Patent ID: 8028134

Claim:
A system for imaging a memory module while in functional operation, comprising: a processor configured to execute one or more operations or algorithms; a primary memory module accessible to the processor at a primary mount point in a file system directory, wherein the primary memory module stores information that the processor is configured to access in order to execute the one or more operations or algorithms; a directory management module configured to cause the primary mount point in the file system directory to point to a secondary memory module that is different from the primary memory module while the processor executes the one or more operations or algorithms; an imaging module configured to apply an image to the primary memory module while the primary mount points to the secondary memory module; and a process execution module configured to execute the one or more operations or algorithms and access information at the primary mount point in the file system directory in order to execute the one or more operations or algorithms such that if the primary mount point points to the primary memory module, the process execution module is configured to access the information from the primary memory module, or if the primary mount point points to the secondary memory module, the process execution module is configured to access the information from the secondary memory module, the directory management module being further configured to remount the primary memory module to the file system directory in response to the image having been applied to the primary memory module in order to cause the primary mount point to once again point to the primary memory module.