US 7,467,292 B2Granted

Method and system for migrating information between information handling systems

AssigneeDell Products L.P.

InventorsJefferson Raley, Shaofei Chen, Marc Jarvis, Craig Rones

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Abstract

A system for migrating information includes a first information handling system (IHS). The first IHS is for, in response to a first boot event, booting from a computer readable medium, bypassing the first IHS user authentication requirement, and establishing a connection between the first IHS and a second IHS. The system for migrating information also includes the second IHS, coupled to the first IHS. The second IHS is for, in response to a second boot event, booting from a storage device of the second IHS, establishing the connection between the first IHS and the second IHS, and migrating information from the first IHS to the second IHS.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A method for migrating information from a first information handling system (“IHS”) to a second IHS, the method comprising:

storing, on a storage device of the second IHS, a template, and a computer program processable by the second IHS for migrating information from a storage device of the first IHS to the storage device of the second IHS, wherein the template includes an indication of information that is specified for migration, an indication of information that is excluded from migration and information relating to IHS configuration;
providing a cable for coupling the first IHS to the second IHS;
and
providing a computer readable medium for storing instructions processable by the first IHS for:
obtaining access to a file system of the storage device of the first IHS;
and
establishing a connection between the first IHS and the second IHS for migrating information from storage device of the first IHS to the storage device of the second IHS.

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