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Apparatus and method for operational support of remote network systems

  • US 8,615,566 B1
  • Filed: 03/23/2001
  • Issued: 12/24/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of remotely configuring a spare server in a network system comprising a data base of server configuration information, the method comprising:

  • copying an operating system and a maintenance application to said spare server;

    after a failure of a first server in the network system, transferring a program storage device to the spare server, the program storage device containing a boot kernel and a unique machine identifier identifying the failed first server;

    after transferring the program storage to the spare server, booting the spare server from the program storage device; and

    after booting the spare server, the spare server configuring itself to be a functionally identical replacement for the failed first server by receiving configuration information from the data base of server configuration information according to the unique machine identifier of the first server, thereby replacing the failed first server with the configured spare server.

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