Patent ID: 8583770
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring a virtual server comprising: creating the virtual server; loading an operating system image from an operating system storage; retrieving configuration information for the virtual server from a configuration storage; configuring the virtual server; loading application data for the configured virtual server from a data storage; selectively identifying, by a configuration server, updated information to be transferred to the virtual server, the updated information comprising the operating system image; and detecting if a partial failure or a complete failure of the virtual server has occurred, and if the partial failure has occurred, determining whether the virtual server can continue operation, and if a complete failure has occurred, rebooting the virtual server, wherein the operating system image, the configuration information and the application data are separately retrieved by the virtual server from the operating system storage, the configuration storage, and the data storage, respectively, such that the virtual server provides a particular functionality based on the configuration information that was retrieved, and wherein, before the operating system image, the configuration information and the application data are separately retrieved, a plurality of different operating system images is stored in the operating system storage, information for a plurality of different configurations is stored in the configuration storage, and a plurality of different applications is stored in the data storage.