Testing a configuration change

摘要

An approach is provided for testing a change (i.e., configuration change) in a configuration of a computing environment. First configurable attributes of a user identifier (ID) of a user are determined. The user ID was received from an administrative user having an administrative user ID providing the administrative user with an authority of an administrator in the computing environment. A temporary simulation user ID (TSID) having second configurable attributes is generated so that the values of respective first and second configurable attributes are identical. The configuration change is associated with the TSID and with no other user ID. Based on the configuration change being associated with the TSID and with no other user ID, a simulation with the change in the configuration applied in the computing environment is performed. The user ID and administrative user ID are unaffected by the configuration change.

主权项

1. A method of testing a change in a configuration of a computing environment, the method comprising the steps of:
a computer determining a first set of one or more configurable attributes of a first user identifier (ID) of a first user in the computing environment, the first user ID having been received from a second user logged into the computing environment using a second user ID providing the second user with an authority of an administrator in the computing environment; the computer generating a temporary user ID having a second set of one or more configurable attributes so that values of respective configurable attributes in the first and second sets of configurable attributes are identical; the computer associating the change in the configuration with the temporary user ID and with no other user ID; and based on the change in the configuration being associated with the temporary user ID and with no other user ID, the computer performing a simulation with the change in the configuration applied in the computing environment, the change in the configuration not affecting the first and second user IDs.