Using a pre-installation environment to debug a server without a functioning operating system
US10402290B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 24, 2017 |
| Grant date | Sep 3, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 1, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/3698
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
remote server machine, without an accessible operating system, is identified. A management computing system sends, to the remote server machine to be tested, a pre-installation environment image that has a pre-configured remote execution service disposed thereon. The pre-installation environment image is loaded into memory on the remote server machine to be tested and the remote execution service automatically runs and exposes an application programming interface (API). A client application on the management computing system interacts with the API to execute a debugging script on the remote server machine, and receives the result of the executed scripts through the API.
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