Auto discovery of configuration items
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1. A method comprising:
- executing a discovery process on a computer network, the discovery process comprising;
determining that an agent configured an identified node of the computer network, comprising checking a memory associated with the identified node for information that associates the agent with configuration management role information;
obtaining a definition of the agent that configured the identified node, comprising searching configuration management data of the computer network for the configuration management role information of the agent that configured the identified node;
identifying a configuration item associated with the identified node based at least in part on the definition of the agent that configured the identified node; and
updating a service model database with the identified configuration item.
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Abstract
A method includes determining that an agent configured an identified node of a computer system, obtaining a definition of the agent that configured the identified node, identifying a configuration item associated with the identified node based at least in part on the definition of the agent that configured the identified node, and updating a service model database with the identified configuration item.
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1. A method comprising:
executing a discovery process on a computer network, the discovery process comprising; determining that an agent configured an identified node of the computer network, comprising checking a memory associated with the identified node for information that associates the agent with configuration management role information; obtaining a definition of the agent that configured the identified node, comprising searching configuration management data of the computer network for the configuration management role information of the agent that configured the identified node; identifying a configuration item associated with the identified node based at least in part on the definition of the agent that configured the identified node; and updating a service model database with the identified configuration item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 11)
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5. An apparatus for discovering nodes in a computer network, the apparatus comprising:
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a physical network interface configured to couple the apparatus to the computer network; a processor operably coupled to the physical network interface and configured to execute instructions stored in a memory which, when executed, cause the processor to; perform a discovery process on the computer network, the discovery process comprising; determining that an identified node of a plurality of nodes was configured by an agent, comprising checking a memory associated with the identified node for information that associates the agent with configuration management role information; obtaining a definition of the agent that configured the identified node, comprising searching configuration management data of the computer network for the configuration management role information of the agent that configured the identified node; identifying any configuration items associated with the identified node based at least in part on the definition of the agent that configured the identified node; and updating a service model database with the identified configuration items. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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identifying a node of a computer system; executing a discovery process on the computer system, the discovery process comprising; determining that an agent configured the identified node of the computer system, comprising checking a memory associated with the identified node for information that associates the agent with configuration management role information; obtaining a definition of the agent that configured the identified node, comprising searching configuration management data of the computer system for the configuration management role information of the agent that configured the identified node; identifying a configuration item associated with the identified node based at least in part on the definition of the agent that configured the identified node; and updating a service model database with the identified configuration item. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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