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AUTOMATED STATE MIGRATION WHILE DEPLOYING AN OPERATING SYSTEM

  • US 20110138375A1
  • Filed: 02/17/2011
  • Published: 06/09/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A server management system for migrating a user state of a computing device from a source computing device to a destination computing device, comprising:

  • (a) a plurality of state migration points (“

    SMP”

    ) suitable for securely storing the user state of the source computing device in a state migration point directory (“

    SMP directory”

    );

    (b) a plurality of management points (“

    MP”

    ) suitable for storing association information, wherein each association information comprises the identity of the source computing device, with an identity of the destination computing device, and a list of the plurality of SMP'"'"'s; and

    (c) one or more software modules configured to;

    (i) select one of the plurality of MP'"'"'s to acquire and populate the association information;

    (ii) poll the SMP'"'"'s on the list to locate a SMP having a capacity to store the user state of the source computing device in the SMP directory of the SMP being polled, transferring the user state of the source computing device to the SMP directory of the SMP for secure storage in the SMP directory; and

    (iii) receive a request from the destination computing device for the user state, authenticating that the destination computing device matches the identity of the destination computing device associated with the identity of the source computing device.

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