Image Delta-Based Upgrade Of Complex Stack In Software Appliance

Patent №

US 8,997,085

Granted

2015-03-31

Filed 2011

Owner

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

AI components

2

evo · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

13168445

An approach is provided in which a host system identifies a set of differences between a first version of a software product and a second version of the software product. The set of differences include different file system files, database differences, and configuration differences. The host system creates database utilities and configuration utilities that correspond to the database differences and configuration differences, respectively. In turn, the host system creates an executable upgrade image that includes the different file system files, the database utilities, and the configuration utilities.

AI classification

AI hardware0.99
Evolutionary computation0.71
Natural language0.16
Speech0.02
Knowledge representation0.01
Vision0.00
Machine learning0.00
Planning0.00

Ownership

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

assignment · 266850021

Assignors

CROSS, MICAH MORTON, STUART, EUGENE M.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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