Systems and methods for managing unavailable startup data for a data processing system during unrecoverable boot event

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for managing operation of a data processing system, the operations comprising:

• making, by a management controller of the data processing system, an identification that a portion of startup data stored in a boot storage device is unavailable for use in startup of the data processing system, the portion of the startup data being required for completion of the startup;
• based on the identification:
• making, by the management controller, a copy of the startup data from the boot storage device into memory of hardware resources of the data processing system;
• obtaining, by the management controller and from a boot partition of a storage device via a side band channel, replacement data for the portion of the startup data;
• reconstructing, by the management controller, an instance of the startup data using the copy of the startup data and the replacement data;
• performing, by a processor of the hardware resources, the startup using the reconstructed instance of the startup data to place the data processing system in a desired operating state;
• and
• providing computer-implemented services while the data processing system is in the desired operating state.

A data processing system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for managing operation of a data processing system, the operations comprising:
• making, by a management controller of the data processing system, an identification that a portion of startup data stored in a boot storage device is unavailable for use in startup of the data processing system, the portion of the startup data being required for completion of the startup;
• based on the identification:
• making, by the management controller, a copy of the startup data from the boot storage device into memory of hardware resources of the data processing system;
• obtaining, by the management controller and from a boot partition of a storage device via a side band channel, replacement data for the portion of the startup data;
• reconstructing, by the management controller, an instance of the startup data using the copy of the startup data and the replacement data;
• performing, by a processor of the hardware resources, the startup using the reconstructed instance of the startup data to place the data processing system in a desired operating state;
• and
• providing computer-implemented services while the data processing system is in the desired operating state.