Patent ID: 9176898
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: migrating from a reference machine to a destination machine that has no executable software stack for normal operation via an electronic network an image of a software stack generated at the reference machine; installing the image of a software stack in a logically protected first portion of a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the destination machine; erasing the first portion of the non-transitory computer-readable medium outside of the logically-protected region, wherein the erasing is performed after the installing the image of a software stack in the logically protected region of a non-transitory computer-readable medium; installing computer-executable instructions in the logically protected first portion of the non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the destination machine; installing a memory-resident operating system in the logically protected first portion of the non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the destination machine; executing, by a computer of the destination machine coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium, the instructions to perform the following: