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Live operating system update mechanisms

US9626180B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Frederic Barrat · Cugnaux, FR
Philippe Bergheaud · Colmar, FR
Luke Matthew Browning · Austin, US
Laurent Dufour · Toulouse, FR
Khalid Filali-Adib · Austin, US
Christophe Lombard · Vence, FR
John M. McConaughy · Austin, US
Guy Menanteau · Cagnes-sur-Mer, FR
Stephen B. Peckham · Austin, US
David W. Sheffield · Austin, US
Donald R. Stence · Pflugerville, US
Sungjin Yook · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 16, 2013
Grant date	Apr 18, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 12, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F8/658
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Mechanisms are provided for performing a live update of an operating system. The mechanisms receive an update to an operating system and clone a root volume group associated with an operating system instance executing in a first logical partition of the data processing system to generate a cloned root volume group. The mechanisms apply the update to the cloned root volume group to generate an updated and cloned root volume group and boot a second logical partition of the data processing system using the updated and cloned root volume group. Moreover, the mechanisms migrate application instances and application data to the second logical partition.

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