Patent ID: 7895574
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically verifying management packs of a plurality of different types suitable for use in performing different management tasks, the management packs of the plurality of different types having in common one or more fields for storing information, the method comprising acts of: receiving a management pack authored by at least one developer, the management pack containing configuration information enabling an operations manager to remotely manage computer systems and computer software, wherein at least some of the configuration information is stored in the one or more fields common to the management packs of the plurality of different types, and wherein the configuration information comprises at least one rule to be applied to at least one remotely managed computer system to configure how the operations manager collects, handles, and responds to data; obtaining a set of requirements with respect to the one or more fields common to management packs of the plurality of different types; automatically verifying the management pack authored by the at least one developer before the operations manager imports the management pack, the act of automatically verifying comprising: selectively making the management pack available for import by the operations manager based on an outcome of the act of automatically verifying the management pack.