1. A method comprising: deriving a second configuration from a first configuration, the second configuration being for an associated system; inheriting properties of the first configuration to the derived second configuration, the inherited properties to exist locally at the first configuration and virtually at the second configuration; storing the inherited properties and at least one local value setting of the associated system in a storage device as the second configuration, wherein an indirect reference to the properties of the first configuration is stored locally at the second configuration; and overwriting at least one of the inherited properties with a value local to the second configuration, the value local to the second configuration obtained from the at least one local value setting.