Patent ID: 8856338
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for relating a first management application to a second management application, comprising: a memory; a processor coupled to the memory; a linkage controller operative, on the processor, to access a resource and relationship model of a selection of resources and relationships managed by and known by a first management application from among a plurality of resources and relationships in a computing environment, wherein the resource and relationship model comprises at least one common resource managed by the first management application and a second management application adjacent to the first management application in a computing environment; the linkage controller operative to identify only a minimal set of resources and relationships from among a plurality of resources and relationships within the resource and relationship model required for providing at least one optimal linkage point between the first management application and the second management application as to the at least one common resource by: the linkage controller operative to output the minimal set of resources and relationships to the second management application by writing the file to disk space accessible by the second management application.