Apparatus and method for an installation recovery system
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorKenneth P. Davis
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Abstract
Apparatus and method are provided for efficiently recovering from an interrupted installation procedure. The installation system creates a list of components to be installed in the installation procedure. The installation recovery system works in conjunction with the component list and current component pointer to identify which component was the last component successfully installed in the install procedure. In an instance where recovery is required, the installation recovery system identifies the last component installed and then restarts the install procedure from the point it was interrupted.
Claims20
A software installation recovery apparatus on a computer system, said installation recovery apparatus comprising:
- a means for providing a list of a plurality of software components to be installed;
- a means for installing said plurality of software components on said list of said plurality of software components on said computer system;
- and
- a means for recovering said installing means after an interruption by identifying a last of said plurality of software components installed, and by restarting said installing means from said last of said plurality of software components installed.
A method for use in multiprocessor memory apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a list of a plurality of software components to be installed;
- installing said plurality of software components on said list of said plurality of software components in a computer system;
- and
- recovering of said installation of said plurality of software components after an interruption.
A software installation recovery apparatus in a computer system, said installation recovery apparatus comprising:
- logic configured to provide a list of a plurality of software components to be installed;
- logic configured to install said plurality of software components on said list of said plurality of software components in a computer system;
- and
- logic configured to recover said installation of said plurality of software components after an interruption.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.