Fast detection and remediation of unmanaged assets
First Claim
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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Abstract
In one aspect, methods, system, and computer-readable media for monitoring unmanaged assets in a network having a plurality of managed machines include: at a first managed machine of the plurality of managed machines, wherein the plurality of managed machine are arranged in a linear communication orbit and have respective identifiers, and each managed machine is coupled to at least one respective neighbor 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 selected portion of the network that is associated with a range of identifiers that includes identifiers between the respective identifiers of the first managed machine and a respective neighbor of the first managed machine; and generating a local report identifying one or more unmanaged machines that have been detected within the selected portion of the network.
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for monitoring unmanaged assets in a network having a plurality of managed machines, comprising:
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one or more processors; and memory having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations 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. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for monitoring unmanaged assets in a network having a plurality of managed machines, the computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations 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. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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