| 摘要 |
Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for allowing state restoration using differential backing objects. A base image comprising operating system files, configuration files, and device driver files installed on a plurality of clients is accessed. Differential backing objects for the clients are generated indicating differences between local images on the clients following installation of the base image. Applying one of the differential backing objects to the base image forms one of the local images at one of the clients at a point-in-time of when the differential backing object was created. The differential backing objects from the clients are stored in the storage. |
