Identification of bootable devices

A computer program product for managing an initiation of a computing system, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions readable/executable by one or more computer processors:
• program instructions to detect that a first computing system receives a request to initiate a second computing system;
• program instructions to access a table that includes information associated with a plurality of storage entities that include bootable OS images, wherein the plurality of storage entities are included in at least one storage system;
• program instructions to determining a first storage entity that includes a corresponding instance of a first bootable OS image of the requested second computing system;
• and
• program instructions to initiate the requested second computing system based, at least in part, on the instance of the bootable OS image of the first storage entity.

A computer system for managing an initiation of a computing system, the computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• one or more computer readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising
• program instructions to detect that a first computing system receives a request to initiate a second computing system;
• program instructions to access a table that includes information associated with a plurality of storage entities that include bootable OS images, wherein the plurality of storage entities are included in at least one storage system;
• program instructions to determining a first storage entity that includes a corresponding instance of a first bootable OS image of the requested second computing system;
• and
• program instructions to initiate the requested second computing system based, at least in part, on the instance of the bootable OS image of the first storage entity.