SELF-HEALING USING AN ALTERNATE BOOT PARTITION

摘要

Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that enable a computer system comprising networked computers to self-heal from a boot failure of one of the computers. In some embodiments, upon detecting a first computer failing to successfully load a first boot image, a second computer configures the first computer to boot a second boot image. Upon power cycling, the first computer loads the second boot image.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
configuring, using a second computer, a first computer having multiple boot images to boot one of the multiple boot images; wherein upon power cycling, loading, by the first computer, the one of the multiple boot images.