Automated computing appliance cloning or migration
View Patent ↗A system and method for automatically cloning or migrating a computing appliance while maintaining its operational state. A configuration bundle that includes configuration data, software revision level and a list of system updates is used to recover or duplicate a device's operation state. The system and method can also be utilized to migrate a computing appliance between different operating system while maintaining or replicating the previous operational state.
1. A non-transitory computer readable storage device comprising instructions stored thereon that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
determine that a first node of a cluster comprising multiple nodes is not fully functional;
create a configuration bundle using a second node of the cluster to enable automatic recovery of an operational state of the first node of the cluster, wherein the configuration bundle includes:
a system database,
meta-data associated with the second node of the cluster, and
one or more configuration files comprising a set of configuration data for the second node;
request initiation of an installation program on the first node to enable a base operation of the first node; and
restore the first node of the cluster to an operational state, wherein restoring includes:
restoring the set of configuration data in the configuration bundle as configuration data for the first node.
2. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 1 , wherein, accessing the configuration bundle includes:
replicating the system database stored in the configuration bundle on the first node of the cluster;
reading the meta data associated with the second node of the cluster stored in the configuration bundle; and
applying the set of configuration data stored in the configuration bundle to the first node of the cluster.
3. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to cause one or more processors to create the configuration bundle include instructions to cause the one or more processors to translate the set of configuration data from unique values used by the second node to altered unique values to be used by the first node.
4. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to cause one or more processors to create the configuration bundle include instructions to cause the one or more processors to access the second node of the cluster from a node hosting an administration console and obtain current configuration settings from the second node.
5. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to cause the one or more processors to save the configuration bundle to a storage device over a universal serial bus connection.
6. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to cause the one or more processors to save the configuration bundle to a storage device over a network connection.
7. A system, comprising:
a computing appliance comprising a plurality of nodes, the plurality of nodes comprising at least a first node and a second node;
a controlling node of the computing appliance, the controlling node communicatively coupled to both the first node and the second node; and
a processor on the controlling node configured to:
determine that the first node is not fully functional;
identify that the second node is fully functional;
create a configuration bundle associated with the second node of the computing appliance, wherein the configuration bundle is created in response to the identification and the configuration bundle includes:
a system database;
meta-data associated with the second node of the computing appliance; and
one or more configuration files comprising a set of configuration data reflecting configuration settings for the second node; and;
wherein the controlling node initiates installation of code on the first node to enable a base operation of the first node; and
wherein the controlling node restores the first node to an operational state, wherein restoring comprises:
using the configuration bundle to restore the set of configuration data for the first node of the computing appliance.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the controlling node translates the system database, meta data, and configuration files from unique values used by the second node to altered unique values to be used by the first node.
9. The system of claim 7 , further comprising an administration console capable of accessing the configuration bundle, wherein the administration console translates the configuration bundle associated with the second node from unique values used by the second node to altered unique values used by the first node.
10. The system of claim 7 , wherein operations of the controlling node and operations of the second node are performed on a single node.
11. A non-transitory computer readable storage device comprising instructions stored thereon that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
determine that a first node of a cluster comprising multiple nodes is not fully functional or completely non-functional;
identify a second node within the cluster that is fully functional;
create a configuration bundle using the second node to enable automatic recovery of an operational state of the first node, wherein the configuration bundle includes:
a system database,
meta-data associated with the second node of the cluster, and
one or more configuration files comprising a set of configuration data for the second node;
save the configuration bundle to a storage device, the storage device accessible to the first node and the second node;
request initiation of an installation program on the first node to enable a base operation of the first node; and
restore the first node of the cluster to an operational state, wherein restoring includes:
accessing the configuration bundle stored on the storage device to restore the set of configuration data for the first node of the cluster.
12. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein accessing the configuration bundle includes:
replicating the system database stored in the configuration bundle on the first node;
reading the meta data associated with the second node of the cluster stored in the configuration bundle; and
applying the set of configuration data stored in the configuration bundle to the first node.
13. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions to cause one or more processors to create the configuration bundle include instructions to cause the one or more processors to translate the set of configuration data from unique values used by the second node to altered unique values to be used by the first node.
14. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions to cause one or more processors to create the configuration bundle include instructions to cause the one or more processors to access the second node from a node hosting an administration console and obtain current configuration settings from the second node.
15. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions to cause one or more processors to save the configuration bundle include instructions to cause the one or more processors to save to the storage device over a universal serial bus connection.
16. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions to cause one or more processors to save the configuration bundle include instructions to cause the one or more processors to save to the storage device over a network connection.