Abstract: A method of detecting misconfiguration of a hardware resource during a software deployment in a service provider may include receiving configuration data for the hardware resource, the configuration data being associated with a hardware layer, an operating system layer and an application layer of the hardware resource. At least a first fingerprint may be generated using the configuration data associated with the hardware resource. Software may be deployed to the hardware resource. Updated configuration data for the hardware resource may be received, the updated configuration data being associated with the hardware layer, the operating system layer and the application layer of the hardware resource after the deployment. A second fingerprint associated with the hardware resource that is based on the updated configuration data may be generated. The first fingerprint may be compared to the second fingerprint to determine whether the software deployment was successful.

Abstract: In a computing environment, common attributes of one or more computing resources are identified for which a predicted probability of an event associated with the one or more computing resources is to be determined. A first predicted probability of the event based on data associated with actual occurrences of the events is calculated. A second predicted probability of the event is calculated based on updated data associated with the event.