Patent ID: 8918507
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processor, a request to identify resources of a system that comprise a specified set of attributes; generating by the processor, in view of the request, a query that specifies (i) a resource attribute, (ii) a management process comprising at least one of configuration, updating, or monitoring, and (iii) a target of the management process, wherein the resource attribute comprises a parent-child relationship between two resources; submitting the query to an inventory of resources of the system; receiving a response to the query that specifies a set of resources of the system that match the query, wherein the set of resources comprises a parent resource that is associated with a child resource; creating a group comprising the parent resource and the child resource; and performing, by the processor, the management process on the target using the set of resources.