Patent ID: 8683458
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: detecting, by an upgrade manager of a network appliance, that an upgrade of a network appliance via an upgrade patch has failed, the upgrade manager comprising a component of the network appliance that controls upgrades of the network appliance; in response to the detecting, determining, by the upgrade manager, that the network appliance is to be modified using a full install image of the network appliance, the full install image comprising a collection of software packages in a pre-installed state that can be unpacked to create an executable image; scheduling, by the upgrade manager, an unattended install of the network appliance for a specific time determined by the upgrade manager; and performing, by the upgrade manager, the unattended install of the network appliance at the specific time, wherein the performing the unattended install comprises: