Patent ID: 7802243

Claim:
A method for customization of a plurality of servers in a computer network comprising the steps of: generating a server customizer module including a server customizer initialization file containing a plurality of arguments for populating and running a plurality of standardized applications, scripts and utilities on each server; installing the server customizer module on each of the plurality of servers; presenting a graphical user interface to a user; prompting the user for a plurality of initialization file inputs through the graphical user interface; receiving a plurality of initialization file inputs from the user through the graphical user interface; generating a server unattended install launch module including an unattended install launch initialization file for launching a plurality of standardized processes on each server, wherein the unattended install launch initialization file is generated from the plurality of initialization file inputs; installing the server unattended install launch module on each of the plurality of servers; and executing the server customizer module and server unattended install launch module on each of the plurality of servers to complete customization of each server.