Patent ID: 8010504

Claim:
A method for deploying an enterprise application on a set of data processing systems operating in a data processing environment having a first node and a second node, comprising: identifying a first affected node; identifying a second affected node; preparing the first node including: stopping each affected data processing system in the first node, deploying the enterprise application on said each affected data processing system in the first node, after the enterprise application has been deployed on said each affected data processing system in the first node, starting said each affected data processing system in the first node, and restoring the first node; and preparing the second node including: stopping each affected data processing system in the second node, deploying the enterprise application on said each affected data processing system in the second node, after the enterprise application has been deployed on said each affected data processing system in the second node, starting said each affected data processing system in the second node, and restoring the second node, wherein the first node is prepared prior to the second node being prepared, a data processing system is affected if the enterprise application is to be deployed on the data processing system, a node is affected if the enterprise application is to be deployed on at least one data processing system in the node; quiescing said each affected data processing system in the first node before each affected server on the first node is stopped; and quiescing said each affected data processing system in the second node before each affected server on the second node is stopped.