Patent ID: 8266287

Claim:
A method of managing computer resources in a distributed computing system, the method comprising: registering, in a configuration management database by a discovery module in response to a modification of a resource in a resource container, the resource in association with a configuration management database identifier, the resource represented by a resource type and a resource identification, the resource container comprising a manageability endpoint specified by a manageability endpoint reference; and managing the resource by a management module in dependence upon a resource management policy and the manageability endpoint reference, the resource management policy comprising management actions for the resource; wherein the modification of the resource comprises a modification type, and the method further comprises: sending, by the discovery module to a policy engine, a resource registration notification, the resource registration notification comprising the modification type, the configuration management database identifier, and the resource type; and identifying, by the policy engine in dependence upon the modification type and the resource type, the resource management policy, wherein registering the resource in a configuration management database further comprises: receiving, by the discovery module from the manageability endpoint, a resource modification notification, the resource modification notification comprising the resource identification, the resource type, and the manageability endpoint reference; and determining, by the discovery module in dependence upon a resource registration policy and the resource type, whether to register the resource, the resource registration policy comprising an indication of interest in the resource, wherein the resource registration policy further comprises an indication of interest in registering additional resources related to a resource, and the method further comprises: determining, by the discovery module in dependence upon the resource registration policy, whether to register additional resources related to the resource based on the resource registration policy.