Patent ID: 6567774
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A system for configuring and updating networked client stations, comprising:a plurality of client stations connected to a network; a storage device connected to the plurality of client stations via the network and storing configuration information, wherein each of the plurality of client stations is configurable with the configuration information; a virtual disk containing configuration information identifiers each including a representation of the configuration information and mapping information pointing to the storage device location where the configuration information is stored, wherein the configuration information is retrievable from the storage device by the plurality of client stations with the configuration information identifiers in the virtual disk; and a snapshot disk created for a modified version of the virtual disk, the snapshot disk containing at least one configuration information identifier that is different than the configuration information identifiers in the virtual disk, wherein the snapshot disk is exportable to any one of the plurality of client stations and the configuration information is retrievable with the configuration information identifiers in the snapshot disk.