Patent ID: 7840955
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for restoring a software application to a baseline state on multiple computing systems, comprising: installing said software application on a first computing system, said installing causing directories to be created on said first computing system and files to be placed in said directories, said directories including configuration directories and said files including configuration files; searching said configuration directories and said configuration files for a first reference specific to said first computing system; replacing said first reference to said first computing system in said configuration directories and said configuration files with a generic reference; creating a baseline template of said software application, said baseline template containing baseline configuration directories and baseline configuration files for said software application, said baseline configuration directories and said baseline configuration files having said generic reference; searching said baseline configuration directories and said baseline configuration files for said generic reference; transferring said baseline template of said software application to a second computing system; and replacing said generic reference with a second reference specific to said second computing system.