Patent ID: 9092397
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a database, the method comprising: causing a standby server to provide a development platform for the database, wherein the standby server comprises a first interface and a second interface; mimicking, on the second interface of the standby server, an authenticating media access control (MAC) address of a primary server; causing the primary server to transfer data to the standby server in order to provide a backup of the data on the standby server; determining that the primary server is not able to perform one or more functions; in response to determining that the primary server is not able to perform the one or more functions, provisioning the standby server, to perform the one or more functions over the first interface using an actual MAC address that is different from the authenticating MAC address; and after provisioning the standby server, causing the standby server to perform the one or more functions over the first interface using the actual MAC address, wherein the one or more functions are verified via the mimicked authenticating MAC address.