Apparatus and method for incremental package deployment

A method comprising:

• interrupting a write operation issued by an operating system;
• redirecting the write operation from a destination block of a disk memory to a selected, redirected unused block of the disk memory to preserve contents of the disk memory of a first client computer;
• and
• recording addresses of the destination block and the selected, redirected block of the disk memory within a mapping table to form an incremental distribution package including the mapping table and the contents of the selected, redirected block of the disk memory, wherein the incremental distribution package is deployed to a second client computer different from the first client computer.

A method comprising:

• rebooting a first client computer when an incremental distribution package creation command is received;
• detecting a data structure including an entry of a detected disk input-output (I/O) write request redirected to an unused block of disk memory to preserve contents of the disk memory;
• generating an incremental distribution package according to the detected data structure and the content redirected to the unused block of the disk memory;
• and
• transmitting the incremental distribution package to a server computer to deploy the incremental distribution package to a second client computer different from the first client computer.

An apparatus comprising:

• logic to detect an input-output (I/O) write request issued to a destination block of a disk memory;
• logic to redirect the detected disk I/O write request from the destination block of the disk memory to a selected redirected block of the disk memory;
• logic to generate an entry in a mapping table, including an address of the destination block of the disk memory and an address of the redirected block of the disk memory to form an incremental distribution package including the mapping table and contents of the selected redirected block of the disk memory;
• and
• logic to transmit the incremental distribution package to a client computer different from the apparatus.

An apparatus comprising:

• logic to redirect a detected input/output (I/O) request to an unused block of a disk memory of the first client computer to preserve contents of the disk memory;
• logic generate an incremental package according to the detected disk I/O request, the incremental package including an address of a designation block of the detected I/O request, an address of the unused block of the detected I/O request, and data associated with the detected I/O request;
• and
• logic to transmit the incremental package to a server computer to deploy the incremental package to at least another computer.

An apparatus comprising:

• logic to detect a data structure including an entry of a detected disk input-output (I/O) write request redirected to an unused block of the disk memory to preserve the contents of the disk memory;
• logic to generate an incremental distribution package according to the detected data structure and the content redirected to the unused block of the disk memory;
• and
• logic to transmit the incremental distribution package to a server computer to deploy the incremental distribution package to a second client computer different from the apparatus.

An apparatus comprising:

• logic to interrupt a write operation issued by an operating system;
• logic to redirect the write operation from a destination block of a disk memory to a selected, redirected unused block of the disk memory to preserve contents of the disk memory;
• and
• logic to record addresses of the destination block and the selected, redirected block of the disk memory within a mapping table to form an incremental distribution package including the mapping table and the contents of the selected, redirected block of the disk memory, wherein the incremental distribution package is deployed to a client computer different from the apparatus.

A machine readable storage medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon, that when executed, cause a processor to perform a method comprising:

• detecting an input-output (I/O) write request issued to a destination block of a disk memory;
• redirecting the detected disk I/O write request from the destination block of the disk memory to a selected redirected block of the disk memory, wherein the detected write request is redirected to preserve contents of the disk memory of a first client computer;
• and
• generating an entry in a mapping table, including an address of the destination block of the disk memory and an address of the redirected block of the disk memory to form an incremental distribution package including the mapping table and the content of the selected, redirected blocks of the disk memory, wherein the incremental distribution package is deployed to a second client computer different from the first client computer.

A machine readable storage medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon, that when executed, cause a processor to perform a method comprising:

• interrupting a write operation issued by an operating system;
• redirecting the write operation from a destination block of a disk memory to a selected, redirected unused block of the disk memory to preserve contents of the disk memory of a first client computer;
• and
• recording addresses of the destination block and the selected, redirected block of the disk memory within a mapping table to form an incremental distribution package including the mapping table and the contents of the selected, redirected block of the disk memory, wherein the incremental distribution package is deployed to a second client computer different from the first client computer.

A machine readable storage medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon, that when executed, cause a processor to perform a method comprising:

• rebooting a first client computer when an incremental distribution package creation command is received;
• detecting a data structure including an entry of a detected disk input-output (I/O) write request redirected to an unused block of disk memory to preserve contents of the disk memory;
• generating an incremental distribution package according to the detected data structure and the content redirected to the unused block of the disk memory;
• and
• transmitting the incremental distribution package to a server computer to deploy the incremental distribution package to a second client computer different from the first client computer.