International Business Machines Corporation

Steve Weinberger

Christopher Ward

Maheswaran Surendra

Melissa J Buco

Glenn Clement Aikens

Sam Shixiong Yang

Rhonda L Childress

Liana Liyow Fong

Michael H Kalantar

Stewart Jason Hyman

Patrick Joseph Brooks

Walter Joseph Grom, Jr

Techniques for authenticating one or more configuration items in an information repository are provided comprising the step of running an audit on the one or more configuration items in accordance with a change history of each of the one or more configuration items and one or more request for change identifiers.

Methods and apparatus for authentication of configuration items via configuration item change analysis

Techniques for managing a plurality of configuration items in an information repository are provided. Lifecycle state transitions of the plurality of configuration items are regulated in accordance with one or more lifecycle state transition diagrams and, when a life cycle state transition involves a protected life cycle state, one or more request for change identifiers.

Methods and apparatus for management of configuration item lifecycle state transitions

A method, system, and computer program product are described for managing the provisioning of resources in a data processing system. There are different types of resources. Each resource is one of these types. Multiple provisioning states are defined for each type of resource. Relationships are defined among the provisioning states. The relationships describe valid transitions from one state to another. Workflows of one or more tasks are defined, varying to the resource implementation specifications, that are associated with each one of the valid transitions between states. When a resource is to transition from a current state, the relationships among states are used to determine a valid next state. The workflow specific to the resource specification and associated with this transition from the current state to the determined next state is then executed in order to transition to the next state.

Method, system, and product for defining and managing provisioning states for resources in provisioning data processing systems

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