Patent ID: 9063768
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of verifying that a reconstructed inventory of a virtualized computer system has been accurately reproduced from an original inventory of a virtualized computer system, comprising: retrieving first and second snapshots, wherein the first snapshot is a snapshot of the original inventory and includes first relational data that identifies relationships between items in the original inventory, and the second snapshot is a snapshot of the reconstructed inventory and includes second relational data that identifies relationships between items in the reconstructed inventory; generating, from the first snapshot, a first data structure based on the first relational data and, from the second snapshot, a second data structure based on the second relational data, wherein the first data structure stores, for each item in the original inventory, a path to said item in the original inventory, and the second data structure stores, for each item in the reconstructed inventory, a path to said item in the reconstructed inventory; and analyzing the first data structure and the second data structure to determine that the reconstructed inventory is accurately reproduced from the original inventory if, for each item in the original inventory, the path to said item in the original inventory matches the path to a corresponding item in the reconstructed inventory and, for each item in the reconstructed inventory, the path to said item in the reconstructed inventory matches the path to a corresponding item in the original inventory.