Patent ID: 8819190
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In a data processing system having a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, at least one input/output (I/O) adapter that enables connection to an external network with a shared distributed storage repository, and a virtualization management component executing within the data processing system that generates a plurality of operating system (OS) partitions including a first virtual I/O server (VIOS) partition that operates within a VIOS cluster having a shared VIOS database, a method comprising: a director server within the VIOS cluster deploying an image capture program (ICP) agent to a first VIOS to trigger discovery of one or more objects that are manageable by the director server; discovering, within the VIOS cluster via the ICP agent, a virtual storage device; creating a virtual server partition associated with the first VIOS; capturing, from an image repository comprising a plurality of images within a storage pool, an image comprising one or more files to be subsequently imported by the first VIOS to the virtual storage device, wherein the storage pool is located within the shared distributed storage repository comprising a plurality of physical storage units distributed across a storage network; importing the captured image to the virtual storage device; deploying the imported image to the virtual server partition; and activating the virtual server partition with the imported image.