Techniques for non-disruptive upgrade

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8438315
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12924588

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Described are techniques for upgrading a driver. A driver is installed which includes an upgrade facility, a base driver and a first set of one or more driver extension modules for processing input/output operations for one or more devices. Processing is performed to upgrade the driver using the upgrade facility. The processing includes loading one or more upgrade modules associated with a second version of said driver and performing cutover processing for each of the one or more devices.

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EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC176 SOUTH STREET HOPKINTON MA 01748

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bappe, Michael E Loveland, US 36 1861
Epstein, Edith Arlington, US 13 626
Kudva, Santhosh Venkatesh Karnataka, IN 3 212
Raizen, Helen S Jamaica Plain, US 55 2447
Sandstrom, Harold M Belmont, US 22 685
Tao, Tao Cambridge, US 224 1814
West, Eric I Brighton, US 4 323

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