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Automatic creation, deployment, and upgrade of disk images

US9448807B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

20Claims

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Assignee

GlobalFoundries Inc. · KY

Inventors

Walter Haug · Blaustein, DE
Steffen Hees · Hamburg, DE
Roland Seiffert · Herrenberg, DE
Stefan Letz · Eppelheim, DE
Jan-Bernd Themann · Lörrach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 29, 2013
Grant date	Sep 20, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 12, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F8/63
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer installs an operating system. The computer receives, in a logical partition (LPAR) via a management network, a deploy program configured to download a disk image from an image repository and to write the disk image to a first direct access storage device (DASD) of the LPAR. The disk image includes an operating system, applications, and management components including an upgrade program. The computer receives, in the LPAR via a data network, the disk image, and writes, to the first DASD of the LPAR, the disk image. The computer boots the LPAR into the operating system of the disk image written to the first DASD, and determines whether the installed operating system is a deployment or an upgrade.

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