System, method and computer program product for testing a boot image
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsStephen A. Haley, Ricardo S. Puig, Alvin J. Seippel, Caryn N. Seippel
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Abstract
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for testing a boot image is disclosed. The method comprises creating a test boot image for a first logical partition, creating a second logical partition wherein the second logical partition is a duplicate of the first logical partition, initiating a boot sequence for the second logical partition using the test boot image, and returning a result of the boot sequence to a requestor.
Claims20
A computer implemented method for testing a boot image intended for a first logical partition of a data processing system, comprising:
- creating a second logical partition on the data processing system, wherein the second logical partition is a duplicate of the first logical partition;
- initiating a boot sequence for the second logical partition using the boot image;
- and
- returning a result of the boot sequence to a requestor.
A system comprising:
- a data bus system;
- memory coupled to the data bus system, wherein the memory includes computer usable program code for testing a boot image intended for a first logical partition of a data processing system;
- and
- a processing unit coupled to the data bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable program code to:
- create a second logical partition on the data processing system, wherein the second logical partition is a duplicate of the first logical partition;
- initiate a boot sequence for the second logical partition using the boot image;
- and
- return a result of the boot sequence to a requestor.
A computer program product comprising:
- a computer usable medium including computer usable program code for testing a boot image intended for a first logical partition of a data processing system, the computer program product comprising computer usable program code for:
- creating a second logical partition on the data processing system, wherein the second logical partition is a duplicate of the first logical partition;
- initiating a boot sequence for the second logical partition using the boot image;
- and
- returning a result of the boot sequence to a requestor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.