Patent ID: 7318147
Filing Date: 2008-01-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for allowing a user interfacing a computer with a console, to delay the execution of system administration operations and to have them executed in unattended mode on said computer, said method comprising the steps of: seizing identification of the user at the console and checking authorization, if the user is authorized, seizing at the console and storing in a working storage area the characteristics of the system currently active on the computer, parameters describing the administration operations to be performed on the computer, the type of system restart to be performed after administration operations in unattended mode the delay to be waited for before starting said administration operations, requiring to the operating system of the computer to start delay, when delay is expired, initializing the computer peripherals according to parameters describing the administration operations stored in the working storage area and setting the operating system in a sleeping state, performing the administration operations according to the administration operations parameters stored in the working storage area, retrieving from the working storage area the characteristics of the system which was active on the computer and the type of system restart to be performed after administration operations in unattended mode, and, restarting the system according to said retrieved information.