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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 24, 2012
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Albert D. Bennah, Cary, NC (US);

Adrian X. Rodriguez, Durham, NC (US);

Eric Woods, Durham, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/63 (2013.01); G06F 11/3055 (2013.01); H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); G06F 11/3003 (2013.01); G06F 2201/865 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for dynamic protection of one or more deployed copies of a master operating system image are provided. Embodiments include monitoring, by an image deployment monitor, an operational state of a deployed copy of a master operating system (OS) image; detecting, by the image deployment monitor, a change in the operational state of the deployed copy of the master OS image; in response to detecting the change, generating, by the image deployment monitor, a configuration recommendation to prevent the change from occurring in operational states of one or more other deployed copies of the master OS image; and providing, by the image deployment monitor, the configuration recommendation to the one or more other deployed copies of the master OS image.


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