Service management system for configuration information

In a network environment, a method of system management comprising:

• defining tasks performed by a management system of said network environment during system management;
• specifying configurations information for said tasks, said configurations information comprising parameters relative to said tasks;
• declaring schemas for representation of said configurations information, wherein a common language is used for defining said tasks and specifying said configurations information and declaring said schemas;
• using an interface configured to enable the inputting and managing of said configuration information in said system;
• validating said configuration information while inputting said configuration information into said interface, so as to ensure that said configuration information is compliant with said schema;
• and
• notifying a component of said management system based on a notification request associated with said component, wherein the notification request is registered by said component, and wherein a listener of said management system provides notification of modification to said component affected by a change of said configuration information if said notification request is registered by said component.

A computer system in a computer system network, said computer system comprising:

• a bus;
• a display device coupled to said bus;
• a memory unit coupled to said bus;
• and
• a processor coupled to said bus, said processor for performing a method of system management comprising:
• providing configuration information relative to components of a management system, wherein said components are multiple computers in a network environment. and wherein one of said components is a server computer in said computer system network;
• utilizing a common language to provide said configuration information;
• using an interface configured to enable the inputting of said configuration information to obtain inputted configuration information and configured to manage said configuration information, wherein said providing configuration information further comprises specifying a configuration for a task, said configuration comprising a parameter relative to said task;
• validating said configuration information while inputting said configuration information into said interface, so as to ensure said configuration information is compliant with a schema of said configuration information;
• and
• notifying said components of said management system based on a notification request associated with said components,
• wherein the notification request is registered by said components, and
• wherein a listener of said management system provides notification of modification to said components affected by a change of said inputted configuration information if said notification request is registered by said components.

A computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system in a computer system network to perform a method of system management comprising:

• providing configuration information relative to components of a management system, wherein said components are multiple computers in a network environment, and wherein one of said components is a server computer in said computer system network;
• utilizing a common language to provide said configuration information;
• using an interface configured to enable the inputting of said configuration information to obtain inputted configuration information and configured to manage said configuration information;
• validating said configuration information while inputting said configuration information into said interface, so as to ensure said configuration information is compliant with a schema of said configuration information;
• and
• notifying said components of said management system based on a notification request associated with said components,
• wherein the notification request is registered by said components, and
• wherein a listener of said management system provides notification of modification to said components affected by a change of said inputted configuration information if said notification request is registered by said components.