SG85655A1 - Recoverable software installation process and apparatus for a computer system - Google Patents

Recoverable software installation process and apparatus for a computer system

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SG85655A1
SG85655A1 SG9903386A SG1999003386A SG85655A1 SG 85655 A1 SG85655 A1 SG 85655A1 SG 9903386 A SG9903386 A SG 9903386A SG 1999003386 A SG1999003386 A SG 1999003386A SG 85655 A1 SG85655 A1 SG 85655A1
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Singapore
Prior art keywords
computer system
installation process
software installation
recoverable software
recoverable
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SG9903386A
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E Beelitz Alan
D Amberg Richard
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Dell Usa Lp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F11/00—Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
    • G06F11/07—Responding to the occurrence of a fault, e.g. fault tolerance
    • G06F11/14—Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in operations
    • G06F11/1402—Saving, restoring, recovering or retrying
    • G06F11/1415—Saving, restoring, recovering or retrying at system level
    • G06F11/1433—Saving, restoring, recovering or retrying at system level during software upgrading
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F8/00—Arrangements for software engineering
    • G06F8/60—Software deployment
    • G06F8/61—Installation
    • G06F8/63—Image based installation; Cloning; Build to order
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/44—Arrangements for executing specific programs
    • G06F9/4401—Bootstrapping
    • G06F9/4416—Network booting; Remote initial program loading [RIPL]

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Software Systems (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Quality & Reliability (AREA)
  • Stored Programmes (AREA)
  • Information Retrieval, Db Structures And Fs Structures Therefor (AREA)
  • Test And Diagnosis Of Digital Computers (AREA)
  • Debugging And Monitoring (AREA)
SG9903386A 1999-01-25 1999-07-15 Recoverable software installation process and apparatus for a computer system SG85655A1 (en)

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US (1) US6247126B1 (ja)
JP (1) JP2000222178A (ja)
KR (1) KR100578940B1 (ja)
CN (1) CN1191526C (ja)
AU (1) AU757143B2 (ja)
BR (1) BR9906016A (ja)
DE (1) DE10003108B4 (ja)
FR (1) FR2792740B1 (ja)
GB (1) GB2349247B (ja)
IE (1) IE20000025A1 (ja)
IT (1) IT1319794B1 (ja)
MY (1) MY117190A (ja)
SG (1) SG85655A1 (ja)
TW (1) TW454147B (ja)

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