Patent ID: 8843893

Claim:
A method for generating a check of a configuration in a system, the method comprising: generating a first identifier for a first check unit in a check unit field of a first table; generating a second identifier for a second check unit; linking through a processing device a searchable keyword in the first table for the first check unit to the first identifier; linking the second identifier to the first identifier in a second table to indicate that the second check unit is to be executed before the first check unit; linking an identifier of a parameter to the first check unit identifier in a third table, the parameter limiting a scope of subsequently executed checks; to generate the check, searching for a matching keyword through the processing device and including an identifier of a check unit having the matching keyword in the check, where the check first verifies a configuration value in the system associated with a check unit listed in the second table and then verifies a configuration value associated with the included check unit after limiting the scope of the check to the respective parameters in the third table; identifying an event causing an error when executing the check based on at least one of: (a) a configuration value not being retrievable and (b) a retrieved system configuration setting value not matching a value specified in the check; selecting and implementing a correction from a lookup table matching the correction to at least one of: the error, the check causing the error, the identified event, and the check unit causing the error; wherein each correction has an associated likelihood of correcting the error and the correction is selected based on the likelihood of the correction exceeding at least one of: an absolute threshold and a threshold relative to likelihoods of other corrections; and tracking the implemented correction.