Patent ID: 8578146
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for booting a bootable virtual storage appliance on a virtualized server platform, the method comprising: providing a virtual storage appliance on a server platform, the virtual storage appliance configured to manage a disk array comprising a plurality of disks, and wherein at least one of the disks comprises a hidden boot partition having a boot console, wherein providing the virtual storage appliance comprises installing the virtual storage appliance on the server platform by: loading an installation package on the server platform, the installation package comprising an installation script for installing the virtual storage appliance, a boot console, and a management module, running the installation script to create the hidden boot partition on the disk, copying the boot console and the management module to the hidden boot partition; powering up the server platform; loading boot code on the server platform; loading the boot console and the management module from the hidden boot partition; and installing the virtual storage appliance using the boot console as a storage driver.