Systems and methods for automatically resuming commissioning of a partition image after a halt in the commissioning process

• US 10,083,086 B2
• Filed: 04/22/2016
• Issued: 09/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Unisys Corporation
• Original Assignee: Unisys Corporation
• Inventors: Earurnthavadi, Manoharan Govindarajan
• Primary Examiner(s): Bonzo, Bryce P
• Assistant Examiner(s): Arcos, Jeison C
• Application Number:
  US15/135,651
• Publication Number:
  US 20170308440A1
• Time in Patent Office: 886 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/076 by exceeding a count or rate limit, e.g. word- or bit count limit
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1435 using file system or storage system metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1438 Restarting or rejuvenating
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/805 Real-time
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/84 Using snapshots, i.e. a logical point-in-time copy of the data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/656 while running
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4406 Loading of operating system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4418 Suspend and resume; Hibernate and awake
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/485 Task life-cycle, e.g. stopping, restarting, resuming execution G06F9/4881 takes precedence

Abstract

Systems and methods for automatically resuming commissioning of a partition image after a halt in the commissioning process are disclosed. Embodiments may include initiating a commissioning of a partition image. Embodiments may also include updating metadata associated with the commissioning of the partition image after each successfully executed step of the commissioning process. Embodiments may further include identifying a halt in the commissioning process and resuming, after the halt has been identified, the commissioning process from the last successfully executed step of the commissioning process stored in the metadata during the most recent update of the metadata.

Claims

1. A method for automatically resuming commissioning of a partition image after a halt in the commissioning process, comprising:

initiating a commissioning process of a partition image, wherein commissioning of the partition image comprises execution, by the computing system, of a sequence of steps specified by a commissioning process;

updating metadata associated with the commissioning process of the partition image after each successfully executed step of the commissioning process;

identifying a halt in the commissioning process;

resuming after the halt has been identified, the commissioning process from the last successfully executed step of the commissioning process stored in the metadata during the most recent update of the meta data;

restarting the commissioning process from the beginning of the commissioning process when settings of the computing system have changed and the changes to the settings of the computing system prevent resumption of the commissioning process; and

updating the metadata with the changes to the computing system and resuming the commissioning process from the last successfully executed step of the commissioning process when the settings of the computing system have changed and the changes to the settings of the computing system do not prevent resumption of the commissioning process from the last successfully executed step of the commissioning process.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving the updated metadata from memory after the halt has been identified, wherein resumption of the commissioning process is effectuated based, at least in part, on the updated metadata retrieved.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising determining if settings of the computing system have changed between the time when the commissioning process was halted and the time when the updated metadata was retrieved.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the halt comprises at least one of a failure and an interruption.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the sequence of steps of the commissioning process comprise at least one of acquiring hardware resources of the computing system and installing an operating system image instance.

6. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is further configured to perform the steps of;

initiating a commissioning process of a partition image, wherein commissioning of the partition image comprises execution, by the computing system, of a sequence of steps specified by a commissioning process;

updating metadata associated with the commissioning process of the partition image after each successfully executed step of the commissioning process;

identifying a halt in the commissioning process;

resuming after the halt has been identified, the commissioning process from the last successfully executed step of the commissioning process stored in the metadata during the most recent update of the meta data;

restarting the commissioning process from the beginning of the commissioning process when settings of the computing system have changed and the changes to the settings of the computing system prevent resumption of the commissioning process; and

updating the metadata with the changes to the computing system and resuming the commissioning process from the last successfully executed step of the commissioning process when the settings of the computing system have changed and the changes to the settings of the computing system do not prevent resumption of the commissioning process from the last successfully executed step of the commissioning process.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to perform the step of retrieving the updated metadata from memory after the halt has been identified, wherein resumption of the commissioning process is effectuated based, at least in part, on the updated metadata retrieved.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to perform the step of determining if settings of the computing system have changed between the time when the commissioning process was halted and the time when the updated metadata was retrieved.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the halt comprises at least one of a failure and an interruption, and wherein the sequence of steps of the commissioning process comprise at least one of acquiring hardware resources of the computing system and installing an operating system image instance.