Patent Application

App. No. 17/160,340

Abstract

Claims (157)

1 . A system for managing records of hosts, comprising:

local data management persistent storage; and

a local data manager executing on a host of the hosts programmed to:

identify a discovery event associated with the host and a record type of record types;

obtain, in response to identifying, all previously discovered records on the host associated with the record type;

obtain discovered records associated with the record type and associated with the host;

after obtaining all previously discovered records and discovered records:

select a first discovered record of the discovered records;

make a first determination that first discovered record is not included in the previously discovered records;

in response to the first determination:

update a host record repository to include the first discovered record; and

notify a data manager of modified records.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the local data manager is further programmed to:

after the updating of the host record repository to include the first discovered record and before the notifying of the data manager of the modified records:

make a second determination that additional records are included in the discovered records; and

in response to the second determination:

select a second discovered record of the discovered records;

make a third determination that the second discovered record is included in the previously discovered records; and

in response to the third determination:

identify a previously discovered record associated with the second discovered record;

make a fourth determination that contents of the second discovered record and the previously discovered record do not match; and

in response to the fourth determination:

 update the host record using the second discovered record.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the local data manager is further programmed to:

after the updating of the host record repository to include the first discovered record and before the notifying of the data manager of the modified records:

make a second determination that no additional records are included in the discovered records; and

in response to the second determination:

make a third determination that previously discovered records of the previously discovered records are not included in the discovered records; and

in response to the third determination:

identify a portion of the previously discovered records that are not included in the discovered records;

select a previously discovered record of the portion of the previously discovered records;

make a fourth determination that the previously discovered record does not include a soft delete tag; and

in response to the fourth determination:

 tag the previously discovered record with a soft delete tag.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the local data manager is further programmed to:

after the updating of the host record repository to include the first discovered record and before the notifying of the data manager of the modified records:

make a second determination that a portion of the previously discovered records includes additional previously discovered records; and

in response to the second determination:

select a previously discovered record of the portion of the previously discovered records;

make a third determination that the previously discovered record does include a soft delete tag; and

in response to the third determination:

make a fourth determination that the previously discovered record exceeds a soft delete period; and

in response to the fourth determination:

 delete the third previously discovered record; and

 make an fifth determination that the portion of the previously discovered records does not include additional previously discovered records.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the record types comprises:

host component records, wherein the host component records are records associated with host components executing on the host;

agent records, wherein the agent records are records associated with agents executing on the host;

asset records, wherein the asset records are records associated with assets of host components executing on the host; and

backup records, wherein the backup records are records associated with backups of asset data of host components executing on the host.

6 . The system of claim 5 , wherein the host record repository comprises previously discovered records associated with the host.

7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein a record comprises:

a record identifier;

a record type; and

record information.

8 . A method for managing records of hosts, comprising:

identifying a discovery event associated with the host and a record type of record types;

obtaining, in response to identifying, all previously discovered records on the host associated with the record type;

obtaining discovered records associated with the record type and associated with the host;

after obtaining all previously discovered records and discovered records:

selecting a first discovered record of the discovered records;

making a first determination that first discovered record is not included in the previously discovered records;

in response to the first determination:

updating a host record repository to include the first discovered record; and

notifying a data manager of modified records.

9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

after the updating of the host record repository to include the first discovered record and before the notifying of the data manager of the modified records:

making a second determination that additional records are included in the discovered records; and

in response to the second determination:

selecting a second discovered record of the discovered records;

making a third determination that the second discovered record is included in the previously discovered records; and

in response to the third determination:

identifying a previously discovered record associated with the second discovered record;

making a fourth determination that contents of the second discovered record and the previously discovered record do not match; and

in response to the fourth determination:

 updating the host record using the second discovered record.

