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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
May. 21, 2019
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alexey Polyakov, Sammamish, WA (US);
Nitin Rao, Atlanta, GA (US);
Nikhil Ravishankar, Bangalore, IN;
Xueliang Hua, Atlanta, GA (US);
Shravan Shantharam, Cumming, GA (US);
Ondrej Stastny, Kirkland, WA (US);
Brooks Peppin, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Examples described here include systems and methods for refreshing the operating system ('OS') of a device enrolled in a management platform. Execution of a first command file ensures that necessary components of the management platform residing on the device are stored in a partitioned portion of the device hard drive to preserve them during the OS refresh. After a new instance of the OS has been installed, execution of a second command file migrates the necessary components from the partitioned portion of the hard drive to the new OS instance. When the user logs back into the refreshed device, a third command file installs all necessary device management components at the new OS instance and re-enrolls the device with the management platform. In this manner, the OS of a managed device can be refreshed and re-enrolled in the management platform without significant input from a user or administrator.