Patent ID: 7953831

Claim:
A method for managing configuration data in a computer system, wherein: a management computer included in the computer system obtains first hardware configuration data of a first hardware configuration of a standby computer, from a mini-operating system initiated by the standby computer; compares the obtained first hardware configuration data with second hardware configuration data of a second hardware configuration of a working computer; and, if the second hardware configuration of the working computer is different from the first hardware configuration of the standby computer, sends out to an interface virtualization unit a command for emulating the hardware in the first hardware configuration of the standby computer that is different from the hardware in the second hardware configuration of the working computer, to virtually provide an interface; wherein the interface virtualization unit, after receiving the command, emulates the different hardware of the standby computer to virtually provide the working computer with the interface; and wherein the operating system of the working computer, after detecting the emulated hardware, installs therein the driver adapted to the emulated hardware.