Patent ID: 7788350
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored thereon, wherein the computer readable program, when executed in a data processing system, causes the data processing system to: define a configuration element for an operating system, wherein the configuration element is an operating system element that specifies properties of the operating system on a pristine server; define an action plan for applying the configuration element to a pristine target computer; associate the pristine target computer with an image of the operating system on the pristine server in response to a submission of the action plan such that the pristine server installs the associated image of the operating system and a configuration agent on the pristine target computer to form an endpoint target computer; define at least one further action for installing a software product on each endpoint target computer, detect a connection of the configuration agent of the endpoint target computer to the configuration server, enable submission of the at least one further action in response to detection of the connection, and instruct the configuration agent of the endpoint target computer to install the corresponding software product in response to a submission of the at least one further action.