Provisioning a device with multiple bit-size versions of a software component

• US 10,095,498 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2017
• Issued: 10/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Suchy, Miroslav, Zazrivec, Milan
• Primary Examiner(s): DAO, THUY CHAN
• Application Number:
  US15/497,006
• Publication Number:
  US 20170228230A1
• Time in Patent Office: 532 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files

Abstract

A provisioning system to automatically determine the appropriate components to install or make available for installation on a target computer system. An example system may comprise: receiving data indicative of a bit-size and a virtual machine extension support of a processing device of the client device; determining that the processing device supports a plurality of bit-size versions of a software component; querying the client device to select a preferred version of the software component associated with the virtual machine extension support; determining that the version of a software component associated with the first bit-size is unavailable; provisioning the version of the software component associated with the virtual machine extension support and the second bit-size to the client device in view of the determination; and notifying the client device when the version of the software component associated with the first bit-size and the virtual machine extension support is available for installation.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a server device from a client device over a network, data indicative of a bit-size and a virtual machine extension support of a processing device of the client device, wherein the bit-size of the processing device of the client device is a first bit-size;

determining, by the server device, that the processing device of the client device supports a plurality of bit-size versions of a software component associated with the virtual machine extension support, wherein the plurality of bit-size versions of the software component includes at least a version of the software component associated with the first bit-size and a version of the software component associated with a second bit-size;

querying, by the server device, the client device to select a preferred version of the software component associated with the virtual machine extension support in view of the determination that the processing device of the client device supports the plurality of bit size versions of the software component associated with the virtual machine extension support;

determining, by the server device, that the version of the software component associated with the first bit-size and the virtual machine extension support is unavailable;

provisioning the version of the software component associated with the virtual machine extension support and the second bit-size to the client device in view of the determination that the version of the software component associated with the first bit-size and the virtual machine extension support is not available; and

notifying the client device when the version of the software component associated with the first bit-size and the virtual machine extension support is available for installation, the notifying occurring after provisioning the version of the software component associated with the second bit-size.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data indicative of the bit-size and the virtual machine extension support of the processing device is in view of a flag of the processing device of the client device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data indicative of the bit-size and the virtual machine extension support of the processing device is in view of an operating system configuration file of the client device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first bit-size is 64-bit and the version of the software component associated with the second bit-size comprises a 32-bit version of at least one of an operating system, operating system component, or application.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a version of the software component that meets a plurality of requirements of the client device, the requirements comprising bit-size, virtual machine extension support and instructions set support.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein provisioning the version of the software component comprises installing the version of the software component associated with the virtual machine extension support and the second bit-size over the network.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the network comprises at least one of a local area network or a wide area network.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein which when executed cause a processing device of a server device to:

receive, by the server device from a client device over a network, data indicative of a bit-size and a virtual machine extension support of a processing device of the client device, wherein the bit-size of the processing device of the client device is a first bit-size;

determine, by the server device, that the processing device of the client device supports a plurality of bit-size versions of a software component associated with the virtual machine extension support, wherein the plurality of bit-size versions of the software component includes at least a version of the software component associated with the first bit-size and a version of the software component associated with a second bit-size;

querying, by the server device, the client device to select a preferred version of the software component associated with the virtual machine extension support in view of the determination that the processing device of the client device supports the plurality of bit size versions of the software component associated with the virtual machine extension support;

determine, by the server device, that the version of the software component associated with the first bit-size and the virtual machine extension support is unavailable;

provision the version of the software component associated with the virtual machine extension support and the second bit-size to the client device in view of the determination that the version of the software component associated with the first bit-size and the virtual machine extension support is not available; and

notify the client device when the version of the software component associated with the first bit-size and the virtual machine extension support is available for installation, the notifying occurring after provisioning the version of the software component associated with the second bit-size.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the data indicative of the bit-size and the virtual machine extension support of the processing device of the client device is in view of a flag of the processing device of the client device.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the data indicative of the bit-size and the virtual machine extension support of the processing device of the client device is in view of an operating system configuration file of the client device.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the first bit-size is 64-bit and the version of the software component associated with the second bit-size comprises a 32-bit version of at least one of an operating system, operating system component or application.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, the server device further to:

determine a version of the software component that meets a plurality of requirements of the client device, the requirements comprising bit-size, virtual machine extension support and instructions set support.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein provisioning the version of the software component comprises installing the software component over the network.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the network comprises at least one of a local area network or a wide area network.

15. An apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device operatively coupled to memory, the processing device to;

receive, from a client device over a network, data indicative of a bit-size and a virtual machine extension support of a processing device of the client device, wherein the bit-size of the processing device of the client device is a first bit-size;

determine that the processing device of the client device supports a plurality of bit-size versions of a software component associated with the virtual machine extension support, wherein the plurality of bit-size versions of the software component includes at least a version of the software component associated with the first bit-size and a version of the software component associated with a second bit-size;

querying the client device to select a preferred version of the software component associated with the virtual machine extension support in view of the determination that the processing device of the client device supports the plurality of bit size versions of the software component associated with the virtual machine extension support;

determine that the version of a software component associated with the first bit-size and the virtual machine extension support is unavailable;

provision the version of the software component associated with the virtual machine extension support and the second bit-size to the client device in view of the determination that the version of the software component associated with the first bit-size and the virtual machine extension support is not available; and

notify the client device when the version of the software component associated with the first bit-size and the virtual machine extension support is available for installation, the notification occurring after provisioning the version of the software component associated with the second bit-size.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the data indicative of the bit-size and the virtual machine extension support of the processing device of the client device is in view of a flag of the processing device of the client device.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the data indicative of the bit-size and the virtual machine extension support of the processing device of the client device is in view of an operating system configuration file of the client device.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the processing device is to select the software component based in part on virtual machine extension support and instruction set support.

19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the processing device is to collect configuration data from the client device.

20. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the processing device is to store compatibility data for a plurality of versions of the software component.