Patent ID: 9191267
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for determining the affects of management actions, the method comprising: determining a connectivity between one or more devices within a management inventory that are connected via a network; determining a connectivity between the one or more devices within the management inventory after a proposed management action; determining the one or more devices affected by the proposed management action; sending a query to the one or more devices affected by the proposed management action for specific impacts of the proposed management action; receiving data related to the specific impacts of the proposed management action from the one or more devices affected by the proposed management action; and displaying a warning of the specific impacts of the proposed management action from the one or more devices affected by the proposed management action, wherein the warning displays the one or more devices affected by the proposed management action in a list in order of severity of the specific impacts.