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Method to recover from a boot device failure during reboot or system IPL

US7861117B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Juan A. Coronado · Tucson, US
Aaron Taylor · Tucson, US
Christina A. Lara · Tucson, US
David W. Sharik · Tucson, US
Justin D. Suess · Tucson, US
Phu Nguyen · Fukuoka, JP
Richard D. Cunningham · Omaha, US
Adote A. Tounou · Tucson, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 25, 2008
Grant date	Dec 28, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 13, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/2094
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of automatic recovery from a boot device failure and an initial program load (IPL) failure of an operating system (OS) comprises: receiving and complying with a user selected option of an action upon an event of a boot device failure and an IPL failure. The user selected option may consist of taking the action of attempting an auto reboot of the server with the selected boot device and continuing the reboot attempts using the reduced priority boot devices from the bootlist until detection of a boot success, or taking no action allowing for manual user intervention.

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