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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
May. 31, 2001
Akram Abboud, Durham, NC (US);
John Michael Brantly, Raleigh, NC (US);
William W. Buchanan, Jr., Wake Forest, NC (US);
Peter Gerard Chin, Raleigh, NC (US);
Simon Chu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Richard Alan Dayan, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Peter Thomas Donovan, Apex, NC (US);
David Michael Green, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Timothy J. Green, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Thomas William Lange, Cary, NC (US);
Gregory Brian Pruett, Raleigh, NC (US);
Karl Ross Shultz, Cary, NC (US);
Paul Brian Tippett, Durham, NC (US);
Andrew Hamilton Wray, Hillsborough, NC (US);
William Paul Zeggert, Morrisville, NC (US);
Akram Abboud, Durham, NC (US);
John Michael Brantly, Raleigh, NC (US);
William W. Buchanan, Jr., Wake Forest, NC (US);
Peter Gerard Chin, Raleigh, NC (US);
Simon Chu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Richard Alan Dayan, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Peter Thomas Donovan, Apex, NC (US);
David Michael Green, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Timothy J. Green, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Thomas William Lange, Cary, NC (US);
Gregory Brian Pruett, Raleigh, NC (US);
Karl Ross Shultz, Cary, NC (US);
Paul Brian Tippett, Durham, NC (US);
Andrew Hamilton Wray, Hillsborough, NC (US);
William Paul Zeggert, Morrisville, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for automatically re-provisioning an appliance server without significant user-interaction. The disk drive of a server to be utilized as an appliance server is partitioned into at least three partitions, including a systems partition, a network operating system partition, and an images partition. A re-provisioning utility is provided, which, when activated by a user, removes the present application from the server and forwards it to a storage location on the network or in a fourth storage partition and installs another application on the server. The system is re-booted and re-configured to provide full operation of the new application.