Claims
- 1. A method for duplicating a user environment in a first computer system, said method comprising:
collecting user environment data from the first computer system, the collecting performed by a computer program; and storing the user environment data on a removable nonvolatile media.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the collecting includes:
identifying attributes to include in the user environment data.
- 3. The method of claim 1, said method further comprising:
restoring the user environment data stored by the first computer system onto a second computer system.
- 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first computer system includes a UNIX operating system.
- 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the collecting is performed for a plurality of users, each of the plurality of users having one or more accounts on the first computer system.
- 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user environment data includes at least one of printer definitions, tty definitions, network interfaces, user passwords, and license information.
- 7. The method of claim 1, said method further comprising:
transporting the removable nonvolatile media from the first computer system to a second computer system; loading the removable nonvolatile media in a device capable of reading the media; and restoring the user environment data from the removable nonvolatile media to the second computer system.
- 8. An information handling system, said system comprising:
one or more processors; an operating system operable by the processors; a memory accessible by the processors; a removable nonvolatile storage device accessible by the processors; a user environment duplication tool for duplicating user environment data in a first computer system, the tool including:
means for collecting user environment data from the first computer system, the collecting performed by a computer program; and means for storing the user environment data on a removable nonvolatile media.
- 9. The information handling system of claim 8, wherein the collecting includes:
means for identifying attributes to include in the user environment data.
- 10. The information handling system of claim 8, further comprising:
means for restoring the user environment data stored by the first computer system onto a second computer system.
- 11. The information handling system of claim 8, wherein the first computer system includes a UNIX operating system.
- 12. The information handling system of claim 8, wherein the means for collecting is performed for a plurality of users, each of the plurality of users having one or more accounts on the first computer system.
- 13. The information handling system of claim 8, wherein the user environment data includes at least one of printer definitions, tty definitions, network interfaces, user passwords, and license information.
- 14. The information handling system of claim 8, further comprising:
means for transporting the removable nonvolatile media from the first computer system to a second computer system; means for loading the removable nonvolatile media in a device capable of reading the media; and means for restoring the user environment data from the removable nonvolatile media to the second computer system.
- 15. A computer program product stored on a computer operable medium, the computer program product programmed to duplicate a user environment in a first computer system, said computer program product comprising:
means for collecting user environment data from the first computer system, the collecting performed by a computer program; and means for storing the user environment data on a removable nonvolatile media.
- 16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the collecting includes:
means for identifying attributes to include in the user environment data.
- 17. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising:
means for restoring the user environment data stored by the first computer system onto a second computer system.
- 18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the means for collecting is performed for a plurality of users, each of the plurality of users having one or more accounts on the first computer system.
- 19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the user environment data includes at least one of printer definitions, tty definitions, network interfaces, user passwords, and license information.
- 20. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising:
means for transporting the removable nonvolatile media from the first computer system to a second computer system; means for loading the removable nonvolatile media in a device capable of reading the media; and means for restoring the user environment data from the removable nonvolatile media to the second computer system.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is related to the following co-pending U.S. Patent Applications filed on Mar. 31, 2000 and having the same inventors and assignee: “System and Method for Event-Based Computer System Duplication” (application Ser. No. 09/540,914, filed Mar. 31, 2000), “System and Method for Computer System Duplication” (application Ser. No. 09/540,344, filed Mar. 31, 2000), and “Method and System for Implementing Network Filesystem-Based Customized Computer System Automated Rebuild Tool” (application Ser. No. 09/422,361, filed Oct. 21, 1999) each by Hamilton and Lipton and each assigned to the IBM Corporation.