Vista IP Law Group, LLP.
Method and mechanism for performing a rolling upgrade of distributed computer software
An improved method and mechanism for performing rolling upgrades to distributed software installations is disclosed. The present approach eliminates or minimizes extraneous downtime when performing a rolling upgrade, thereby improving performance an availability for users of the software installation. A rolling upgrade can be performed by defining a private symbolic link for each member that is upgraded to reference the upgraded version of the software installation.
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Alok Kumar Rajiv
Srivastava Jayaraman