Patent ID: 9372827
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which when executed by at least one data processing device performs a method for migrating functionality of a source physical computing device to a destination physical computing device, the method comprising: identifying a non-production copy of data and metadata associated with a source physical computing device, determining a configuration of the source physical computing device; determining a new configuration for a destination physical computing device based at least in part on the determined configuration of the source physical computing device; identifying a destination physical computing device to which functionality of the source physical computing device may be migrated, providing, via the information management system, the destination physical computing device with access to data and metadata from the non-production copy, wherein the data and metadata from the non-production copy includes application-specific data and metadata; modifying the existing configuration of the destination physical computing device based at least in part on the new configuration for the destination physical computing device, decommissioning the source physical computing device after migration is complete, wherein the source physical computing device is inoperable after being decommissioned; executing a routine to permanently wipe data and metadata from the decommissioned source physical computing device; and notifying a party that the decommissioned source physical computing device is available by providing at least a partial description of the decommissioned source physical computing device specification.