SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DISCOVERING AND GROUPING RESOURCES USED BY A BUSINESS PROCESS.

摘要

An apparatus, system, and method are provided for automatically discovering andgrouping files and other resources used by a business process. The present inventionincludes a monitoring module that collects trace data representative of operationalbehaviour of software applications. An analysis module analyzes the trace datato discover resources affiliated with the business process. A determinationmodule defines a logical application corresponding to the business processand includes the resources discovered by the analysis module. The logical applicationis automatically defined such that business policies may be readily implementedon the logical application as a whole. Manual identification of resources fora business process is eliminated or substantially reduced.