Change Tracking and Management in Distributed Applications

摘要

A monitoring and management system for distributed and interacting systems stores configuration settings after a successful installation or modification and compares values to the stored configuration settings. When a discrepancy is found, a messaging system may relay the information to a console where the issue may be dispositioned. In some cases, the configuration settings may be updated, while in other cases, the monitored setting may be restored to the stored configuration setting. A set of wizards or other user interface mechanisms may be used to restore the system to order.