发明申请
US20080256530A1 System and Method for Determining Firmware Compatibility for Migrating Logical Partitions
审中-公开
确定用于迁移逻辑分区的固件兼容性的系统和方法
- 专利标题: System and Method for Determining Firmware Compatibility for Migrating Logical Partitions
- 专利标题(中): 确定用于迁移逻辑分区的固件兼容性的系统和方法
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申请号: US11735770申请日: 2007-04-16
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公开(公告)号: US20080256530A1公开(公告)日: 2008-10-16
- 发明人: William Joseph Armstrong , Robert J. Battista , David Anthony Larson , Naresh Nayar , Jonathan Ross Van Niewaal
- 申请人: William Joseph Armstrong , Robert J. Battista , David Anthony Larson , Naresh Nayar , Jonathan Ross Van Niewaal
- 主分类号: G06F9/445
- IPC分类号: G06F9/445
摘要:
An apparatus, program product and method for facilitating logical partition migrations between computers by determining if the firmware of the computers is compatible. A hypervisor of a source logical partition may transfer a token and compatibility table indicative of firmware running on the source computer. A hypervisor on the system of the target logical partition may compare the firmware indicated by the token with a token and/or compatibility table listing firmware versions compatible with the target computer. Conversely, a token of the target computer may be compared to a compatibility table associated with firmware that is compatible with the source computer. In either instance, a match may result in the migration of the logical partition. Alternatively, an absence of a match may result in the migration being prohibited.
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