Bootstrapping server using configuration file stored in server-managed storage
US9690597B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 10, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A method and apparatus for booting a clustered management system is provided where the configuration information required to boot the system is stored within the system itself. The techniques cope with several issues including finding the configuration data on the physical disk before the logical disk system is established, coping with replicated copies of configuration data, network partitions and disk drive failures that may prevent a booting node to have perfect knowledge of the state of the entire system, and active nodes modifying or moving configuration data while the booting node is searching for a consistent, correct copy of configuration data.
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