Patent ID: 8881134

Claim:
A system for updating at least one facility in a computing storage environment, comprising: at least one processor device, operable in the computing storage environment, wherein the at least one processor device is adapted for: setting a sequence for distributing at least one of a plurality of code packages to the at least one facility according to different states of a fixed state machine, installing the at least one of the plurality of code packages in at least one staging area, wherein the at least one of the plurality of code packages is maintained in the at least one staging area in a valid, dormant mode while the fixed state machine is stopped, detecting a change in the fixed state machine; determining whether the fixed state machine change is an accidental state change resulting in a modification of the configuration of an updateable element; if the fixed state machine change is not an accidental state change, determining whether the fixed state machine change results in a modification of the configuration of an updateable element; if the fixed state machine change results in a modification of the configuration of the updateable element, then analyzing and synchronizing the modification to bring the fixed state machine to a valid state; and if the fixed state machine change does not result in a modification, maintaining the fixed state machine in the valid state; if the fixed state machine change is an accidental state change, notifying support personnel for repair or replacement of a failing part causing the accidental state change; if the repair results in a modification of the configuration of the updateable element of the at least one of the plurality of code packages maintained in the at least one staging area, analyzing and synchronizing the modification to bring the fixed state machine to the valid state; if the repair does not result in a modification of the configuration of the updateable element of the at least one of the plurality of code packages maintained in the at least one staging area, placing the fixed state machine in the valid state; and pursuant to a resumption of the fixed state machine at a subsequent time after the fixed state machine is brought to the valid state, swapping a current code package with the at least one of the plurality of code packages in the at least one staging area to activate the at least one of the plurality of code packages.