Machine and method for deployment of OS image

A method carried out by at least one processor device, for preparing a plurality of OS images that are respectively used in a plurality of information processing terminals, comprising:

• causing one or more storage systems connected to a first communications network and a second communications network, to prepare a plurality of terminal logical volumes respectively corresponding to said plurality of information processing terminals coupled to the first communications network and the second communications network in said one or more storage systems;
• causing said one or more storage systems to copy OS image data stored in the logical volumes inside said one or more storage systems in each of the one or more terminal logical volumes selected from said plurality of terminal logical volumes, without passing through said first communications network whose transfer rate is slower than that of said second communications network;
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• setting a dedicated boot path for each of said one or more information processing terminals respectively corresponding to said one or more terminal volumes, wherein the boot paths are for accessing said copied OS image data via said second communications network which is a different network from said first communications network, and wherein said second communications network operates with a higher speed performance than said first communications network.

A storage device embodying a computer program which is used to prepare a plurality of OS images that are respectively used in a plurality of information processing terminals, where the program carried out by a computer causes the computer to execute:

• causing one or more storage systems coupled to a first communications network and a second communications network to prepare a plurality of terminal logical volumes respectively corresponding to said plurality of information processing terminals connected to the first communications network and the second communications network in said one or more storage systems;
• causing said one or more storage systems to copy the OS image data stored in the logical volumes inside said one or more storage systems into each of the one or more terminal logical volumes selected from said plurality of terminal logical volumes without passing through said first communications network whose transfer rate is slower than that of said second communications network;
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• setting a dedicated boot path for each of said one or more information processing terminals respectively corresponding to said one or more terminal volumes, wherein the boot paths are for accessing said copied OS image data via said second communications network which is a different network from said first communications network, and wherein said second communications network operates with a higher speed performance than said first communications network.