Arrangements for extending configuration management in large IT environments to track changes proactively

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13222356

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Methods and arrangements for tracking changes in an information technology environment. Configuration dependencies are learned in a production environment, and a model of the production environment is built. Events on a target system in the production environment are subscribed to. Events are received and correlated with the model to generate an enhanced model, and the enhanced model is thereupon employed to predict configuration errors.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Gupta, Manish New Delhi, IN 327 6514
Madduri, Venkateswara R New Delhi, IN 29 417
Soni, Manoj New Delhi, IN 8 101

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