DIAGNOSTIC VIRTUAL APPLIANCE

摘要

A virtual appliance environment (VAE) consists of components residing on acomputer BIOS ROM and/or on a mass storage device The VAE includes a virtual appliance (VA) for diagnosing malfunctioning hardware or software The VA tests the hardware and/or software resident in the computer and transmits the results of the test to a server, which diagnoses the problem and transmits instructions to the VAE for saving the data, determining whether the computer is under warranty, and providing shipping information to a user The VAE can download a VA for scanning viruses The VAE transmits the results of the virus scan to the server, which determines the type of virus infecting the computer and transmits instructions to the virtual appliance for downloading the approppate VA for removing the virus The VAE can save the data to another source, and restore the data or simply remove the virus.