1. A method comprising: validating a first management pack at a manager using one or more processors of the manager, the first management pack defining a structure of the first management pack and at least one second management pack; and providing the first management pack to an instance space that is materialized in a database, the instance space described by the first management pack.
1. A method comprising: validating a first management pack at a manager using one or more processors of the manager, the first management pack defining a structure of the first management pack and at least one second management pack; and providing the first management pack to an instance space that is materialized in a database, the instance space described by the first management pack. 8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving a management pack element that satisfies one or more criteria of the at least one second management pack; and automatically installing a handler corresponding to the management pack element to perform a serialization operation with respect to the management pack element.