摘要 |
A process is defined which maintains in a host repository, such as a flat file or a database, a record of configuration information for a plurality of data processing hosts in a distributed system, such as a test system. Configuration information comprises details of products installed on the host and details of how such installed products are configured. Program requirements which contain the host configuration requirements of a program, such as a test program, to be executed are then obtained and compared with the host information in the host repository in order to identify a host that is capable of executing the program. One of these hosts is then selected and the program is executed on it.
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