1. A computer-implemented method comprising: evaluating a plurality of configurations for a plurality of targeted computing systems, each of the configurations being a list of installed hardware components and installed software components for a specific targeted computing system, the plurality of configurations having at least two different configurations; responsive to the evaluating, determining a subset of components in common among the different configurations, the subset being less than but not all of the installed hardware components and installed software components of any of the targeted computing system; determining an initial pseudo-clone configuration including the subset of components and excluding components which are not in common among the different target hardware configurations; for each of the plurality of targeted computing systems, producing a finish-out workflow of installation steps and components to be installed into an incompletely configured computer system according to the pseudo-clone configuration to produce an operational clone system; and outputting the pseudo-clone configuration and the finish-out workflow to a provisioning management system for subsequent realization of a pseudo-clone backup computing system and further subsequent realization of one or more operational clone systems.