performance metric of the second resource and compares the second performance metric to at least one of the first performance metric and a service objective to yield comparison results. Based on the comparison results, the processor can cause a second configuration change of the first resource. The second configuration change of the first resource can revert a configuration of the first resource to its state prior to the first configuration change.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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only in response to a user indicating that a first configuration change is to be made to a first network resource and not to a second resource, determining before the first configuration change is made to the first network resource and not to the second resource, a first performance metric of only the second network resource of a network prior to the first configuration change, such that the first performance metric is not determined until the user has indicated that the first configuration change is to be made, and determining, after the first configuration change has been made and then after purposefully waiting for a length of time, a second performance metric of only the second network resource subsequent to the first configuration change of the first network resource; comparing the second performance metric to at least one of a service objective and the first performance metric to yield comparison results; and based on the comparison results, performing one of; maintaining the first configuration change of the first network resource; causing a second configuration change of the first network resource, wherein the first configuration change does not result in complete failure or fault of the second network resource, wherein the second network resource is not a subject of the first configuration change, wherein the comparison results indicate whether the second network resource has been adversely affected as a result of the first configuration change to just the first network resource, wherein the first network resource is part of a different device than the second network resource, and wherein determining the first performance metric responsive to the user indicating that the first configuration change is to be made and determining the second performance metric subsequent to the first configuration change permits determination of whether the second network resource has been adversely affected as a result of the first configuration change. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable code embodied therein, the computer-readable code executable by a processor, the computer-readable code comprising; first computer-readable code to, only in response to a user indicating that a first configuration change is to be made to a first network resource and not to a second resource, determine before the first configuration change is made to the first network resource and not to the second resource, a first performance metric of only the second network resource of a network prior to the first configuration change, such that the first performance metric is not determined until the user has indicated that the first configuration change is to be made, and to determine, after the first configuration change has been made and then after purposefully waiting for a length of time, a second performance metric of only the second network resource subsequent to the first configuration change of the first network resource; and second computer-readable code to compare the second performance metric to at least one of a service objective and the first performance metric to yield comparison results, and to based on the comparison results perform one of; maintain the first configuration change of the first network resource; cause a second configuration change of the first network resource, wherein the first configuration change does not result in complete failure or fault of the second network resource, wherein the second network resource is not a subject of the first configuration change, wherein the comparison results indicate whether the second network resource has been adversely affected as a result of the first configuration change to just the first network resource, wherein the first network resource is part of a different device than the second network resource, and wherein determination of the first performance metric responsive to the user indicating that the first configuration change is to be made and determining the second performance metric subsequent to the first configuration change permits determination of whether the second network resource has been adversely affected as a result of the first configuration change. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a first network resource of a network; a second network resource of the network, a first configuration change to be made to the first network resource and not to the second network resource, the second network resource part of a different device than the first network resource; and
,a device to, only in response to a user indicating that the first configuration change of the first network resource should be performed, determine before the first configuration change is made to the first network resource and not to the second resource, a first performance metric of only the second network resource, such that the first performance metric is not determined until after the user has indicated that the first performance metric is to be made, and determine, after the first configuration change has been made and then after purposefully waiting for a length of time, a second performance metric of only the second network resource, to compare the second performance metric to at least one of a service objective and the first performance metric, yielding comparison results, and based on the comparison results to perform one of; maintain the first configuration change of the first network resource; cause a second configuration change of the first network resource, wherein the first configuration change does not result in complete failure or fault of the second network resource, wherein the second network resource is not a subject of the first configuration change, wherein the comparison results indicate whether the second network resource has been adversely affected as a result of the first configuration change to just the first network resource, and wherein determination of the first performance metric responsive to the user indicating that the first configuration change is to be made and determining the second performance metric subsequent to the first configuration change permits determination of whether the second network resource has been adversely affected as a result of the first configuration change. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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