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Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Clea A. Zolotow, Key West, FL (US);

Mihai Criveti, Blanchardstown, IE;

Andrew P. Barnes, Greystones, IE;

Gavin C. O'Reilly, Kilcoole, IE;

Marci D. Formato, Clintondale, NY (US);

Jørgen E. Floes, Stenløse, DK;

Tedrick N. Northway, High Springs, FL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2018.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 16/21 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 16/219 (2019.01);
Abstract

A method includes creating a digital twin that represents a computing infrastructure, the digital twin representing all microcode versions present in components in the computing infrastructure. The method further includes creating a database of a plurality of upgrades including at least one microcode version update and a corresponding criticality of each of the plurality of updates and emulating a first deployment of a first set of one or more of the plurality of updates with the digital twin.


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