Patent ID: 8782413
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing an update to at least one storage facility in a computing storage environment by a processor device, comprising: receiving media in one or more updatable elements of one or more components of the at least one storage facility, each of the one or more updatable elements including one or more unique update images and one or more unique update commands; performing a security verification on the update via a certificate authentication mechanism to confirm a validity of the update; subsequent to confirming the validity of the update, performing a safety verification on the update to confirm a suitability of the update to the at least one storage facility; if the security and safety verifications are validated, installing the update in the at least one storage facility; and processing the update in the at least one storage facility by traversing a fixed state machine for each updatable element.