Mechanism for representing system configuration changes as a series of objects writable to an object storage container

A computer readable storage device comprises:

• a first memory element that stores operational instructions that, when executed by a managing unit of a dispersed storage network (DSN), causes the managing unit to:
• generate an entry for inclusion in a configuration queue regarding a configuration submission, wherein the configuration submission is regarding a configuration change to at least a portion of the DSN managed by the managing unit, wherein the managing unit uses a manager's configuration database to facilitate managing of the at least a portion of the DSN, wherein the manager's configuration database is stored in a first database, and wherein the first database is backed up to produce a backup version of the manager's configuration database;
• update a first version of the configuration queue to include the entry, wherein the first version of the configuration queue is stored in the first database;
• update a second version of the configuration queue to include the entry, wherein the second version of the configuration queue is stored as a plurality of sets of encoded data slices in a manager's vault within the DSN;
• a second memory element that stores operational instructions that, when executed by a computing device of the DSN, causes the computing device to:
• when the manager's configuration database stored in the first database requires restoring:
• copy the backup version of the manager's configuration database to the first database to create an initially restored manager's configuration database;
• establish an association between the managing unit and the initially restored manager's configuration database;
• when the managing unit is associated with the initially restored manager's configuration database:
• access the second version of the configuration queue from the manager's vault;
• identify configuration changes from a recovered version of the configuration queue that have not been included in the initially restored manager's configuration database;
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• update the initially restored manager's configuration database to include the identified configuration changes to produce a restored manager's configuration database.