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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
May. 30, 2008
James C. Fletcher, Apex, NC (US);
Kimberly D. Kenna, Cary, NC (US);
James C. Fletcher, Apex, NC (US);
Kimberly D. Kenna, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for providing information associated with configuration changes to a computer system is provided. The method includes receiving a description of a starting configuration and a description of a configuration change. The method further includes linking the description of the starting configuration and the description of the configuration change and reading a record linked to the description of a configuration change, wherein the record includes advice about the configuration change and a total result value indicating a rate of success of the configuration change when the advice is followed. The method further includes receiving a first result value from the user indicating a result of the configuration change in light of the advice and calculating a new total result value that indicates a rate of success of the configuration change based on the total result value and the first result value.