Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and control method by the same
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakanori Fukuhara
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Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises a storage device and a controller. The storage device stores system information relating to a system of the information processing apparatus. The controller executes a recovery processing on the storage device using recovery information stored in a storage medium for storing the recovery information necessary for recovering the system information.
Claims20
An information processing apparatus, comprising:
- a storage device configured to store system information relating to a system of the information processing apparatus;
- and
- a controller configured to execute a recovery processing on the storage device using recovery information stored in a storage medium for storing the recovery information necessary for recovering the system information.
An information processing system comprising an information processing apparatus and a server device, wherein
- the information processing apparatus and the server device are connected via a network,
- the server device stores recovery information necessary for recovering system information of the information processing apparatus, and
- the information processing apparatus comprises a storage device configured to store system information relating to a system of the information processing apparatus;
- and a controller configured to execute a recovery processing on the storage device using the recovery information stored in the server device.
An information processing system comprising a plurality of information processing apparatuses, wherein
- the plurality of the information processing apparatuses are connected to one another via a network,
- at least one of the plurality of the information processing apparatuses is a master, and the other information processing apparatuses are slaves,
- the master information processing apparatus comprises a storage device configured to store system information relating to a system of the plurality of information processing apparatuses;
- and a controller configured to execute a recovery processing on a storage device comprised therein or a storage device of any of a slave information processing apparatus using recovery information stored in a storage medium for storing the recovery information necessary for recovering the system information.
A control method by an information processing apparatus having a storage device for storing system information relating to a system of the information processing apparatus, comprising:
- confirming connection of a storage medium for storing recovery information necessary for recovering the system information to a connection section;
- executing, by a controller, a recovery processing on the storage device using the recovery information stored in the connected storage medium if the storage medium is connected;
- and
- performing, by the controller, a self-diagnosis processing on the storage device using the recovery information stored in the storage medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.