Method for denominating move groups of applications

Abstract

A method of staging a group of applications of a network is provided and includes the step of developing a reference base of applications via monitoring traffic flow between devices of the network on which applications are executed or accessing information about such applications. The method further includes the step of classifying each such selected application as a member of one of the classification sub-sets with regard to applications of the reference application base. Additionally, the method includes the step of accessing information about the classification sub-sets of those respective applications executed on each of a target group of devices to thereby form an application classification glossary associated with the device.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A method of staging a move group of applications of a network, comprising:
 developing a reference base of applications by at least one of monitoring traffic flow between devices of the network and accessing information about the applications, wherein the information comprises network statistics;   with regard to applications of the reference base of applications, classifying each such application as a member of one or more classification sub-sets;   with regard to each device of a target group of the devices of the network, accessing information about the one or more classification sub-sets of those respective applications executed on the device to form an application classification glossary associated with the device, wherein, within the application glossary associated with each device, each application belonging to a respective classification sub-set is grouped together with all applications that both belong to that same classification sub-set and are hosted on the device; and   denominating a move group of applications by identifying as a move group at least one of all applications sharing a common membership in a respective classification sub-set and one or more of the applications sharing a common property.   
     
     
         2 .- 6 . (canceled)