Patent ID: 7823149
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In a computer system, a method for restoring an operating environment, said method comprising: receiving a notification to install a first target operating environment of a plurality of operating environments, wherein each of the plurality of operating environments comprises a different operating system and a software application under test with respect to each operating system, wherein said notification is received at a first computer system from an application server in response to a request to install said first target operating environment initiated at a remote computer system and received at said application server, and wherein said remote computer system is disposed remotely from said first computer system and said application server; in response to said notification, automatically retrieving, by said first computer system, a first image of a plurality of images, wherein each of said plurality of images stores one of the plurality of operating environments and wherein the retrieved first image stores said first target operating environment; automatically restoring said first image on said first computer system such that said first target operating environment is installed on said first computer system, wherein automatically restoring said first image on said first computer system further comprises installing the operating system and the software application of the first target operating environment on said first computer system; automatically notifying said remote computer system when said first image is restored on said first computer system; testing said software application with respect to the operating system of the first target environment on the first computer system; and reporting results of said testing of the software application from the first computer system to the remote computer system.