Patent · US Expired

Online computer maintenance utilizing a virtual machine monitor

US7451443B2 · kind B2 · utility

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43Claims
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Filing dateOct 1, 2003
Grant dateNov 11, 2008
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Expiry dateApr 8, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/1484
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Online computer maintenance is performed on at least one node. A virtual machine monitor is run; a first operating instance is run on the virtual machine monitor; and a second operating system instance is run on the virtual machine monitor as a substitute for the first instance. The maintenance is performed with respect to one of the instances while using the other of the instances.

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