摘要 |
Provided is a network administration management utility for a hierarchical tree structure in an computer network. The utility comprises container selection means for selecting one or more containers from destination network sites in said tree structure, assigning means for assigning one or more macro reference for the selected container(s), and means for generating a configuration object (ZCO) having the corresponding macro reference(s) for each assigned container. The macro reference may include a macro value associated with a macro name which can be a source server, a source volume, a destination drive, a source drive, or a path for source drive. Object selection means is arranged for selecting one or more application objects, and distribution objects based on the source paths of the selected application objects are created. Set up is a file agent having target volumes corresponding to the source volumes of the selected application objects or a default macro value for the volumes. The file agent is used to distribute application files for the selected application objects for each destination container to the destinations. Also provided is a deployment system for deploying application objects in an computer network having a hierarchical tree structure. The system is arranged to extract information from the ZCOs.
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