DISPLAY AND MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTER RESOURCE PROPERTIES

摘要

Methods to display and manage upstream and downstream dependencies of a resource in a group of resources (200), and to define and establish services based on a predetermined group of resources are described. A method to automatically indicate upstream and downstream resource dependencies includes selecting a first resource, determining a second resource (the second resource dependent on the first resource), determining a third resource (the first resource dependent on the third resource), displaying a graphical indication of the first resource, the second resource, and the third resource, and graphically indicating the dependence between the first and second resources and the dependence between the first and third resources. A method to automatically establish (e.g., create, copy, or move or migrate) a service includes obtaining a template identifying resources (200), one or more dependencies between the identified resources, and properties associated with the identified resources, and establishing dependencies between the resources of the resource group as indicated in the template.