公开(公告)号：BRPI0410990A

公开(公告)日：2006-07-04

申请号：BRPI0410990

申请日：2004-05-18

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： CHILDRESS RHONDA ,  LAMM BRENT WATSON ,  NEWTON THOMAS LANE ,  OLIVER MICHAEL BRUCE ,  RAJAN RAVIRAJAN ,  SAMN JONATHAN ,  WEINBERGER STEVEN

IPC: H04L12/24

Abstract: The present invention provides an automated method and system for auditing infrastructures in a managed region of a resource management system. A resource management region queries the endpoints in the system, retrieves reference infrastructure configuration data, and stores the data in a database. At a later time, the resource management region again queries the endpoints and the resource management region itself, and retrieves current infrastructure configuration data. Changes in the state of the system infrastructure from the time the reference infrastructure data is generated to the time the current infrastructure data is generated is found by comparing the reference infrastructure data to the current infrastructure data. The resource management region transmits a notification to the system administrator if unauthorized changes are found. The present invention reduces the large amount of administrative and maintenance labor costs that can occur when settings in the infrastructure are inconsistent with what they are thought to be.

公开(公告)号：CA2525710A1

公开(公告)日：2004-12-16

申请号：CA2525710

申请日：2004-05-18

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： OLIVER MICHAEL BRUCE ,  RAJAN RAVIRAJAN ,  LAMM BRENT WATSON ,  CHILDRESS RHONDA ,  SAMN JONATHAN ,  WEINBERGER STEVEN ,  NEWTON THOMAS LANE

IPC: H04L12/24

Abstract: The present invention provides an automated method and system for auditing infrastructures in a managed region of a resource management system. A resource management region queries the endpoints in the system, retrieves reference infrastructure configuration data, and stores the data in a database. At a later time, the resource management region again queries the endpoints and the resource management region itself, and retrieves current infrastructure configuration data. Changes in the state of the system infrastructure from the time the reference infrastructure data is generated to the time the current infrastructure data is generated is found by comparing the reference infrastructure data to the current infrastructure data. The resource management region transmits a notification to the system administrator if unauthorized changes are found. The present invention reduc es the large amount of administrative and maintenance labor costs that can occu r when settings in the infrastructure are inconsistent with what they are thought to be.