Computing Resource Inventory System

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018011740-A1
Application number	US-201715712336-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 22, 2017
Priority date	Dec 20, 2012
Publication date	Jan 11, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and methods of managing computing resources of a computing system are described. A computing resource list and computing resource information may be stored at a data store. The computing resource list may identify a set of computing resources of a computing system, and the computing resource information may respectively describe the computing resources. The computing resource list may be updated in response to a new computing resource being added to the computing system or in response to an existing computing resource being removed from the computing system. Evaluation tasks for the computing resources may be performed, and a resource evaluation report may be generated during performance of at least one of the evaluation reports.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A computer-implemented method of managing a computing system comprising:
storing, at a data store of a computing device, a computing resource list that indicates each computing resource of a plurality of computing resources of the computing system wherein each computing resource of the plurality of computing resources is configured to provide an access report that indicates which of one or more access rights have been used, during a predetermined time period, to access the computing resource; storing, at the data store, access report information corresponding to a plurality of access reports respectively provided to the computing device by individual computing resources of the plurality of computing resources; and generating, by the computing device and in association with an evaluation of the plurality of computing resources for a current reporting period, a computing resource report that indicates which of the plurality of computing resources did not provide a current access report for the current reporting period, wherein the evaluation comprises iterating over the computing resource list and, for individual computing resources indicated in the computing resource list:
determining whether the computing resource provided a current access report for the reporting period, and
identifying, in the computing resource report, the computing resource as a non-reporting computing resource responsive to determining the computing resource did not provide a current access report for the current reporting period.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:
the computing resource report further indicates which of the plurality of computing resources did provide a current access report for the current reporting period; and the evaluation further comprises, for individual computing resources indicated in the computing resource list, identifying, in the computing resource report, the computing resource as a reporting computing resource responsive to determining the computing resource did provide a current access report for the current reporting period.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, by the computing device and for display at a display device, the computing resource report to an administrator of the computing system.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:
each computing resource of the plurality of computing resources is configured to provide the access report as one of a plurality of access reports provided by the computing resource at a predetermined periodic interval.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein:
the predetermined periodic interval is a daily interval.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:
the access rights indicated in the access report comprise an entitlement provisioned to a user of the computing system.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein:
the access report further indicates at least one of the user, a user group associated with the entitlement, a role associated with the entitlement, or combinations thereof.

8 . A computing device for managing a computing system, the computing device comprising:
one or more processors; a data store storing (i) a computing resource list that indicates each computing resource of a plurality of computing resources of the computing system wherein each computing resource of the plurality of computing resources is configured to provide an access report that indicates which of one or more access rights have been used, during a predetermined time period, to access the computing resource, and (ii) access report information corresponding to a plurality of access reports respectively provided to the computing device by individual computing resources of the plurality of computing resources; and memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to:
generate, in association with an evaluation of the plurality of computing resources for a current reporting period, a computing resource report that indicates which of the plurality of computing resources did not provide a current access report for the current reporting period, wherein the evaluation comprises iterating over the computing resource list and, for individual computing resources indicated in the computing resource list:
determining whether the computing resource provided a current access report for the reporting period, and
identifying, in the computing resource report, the computing resource as a non-reporting computing resource responsive to determining the computing resource did not provide a current access report for the current reporting period.

9 . The computing device of claim 8 , wherein:
the computing resource report further indicates which of the plurality of computing resources did provide a current access report for the current reporting period; and the evaluation further comprises, for individual computing resources indicated in the computing resource list, identifying, in the computing resource report, the computing resource as a reporting computing resource responsive to determining the computing resource did provide a current access report for the current reporting period.

10 . The computing device of claim 8 , wherein:
the computer-executable instructions, when executed, further cause the computing device to transmit, for display at a display device, the computing resource report to an administrator of the computing system.

11 . The computing device of claims 8 , wherein:
each computing resource of the plurality of computing resources is configured to provide the access report as one of a plurality of access reports provided by the computing resource at a predetermined periodic interval.

12 . The computing device of claim 11 , wherein:
the predetermined periodic interval is a daily interval.

13 . The computing device of claim 8 , wherein:
the access rights indicated in the access report comprise an entitlement provisioned to a user of the computing system.

14 . The computing device of claim 13 , wherein:
the access report further indicates at least one of the user, a user group associated with the entitlement, a role associated with the entitlement, or combinations thereof.

15 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to:
store, at a data store of the computing device, a computing resource list that indicates each computing resource of a plurality of computing resources of a computing system wherein each computing resource of the plurality of computing resources is configured to provide an access report that indicates which of one or more access rights have been used, during a predetermined time period, to access the computing resource; store, at the data store, access report information corresponding to a plurality of access reports respectively provided to the computing device by individual computing resources of the plurality of computing resources; and generate, in association with an evaluation of the plurality of computing resources for a current reporting period, a computing resource report that indicates which of the plurality of computing resources did not provide a current access report for the current reporting period, wherein the evaluation comprises iterating over the computing resource list and, for individual computing resources indicated

Assignees

• Bank Of America

Inventors

• Moloian Armen
• Ritchey Ronald W

Classifications

• G06F11/3051

  Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the configuration of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring the presence of processing resources, peripherals, I/O links, software programs (verification or detection of system hardware configuration G06F11/2247) · CPC title

• G06F11/3466

  Performance evaluation by tracing or monitoring · CPC title

• G06F17/30592

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L43/06

  Generation of reports · CPC title

• G06F9/50 Primary

  Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU] · CPC title