Patent ID: 7565495

Claim:
A method of computer resource management, comprising: receiving, at a management node that comprises at least one management computer, at least one ample image captured from an existing computer; obtaining at the management node meta-data that is structurally associated with the ample image; indexing the ample image within a plurality of ample images such that the ample image can be located by using at least part of the meta-data as a key; mounting the ample image within a management environment at the management node, the management environment providing at least the ability to perform at least one file system operation to read files and directories; identifying a suspect file within the ample image; tracking, by searching the plurality of ample images, propagation of the suspect file; and upon identifying the suspect file, repairing at least a portion of the ample image such that the resulting, modified, ample image reflects a different data state, different software state, different operating system environment, or different hardware operating environment than that which existed on the existing computer at the time the image was captured.