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Applying packages to configure software stacks

  • US 9,354,904 B2
  • Filed: 04/24/2006
  • Issued: 05/31/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of configuring a stack of at least two software components that are each configured for providing a separate function, the configured stack configured to perform one or more Information Technology (IT) management processes, where the at least two software components are part of an enterprise IT system, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at a computer, a package that is distinct from the stack and that comprises a plurality of code portions including a first code portion and a second code portion, where the first code portion is directed to a first software component of the stack, where the second code portion is directed to a second software component of the stack, and where the first code portion and the second code portion together define at least a portion of the one or more IT management processes performed by the configured stack;

    automatically configuring, by an application, the first software component of the stack according to the first code portion of the received package, where the automatically configured first software component of the stack is configured for providing a first function, and where the application is distinct from the received package;

    automatically configuring, by the application, the second software component of the stack according to the second code portion of the received package, where the automatically configured second software component of the stack is configured for providing a second function that is separate from the first function, where each of the at least two software components of the stack is autonomous relative to others of the at least two software components and is configured for providing its separate function, where the providing by the each of the at least two software components of the stack does not require the others of the at least two software components of the stack, where the automatically configured first software component of the stack and the automatically configured second software component of the stack are configured for providing the first function and the second function together, and where the first function and the second function provided together automate the at least a portion of the one or more IT management processes defined by the first code portion and the second code portion;

    activating the received package in response to the automatically configuring the first software component and the automatically configuring the second software component, where one of the first software component or the second software component comprises a linking framework configured to integrate the stack with systems outside the stack; and

    automatically performing, in response to the activating and based on the first function provided by the automatically configured first software component together with the second function provided by the automatically configured second software component, the at least a portion of the one or more IT management processes, where the automatically performing the at least a portion of the one or more IT management processes is further based at least in part on the activated package extending and linking the automatically configured first software component and the automatically configured second software component.

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