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Self-healing using an alternate boot partition

US9459884B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 2015
Grant dateOct 4, 2016
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Expiry dateSep 8, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2201/85
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that enable a computer system comprising networked computers to self-heal from a boot failure of one of the computers. In some embodiments, upon detecting a first computer failing to successfully load a first boot image, a second computer configures the first computer to boot a second boot image. Upon power cycling, the first computer loads the second boot image.

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