Deployment tool for increasing efficiency in a production computer system

An apparatus for deploying a component onto a production computer system, the apparatus comprising:

• a change analyzer for identifying at least one alteration associated with deployment of a first application onto a first computer system, wherein the first application on the first computer system is substantially similar to a second application on a second computer system;
• a change description generator for generating a command and an object corresponding to the alteration, the command and the object being generated as a function of the first application;
• and
• a change replication system for replicating the alteration on the second application of the second computer system by executing the command and the object on the second computer system.

A computer program product for deploying a component onto a production computer system, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer-usable medium having computer-usable program code embodied therein, the computer-usable program code comprising:
• computer-usable program code for identifying at least one alteration associated with deployment of a first application onto a first computer system, wherein the first application on the first computer system is substantially similar to a second application on a second computer system;
• computer-usable program code for generating a command and an object corresponding to the alteration, the command and the object being generated as a function of the first application;
• and
• computer-usable program code for replicating the alteration on the second application of the second computer system by executing the command and the object on the second computer system.