Roy M Johnson

US Patent:

7325156, Jan 29, 2008

Filed:

Oct 7, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/961500

Inventors:

Rheid Schloss - Fort Collins CO, US
Blaine Southam - Windsor CO, US
Todd D. Reedy - Wellington CO, US
Roy Johnson - Fort Collins CO, US
Brian J. O'Keefe - Fort Collins CO, US
Scot Greenidge - Loveland CO, US
Aland B. Adams - Fort Collins CO, US
Martin A. Casillas - Roseville CA, US
Gerald P. Duggan - Fort Collins CO, US
Alassane Sene - Loveland CO, US

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

714 6, 714 41, 711162, 709219

Abstract:

In one embodiment, and under control of resources belonging to a controller domain of a data center, a farm server for which a backup operation is to be performed is identified. Interfaces of backup services belonging to the controller domain are then virtually associated with the first farm network. Thereafter, the farm server and backup services are registered in a backup domain of the data center, the backup domain being associated with backup storage. Via the backup services that have been associated with the first farm network, and during execution of the backup operation by the farm server, movement of backup data from the first farm network to the backup storage is facilitated by the method. After completing the backup operation, the farm server and backup services are un-registered from the backup domain, and the interfaces of the backup services are de-associated from the first farm network.

US Patent:

7363479, Apr 22, 2008

Filed:

Apr 26, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/115863

Inventors:

Philip M. Walker - Fort Collins CO, US
Roy L. Johnson - Fort Collins CO, US

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G06F 9/00
G06F 9/24
G06F 15/177
G06F 1/24

US Classification:

713 1, 713 2

Abstract:

In one embodiment, a server is provisioned to a client by: 1) pre-booting a server of a server pool using a client-neutral operating system image, before the server is provisioned to the client; 2) provisioning the pre-booted server to a virtual network of the client; 3) mounting client storage volumes to the provisioned server; and then 4) processing a client-specific configuration file. Other related methods and apparatus are also disclosed.

US Patent:

20110055711, Mar 3, 2011

Filed:

Oct 16, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/906090

Inventors:

Bryan J. Jaquot - Ft. Collins CO, US
Kurt M. Olender - Ft. Collins CO, US
Roy Johnson - Ft. Collins CO, US
Michael Kingdom - Ft. Collins CO, US
John Liddell Long - Ft. Collins CO, US
Edgar Circenis - Ft. Collins CO, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/01
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

715736

Abstract:

A system includes a server environment and a management station. The server environment includes hardware servers. At least some of the servers can be characterized by a hierarchy of partitions. The management station provides an administrative interface. The administrative interface provides a display that displays alternate views of a graphical representation of the server environment. Each of the views has graphical partition elements corresponding to at least some of the partitions nested with graphic server elements corresponding to at least some of the hardware servers. At least some of the graphical partition elements include links that, when activated, cause the graphical representation to switch to another of its views in which is highlighted a graphical partition element that was not highlighted in the previous view.