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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
May. 12, 2006
Tyky Aichelen, Los Altos, CA (US);
Maria A. Rizk, Apex, NC (US);
Deepa Srinivasan, Cary, NC (US);
Ileana Vila, Cary, NC (US);
Tyky Aichelen, Los Altos, CA (US);
Maria A. Rizk, Apex, NC (US);
Deepa Srinivasan, Cary, NC (US);
Ileana Vila, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for maintaining backup copies of firmware. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention provide a method that includes monitoring an execution of at least one firmware component, and causing a backup copy of the at least one firmware component to be generated if the at least one firmware component executes at a predefined standard of reliability for a predefined time period. According to the system and method disclosed herein, trustworthy backup copies are available if a given server of a multiserver system fails.