Patent ID: 8635425

Claim:
A method for managing host computing devices, comprising: obtaining, by a host computing device, machine image data corresponding to a provisioning of the host computing device, wherein the machine image data includes a static portion and a dynamic portion; allocating, by the host computing device, a primary static partition and a dynamic partition; installing, by the host computing device, the static portion of the machine image data in the allocated primary static partition; installing, by the host computing device, the dynamic portion of the machine image data in the allocated dynamic partition; allocating, by the host computing device, one or more secondary static partitions; obtaining, by the host computing device, update information, the update information related to the static portion of the machine image; installing, by the host computing device, the update information in the allocated one or more secondary static partitions; and swapping, by the host computing device, the primary static partition, and a secondary static partition.