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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2004
Vijay Kumar Aggarwal, Austin, TX (US);
Craig Lawton, Raleigh, NC (US);
Christopher Andrew Peters, Round Rock, TX (US);
Puthukode G. Ramachandran, Austin, TX (US);
Lorin Evan Ullmann, Austin, TX (US);
John Whitfield, Cary, NC (US);
Vijay Kumar Aggarwal, Austin, TX (US);
Craig Lawton, Raleigh, NC (US);
Christopher Andrew Peters, Round Rock, TX (US);
Puthukode G. Ramachandran, Austin, TX (US);
Lorin Evan Ullmann, Austin, TX (US);
John Whitfield, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Environment asset inventories of computing environment assets are arranged into computing environments, and at least one collector interface is disposed between the environments to detect movement of an asset and to produce asset movement reports. Upon receipt of a movement report, one or more backup copies of a environment asset inventory are accessed, and compared a modified environment asset inventory. A history of each asset in each inventory is maintained. A history report regarding the life of an asset from first introduction into an environment throughout movements between environments is produced, including any applicable patches and upgrades configured into an environment. A discrepancy report is generated including assets, locations, status, and a revision level indicators.