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System and method for automatic installation and maintenance of hardware and software in a distributed computer system

  • US 8,347,283 B2
  • Filed: 07/17/2007
  • Issued: 01/01/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for automatic installation and maintenance of hardware and/or software in the system nodes of a process control system that includes a system maintenance tool, the method comprising:

  • activating the system maintenance tool from any system node of the process control system;

    selecting a software package and/or a functional component via the system maintenance tool, wherein the selected software package and/or the selected functional component are elements of predefined life cycle arrangement activities;

    executing automatically maintenance steps of the selected software package and/or of the selected functional component with regard to the distribution, installation and/or configuration of the software package and/or of the selected functional component in a defined sequence on the system nodes of the process control system;

    testing the installation and configuration of the software packages and/or functional components to assess whether they are fully implemented on the individual system nodes of the distributed system, and/or testing interdependencies of the software packages and/or functional components between the system nodes of the distributed system; and

    creating a system status report comprising an indication of a status of the tested installation and configuration and/or an indication of a status of the tested interdependencies.

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