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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2008
Qinhua Wang, Austin, TX (US);
Lavena Chan, Austin, TX (US);
John Y. Chang, Austin, TX (US);
Ajay A. Apte, Austin, TX (US);
Qinhua Wang, Austin, TX (US);
Lavena Chan, Austin, TX (US);
John Y. Chang, Austin, TX (US);
Ajay A. Apte, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system management tool framework for a system management tool for extending system management commands related to software installation units such as software component, feature or product. The tool is constructed in accordance with an interface and framework that allows polymorphism and dynamic binding at run-time. When the system management software tool is constructed in accordance to the framework of the present invention, the software tool can be made scalable, flexible and adaptable to a heterogeneous distributed system.