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Patent No.:

US 7853675 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010

Filed:

Mar. 02, 2007

Automatically enforcing change control in operations performed by operational management products

Applicants:

David Maxwell Cannon, Tucson, AZ (US);

Michael Allen Kaczmarski, Tucson, AZ (US);

Bernhard Julius Klingenberg, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

David Gregory Van Hise, Tucson, AZ (US);

Inventors:

David Maxwell Cannon, Tucson, AZ (US);

Michael Allen Kaczmarski, Tucson, AZ (US);

Bernhard Julius Klingenberg, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

David Gregory Van Hise, Tucson, AZ (US);

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Attorneys:

Stephen J. Walder, Jr.

Feb R. Cabrasawan

Primary Examiner:

Tammy T Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/167 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Mechanisms for enforcing change control in operations performed by operational management products (OMPs) are provided. The mechanisms automate the checking of a request-for-change (RFC) state by an OMP when the OMP is installed in an environment where a change management database (CMDB) has been installed and certain resources or operations have been placed under strict change control. The OMPs of the illustrative embodiments require an RFC identifier to be specified when a change operation of the OMP is invoked. The RFC identifier is used by the OMP to access a service management system so that the OMP may determine if the RFC identifier is valid, IT resources are in the correct state, and the change is scheduled to be performed at the current time. If these checks are passed, then the change operation associated with the RFC is permitted to occur.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Cannon, David. (2010). Automatically enforcing change control in operations performed by operational management products (U.S. Patent No. 7853675). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7853675

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