Patent ID: 7536599

Claim:
A method comprising: reading a first input file having a first plurality of validation test identifiers identifying first validation tests to validate whether a system environment's level of system resources meet a minimum requirement, wherein the minimum requirement indicates a minimum level of system resources required for the system environment to support installation of a first software application, wherein the first validation tests are associated with the first software application; reading a first rule mapping file to obtain a first mapping between a first validation test identifier and a first program code identifier identifying first program code for performing at least a portion of the first validation tests; executing the first program code to perform the at least a portion of the first validation tests to determine whether the system environment's system resources meet the minimum requirement; reading a second input file having a second plurality of validation test identifiers identifying second validation tests to validate the system environment for a second software application; reading a second rule mapping file to obtain a second mapping between a second validation test identifier and a second program code identifier identifying second program code for performing at least a portion of the second validation tests; executing the second program code to perform the at least a portion of the second validation tests to validate the system environment for the second software application; and outputting results of the validation tests.