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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2023
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Gopinath Marappan, Coimbatore, IN;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprises at least one processing device that includes a processor coupled to a memory. The processing device is configured to store configuration information, for utilization by software of a host device, in at least one file of a first database of a first type, and in conjunction with an upgrade of at least a portion of the software, to export the configuration information from the at least one file of the first database to one or more files in an intermediate format, to remove the at least one file of the first database, to export the configuration information from the one or more files in the intermediate format to at least one file of a second database of a second type different than the first type, and to configure the upgraded software to utilize the configuration information of the at least one file of the second database.