VMware, Inc.
System and method for identifying stale software-defined network component configurations

Abstract:

A computer-implemented system and method for identifying stale configurations of a software-defined network (SDN) component uses a configuration export file of the SDN component to generate configuration dependency strands for configurations of the SDN component. The configuration dependency strands can then be classified as being stale based on at least one of path length, reference count and a custom attribute to elements in a network infrastructure for the configuration dependency strands.