Discovery, consolidation, and archival of multiple operating system software licenses

摘要

A server software repair method. The method comprises copying a software license file associated with a software deployment, saving the software license file to a discrete directory, repeating these steps at predetermined intervals to form an archive. The method further comprises retrieving the software license file from the archive and redeploying the software license file with a software deployment.

主权项

1. A server software license archiving method comprising:
identifying, by a discovery engine stored in a non-transitory memory and executable by a processor, vendor specific license markers; in response to identifying the vendor specific license markers, copying, by the discovery engine, a software license file associated with a software deployment on a server; saving, by an archiving engine stored in a non-transitory memory and executable by a processor, the software license file to a discrete directory; forming, by the archive engine, an archive of software license files including the software license file, wherein forming the archive comprises copying and saving the software license files at predetermined intervals, and wherein the archive comprises copies of each of the software license files and data regarding software packages associated with the software license files, deployment of the software packages, and an initial location of each of the software license files; retrieving the software license file from the archive; and redeploying the software license file from the archive with a software deployment.