Updating and rolling back known good states of information handling systems
View Patent ↗A disclosed system generates a baseline configuration manifest indicative of a known good state of a plurality of information handling modules. Configuration update information indicating updates to the modules and dependencies between or among the information handling modules is received. The information handling system may then be updated in accordance with the configuration update information. The baseline configuration manifest may include a plurality of module manifests corresponding to the plurality of information handling modules and updating the information handling system may include updating the one or more information handling modules in a sequence determined by update sequence information. The configuration update information may include one or more update payloads corresponding to one or more of the information handling modules. In such cases, updating the information handling system may include providing each of update payload to its corresponding information handling module.
1. A method, comprising:
detecting a configuration update package for an information handling solution, wherein the information handling solution includes a plurality of information handling modules;
responsive to the detecting of the configuration update package, determining whether a current configuration of the information handling solution matches any of one or more solution fingerprints stored in a repository, wherein each of the one or more solution fingerprints includes configuration information indicative of a known good state of each of the plurality of information handling modules;
responsive to determining the current configuration matches a particular solution fingerprint stored in the repository, performing configuration update operations, wherein the configuration update operations include:
receiving configuration update information indicative of:
updates to a group of information handling modules, wherein the group of information handling modules includes one or more of the plurality of information handling modules; and
one or more configuration dependencies, each of which indicates a dependency between two or more of the plurality of information handling modules;
generating update sequence information based on the configuration update information and the particular solution fingerprint;
updating the group of information handling modules in accordance with the configuration update information and the update sequence information;
validating the information handling solution after said updating, wherein validating includes validating each of the group of information handling modules and, for each handling module in the group of information handling modules associated with any of the one or more configuration dependencies, validating each additional information handling module indicated in the dependency; and
responsive to determining the current configuration does not comply with any of the one or more solution fingerprints, pausing operation of the information handling solution until baseline configuration compliance is achieved.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the particular solution fingerprint comprises a baseline configuration manifests, comprising a plurality of module manifests corresponding to the plurality of information handling modules and wherein updating the information handling solution comprises updating the plurality of information handling modules in a sequence determined by the update sequence information.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration update information includes one or more update payloads corresponding to one or more of the information handling modules and wherein updating the information handling solution includes installing each of the one or more update payloads to its corresponding information handling module.
4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
responsive to an update exception generated during the updating of the information handling solution, determining whether the information handling solution supports automated roll back; and
responsive to determining that the information handling solution supports automated rollback, automatically rolling back a current module and all preceding modules indicated in the update sequence information.
5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising, updating the particular solution fingerprint in accordance with the configuration update information.
6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising committing the particular solution fingerprint as a current baseline responsive to successful completion of the updating of the information handling solution.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising rolling back the information handling solution to a configuration indicated by a prior version of the particular solution fingerprint responsive to administrator input.
8. An information handling system, comprising:
a processor;
a network interface for communicating with management endpoints of a plurality of information handling modules in an information handling solution; and
a computer readable medium including processor executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform one or more operations comprising:
detecting a configuration update package for the information handling solution, wherein the information handling solution includes the plurality of information handling modules;
responsive to the detecting of the configuration update package, determining whether a current configuration of the information handling solution matches any of one or more solution fingerprints stored in a repository, wherein each of the one or more solution fingerprints includes configuration information indicative of a known good state of each of the plurality of information handling modules;
responsive to determining the current configuration matches a particular solution fingerprint stored in the repository, performing configuration update operations, wherein the configuration update operations include:
receiving configuration update information indicative of:
updates to a group of information handling modules, wherein the group of information handling modules includes one or more of the plurality of information handling modules; and
one or more configuration dependencies, each of which indicates a dependency between two or more of the plurality of information handling modules;
generating update sequence information based on the configuration update information and the particular solution fingerprint;
updating the group of information handling modules in accordance with the configuration update information and the update sequence information;
validating the information handling solution after said updating, wherein validating includes validating each of the group of information handling modules and, for each handling module in the group of information handling modules associated with any of the one or more configuration dependencies, validating each additional information handling module indicated in the dependency; and
responsive to determining the current configuration does not comply with any of the one or more solution fingerprints, pausing the information handling solution until baseline configuration compliance is achieved.
9. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the particular solution fingerprint comprises a baseline configuration manifest comprising a plurality of module manifests corresponding to the plurality of information handling modules and wherein updating the information handling solution comprises updating the plurality of information handling modules in a sequence determined by the update sequence information.
10. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the configuration update information includes one or more update payloads corresponding to one or more of the information handling modules and wherein updating the information handling solution includes sending each of the one or more update payloads to its corresponding information handling module.
11. The information handling system of claim 10 , wherein the operations include:
responsive to an update exception generated during the updating of the information handling system, determining whether the information handling solution supports automated roll back; and
responsive to determining that the information handling solution supports automated rollback, automatically rolling back a current module and all preceding modules indicated in the update sequence information.
12. The information handling system of claim 11 , wherein the operations include:
updating the particular solution fingerprint in accordance with the configuration update information.
13. The information handling system of claim 12 , wherein the operations include:
committing the particular solution fingerprint as a current baseline responsive to successful completion of the updating of the information handling solution.
14. The information handling system of claim 13 , wherein the operations include:
rolling back the information handling solution to a prior version of the particular solution fingerprint responsive to administrator input.
15. A non-transitory computer readable medium including processor executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform one or more operations comprising:
detecting a configuration update package for an information handling solution, wherein the information handling solution includes a plurality of information handling modules;
responsive to the detecting of the configuration update package, determining whether a current configuration of the information handling solution matches any of one or more solution fingerprints stored in a repository, wherein each of the one or more solution fingerprints includes configuration information indicative of a known good state of each of the plurality of information handling modules;
responsive to determining the current configuration matches a particular solution fingerprint stored in the repository, performing configuration update operations, wherein the configuration update operations include:
receiving configuration update information indicative of:
updates to a group of information handling modules, wherein the group of information handling modules includes one or more of the plurality of information handling modules; and
one or more configuration dependencies, each of which indicates a dependency between two or more of the plurality of information handling modules;
generating update sequence information based on the configuration update information and the particular solution fingerprint;
updating the group of information handling modules in accordance with the configuration update information and the update sequence information;
validating the information handling solution after said updating, wherein validating includes validating each of the group of information handling modules and, for each handling module in the group of information handling modules associated with any of the one or more configuration dependencies, validating each additional information handling module indicated in the dependency; and
responsive to determining the current configuration does not comply with any of the one or more solution fingerprints, pausing the information handling solution until baseline configuration compliance is achieved.
16. The computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the particular solution fingerprint comprises a baseline configuration manifest, comprising a plurality of module manifests corresponding to the plurality of information handling modules and wherein updating the information handling solution comprises updating the plurality of information handling modules in a sequence determined by the update sequence information.
17. The computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the configuration update information includes one or more update payloads corresponding to one or more of the information handling modules and wherein updating the computer readable medium includes sending each of the one or more update payloads to its corresponding information handling module.
18. The computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the operations include:
responsive to an update exception generated during the updating of the computer readable medium, determining whether the information handling solution supports automated roll back; and
responsive to determining that the information handling solution supports automated rollback, automatically rolling back a current module and all preceding modules indicated in the update sequence information.
19. The computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the operations include:
updating the particular solution fingerprint in accordance with the configuration update information.
20. The computer readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the operations include:
committing the particular solution fingerprint as a current baseline responsive to successful completion of the updating of the computer readable medium.
21. The computer readable medium of claim 20 , wherein the operations include:
rolling back the information handling solution to a prior version of the particular solution fingerprint responsive to administrator input.