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US 7,360,211 · App. 10/609,924 · Granted Apr 15, 2008

System for automated generation of config to order software stacks

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Patent No.
US 7,360,211
App. No.
10/609,924
Granted
Apr 15, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for automatically generating a software stack in an information handling system. The information handling system includes a software process partition. The method includes generating a manifest identifying software stack contents, creating a target partition within the information handling system, installing the specified software stack components into the target partition, configuring the target partition as active and bootable and the software process partition as hidden, booting into the target partition, setting up and configuring the software components within the target partition, and configuring the software process partition as active and bootable and the target partition as inactive. The generated software stack optionally may be captured for later use.

Claims (65)

1. A method for automatically generating a software stack in an information handling system, the information handling system including a software process partition, the method comprising:

generating a manifest identifying software stack components;

creating a target partition within the information handling system;

installing the software stack components identified by the manifest into the target partition;

configuring the target partition as active and bootable and the software process partition as hidden;

booting into the target partition;

setting up and configuring the software stack components within the target partition; and,

configuring the software process partition as active and bootable and the target partition as inactive, the configuring the software process partition as active and bootable occurring after setting up and configuring the software stack components within the target partition; and wherein

the installing includes reading target operating system information from the manifest and executing target operating system scripts based upon the target operating system information.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

the manifest is generated based upon identification of unique orders.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein: the installing further includes rebooting the information handling system after executing the target operating system scripts, entering a setup portion of the target operating system and performing an install of the target operating system.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein:

the installing further includes performing an application install and rebooting the information handling system as needed for the application install.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein:

the installing further includes determining whether additional application installs are present based upon the manifest and if so, performing the additional application installs and rebooting the information handling system as needed for the additional application installs.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein:

the installing further includes performing a device driver install and rebooting the information handling system as needed for the device driver install.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein:

the installing further includes determining whether additional device driver installs are present based upon the manifest and if so, performing the additional device driver installs and rebooting the information handling system as needed for the additional device driver installs.

8. An apparatus for automatically generating a software stack in an information handling system, the information handling system including a software process partition, the apparatus comprising:

means for generating a manifest identifying software stack components;

means for creating a target partition within the information handling system;

means for installing the software stack components identified by the manifest into the target partition;

means for configuring the target partition as active and bootable and the software process partition as hidden; means for booting into the target partition;

means for setting up and configuring the software stack components within the target partition; and,

means for configuring the software process partition as active and bootable and the target partition as inactive, the configuring the software process partition as active and bootable occurring after setting up and configuring the software stack components within the target partition; and wherein

the means for installing includes means for reading target operating system information from the manifest and means for executing target operating system scripts based upon the target operating system information.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising:

the manifest is generated based upon identification of unique orders.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein:

the means for installing further includes means for rebooting the information handling system after executing the target operating system scripts, means for entering a setup portion of the target operating system and means for performing an install of the target operating system.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein:

the means for installing further includes means for performing an application install and means for rebooting the information handling system as needed for the application install.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein:

the means for installing further includes means for determining whether additional application installs are present based upon the manifest and means for performing the additional application installs and rebooting the information handling system as needed for the additional application installs.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein:

the means for installing further includes means for performing a device driver install and means for rebooting the information handling system as needed for the device driver install.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein:

the means for installing further includes means for determining whether additional device driver installs are present based upon the manifest, means for performing the additional device driver installs and means for rebooting the information handling system as needed for the additional device driver installs.

15. A computer system for automatically generating a software stack in an information handling system, the information handling system including a software process partition, the system comprising:

a processor;

a generating module, the generating module executing on a processor to generate a manifest identifying software stack components;

a creating module, the creating module executing on a processor to create a target partition within the information handling system;

an installing module, the installing module executing on a processor to install the software stack components identified by the manifest onto the target partition; and

a target configuring module, the target configuring module executing on a processor to configure the target partition as active and bootable and the software process partition as hidden;

a booting module, the booting module executing on a processor to boot into the target partition;

a setup and configuring module, the setup and configuring module executing on a processor to set up and configure the software stack components within the target partition;

a software stack configuring module, the software stack configuring module executing on a processor to configure the software process partition as active and bootable and the target partition as inactive, the configuring the software process partition as active and bootable occurring after setting up and configuring the software stack components within the target partition; and wherein

the installing module reads target operating system information from the manifest and executes target operating system scripts based upon the target operating system information.

16. The computer system of claim 15 , further comprising: the manifest is generated based upon identification of unique orders.

17. The computer system of claim 15 , wherein: the installing module reboots the information handling system after executing the target operating system scripts, enters a setup portion of the target operating system and performs an install of the target operating system.

18. The computer system of claim 17 , wherein: the installing module performs an application install and reboots the information handling system as needed for the application install.

19. The computer system of claim 18 , wherein: the installing module determines whether additional application installs are present based upon the manifest, performs the additional application installs and reboots the information handling system as needed for the additional application installs.

20. The computer system of claim 17 , wherein: the installing module performs a device driver install and reboots the information handling system as needed for the device driver install.

21. The computer system of claim 20 , wherein: the installing module determines whether additional device driver installs are present based upon the manifest, performs the additional device driver installs and reboots the information handling system as needed for the additional device driver installs.

22. An information handling computer system comprising for automatically generating a software stack, the information handling computer system including, the computer system comprising:

a processor;

memory coupled to the processor, the memory including a software process partition and a target partition;

a generating module, the generating module generating a manifest identifying software stack components;

an installing module, the installing module installing the software stack components identified by the manifest into the target partition;

a target configuring module, the target configuring module configuring the target partition as active and bootable and the software process partition as hidden;

a booting module, the booting module booting into the target partition;

a setup and configuring module, the setup and configuring module setting up and configuring the software stack components within the target partition; and,

a software stack configuring module, the software stack configuring module configuring the software process partition as active and bootable and the target partition as hidden, the configuring the software process partition as active and bootable occurring after setting up and configuring the software stack components within the target partition; and wherein the installing module reads target operating system information from the manifest and executes target operating system scripts based upon the target operating system information.

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