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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2011
Kimberly T. Bailey, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jeffrey B. Cates, Raleigh, NC (US);
Diane I. Shannon, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mark T. Wright, Raleigh, NC (US);
Kimberly T. Bailey, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jeffrey B. Cates, Raleigh, NC (US);
Diane I. Shannon, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mark T. Wright, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system automatically captures network resources of each individual system of a networked system. The method defines a reusable object name for each class of network resources captured from the individual systems. Each class of network resources has at least one common feature. The system automatically maps each network resource having a particular class of each individual system to the reusable object name defined for that particular class. Embodiments enable individual system-specific resources, such as IP addresses, to be mapped to reusable objects. In some embodiments, reusable objects names may be combined to form higher-level configuration objects, such as network configuration rules.