Optimizing device update scheduling
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsArkadiy O. Tsfasman, Dane Warren, Charles Bene, Tadd Bindas, Syed F. Hossain
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for updating a device is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes identifying that an update associated with the device is available. The computer-implemented method further includes determining whether the available update associated with the device is permitted. The computer-implemented method further includes determining, in response to the available update associated with the device being permitted, an optimal scheduled time for performing the update on the device. The computer-implemented method further performing the update on the device at the scheduled time.
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A computer-implemented method for updating a device, comprising:
- identifying that a firmware sub-stream update associated with the device is available;
- determining whether the firmware sub-stream update associated with the device is permitted;
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- automatically performing at an optimal scheduled time, in response to the firmware sub-stream update associated with the device not being permitted based, at least in part, on a particular piece of down-level hardware targeted by the firmware sub-stream update, an alternate available firmware sub-stream update on the device that does not target the particular piece of down-level hardware.
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A computer program product for updating a device, 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 including instructions to:
- identify that a firmware sub-stream update associated with the device is available;
- determine whether the firmware sub-stream update associated with the device is permitted;
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- automatically performing at an optimal scheduled time, in response to the firmware sub-stream update associated with the device not being permitted based, at least in part, on a particular piece of down-level hardware targeted by the firmware sub-stream update, an alternate available firmware sub-stream update on the device that does not target the particular piece of down-level hardware.
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A computer system for updating a device, comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
- one or more computer readable storage media;
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- computer program instructions, the computer program instructions being stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by the one or more computer processors, the computer program instructions including instructions to:
- identify that a firmware sub-stream update associated with the device is available;
- determine whether the firmware sub-stream update associated with the device is permitted;
- and
- automatically perform at an optimal scheduled time, in response to the firmware sub-stream update associated with the device not being permitted based, at least in part, on a particular piece of down-level hardware targeted by the firmware sub-stream update.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.