COMPUTER INSTALLATION METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER INSTALLATION PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER INSTALLATION APPARATUS

• US 20140325501A1
• Filed: 03/31/2014
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: HIRANO, Hiroshi
• Application Number:
  US14/230,026
• Publication Number:
  US 20140325501A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/63 Image based installation; Cloning; Build to order

Abstract

A computer installation method for performing installation processing, the computer installation method includes: acquiring, on the basis of apparatus identification information indicating a target computer, order information including a software item to be installed in the target computer and/or a setting item to be set in the target computer; storing, in a readable storage area in the target computer, the order information and a setting program including an installation instruction for the software item and/or an implementation instruction for the setting item; storing, in the readable storage area in the target computer, an image file of software including an operation system; and executing, when the operation system is started in the target computer, an instruction corresponding to the order information among the instructions included in the setting program.

Claims

1. A computer installation method for performing installation processing, the computer installation method comprising:

acquiring, on the basis of apparatus identification information indicating a target computer, order information including a software item to be installed in the target computer and/or a setting item to be set in the target computer;

storing, in a readable storage area in the target computer, the order information and a setting program including an installation instruction for the software item and/or an implementation instruction for the setting item;

storing, in the readable storage area in the target computer, an image file of software including an operation system; and

executing, when the operation system is started in the target computer on the basis of the image file, an instruction corresponding to the order information among the instructions included in the setting program.

2. The computer installation method according to claim 1, wherein the setting item to be set in the target computer includes any one of setting for the operation system, setting for software, and setting for hardware.

3. The computer installation method according to claim 1, wherein the image file of the software is selected out of a plurality of the image flies on the basis of the order information.

4. The computer installation method according to claim 1, wherein the setting program is selected out of a plurality of the setting programs on the basis of the order information.

5. The computer installation method according to claim 1, wherein

the order information further includes a hardware configuration of the target computer,

the setting program includes a verification instruction for the hardware configuration, and

the executing executes the verification instruction for the hardware configuration according to the order information.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer installation program to cause a computer to execute an installation processing comprising:

acquiring, on the basis of apparatus identification information indicating a target computer, order information including a software item to be installed in the target computer and/or a setting item to be set in the target computer;

storing, in a readable storage area in the target computer, the order information and a setting program including an installation instruction for the software item and/or an implementation instruction for the setting item;

storing, in the readable storage area in the target computer, an image file of software including an operation system, wherein

when the operation system is started in the target computer on the basis of the image file, the setting program executes an instruction corresponding to the order information among the instructions included in the setting program is executed.

7. A computer installation apparatus that performs installation processing, the computer installation apparatus comprising:

an order information acquiring unit configured to acquire, on the basis of apparatus identification information indicating a target computer, order information including a software item to be installed in the target computer and/or a setting item to be set in the target computer;

a first storing unit configured to store, in a readable storage area in the target computer, the order information and a setting program including an installation instruction for the software item and/or an implementation instruction for the setting item; and

a second storing unit configured to store, in the readable storage area in the target computer, an image file of software including an operation system, wherein

when the operation system is started in the target computer on the basis of the image file, the setting program executes an instruction corresponding to the order information among the instructions included in the setting program.