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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2008
Kevan D. Holdaway, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ivan Ronald Olguin, Ii, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kevan D. Holdaway, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ivan Ronald Olguin, II, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for implementing a sparing policy for a server by a management module in communication with the server and a plurality of additional servers is provided. The server is designated as a spare server. The spare server is maintained in a powered-off, standby state. A need for the spare server is determined. At least one of a basic input output system (BIOS) and an operating system (OS) for the spare server is selected. A volume operational on the spare server is selected for a sparing operation.
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