SELF-HEALING USING A VIRTUAL BOOT DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- defining, using a second computer, a virtual boot device having a boot image for a first computer having a memory and a physical boot device, the virtual boot device in communication with the first computer and the second computer; and
configuring, by the second computer, the first computer to boot from the virtual boot device.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that enable a computer system comprising networked computers to self-heal from a boot failure of one of the computers. In some embodiments, upon detecting a first computer having a memory and a physical boot device failing to successfully load a boot image, a second computer defines a virtual boot device in communication with the first computer and the second computer and having a boot image for the first computer. Subsequent to defining the virtual boot device, the second computer can configure the first computer to boot from the virtual boot device.
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9 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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defining, using a second computer, a virtual boot device having a boot image for a first computer having a memory and a physical boot device, the virtual boot device in communication with the first computer and the second computer; and configuring, by the second computer, the first computer to boot from the virtual boot device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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