Patent ID: 8600941
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring an asset connected on a network comprising: providing a Configuration Management Database (“CMDB”) having information about a new asset connected to the network for a first time; transmitting the information about the new asset from the CMDB to a backup application; determining, by the backup application, how to configure the new asset so that the new asset is compatible with the backup application based on the information received from the CMDB that the new asset is not properly configured according to a predefined configuration policy; and configuring the new asset by the backup application so that the new asset is compatible with the backup application according to the predefined configuration policy and so that the backup application can backup data generated and managed by the new asset to a backup storage device, the data thereby being backed up on the backup storage device.