10 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

after the updating of the host record repository to include the first discovered record and before the notifying of the data manager of the modified records:

making a second determination that no additional records are included in the discovered records; and

in response to the second determination:

making a third determination that previously discovered records of the previously discovered records are not included in the discovered records; and

in response to the third determination:

identifying a portion of the previously discovered records that are not included in the discovered records;

selecting a previously discovered record of the portion of the previously discovered records;

making a fourth determination that the previously discovered record does not include a soft delete tag; and

in response to the fourth determination:

 tagging the previously discovered record with a soft delete tag.

11 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

after the updating of the host record repository to include the first discovered record and before the notifying of the data manager of the modified records:

making a second determination that a portion of the previously discovered records includes additional previously discovered records; and

in response to the second determination:

selecting a previously discovered record of the portion of the previously discovered records;

making a third determination that the previously discovered record does include a soft delete tag; and

in response to the third determination:

making a fourth determination that the previously discovered record exceeds a soft delete period; and

in response to the fourth determination:

 deleting the third previously discovered record; and

 making an fifth determination that the portion of the previously discovered records does not include additional previously discovered records.

12 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the record types comprises:

host component records, wherein the host component records are records associated with host components executing on the host;

agent records, wherein the agent records are records associated with agents executing on the host;

asset records, wherein the asset records are records associated with assets of host components executing on the host; and

backup records, wherein the backup records are records associated with backups of asset data of host components executing on the host.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the host record repository comprises previously discovered records associated with the host.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein a record comprises:

a record identifier;

a record type; and

record information.

15 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor enables the computer processor to perform a method for managing records of hosts, the method comprising:

identifying a discovery event associated with the host and a record type of record types;

obtaining, in response to identifying, all previously discovered records on the host associated with the record type;

obtaining discovered records associated with the record type and associated with the host;

after obtaining all previously discovered records and discovered records:

selecting a first discovered record of the discovered records;

making a first determination that first discovered record is not included in the previously discovered records;

in response to the first determination:

updating a host record repository to include the first discovered record; and

notifying a data manager of modified records.

16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprising:

after the updating of the host record repository to include the first discovered record and before the notifying of the data manager of the modified records:

making a second determination that additional records are included in the discovered records; and

in response to the second determination:

selecting a second discovered record of the discovered records;

making a third determination that the second discovered record is included in the previously discovered records; and

in response to the third determination:

identifying a previously discovered record associated with the second discovered record;

making a fourth determination that contents of the second discovered record and the previously discovered record do not match; and

in response to the fourth determination:

 updating the host record using the second discovered record.

17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprising:

after the updating of the host record repository to include the first discovered record and before the notifying of the data manager of the modified records:

making a second determination that no additional records are included in the discovered records; and

in response to the second determination:

making a third determination that previously discovered records of the previously discovered records are not included in the discovered records; and

in response to the third determination:

identifying a portion of the previously discovered records that are not included in the discovered records;

selecting a previously discovered record of the portion of the previously discovered records;

making a fourth determination that the previously discovered record does not include a soft delete tag; and

in response to the fourth determination:

 tagging the previously discovered record with a soft delete tag.

18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprising:

after the updating of the host record repository to include the first discovered record and before the notifying of the data manager of the modified records:

making a second determination that a portion of the previously discovered records includes additional previously discovered records; and

in response to the second determination:

selecting a previously discovered record of the portion of the previously discovered records;

making a third determination that the previously discovered record does include a soft delete tag; and

in response to the third determination:

making a fourth determination that the previously discovered record exceeds a soft delete period; and

in response to the fourth determination:

 deleting the third previously discovered record; and

 making an fifth determination that the portion of the previously discovered records does not include additional previously discovered records.

19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the record types comprises:

host component records, wherein the host component records are records associated with host components executing on the host;

agent records, wherein the agent records are records associated with agents executing on the host;

asset records, wherein the asset records are records associated with assets of host components executing on the host; and

backup records, wherein the backup records are records associated with backups of asset data of host components executing on the host.

20 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the host record repository comprises previously discovered records associated with the host.

Assignments (9)