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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Eric Kevin Butler, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas D. Griffin, Campbell, CA (US);
Steven P. Gronefeld, Cumming, GA (US);
Divyesh Jadav, San Jose, CA (US);
William Anthony Sherrill, Winchester, KY (US);
Aameek Singh, University Place, WA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
One embodiment provides a method of determining a revised firmware upgrade plan for one or more devices, said method including: utilizing at least one processor to execute computer code that performs the steps of: selecting, in view of a predetermined change window and risk associated with the firmware upgrade plan, a firmware upgrade plan; detecting a failure during execution of the firmware upgrade plan; and responsive to the detecting, identifying a revised firmware upgrade plan based on time remaining in the predetermined change window and risk associated with the revised firmware upgrade plan. Other aspects are described and claimed.