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Software image creation in a distributed build environment

A software image and distributed technology, applied in software deployment, software maintenance/management, resource allocation, etc., to achieve the effect of reducing installation times, resource consumption and time

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-02-02
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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[0024] In one embodiment, the present invention includes a distributed build environment in which one or more first computers authorize the creation (eg, installation and configuration) of software images to one or more second computers. Specifically, at least one server generates a list of mapped work items (eg, jobs) to be completed by at least one distributed client. The list is generated based on the server configuration and the environment in which the build was generated. After the work item list is created, any available imaging client can select and complete a work item from any server. Each work item is selected and completed by only one client. The client installs, configures, and images the operating system, then uploads the final image back to the server. The server provides instructions to the client (eg, through a scripting mechanism) to complete the job. When the client completes the job, the client updates the server with the completion status. The client t...

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Distributing software image creation and configuration among a plurality of client computers. Server computers define jobs related to software image creation. Each of the client computers communicates with the servers to identify, accept, and complete jobs. The server and client computers maintain data structures indicating job availability and status. In the distributed build environment, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and system builders may easily modify, create, and image software in the factory to dramatically reduce resource consumption and time.

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technical field [0001] Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of software image creation, and in particular to a distributed construction environment in which a first computer authorizes software image creation to a second computer. Background technique [0002] In a typical operating system build environment, code is compiled into binary form by a computer. Such environments cannot use external resources to generate operating system runtime images. A build environment can support the creation of images inside a computer, but can only use a limited supply of valuable resources to meet the needs of the creation of the final operating system image. For example, some existing environments dedicate and configure one computer to build a specific image (ie, operating system or application). However, such systems are less efficient because dedicated computers are only used to build specific images (eg, maybe once or twice a day). Thus, each dedicated computer i...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F9/44G06F9/445G06F9/50G06F15/16
CPCG06F8/63G06F2209/509G06F8/71G06F9/505G06F15/16
Inventor S·洛德韦克J·科恩R·布克哈特
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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