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Computer application and methods for autonomic upgrade maintenance of computer hardware, operating systems and application software

  • US 20050066019A1
  • Filed: 09/18/2003
  • Published: 03/24/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing autonomic, event-driven upgrade maintenance of one or more software modules residing on a computer system, the method comprising:

  • detecting a predefined triggering event on the computer system indicative of a potential maintenance issue;

    connecting to an upgrade management server;

    creating on the upgrade management server a list of recommended upgrade modules to download to the computer system, the list based upon a set of selection policies;

    downloading the list of recommended upgrade modules from the upgrade management server to the computer system; and

    selectively installing upgrade modules chosen from the list of recommended upgrade modules on the computer system.

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