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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Reinhard T. Buendgen, Tuebingen, DE;
Joerg Mueller, Ihlingerstrasse, DE;
Thomas Prause, Rottenburg, DE;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for providing backup and restore services to network attached appliances in a network. Configuration settings comprising configuration settings used in a network attached appliance are gathered and a unique identifier for the network attached appliance is determined. A backup request is generated including the configuration settings, the unique identifier, and a backup operation code. The backup request is broadcasted on the network to be received by the backup servers to store the configuration settings for the unique identifier.