Patent ID: 8751283
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of facilitating configuration of an information technology (IT) environment, the computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining, by a processor, a template for the IT environment, said template representing a pattern of resource types and relationship types between those resource types; obtaining, by the processor, a resource graph representing a customer's topology of the IT environment, wherein the resource graph has a plurality of nodes including one or more source nodes and one or more destination nodes: forming a management artifact of the IT environment, the formed management artifact comprising at least one of a group of resources and one or more relationships between resources of the group of resources, the forming comprising applying the pattern of the template to automatically generate by the processor a recommendation as to one or more resources or one or more relationships to be included in the management artifact, wherein the applying comprises: employing the formed management artifact to manage the IT environment to a quantifiable management goal.