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US 9,176,898 B2Granted
Software stack building using logically protected region of computer-readable medium
AssigneeBank of America Corporation
InventorsDaniel McCurdy, Craig Leslie Ewington, William Harrison McGraw, IV
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for software stack building using a logically protected region of a computer-readable medium are described. An image of a software stack may be stored in a computer-readable medium. A computer, coupled to the computer-readable medium, may build an executable software stack on the same computer-readable medium from the image. The image may be stored in a logically-protected region of the computer-readable medium. After the storing and prior to the building, data stored on the computer-readable medium outside of the logically-protected region may be erased.
Claims8
A method, comprising:
- migrating from a reference machine to a destination machine that has no executable software stack for normal operation via an electronic network an image of a software stack generated at the reference machine;
- installing the image of a software stack in a logically protected first portion of a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the destination machine;
- erasing the first portion of the non-transitory computer-readable medium outside of the logically-protected region, wherein the erasing is performed after the installing the image of a software stack in the logically protected region of a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
- installing computer-executable instructions in the logically protected first portion of the non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the destination machine;
- installing a memory-resident operating system in the logically protected first portion of the non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the destination machine;
- executing, by a computer of the destination machine coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium, the instructions to perform the following:
- erasing a non-protected second portion of the non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the destination machine;
- and
- building from the image an executable software stack in the non-protected second portion of the non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the destination machine form the image in the logically protected first portion of the non-transitory computer readable medium.
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A system for software stack building on a destination machine, comprising:
- a memory comprising an image of a software stack;
- a processor in communication with the memory, the processor operable to:
- migrate to the destination machine that has no executable software stack for normal operation via an electronic network the image of the software stack from the memory;
- install the image of a software stack in a logically protected first portion of a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the destination machine;
- erase the first portion of the non-transitory computer-readable medium outside of the logically-protected region, wherein the erasing is performed after the installing the image of a software stack in the logically protected region of a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
- install computer-executable instructions in the logically protected first portion of the non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the destination machine;
- install a memory-resident operating system in the logically protected first portion of the non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the destination machine;
- a computer of the destination machine coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium executing the instructions to perform the following:
- erase a non-protected second portion of the non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the destination machine;
- and
- build from the image an executable software stack in the non-protected second portion of the non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the destination machine from the image in the logically protected first portion of the non-transitory computer readable medium.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to a destination machine storing computer-executable instructions to:
- migrate from a reference machine to destination machine that has no executable software stack for normal operation via an electronic network an image of a software stack generated at the reference machine;
- install the image of a software stack in a logically protected first portion of the non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the destination machine;
- erase the first portion of the non-transitory computer-readable medium outside of the logically-protected region, wherein the erasing is performed after the installing the image of a software stack in the logically protected region of a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
- install a memory-resident operating system in the logically protected first portion of the non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the destination machine;
- execute, by a computer of the destination machine coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium, the instructions to perform the following:
- erase a non-protected second portion of the non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the destination machine;
- and
- build from the image an executable software stack in the non-protected second portion of the non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the destination machine from the image in the logically protected first portion of the non-transitory computer readable medium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.