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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2005
Lawrence Edward Troan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robin Joel Landry, Apex, NC (US);
David Keith Lawrence, Apex, NC (US);
Willard Gordon Woods, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lawrence Edward Troan, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robin Joel Landry, Apex, NC (US);
David Keith Lawrence, Apex, NC (US);
Willard Gordon Woods, Raleigh, NC (US);
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
System and method for verifying compatibility of computer equipment with a software product. A system and method are provided to verify compatibility of computer equipment with software. This verification can include gathering information about configurations of the computer equipment, and creating at least one file based on the information. The file or files coordinate testing of the computer equipment. The testing produces results that can be stored and analyzed or evaluated. The results can be contained in a file or a plurality of files. The results provide a description of the configurations in addition to an indication of whether the testing has produced any failures. The configuration descriptions or parts thereof can be stored in a configuration database that can be used to apply credit against future testing of computer equipment so that future testing needs can be reduced.