Boot disk management utility
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1. A method, comprising the steps of:
- mirroring a primary boot disk to a secondary boot disk;
breaking the mirrors between the primary boot disk and the secondary boot disk, the secondary boot disk being a complete mirror of the primary boot disk at the time the mirrors are broken;
performing maintenance on the secondary boot disk, the secondary boot disk being a complete mirror of the primary boot disk, while running an operating environment on the primary boot disk, the maintenance including identifying one or more patches to be applied to the computer system, queuing the patches for application, and applying the patches; and
rebooting to the secondary boot disk while maintaining the primary boot disk as a back-up boot environment.
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Abstract
A computer utility for reducing downtime required for applying patches to a UNIX system, and for allowing changes to the system to be rolled back in the event of problems with a patch.
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9 Claims
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1. A method, comprising the steps of:
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mirroring a primary boot disk to a secondary boot disk; breaking the mirrors between the primary boot disk and the secondary boot disk, the secondary boot disk being a complete mirror of the primary boot disk at the time the mirrors are broken; performing maintenance on the secondary boot disk, the secondary boot disk being a complete mirror of the primary boot disk, while running an operating environment on the primary boot disk, the maintenance including identifying one or more patches to be applied to the computer system, queuing the patches for application, and applying the patches; and rebooting to the secondary boot disk while maintaining the primary boot disk as a back-up boot environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A computer system, comprising:
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a primary boot disk; and a secondary boot disk, wherein the primary boot disk is mirrored to the secondary boot disk, the mirrors are broken between the primary boot disk and the secondary boot disk, the secondary book disk being a complete mirror of the primary boot disk at the time the mirrors are broken, maintenance is performed on the secondary boot disk, the secondary boot disk being a complete mirror of the primary boot disk, while running an operating environment on the primary boot disk, and the secondary boot disk is rebooted while the primary boot disk is maintained as a back-up boot environment, the maintenance including identifying one or more patches to be applied to the computer system, queuing the patches for application, and applying the patches. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A computer program product including a computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions that, when executed on a computer, configure the computer to perform a method comprising the steps of:
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mirroring a primary boot disk to a secondary boot disk; breaking the mirrors between the primary boot disk and the secondary boot disk, the secondary boot disk being a complete mirror of the primary boot disk at the time the mirrors are broken; performing maintenance on the secondary boot disk, the secondary boot disk being a complete mirror of the primary boot disk, while running an operating environment on the primary boot disk, the maintenance including identifying one or more patches to be applied to the computer system, queuing the patches for application, and applying the patches; and rebooting to the secondary boot disk while maintaining the primary boot disk as a back-up boot environment. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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