Methods and systems for updating clients from a server
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1. A method of updating multiple clients from a server, comprising:
- maintaining a master copy of a software on a server;
capturing changes to the master copy of the software on an update disk image, wherein the changes are contained in at least one chunk; and
merging the update disk image with one of two client disk images of the client copy of the software.
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Abstract
An embodiment generally relates to a method of updating clients from a server. The method includes maintaining a master copy of a software on a server and capturing changes to the master copy of the software on an update disk image, where the changes are contained in at least one chunk. The method also includes merging the update disk image with one of two client disk images of the client copy of the software.
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1. A method of updating multiple clients from a server, comprising:
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maintaining a master copy of a software on a server; capturing changes to the master copy of the software on an update disk image, wherein the changes are contained in at least one chunk; and merging the update disk image with one of two client disk images of the client copy of the software. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for updating clients from a server, the system comprising:
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a network configured to provide a communication channel; a server configured to comprise of at least one processor, a memory and at least one server disk configured to store a master copy of a software and maintain a server disk image of the master copy of the software; and a plurality of clients, each client implemented as a computing platform with at least one processor, memory, and at least one client disk, wherein the client is configured to store and execute a client version of the software and interface with the network;
wherein the server is also configured to create and maintain an update disk image that is partitioned into chunks, aggregate changes to the server disk image of the master copy of the software, and transmit the update disk image to at least one client of the plurality of clients over the network and each client is configured to merge the update disk image to update the client version of the software. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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