CMDB Rule Compliance Automation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Enterprises face challenges in ensuring that computing resources implement new rules, such as password strength policies, and in certifying which resources have complied with these rules within their data processing systems.
Innovation Solution
A Configuration Management Database (CMDB) is used to manage resources by detecting rule changes and transmitting new rules to resource management databases, which automatically enforce attribute changes and provide certification reports to ensure compliance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual methods are used to ensure rule implementation in computing resources, then flexibility and adaptability are maintained, but the time and effort required to certify compliance increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The computing resources automatically self-certify their compliance status by reporting their own configuration data to the CMDB. The system enables resources to autonomously provide compliance information without requiring manual verification, thereby reducing certification time while maintaining reliability through automated rule evaluation.
Solution Approach 2:
The CMDB continuously collects configuration data from computing resources and automatically evaluates compliance with rules. This feedback mechanism provides real-time compliance status to the IS manager, eliminating time-consuming manual certification processes while ensuring accurate rule implementation verification.
2Reliability
If centralized rule management is implemented through CMDB, then consistency and control over rule implementation are improved, but the complexity of the system architecture increases
Solution Approach 1:
The CMDB serves multiple functions: storing configuration data, managing rules, evaluating compliance, and generating reports. By consolidating these functions into a single centralized system, the patent achieves rule implementation consistency without proportionally increasing overall system complexity, as the same infrastructure handles multiple tasks.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines rule management, configuration storage, and compliance evaluation into a unified CMDB system. This merging of previously separate functions into a single integrated platform improves rule implementation consistency while managing complexity through consolidation rather than proliferation of separate systems.
3Productivity
If automated rule transmission is implemented, then the speed of rule deployment across resources is improved, but the risk of errors in rule interpretation and application increases
Solution Approach 1:
The CMDB acts as an intermediary between the rule source and computing resources. It receives rules, stores them in a standardized format, and transmits them to resources with precise instructions. This intermediary layer ensures accurate rule interpretation and application while maintaining high deployment speed through automated processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary validation and standardization of rules before transmitting them to computing resources. By preparing and verifying rules in advance within the CMDB, the system ensures accurate rule application upon deployment, reducing errors while maintaining fast transmission speeds through pre-processed rule sets.
Data Source
AI summary
A Configuration Management DataBase (CMDB) is utilized to cause resources, which are modeled in and managed by the CMDB, to be in compliance with a newly implemented resource rule. In one embodiment, a computer-implementable method includes the step of, in response to detecting a rule change, transmitting a new rule to a rule control logic in a resource management database, wherein the rule change changes a rule for an attribute of a resource in a data processing system, and wherein the resource management database describes attributes of resources in the data processing system.