Patent ID: 7822724

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for facilitating management of a data processing environment on a system comprising one or more processors, the method comprising: monitoring, by the one or more processors, a plurality of heterogeneous data processing nodes of the data processing environment; detecting, by the one or more processors, one or more changes of one or more elements of the plurality of heterogeneous data processing nodes; and performing, by the one or more processors, one or more actions in response to detecting the one or more changes, the one or more actions including a reconciliation response; wherein the reconciliation response comprises: creating, by the one or more processors, in digital form, a first memorialization file comprising at least one indication of at least one of the one or more changes; comparing, by the one or more processors, the first memorialization file to a second memorialization file comprising at least one indication of one or more changes that were known by a change agent; determining, by the one or more processors, based at least in part on the comparison, that one or more changes indicated in the first memorialization file that were known by the change agent are intended changes; and determining, by the one or more processors, based at least in part on the comparison, that one or more changes indicated in the first memorialization file that were not known by the change agent are unintended changes.