Importing profiles for configuring specific system components into a configuration profile for the system

摘要

According to a present invention embodiment, a system imports information from a source profile into a target profile. The system maps one or more entities within the source profile to one or more entities of the target profile pertaining to configuring a system including a plurality of system components. Properties of the one or more entities within the source profile are compared to properties of corresponding mapped entities in the target profile. The values of the properties of the one or more entities within the target profile are set to the property values of the corresponding one or more mapped entities within the source profile in response to the comparison indicating the properties correspond. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for importing information from a source profile into a target profile in substantially the same manner described above.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method of importing information from a source profile for configuring one or more system components into a target profile for configuring a system including a plurality of system components comprising:
mapping a plurality of tasks within the source profile to a plurality of tasks of the target profile pertaining to configuring a system including a plurality of system components, wherein the plurality of tasks are arranged in the target profile in an order of execution and each task includes a configuration activity to configure the system, and wherein the target profile supports plural instances of at least one task; comparing properties of the plurality of tasks within the source profile to properties of corresponding mapped tasks in the target profile; setting the values of the properties of the plurality of tasks in the target profile to the property values of the corresponding mapped tasks of the source profile in response to the comparison indicating the properties correspond, wherein setting the values further comprises:
determining the presence within the target profile of a plural instance task with non-default values mapped to a task present in the source profile and creating an additional instance of the task in the target profile with property values of the mapped task in the source profile; and executing the plurality of tasks of the target profile with the set values of the properties in the order of execution to perform the configuration activities and configure the system.