Patent ID: 8607225
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing managed upgrades in an integrated software and hardware service broker, said method comprising: providing an integrated system including a chassis having a plurality of enclosure slots that are adapted to contain computing blades, including a plurality of bootstrap blades and a plurality of worker blades, each blade including a managed server; providing administration functionalities of the integrated system at the bootstrap blades; providing service broker functionalities at the worker blades; providing an administration console, executing on the bootstrap blades, for managing updates, installation and/or rollbacks on said worker blades; receiving a request, on the administration console, to update a deployment package on at least one of said managed servers on the worker blades; sequentially distributing the deployment package to each said managed server, wherein each said managed server processes the deployment package; and updating a set of metadata associated with the deployment package in a deployment packages directory.