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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2007
Alastair Slater, Chepstow, GB;
Kevin Lloyd Jones, Bristol, GB;
Ian Peter Crighton, Bristol, GB;
Simon Pelly, Bristol, GB;
Shiraz Billimoria, Bristol, GB;
Alastair Slater, Chepstow, GB;
Kevin Lloyd Jones, Bristol, GB;
Ian Peter Crighton, Bristol, GB;
Simon Pelly, Bristol, GB;
Shiraz Billimoria, Bristol, GB;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of restoring a client device following failure of the client device, the client being connectable to a network comprising a server device. The method comprises saving to the server device a configuration state of the client device, the saved configuration state comprising client network interface configuration information, and a file of the client device. The method further comprises, following failure of the client computer, recording on a medium bootable on the client device program instructions for configuring the client device according to the saved configuration state, booting the client device from the bootable medium, configuring a network interface of the client device in accordance with the program instructions and the saved configuration state and restoring the file to the client device by copying over the network.