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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2014
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ophir Horn, Waltham, MA (US);
Nancy Walia, Waltham, MA (US);
Jason Sprague, Waltham, MA (US);
Francisco Rosa, Waltham, MA (US);
NETAPP, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method performed by a monitoring tool in a computer system, the method including: identifying a software update applied to a plurality of computer system assets, retrieving a first status of a first one of the assets from a first time period before the software update was applied to the first asset, retrieving a second status of the first asset from a second time period after the software update was applied to the first asset, determining a first effectiveness of the software update for the first asset based on comparing the first status and the second status, and displaying within a Graphical User Interface (GUI) an identification of the software update, an identification of the first asset, and a recommendation for the software update based on the first effectiveness.