Patent ID: 7689676
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. One or more computer storage media having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising: associating a type, an instance, and one or more configurations with components of a system, each type, instance, and configuration having its own information page corresponding to a particular component, wherein: associating one or more information pages with components of the system to define a model of the system, wherein: each component comprises at least one of: an application, each information page represents a specification for an associated component, each information page comprising at least two of following distinct pages: the model defines one or more relationships among the components, the relationships including: the model supports deployment of a plurality of policies, wherein each policy applies to a subset of the system such that a system component affected by a first policy is not affected by a second policy; associating two or more policies with particular components based on the information in a policy page associated with the particular components, the two or more policies comprising: making the model accessible to various utilities or other applications involved in managing the system; receiving an identification of a change to one of the policies; identifying appropriate components of the model to which the changed policy applies; associating the changed policy with the identified appropriate components of the model; and invoking a deployment agent to apply the changed policy to the identified appropriate components of the system associated with the parts of the model.