DYNAMIC PROTECTION OF A MASTER OPERATING SYSTEM IMAGE

• US 20140101429A1
• Filed: 10/05/2012
• Published: 04/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: BENNAH, ALBERT D., VRABEL, ROBERT A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,208,041 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2289 by configuration test
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/63 Image based installation; Cloning; Build to order

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for dynamic protection of a master operating system image are provided. Embodiments include monitoring, by an image deployment monitor, an operational state of a deployed copy of a master operating system (OS) image; detecting, by the image deployment monitor, a change in the operational state of the deployed copy of the master OS image; in response to detecting the change, generating, by the image deployment monitor, a configuration recommendation to prevent the change from occurring in operational states of future deployed copies of the master OS image; and providing, by the image deployment monitor, the configuration recommendation to the master OS image.

Claims

8. An apparatus for dynamic protection of a master operating system image, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:

monitoring, by an image deployment monitor, an operational state of a deployed copy of a master operating system (OS) image;

detecting, by the image deployment monitor, a change in the operational state of the deployed copy of the master OS image;

in response to detecting the change, generating, by the image deployment monitor, a configuration recommendation to prevent the change from occurring in operational states of future deployed copies of the master OS image; and

providing, by the image deployment monitor, the configuration recommendation to the master OS image.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:

detecting, by the image deployment monitor, a configuration change to the deployed copy of the master OS image; and

wherein generating a configuration recommendation includes identifying the configuration change as the cause of the change in the operational state of the deployed copy of the master OS image;

wherein the configuration recommendation prevents the configuration change from occurring in future deployed copies of the master operating system image.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the configuration change is associated with installation of a software component to the deployed copy of the master OS image;

and wherein the configuration recommendation prevents the installation of the software component on future deployed copies of the master OS image.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the master OS image includes an adjustment module configured to modify future deployed copies of the master OS image based on the configuration recommendation.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the master OS image includes an adjustment module configured to modify the master OS image based on the configuration recommendation.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the image deployment monitor is located on a management server;

wherein the deployed copy of the master OS image is located on a client system.

14. A computer program product for dynamic protection of a master operating system image, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:

monitoring, by an image deployment monitor, an operational state of a deployed copy of a master operating system (OS) image;

detecting, by the image deployment monitor, a change in the operational state of the deployed copy of the master OS image;

in response to detecting the change, generating, by the image deployment monitor, a configuration recommendation to prevent the change from occurring in operational states of future deployed copies of the master OS image; and

providing, by the image deployment monitor, the configuration recommendation to the master OS image.

15. The computer program product of claim 14 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:

detecting, by the image deployment monitor, a configuration change to the deployed copy of the master OS image; and

wherein generating a configuration recommendation includes identifying the configuration change as the cause of the change in the operational state of the deployed copy of the master OS image;

wherein the configuration recommendation prevents the configuration change from occurring in future deployed copies of the master operating system image.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the configuration change is associated with installation of a software component to the deployed copy of the master OS image;

and wherein the configuration recommendation prevents the installation of the software component on future deployed copies of the master OS image.

17. The computer program product of claim 14 wherein the master OS image includes an adjustment module configured to modify the master OS image based on the configuration recommendation.

18. The computer program product of claim 14 wherein the master OS image includes an adjustment module configured to modify the master OS image based on the configuration recommendation.

19. The computer program product of claim 14 wherein the computer readable medium comprises a signal medium.

20. The computer program product of claim 14 wherein the computer readable medium comprises a storage medium.