Method and apparatus for automated registry clean-up
View Patent ↗One embodiment disclosed relates to a method of automated registry clean-up for an operating system of a computer system. Interfaces on which each module depends is determined, and a module is marked as obsolete if the module depends on an interface that is non-existent in the operating system. Configuration data is removed from a system registry for modules marked as obsolete. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
1. A method of automated registry clean-up for an operating system of a computer system, the method comprising:
determining interfaces on which each module depends;
marking a module as obsolete if the module depends on an interface that is non-existent in the operating system;
removing configuration data from a system registry for modules marked as obsolete and for missing modules;
determining tunables defined by a module;
marking a tunable as obsolete if the tunable is defined by an obsolete or missing module; and
removing configuration data from the system registry relating to tunables marked as obsolete,
wherein said tunables are system variables.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determination of interfaces on which each module depends is performed by examining dependency statements in metadata for each module.
3. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the method of automated registry clean-up is performed over all modules installed on the computer system.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determination of tunables defined by a module is performed by examining definition statements in metadata for each module.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method is performed so as to clean-up the system registry in a UNIX type operating system.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method is performed so as to clean-up the system registry in a version of a Windows operating system.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method is performed after kernel filesets are installed as part of an update of the operating system.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the method is performed after an object is uninstalled on the computer system.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the method is also performed after an object is installed on the computer system.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating an informational statement for each module determined as obsolete.
11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating an informational statement for each tunable determined as obsolete.
12. A computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program for automated clean-up of a system registry of a computer system, the computer-readable medium comprising:
computer-executable code configured to determine interfaces on which each module depends;
computer-executable code configured to mark a module as obsolete if the module depends on an interface that is non-existent in the computer system;
computer-executable code configured to remove data from the system registry for modules marked as obsolete and for missing modules;
computer-executable code configured to determine tunables defined by a module;
computer-executable code configured to mark a tunable as obsolete if the tunable is defined by an obsolete or missing module; and
computer-executable code configured to remove configuration data from the system registry relating to tunables marked as obsolete,
wherein said tunables are system variables.
13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the determination of interfaces on which each module depends is performed by examining dependency statements in metadata for each module.
14. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the determination of tunables defined by a module is performed by examining definition statements in metadata for each module.
15. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the system registry comprises a registry for a UNIX type operating system.
16. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the system registry comprises a registry in a version of a Windows operating system.
17. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the automated clean-up is performed after kernel filesets are installed as part of an update of an operating system.
18. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the automated clean-up is performed after an object is uninstalled on the computer system.
19. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the automated clean-up is performed after an object is either installed or uninstalled on the computer system.
20. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 , further comprising computer-executable code configured to generate an informational statement for each module determined as obsolete.
21. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 , further comprising computer-executable code configured to generate an informational statement for each tunable determined as obsolete.