Apparatus for journaling during software deployment and method therefor

A program product embodied in a storage medium including programming for journaling comprising instructions for:

• executing an action;
• determining if said action was successful;
• writing a plurality of information values in a file in response to said step of determining if said action was successful;
• determining if said action includes a condition;
• if said action includes a condition, determining if said condition failed;
• and
• bypassing said steps of executing said action, determining if said action was successful and writing said plurality of information if said condition failed.

A data processing system comprising:

• circuitry operable for executing an action;
• circuitry operable for determining if said action was successful;
• and
• circuitry operable for writing a plurality of information values in a file in response to said step of determining if said action was successful;
• circuitry operable for determining if a backup object exists in response to a failure of said action;
• and
• circuitry operable for restoring a target system using said backup object.

A data processing system comprising:

• circuitry operable for executing an action;
• circuitry operable for determining if said action was successful;
• and
• circuitry operable for writing a plurality of information values in a file in response to said step of determining if said action was successful;
• circuitry operable for determining if said action includes a condition;
• circuitry operable for, if said action includes a condition, determining if said condition failed;
• and
• circuitry operable for bypassing said steps of executing said action, determining if said action was successful and writing said plurality of information if said condition failed.