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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2011
Nayan Bhagwanji Ruparelia, Leavesden, GB;
Guy Mitchell, Aurora, CO (US);
Max Boehm, Holzwickede, DE;
Alfred Walther, Grenoble, FR;
Nayan Bhagwanji Ruparelia, Leavesden, GB;
Guy Mitchell, Aurora, CO (US);
Max Boehm, Holzwickede, DE;
Alfred Walther, Grenoble, FR;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
According to one example, there is provided a method of managing an information technology (IT) system that comprising items of IT equipment. The method comprises obtaining a set of characteristics from items of IT equipment in the IT system, generating, using the obtained sets of characteristics, a consolidated set of characteristics representing at least part of the IT system, identifying, based on the generated consolidated set of characteristics, an item of IT equipment to be replaced, determining a set of minimum characteristics for a replacement item to replace the identified item; and selecting, from an IT equipment database, based on the determined characteristics, a replacement item of IT equipment.