Embodiments of model and system state synchronization are presented herein. An exemplary model of a distributed system includes a plurality of instances where an instance includes an instantiation of a type that includes property values and relationships in the model of the distributed system and includes an associated version history to link each version of an instance to a change request for the distributed a system. Other exemplary methods, systems, devices, etc. are also disclosed.

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›1.independentA method comprising:nreceiving an input, associated with a change request, which describes a revision to at least one of a plurality of instances in a…+8

›2.↳ 1A method as described in claim 1, wherein the distributed system includes one or more applications being executed by a plurality of computing devices.d2

›3.↳ 1A method as described in claim 1, wherein one or more said instances are described as a series of revisions in the model.d2

›4.↳ 1A method as described in claim 1, wherein the revision describes a state transition of the at least one of said plurality of instances.d2

›5.↳ 1A method as described in claim 1, wherein the revision is defined with respect to a previous revision of the at least one of said plurality of instanc…d2

›6.↳ 1A method as described in claim 1, wherein during the synchronizing, the revision is placed in an in progress state that locks the at least one of said…d2

›7.↳ 1A method as described in claim 1, wherein:nthe revision is included as a part of a change that includes a plurality of revisions to the model; andthe …d2

›8.↳ 1A method as described in claim 1, wherein:nthe revision is in a planned state before the synchronizing is performed;the revision is in a current state…d2

›9.↳ 1A method as described in claim 1, wherein:nthe revision is defined with respect to a previous revision of the at least one said instance;the previous …d2

›10.independentA method comprising:napplying a change to a model of an actual, physical distributed system that comprises an application layer and a host layer, wher…+4

›15.independentOne or more computer readable storage media comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed, direct a computer to maintain a model of …+5

›16.↳ 15One or more computer readable storage media as described in claim 15, wherein each said instance describes property values and identifies members and …d2

›17.↳ 15One or more computer readable storage media as described in claim 15, wherein:nthe current revision is defined with respect to the historical revision…d2

›18.↳ 15One or more computer readable storage media as described in claim 15, wherein the computer executable instructions maintain the model by propagating s…d2

›19.↳ 15One or more computer readable storage media as described in claim 15, wherein the computer executable instructions maintain the model by discovering c…d2

›20.↳ 15One or more computer readable storage media as described in claim 15, wherein each said revision describes a change in property values, members of a r…d2

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IPC · International Patent Classification

Section G — Physics

G06F7/60
G06F17/50
G06F15/173
G06F17/10

USPC · US Patent Classification

703/2703/13703/22709/223

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provisional	US 60452736 00	6 Mar 2003
related publication	US 20060034263 A1	16 Feb 2006

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