Configuration Parameter History Management for System Migration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information handling systems face challenges in seamlessly migrating user settings and configurations from legacy systems to replacement systems, leading to suboptimal performance and utilization of new capabilities, as default settings often do not account for the specific usage patterns and enhancements of the replacement systems.

Innovation Solution

A method is implemented to gather data from legacy systems, analyze usage patterns, and apply customized configuration settings to replacement systems using a central data repository, such as the Dell Data Vault, to optimize performance and leverage new features, including statistical modeling to determine configuration parameter values.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If default configuration settings are used in replacement systems, then system setup is simple and quick, but system performance and capability utilization are suboptimal

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesystem setup simplicityVSAvoidsystem performance

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically gathering configuration data from legacy systems before the user completes the replacement system setup. The configuration manager collects hardware specifications, software settings, and usage patterns from the legacy system, then applies these settings to the replacement system automatically, eliminating the need for manual reconfiguration while optimizing performance.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The configuration management system enables self-service by automatically migrating and applying configuration settings without requiring user intervention. The system independently identifies legacy configuration data, transfers it to the replacement system, and adjusts settings based on hardware differences, allowing the system to configure itself optimally without user effort.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Manufacturing precision

If configuration parameters are manually transferred from legacy systems, then customization accuracy is high, but migration time and user effort increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconfiguration accuracyVSAvoidmigration time

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system creates copies of configuration data from the legacy system and applies them to the replacement system. The configuration manager generates copies of hardware specifications, software settings, and operational parameters, then automatically transfers these copies to the new system, ensuring accurate replication without manual copying efforts.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The configuration manager acts as an intermediary between the legacy system and replacement system. It automatically extracts configuration data from the legacy system, processes and adapts the data to match the replacement system's hardware architecture, and applies the transformed settings, eliminating the need for manual transfer while maintaining accuracy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Device complexity

If legacy system configuration settings are directly applied to replacement systems, then migration effort is minimized, but new capabilities and optimizations are not utilized

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemigration complexityVSAvoidnew capability utilization

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The configuration management system dynamically adapts legacy configuration settings to match the replacement system's capabilities. It automatically detects hardware differences, adjusts configuration parameters to leverage new features and optimizations, and reconfigures settings to maximize performance on the new platform while maintaining operational continuity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically changes configuration parameters to optimize the replacement system's performance. It modifies hardware-specific settings, software configuration values, and operational parameters based on the replacement system's capabilities, ensuring that new features and optimizations are utilized while maintaining system functionality.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS10521244B2Information handling system configuration parameter history management

Publication Date: 2019.12.31 DELL PROD LP

AI summary

A method and information handling system comprising receiving, at the management information handling system, legacy client information handling system configuration parameter values of the legacy client information handling system, information handling system configuration parameter values comprising motherboard configuration parameter values and component configuration parameter values, storing the legacy client information handling system configuration parameter values in a memory device, and identifying, via a processor at the management information handling system, replacement client information handling system performance enhancements relative to legacy client information handling system performance constraints. Executing, via an application processor, instructions of a system configuration management system to determine replacement client information handling system configuration parameter values based on the replacement client information handling system performance enhancements.