1635 results about "Configuration item" patented technology

One embodiment is directed to a method of instructing at least one operator in a best practices implementation of a standards facility for managing at least one standard in an information technology (IT) environment comprising a plurality of standards to be managed, the IT environment being managed in accordance with at least some aspects of the Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF), the at least some aspects of the MOF comprising a change management service management function (SMF) that documents, assesses the impact of, approves, schedules and reviews changes in the IT environment and a configuration management SMF that identifies and documents components of the IT environment and relationships between them. The method comprises an act of: (A) instructing the at least one operator to treat the at least one standard as a configuration item so that changes to the at least one standard are managed in accordance with the change management SMF and so that the at least one standard is tracked in accordance with the configuration management SMF.

The present invention provides a system for creating an application software environment without changing an operating system of a client computer, the system comprising an operating system abstraction and protection layer, wherein said abstraction and protection layer is interposed between a running software application and said operating system, whereby a virtual environment in which an application may run is provided and application level interactions are substantially removed. Preferably, any changes directly to the operating system are selectively made within the context of the running application and the abstraction and protection layer dynamically changes the virtual environment according to administrative settings. Additionally, in certain embodiments, the system continually monitors the use of shared system resources and acts as a service to apply and remove changes to system components. The present thus invention defines an “Operating System Guard.” These components cover the protection semantics required by .DLLs and other shared library code as well as system device drivers, fonts, registries and other configuration items, files, and environment variables.

A schema for use in implementing a configuration management database (CMDB) includes an entity to store information identifying configuration items and a separate entity to store attributes of the configuration items. The CMDB schema may also include a separate entity to track relationships between configuration items. The CMDB schema may also include an entity to store a default list of approvers for changes and/or an entity to store dependencies between requested changes.

One embodiment is directed to a method of instructing at least one operator in a best practices implementation of a standards facility for managing at least one standard in an information technology (IT) environment comprising a plurality of standards to be managed, the IT environment being managed in accordance with at least some aspects of the Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF), the at least some aspects of the MOF comprising a change management service management function (SMF) that documents, assesses the impact of, approves, schedules and reviews changes in the IT environment and a configuration management SMF that identifies and documents components of the IT environment and relationships between them. The method comprises an act of: (A) instructing the at least one operator to treat the at least one standard as a configuration item so that changes to the at least one standard are managed in accordance with the change management SMF and so that the at least one standard is tracked in accordance with the configuration management SMF.

A system previously cloned with an operating system and a collection of applications has personal configuration data customized for the user receiving the system by a configuration tool. When the configuration tool is used in an interactive mode, a dialog displays the existing configuration and allows the installer or user to modify and save it. When the configuration tool is used in a non-interactive mode, that is, for migration, the machine configuration information is obtained from or put to an operating system independent configuration data file without using the configuration dialog. In interactive mode, a user dialog is displayed with the list of all the supported applications that are found to be installed on the system. Selecting one of the listed applications brings up an application dialog including input fields for each of the configuration items for that application. Configuration data can be imported from or exported to the configuration data file 160. This allows an installer to export from an old system and import into the new one when hardware is being upgraded. Also, the import and export feature is used to automate configuration and information gathering.

The invention discloses a method and a system for arranging a server cluster in a cloud computing cluster environment. The method comprises that an installing mirror image is built and mounted through a management node; a computing/storing node acquires the Internet protocol (IP) address of a computer, the installing mirror image is acquired from the management node according to the IP address; the computing/storing node installs an operating system according to the installing mirror image and sends back installing information to the management node after the operating system is installed; the management node shuts down installing service of the computing/storing node according to the installing information; the computing/storing node sends security socket layer (SSL) certification request information to the management node; the management node carries out SSL certification to the computing/storing node according to the SSL certification request information and sends certification-pass information after SSL certification is passed; the computing/storing node receives the certification-pass information and then acquires a configuration file from the management node and operates, and a configuration item preset by a cloud computing cluster is built and modified according to the configuration file. The method and the system for arranging the server cluster in the cloud computing cluster environment can overcome the shortcoming that the efficiency of large-scale cluster node configuration in a current cloud computing cluster environment arrangement process is low.

The invention discloses a software testing and management method, comprising two steps. The first step is to acquire a test procedure or an existing text use case according to the entered configuration items; the second step is to acquire test cases according to the configuration items and the test procedure file or the existing text use case. The invention has the advantages that the invention can choose the needed test cases according to the requirement of users from existing test procedure files or existing text use cases which are then stored into the database of the test cases, thus realizing conveniently the management of the test cases and improving the work efficiency of testing personnel; the invention also provides a software testing and management system which can realize conveniently and flexibly the management of the test cases, and improve the work efficiency of testing personnel.

