Patrick Lucien Mclamb

US Patent:

20050154938, Jul 14, 2005

Filed:

Dec 19, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/741352

Inventors:

Patrick McLamb - Bahama NC, US
John Mese - Cary NC, US
Nathan Peterson - Raleigh NC, US
Rod Waltermann - Rougemount NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corp. - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F011/00

US Classification:

714017000

Abstract:

A method and data processing system for providing a preload imaging process that is self-healing. The state information of a single or multi-threaded preload environment is autonomically recognized and stored in a log file along with the corresponding file images that are being preloaded. The log tracks the image files and related state information for a plurality of simultaneously executing (preloading) threads. When a crash occurs during the preload process, the log information is dynamically analyzed to determine a safe point within the respective threads to resume the preload operation. The preload process is then autonomically resumed from the safe location without necessarily having to restart the entire process.