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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Marcin Gierlak, Krakow, PL;
Bartlomiej T. Malecki, Krakow, PL;
Slawomir T. Mezyk, Krakow, PL;
Michal Paluch, Krakow, PL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A mechanism is provided for software discovery in an environment with heterogeneous machine groups may be provided. A group comprising computing systems that have similar software program installations is defined. A first scan procedure is performed by scanning each computing system of the group using a first software signature catalogue to identify installed programs. Software signatures of identified installed programs are added to a base installation software catalogue. A second scan procedure is performed by scanning the group of computing systems using the base installation software catalogue to identify installed software programs.