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Fast detection and remediation of unmanaged assets

  • US 9,769,037 B2
  • Filed: 11/25/2014
  • Issued: 09/19/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of monitoring unmanaged assets in a network having a plurality of managed machines, comprising:

  • at a first managed machine of the plurality of managed machines, wherein the plurality of managed machines are arranged in a linear communication orbit in accordance with a predefined order of respective machine identifiers of the plurality of managed machines, and each managed machine is coupled to at least one respective neighbor machine in the linear communication orbit by a corresponding local segment of the linear communication orbit;

    responding to a detection instruction for detecting unmanaged assets currently present in the network, by;

    scanning for live unmanaged machines within a first selected portion of the network that corresponds to a first range of machine identifiers that is between the respective machine identifiers of a respective upstream neighbor of the first managed machine and a respective downstream neighbor of the first managed machine in the linear communication orbit; and

    generating a local report identifying one or more unmanaged machines that have been detected within the first selected portion of the network.

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