Patent ID: 7694169
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of restoring a client device following failure of the client device, the client being connectable to a network comprising a server device, the method comprising: saving to the server device a configuration state of the client device, the saved configuration state comprising client network interface configuration information and a file of the client device, following failure of the client device, recording on a medium bootable on the client device program instructions for configuring the client device according to the saved configuration state, wherein the client device program instructions are for execution on the client device upon the client device booting from the bootable medium, and wherein execution of the client device program instructions by the client device causes configuration of a network interface of the client device in accordance with the program instructions and the saved client network interface configuration information and causes restoration of the file to the client device by copying the file over the network.