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Computer application and methods for autonomic upgrade maintenance of computer hardware, operating systems and application software

  • US 7,624,393 B2
  • Filed: 09/18/2003
  • Issued: 11/24/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing autonomic, event-driven upgrade maintenance of one or more software modules residing on a computer system, the method comprising:

  • detecting a predefined triggering event on the computer system indicative of a potential maintenance issue, the predefined triggering event being triggered by a current operating condition of the computer system;

    connecting to an upgrade management server, based upon a set of user defined policies residing on the computer system;

    creating on the upgrade management server a list of recommended upgrade modules to download to the computer system, the list based upon a set of selection policies;

    downloading a set of recommended upgrade modules from the upgrade management server to the computer system; and

    selectively installing upgrade modules chosen from the set of recommended upgrade modules downloaded to the computer system, based upon the set of user defined policies residing on the computer system.

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