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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014

Filed:

Aug. 20, 2012
Applicants:

James R. Boykin, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Alberto Giammaria, Austin, TX (US);

Patricia D. Griffin, Austin, TX (US);

David B. Lindquist, Raleigh, NC (US);

Robert L. Orr, Raleigh, NC (US);

Inventors:

James R. Boykin, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Alberto Giammaria, Austin, TX (US);

Patricia D. Griffin, Austin, TX (US);

David B. Lindquist, Raleigh, NC (US);

Robert L. Orr, Raleigh, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/50 (2013.01); G06F 9/5072 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and products for managing computer resources in a distributed computing system are disclosed that include registering, in a configuration management database by a discovery module in response to a modification of a resource in a resource container, the resource in association with a configuration management database identifier, the resource characterized by a resource type and a resource identification, the resource container including a manageability endpoint characterized by a manageability endpoint reference; and managing the resource by a management module in dependence upon a resource management policy and the manageability endpoint reference, the resource management policy including management actions for the resource.


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