Some implementations of the invention provide improved methods and devices for configuring gaming machines. According to some implementations of the invention, an operator's proposed changes to configuration item values will be assessed according to one or more rule sets. If a proposed new configuration value violates one or more such rules, according to some implementations the proposed new configuration value (or other configuration value(s)) may be automatically changed in order to obtain compliance with the rule(s). The rules may or may not be implemented by a gaming machine. Some implementations of the invention provide remote hosting of configuration menu pages with or without such auto-configuration features.

An example embodiment may involve providing for display a discovery schedule creation page for creating a discovery schedule. The embodiment may also involve, in response to receiving user input indicative of creation of a discovery schedule via the discovery schedule creation page, providing for display a discovery process page. Providing the discovery process page for display may involve, while the discovery process is being carried out according to the discovery schedule, dynamically updating the discovery process page to include total numbers of discovery results. The discovery process page may include selectable links for navigating to and displaying three pages: a discovered configuration items page, an error flow page, and a scheduling summary page.

Techniques for automatically associating at least one configuration item (CI) to an incident are provided. The techniques include parsing an incident, wherein parsing the incident comprises annotating the incident with zero or more annotations and extracting at least one keyword from the incident, and associating each of the zero or more annotations and the at least one keyword with at least one configuration item (CI), wherein associating the zero or more annotations and at least one keyword with at least one CI comprises keyword searching and relationship traversal.

The invention provides a software deploying and maintaining method based on an intelligent cluster. The method includes the steps that a testing platform of the intelligent cluster compiles applications and generates an executable program package, the FTP address of the application executable program package is sent to an FTP server, a user has access to the testing platform through a browser on a computer of the user and sends a deploying instruction, the testing platform receives the instruction and then sends out a request message, and applies for testing synergic servers, the user logs into the testing synergic servers, the executable program package and a latest configuration file are acquired, configuration items are injected into the executable program package, and testing scripts are requested to be executed. Unified management and monitoring of the testing servers of a large-scale cloud platform are enhanced, the problem finding timeliness and processing efficiency are improved, and the spontaneous recovery capacity is enhanced after problems are generated.

Embodiments herein include systems, methods, software, and data structures to generate and render visualizations of configuration items (CIs) represented in a Configuration Management Database (CMDB). One embodiment includes receiving a request for a CI graph from a client including a focus CI identifier represented in a CMDB. The focus CI may be used to retrieve data of related CIs, the data including CI identifiers. A process is then executed for each retrieved CI identifier to retrieve CI data as a function of the received CI identifier and to build a node XML and an edge XML representation of relations between the CIs. This method also includes aggregating the node and edge XML representations into a single XML document and then translating the document into a markup language document capable of being rendered in a graphical user interface. The markup language document is then transmitted to the requestor.

A change management system for and method of change management control, monitoring, and analysis is disclosed. A change management system comprises a means for generating configuration item change information, and a means for processing configuration item change information for logical system groups according to an information structure. The information structure for the logical groups is comprised at least one of change rule information for the configuration items, interrelationship information between the configuration items and the system components, interrelationship information between system components. The method can be used as a monitoring tool for determining the effect of configuration changes. The configuration item change information is analyzed according to an information structure which comprises at least one of information structure that defines one or more configuration item change rules, interrelationship information between the at least one configuration item and one or more system components, and interrelationship information between one or more system components.

The present invention enables users to interactively create, customize, and execute reports on data stored in databases using only a web browser. The user can create, customize, and execute reports by selecting various report elements including, for example, data sources, fields, filters, labels, charts, dashboards, and the like. Advantageously, the present invention enables users to create the reports through an Internet connection, without any special software, such as web browser plug-ins, database applications, and the like, without knowledge of data access languages, such as SQL, and without direct access to a database server. The present invention can directly connect to a plurality of different database types through a virtual or physical network connection. It fully functions without requiring the creation of additional configuration items like catalogs, models or secondary schemas by a programmer or database administrator (DBA).

The present disclosure enables users to interactively create, customize, and execute reports on data stored in databases using only a web browser. The user can create, customize, and execute reports by selecting various report elements including, for example, data sources, fields, filters, labels, charts, dashboards, and the like. Advantageously, the present invention enables users to create the reports through an Internet connection, without any special software, such as web browser plug-ins, database applications, and the like, without knowledge of data access languages, such as SQL, and without direct access to a database server. The present invention can directly connect to a plurality of different database types through a virtual or physical network connection. It fully functions without requiring the creation of additional configuration items like catalogs, models or secondary schemas by a programmer or database administrator (DBA).

