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US 6,651,094 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for creating a preload image for network installation
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJeffrey Randell Dean, Ingrid Milagros Rodriguez
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Abstract
The present invention is a method and apparatus for generating the second phase (i.e. software for which redistribution rights are limited) of a preload image for networks. The reseller is not required to answer numerous and often repetitive prompts for each application, but merely the location of the desired application.
Claims9
A method of creating a preload image for installation of a server network, the method comprising the steps of:
- creating a first portion of the preload image containing software for which a seller has redistribution rights;
- prompting, using an image utility, a designated individual for a location of additional software for which the seller does not have redistribution rights, and for which the seller desires to become a second portion of the preload image;
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- creating, using the image utility, a second portion of the preload image, wherein the second portion includes the located additional software.
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An apparatus for creating a preload image for installation of a server network, the apparatus comprising:
- means for creating a first portion of the preload image containing software for which a seller has redistribution rights;
- means for prompting, using an image utility, a designated individual for a location of additional software for which the seller does not have redistribution rights, and for which the seller desires to become a second portion of the preload image;
- and
- means for creating, using the image utility, a second portion of the preload image, wherein the second portion includes the located additional software.
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A computer program product comprising:
- a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied in the medium for creating a preload image for installation of a server network, the computer readable program code means including:
- means for creating a first portion of the preload image containing software for which a seller has redistribution rights;
- means for prompting, using an image utility, a designated individual for a location of additional software for which the seller does not have redistribution rights, and for which the seller desires to become a second portion of the preload image;
- and
- means for creating, using the image utility, a second portion of the preload image, wherein the second portion includes the located additional software.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.