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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2008
Stephen A. Haley, Round Rock, TX (US);
Ricardo S. Puig, Round Rock, TX (US);
Alvin J. Seippel, Austin, TX (US);
Caryn N. Seippel, Austin, TX (US);
Stephen A. Haley, Round Rock, TX (US);
Ricardo S. Puig, Round Rock, TX (US);
Alvin J. Seippel, Austin, TX (US);
Caryn N. Seippel, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for testing a boot image is disclosed. The method comprises creating a test boot image for a first logical partition, creating a second logical partition wherein the second logical partition is a duplicate of the first logical partition, initiating a boot sequence for the second logical partition using the test boot image, and returning a result of the boot sequence to a requestor.