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Upgrading virtual resources

US8434077B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

20Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

David M. Chess · Potsdam, US
Daniel Manuel Dias · Potsdam, US
James E. Hanson · Yorktown Heights, US
Giovanni Pacifici · New York, US
Hidayatullah Habeebullah Shaikh · Potsdam, US
Steve R. White · New York, US
Jian Yin · Beijing, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 18, 2007
Grant date	Apr 30, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 20, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F8/65
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Upgrading a multi-tiered application is provided. In response to receiving a request to upgrade a multi-tiered application, wherein components of the multi-tiered application are deployed across a plurality of virtual machines, an appropriate integrated patch is selected for the upgrade. The selected integrated patch includes an integrated set of patches for the components of the multi-tiered application, state update data, and order constraints. The components of the multi-tiered application specified in the selected integrated patch are upgraded by using the integrated set of patches and order constraints. In addition, the state of the components of the multi-tiered application are updated by using the state update data. Then, the updated state of the multi-tiered application is saved to storage.

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