Method and system for restoring an operating environment on a computer system

• US 20090070741A1
• Filed: 05/08/2002
• Published: 03/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Wang, Yaqing, Duan, Yunjian, Chen, Ernest
• Granted Patent: US 7,823,149 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/124
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment

Abstract

A method and system for restoring an operating environment in a computer system. A request to install a target operating environment on a computer system is received at an application. The application transmits a first notification to the computer system. In response to the first notification, the computer system automatically retrieves an image, wherein the image comprises the target operating environment. The computer system automatically restores the image on the computer system such that the target operating environment is installed on the computer system. The computer system automatically transmits a second notification to the application when the image is restored. The present invention provides a method and system for automating the installation of an operating environment on a computer system.

Claims

1. In a computer system, a method for restoring an operating environment, said method comprising:

receiving a notification to install a target operating environment, wherein said notification is received from an application server in response to a request to install said target operating environment initiated at a remote computer system and received at said application server, and wherein said remote computer system is disposed remotely from said computer system and said application server;

in response to said notification, automatically retrieving, by said computer system, an image, said image comprising said target operating environment;

automatically restoring said image on said computer system such that said target operating environment is installed on said computer system; and

automatically notifying said remote computer system when said image is restored on said computer system.

2. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein said request is received at an application.

3. A method as recited in claim 2 further comprising automatically notifying said application when said image is restored on said computer system.

4. A method as recited in claim 2 wherein said request is initiated over an application client communicatively coupled to said application over a network.

5. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein said target operating environment comprises an operating system.

6. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein said target operating environment comprises a predetermined software application.

7. A method as recited in claim 1 further comprising:

installing a software application on said computer system;

testing said software application; and

reporting results of said testing.

8. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said automatically retrieving said image further comprises automatically retrieving said image from an image database, wherein said image database comprises a plurality of operating environments.

9. In an application, a method for managing installation of an operating environment on a computer system, said method comprising:

receiving a request from a remote computer system to install a target operating environment on a computer system, wherein said request is received from an application client, and wherein said remote computer system is disposed remotely from said computer system and said application client;

transmitting a first notification to said computer system, said first notification for instructing said computer system to automatically retrieve an image, said image comprising said target operating environment and said image being automatically restored on said computer system such that said target operating environment is installed on said computer system;

receiving a second notification from said computer system that said image has been automatically restored in said computer system; and

forwarding said second notification to said application client.

10. A method as recited in claim 9 wherein said application client is communicatively coupled to said application over a network.

11. A method as recited in claim 9 wherein said target operating environment comprises an operating system.

12. A method as recited in claim 9 wherein said target operating environment comprises a predetermined software application.

13. A method as recited in claim 9 further comprising:

transmitting a third notification to said computer system, said third notification instructing said computer system to install software on said computer system and to perform at least one test;

receiving a testing report from said computer system, said testing report generated in response said test.

14. A method as recited in claim 9, wherein said automatically retrieving said image further comprises automatically retrieving said image from an image database, wherein said image database comprises a plurality of operating environments.

15. A computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to perform a method for restoring an operating environment, said method comprising:

receiving a notification to install a target operating environment, wherein said notification is received from an application server in response to a request initiated at a remote computer system and received at said application server, and wherein said remote computer system is disposed remotely from said computer system and said application server;

in response to said notification, automatically retrieving by said computer system, an image, said image comprising said target operating environment;

automatically restoring said image on said computer system such that said target operating environment is installed on said computer system; and

automatically notifying said remote computer system when said image is restored on said computer system.

16. A computer-readable medium as recited in claim 15 wherein said request is received at an application.

17. A computer-readable medium as recited in claim 16 further comprising automatically notifying said application when said image is restored on said computer system.

18. A computer-readable medium as recited in claim 16 wherein said request is initiated over an application client communicatively coupled to said application over a network.

19. A computer-readable medium as recited in claim 15 wherein said target operating environment comprises an operating system.

20. A computer-readable medium as recited in claim 15 wherein said target operating environment comprises a predetermined software application.

21. A computer-readable medium as recited in claim 15 further comprising:

installing a software application on said computer system;

testing said software application; and

reporting results of said testing.

22. A computer-readable medium as recited in claim 15, wherein said automatically retrieving said image further comprises automatically retrieving said image from an image database, wherein said image database comprises a plurality of operating environments.

23. A computer-readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to perform a method for managing installation of an operating environment on a computer system, said method comprising:

receiving a request from a remote computer system to install a target operating environment on a computer system, wherein said request is received from an application client, and wherein said remote computer system is disposed remotely from said computer system and said application client;

transmitting a first notification to said computer system, said first notification for instructing said computer system to automatically retrieve an image, said image comprising said target operating environment and said image being automatically restored on said computer system such that said target operating environment is installed on said computer system;

receiving a second notification from said computer system that said image has been automatically restored in said computer system; and

forwarding said second notification to said application client.

24. A computer-readable medium as recited in claim 23 wherein said application client is communicatively coupled to said application over a network.

25. A computer-readable medium as recited in claim 23 wherein said target operating environment comprises an operating system.

26. A computer-readable medium as recited in claim 23 wherein said target operating environment comprises a predetermined software application.

27. A computer-readable medium as recited in claim 23 further comprising:

transmitting a third notification to said computer system, said third notification instructing said computer system to install software on said computer system and to perform at least one test;

receiving a testing report from said computer system, said testing report generated in response said test.

28. A computer-readable medium as recited in claim 23, wherein said automatically retrieving said image further comprises automatically retrieving said image from an image database, wherein said image database comprises a plurality of operating environments.