The system and method described herein may include a configuration management database containing various configuration items describing every known resource in a datacenter. Upon receiving a request proposing changes to the datacenter, the proposed changes may be approved for automated execution (i.e., without human intervention) in response to analyzing relationships modeled in the configuration management database and determining that the proposed changes have no potential impacts on essential or critical resources. Otherwise, an impact workflow may be created to coordinate interaction between various human participants to resolve the potential impacts. Further, in contexts where multiple proposed changes have been approved, the multiple proposed changes may be analyzed to detect any potential conflicts. Thus, the multiple proposed changes may be approved for automated execution in response to detecting no potential conflicts, or a conflict workflow may be created to similarly coordinate human interaction to resolve the conflicts.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a schedule reminding method, a schedule reminding device and a schedule reminding system. The method comprises the following steps of: providing configuration items or default items of a schedule reminding object, a schedule reminding mode, a schedule reminding content and a reminding trigger condition in a communication terminal, and determining the schedule reminding object, the schedule reminding mode, the schedule reminding content and the reminding trigger condition according to a set or default result; acquiring the current position information of the schedule reminding object and the position information of a preset place, and computing estimated time for the schedule reminding object to arrive in the preset place from the current position according to the current position information of the schedule reminding object and the position information of the preset place; and judging whether the reminding trigger condition is met according to the estimated time, and if the reminding trigger condition is met, performing schedule reminding on the schedule reminding object according to the schedule reminding mode and the schedule reminding content. The schedule reminding method, the schedule reminding device and the schedule reminding system can ensure that the schedule reminding object acquires really effective reminding information.

Method, server, and computer product are provided to implement change management across domains. Memory is included for storing a program. A processor is functionally coupled to the memory and is responsive to computer-executable instructions contained in the program. The processor is operative to announce planned changes for a configuration item to interested outside domains, and the configuration item is in an inside domain. Open subscription is provided to the interested outside domains such that the interested outside domains can subscribe to the subscription as participants. A change instance is created or the configuration item in the inside domain. Change progress of the change instance is reported for the configuration item to the participants of the interested outside domains. State progress notifications are distributed to the participants of the change. The change instance is executed to make planned changes to the configuration item.

Methods and apparatus of managing a CMDB are provided. At least one composite CI is utilized in the CMDB. The at least one composite CI is represented as a graph of navigable relationships between one or more supporting elements in accordance with a template. The one or more supporting elements comprise at least a root element of the composite CI.

Embodiments of the invention provide a method, a system and a computer program product for analyzing the effect of a software maintenance patch on configuration items of a CMDB. One embodiment, directed to a method, is associated with a CMDB containing information that relates to configuration items (CIs) included in one or more managed configurable systems. The method includes the step of generating a manifest that defines a target system, and contains a description of a maintenance patch disposed to update one or more specified software components. The method further includes using information contained in the manifest to search the CMDB, in order to detect each configurable system in the CMDB that corresponds to the definition of the target system, and contains at least one CI that includes at least one of the specified software components. For a given CI that includes at least one of the specified software components, an identification is made of every other CI in the CMDB that would be affected, if the maintenance patch was used to update each specified software component of the given CI.

The invention relates to a vehicle-mounted system and method for automatically presetting the user vehicle personalized configuration. By the adoption of the system and method, a handheld device or a wearable device of a user is used as the identity characteristic to be authenticated and matched with the vehicle-mounted system, so that the handheld device or the wearable device is connected with the vehicle-mounted system, then a binding relationship is established between the handheld device or the wearable device and personalized configuration information of a vehicle, and before the user uses the vehicle, the personalized configuration item corresponding to the user is automatically preset in place.

Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatuses and methods for managing the configuration settings of one or more servers within a business. The configuration management apparatuses and methods generally relate to creating a configuration schema; creating configuration items to assign to the configuration schema; assigning the configuration schema to one or more servers in the business; capturing a snapshot of the configuration settings for a server based on the configuration schema and assigning it to the configuration schema as the reference snapshot; capturing a current snapshot of the actual configuration settings for one or more servers; and comparing the reference snapshot with the current snapshot to determine the differences in the configuration settings. Embodiments of the present invention also allow a report to be generated that displays the differences between the reference snapshot and the current snapshot, such as the new settings, changed settings, and missing settings.