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A system for an analysis of a plurality of software components to be conducted before installing the plurality of software components, comprising:

• using a data structure in a storage that provides, for each of the plurality of software components, a component deployment dependency data, an identification of necessary components for an operation of each of the plurality of software components to be installed, and an identification of incompatibility with a previously installed component;
• using a computer connected to the storage and sa systems;
• and
• using a program installed in a memory of the computer, the program comprising;
• means for determining a first plurality of components previously installed on the system;
• means for determining a second plurality of components to be installed on the system;
• means for accessing a third plurality of component deployment dependency data;
• means for determining a fourth plurality of components suitable for parallel installation;
• means for determining an order in which the fourth plurality of components can be grouped for a fifth plurality of parallel installations;
• means for accessing a sixth plurality of metadata from the data structure regarding the second plurality of components to be installed and accessing a seventh plurality of metadata regarding the first plurality of components previously installed;
• and
• means for analyzing the sixth plurality of metadata to determine an eighth plurality of potential conflicts between the second plurality of components to be installed and the first plurality of components previously installed on the system;
• wherein a pre-deployment analysis allows the second plurality of components to be installed in parallel and in a sequence of groups;
• wherein an installation time is reduced;
• and
• wherein the plurality of software components comprises an IBM® Websphere Application Server (WAS).

A data structure encoded in a computer readable media and associated with a software component installation package adapted for execution on a computer, the data structure adapted for identifying a third plurality of potential conflicts between a second plurality of components to be installed on a system and a first plurality of components previously installed on the system, comprising:

• for each of the second plurality of software components, a component deployment dependency data, an indication of necessary components for an operation of each of the second plurality of software components, and an indication of incompatibility with one or more components of the first plurality of components;
• wherein an alert is automatically generated if an attempt is made to install a component having an indication of incompatibility;
• and
• wherein the software component installation package is adapted for installation of an IBM® Websphere Application Server (WAS).

A computer program product of a computer-readable medium usable with a programmable computer, the computer program product having computer-readable code embodied therein for pre-deployment analysis of software components, the computer-readable code comprising instructions for:

• determining a first plurality of components previously installed on a system;
• determining a second plurality of components to be installed on the system;
• accessing a third plurality of component deployment dependency data;
• determining a fourth plurality of components suitable for parallel installation;
• determining an order in which the fourth plurality of components can be grouped for a fifth plurality of parallel installations;
• accessing a sixth plurality of metadata from a data structure regarding the second plurality of components to be installed and accessing a seventh plurality of metadata regarding the first plurality of components previously installed;
• and
• analyzing the sixth plurality of metadata to determine an eighth plurality of potential conflicts between the second plurality of components to be installed and the first plurality of components previously installed on the system;
• wherein the pre-deployment analysis allows the second plurality of components to be installed in parallel and in a sequence of groups;
• wherein an installation time is reduced;
• and
• wherein the second plurality of components comprises an IBM® Websphere Application Server (WAS).

A method for installing a plurality of software components based upon a preinstallation analysis, comprising:

• loading an installation package, the installation package including a data structure;
• searching a target to which components are to be installed to identify a plurality of previously installed components;
• for a first component, accessing, in the data structure, a component deployment dependency data, an indication of necessary components for an operation of the first component, and an indication of incompatibility with a previously installed component,;
• analyzing a plurality of data from the data structure to determine a plurality of conflicts between the first component to be installed and the plurality of components previously installed on the system;
• and
• wherein the plurality of software components comprises an IBM® Websphere Application Server (WAS).