Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, a computer implemented method for providing remote system recovery services is provided. The computer implemented method generates bootable system recovery images to form a set of bootable system recovery images, creates a list of authorized users from a set of subscribers, and receives a request for a bootable system recovery image, including a subscriber identifier, to form a received request. The computer implemented method further authenticates the subscriber identifier in the received request and sends the bootable system recovery image to the subscriber. Responsive to a determination that the user selected additional services, the computer implemented method performs the selected services.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 18, 2008
Date of Patent:
November 8, 2011
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Inventors:
Michael Reed, Linda Jones Scott, Robert Vernon Williamson