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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2011
Naga A. Ayachitula, Elmsford, NY (US);
Ying Chen, Beijing, CN;
Rajeev Puri, Huntersville, NC (US);
Cashchakanithara Venugopal, Naperville, IL (US);
LI Jun Xia, Tangshan, CN;
BO Yang, Beijing, CN;
Sai Zeng, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Naga A. Ayachitula, Elmsford, NY (US);
Ying Chen, Beijing, CN;
Rajeev Puri, Huntersville, NC (US);
Cashchakanithara Venugopal, Naperville, IL (US);
Li Jun Xia, Tangshan, CN;
Bo Yang, Beijing, CN;
Sai Zeng, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In a method for making a recommendation for installing a software patch on a target computer, a computer identifies a first and a second set of computers from a group of computers. Each computer in the first set has hardware and software components, which are identical to each other or differ from each other by less than a predetermined measure. Each computer in the second set has hardware and software components, which are identical to each other or differ from each other by less than a predetermined measure. The computer selects one of the first and the second sets of computers such that the selected set of computers includes a higher number of computers with the software patch already installed.