Recommending a policy for an IT asset

摘要

When a policy for an IT asset is created in a system manager that manages one or more IT assets, other IT assets that are related to the selected IT asset are determined based on at least one relation criteria related to system topology. The system administrator is prompted to apply the same policy to the related systems. When the system administrator accepts the recommendation to apply the same policy to the related systems, a system group is defined that includes the selected computer system and the related systems, and the system group and its corresponding policy are displayed to the system administrator.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method executed by at least one processor for system manager software to manage a plurality of information technology (IT) assets in a networked computer system, the method comprising the steps of:
allowing a system administrator to use the system manager software to create a policy for a selected IT asset that defines how the selected IT asset is managed; the system manager software detecting when the policy for the selected IT asset is created; the system manager software dynamically determining after the policy for the selected IT asset is created at least one related IT asset based on at least one relation criterion that the at least one related IT asset has in common with the selected IT asset; and the system manager software prompting the system administrator with a recommendation to apply the policy to the at least one related IT asset that has the at least one relation criterion in common with the selected IT asset.