Patent ID: 8589799

Claim:
A method comprising: providing, as part of a computer administration system, an administration interface on a computerized device, said computer administration system managing components of a computer system and said administration interface being operable by a user to configure said components and further displaying, to said user, dynamic performance and configuration information of said components as said components operate; providing a commentary input area on said administration interface during said displaying of said dynamic performance and configuration information of at least one specific component; receiving at least one comment about said specific component in said commentary input area; storing said comment in a data store in a manner that associates said comment with said specific component; automatically storing contemporaneous component data with said comment in said data store, said contemporaneous component data comprising instantaneous performance and configuration information of said specific component as displayed on said administration interface during said displaying of said dynamic performance and configuration information and frozen at a time when said comment was received; and outputting said comment and said contemporaneous component data.