Merging and ignoring configuration items

摘要

Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques that determine whether each configuration item in a plurality of configuration items is associated with every other configuration item therein. If each configuration item in the plurality of configuration items is associated with every other configuration item therein, the plurality of configuration items are merged such that each attribute associated therewith is associated with one configuration item. If each configuration item in the plurality of configuration items is not associated with every other configuration item therein, it is determined whether at least one configuration item may be ignored.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a configuration management database to store configuration items, each configuration item including at least one attribute comprising an Internet Protocol (IP) address of an entity in a computer information system; at least one processor to:
determine whether each configuration item in a plurality of configuration items is associated with every other configuration item in the plurality of configuration items;in response to determining that each configuration item in the plurality of configuration items is associated with every other configuration item in the plurality of configuration items, merge the plurality of configuration items such that the attributes of the plurality of configuration items are associated with one configuration item;in response to determining that each configuration item in the plurality of configuration items is not associated with every other configuration item in the plurality of configuration items:
in response to determining that a newly received configuration item including an IP address and that is not part of the configuration management database represents a non-existing entity, flag the newly received configuration item such that the newly received configuration item is subsequently ignored; andin response to determining that a stored configuration item in the configuration management database represents a non-existing entity, remove the stored configuration item from the configuration management database.