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Storing and retrieving context senstive data in a management system

  • US 9,852,165 B2
  • Filed: 10/07/2015
  • Issued: 12/26/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A management system for resource reconciliation within a configuration management database, the management system comprising:

  • at least one processor anda non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, including instructions executable by the at least one processor, the instructions configured to implement;

    a reconciliation engine configured to reconcile a first instance of a resource object and a second instance of the resource object to obtain a reconciled resource object, the first and second instances of the resource object sharing a common attribute, the common attribute of the first instance of the resource object having first provider-specific data, the common attribute of the second instance of the resource object having second provider-specific data;

    the reconciliation engine configured to determine whether the common attribute is a context-sensitive attribute, wherein, when the common attribute is determined as the context-sensitive attribute, the reconciliation engine is configured to merge the first and second instances of the resource object according to a unique reconciliation rule such that the reconciled resource object includes both the first provider-specific data and the second provider-specific data; and

    the reconciliation engine is configured to store the reconciled resource object in a target data partition of a configuration management database.

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