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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
May. 10, 2019
Enhanced server farm patching system for enabling developers to override off-peak patching schedules
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Chandramouleeswaran Krishnaswamy, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jianfeng Cai, Redmond, WA (US);
Mustafaraj M. Dhrolia, Redmond, WA (US);
Rahul Nigam, Bothell, WA (US);
Mark Raymond Gilbert, Issaquah, WA (US);
Peter Kenneth Harwood, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian Gregory O'Connor, Kenmore, WA (US);
Divyachapan Sridharan Padur, Bothell, WA (US);
Zohar Raz, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system to reduce strain on server farm computing resources by over-riding 'off-peak' patching schedules in response to performance failures occurring on a server farm. Embodiments disclosed herein determine a patching schedule for causing builds of patches to be sequentially installed on server farms during an off-peak usage time-range. Responsive to a performance failure occurring on the server farm, embodiments disclosed herein identify a particular patch that is designed to resolve the performance failure. Then, the patching schedule is over-ridden to expedite an out-of-sequence installation of whichever build is first to include the particular patch. Because resolution of the performance failure is expedited, the impact of the performance failure on the computing resources of the server farm is reduced as compared to existing server farm patching systems.