Dillon & Yudell LLP
Automatic appliance server re-provision/re-purposing method
Disclosed is a method for automatically re-provisioning an appliance server without significant user-interaction. The disk drive of a server to be utilized as an appliance server is partitioned into at least three partitions, including a systems partition, a network operating system partition, and an images partition. A re-provisioning utility is provided, which, when activated by a user, removes the present application from the server and forwards it to a storage location on the network or in a fourth storage partition and installs another application on the server. The system is re-booted and re-configured to provide full operation of the new application.
International Business Machines Corporation
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Richard Alan William W. David Michael Timothy J. Peter Gerard Gregory Brian Thomas William Peter Thomas Karl Ross John Michael Simon Akram Paul Brian Andrew Hamilton William Paul
Dayan Buchanan, Jr. Green Green Chin Pruett Lange Donovan Shultz Brantly Chu Abboud Tippett Wray Zeggert