Patent ID: 8230418
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer program product comprising machine executable instructions stored on non-transitory machine readable media, the instructions for evaluating one or more installation plans for installing at least one application in at least one processing system, by implementing a method comprising: loading a configuration management database (CMDB) for the processing system, the CMDB comprising a pre-requisite relations knowledge database and a configuration information database; receiving installation data for an installation of the at least one application; determining one or more installation plans for the installation of the application based upon the CMDB and the installation data; displaying the one or more installation plans to a user, including an indication of a best installation plan; wherein the pre-requisite relations knowledge database is constructed by registering applications of the processing system; and wherein displaying the one or more installation plans to a user includes depicting at least one logic tree.