MANAGING CUSTOMIZABLE SETTINGS IN COMPUTER SYSTEMS

A computer program product for managing customization is described. The product, includes instructions to cause a processor to access a customizable parameter collection that includes a collection of potentially-customizable parameters, identify a first computer system and a second computer system that are potentially impacted by a particular customizable parameter in the collection, and retrieve settings of the particular customizable parameter from the first computer system and second computer system. The computer program product may be tangibly stored on machine readable media.