Patent ID: 8924917
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for storing historical configuration data associated with an information technology asset, the method comprising: reading a first configuration data set from a machine at a first time; storing the first configuration data, wherein a first timestamp is stored with the first configuration data set; reading a second configuration data set at a second time; replacing the first configuration data set with the second configuration data set, wherein a second timestamp is stored with the second configuration data set, the second timestamp being chronologically after the first timestamp; reading a third configuration data set at a third time; replacing the second configuration data set with the third configuration data set, wherein a third timestamp is stored with the third configuration data set, the third timestamp being chronologically after the second timestamp; and persistently storing a first reverse delta between the first configuration data set and the second configuration data set and a second reverse delta between the second configuration data set and the third configuration data set after the third configuration data set replaced the first configuration data set to allow for a restore of any one of the first configuration data set and the second configuration data set.