Solution for a computer system

摘要

An apparatus and a method provide a solution for a computer system. The apparatus may include a package containing or referencing a plurality of software components of the solution and containing a solution definition defining in logical terms the topology requirements of the solution. The plurality of software components may be packaged as installable units which comprise a descriptor providing requirements of a target hosting environment for the software component and the software component to be installed. The solution definition of the package may include target hosting environments of the software components of a solution being defined in terms of requirements each software component has on its own target hosting environment and requirements the solution imposes on the target hosting environments.

主权项

1. A solution manager apparatus for providing a solution for installation on a computer system, comprising:
a computer readable storage medium storing a package comprising:
a plurality of software components of the solution anda solution definition describing a logical topology onto which the solution should be deployed, the logical topology including a target scope statement defining whether a logical target should be mapped to one, some, or all physical targets and requirements on the logical target; and an installation module executing in memory of a computer by a processor of the computer, the module during execution being configured to communicate the package from the computer readable storage medium to a solution deployer, wherein the logical targets in the logical topology are mapped into physical targets of the target hosting environments according to the target scope statement and the plurality of software components of the solution is deployed onto corresponding physical targets.