Patent ID: 7698704
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for installing a software program on at least one client system, said method comprising: creating a point-in-time copy of a storage unit containing said software program within a shared storage system; configuring a computer network to create an exclusive communication zone between said client system and said point-in-time copy within said shared storage system; installing said software program on said client system using said exclusive communication zone; and terminating said exclusive communication zone after said installing of said software program is completed; accessing ports using any of a client system access ports, after said exclusive communication zone is terminated, wherein said configuring of said computer network comprises exclusively dedicating said client system access port and a shared storage system access port to one another, wherein said dedicating process excludes all other access ports from communicating with said client system access port while said exclusive communication zone exists.