US 11,874,878 B2
Replacing components of a data processing system
Martin Tröster, Renningen (DE); Philip A. Sciuto, Poughkeepsie, NY (US); Daniel Johannes Klodt, Altdorf (DE); Michael Becht, Stuttgart (DE); and Giovanni Cautillo, Herrenberg (DE)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 13, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/538,879.
Prior Publication US 2021/0049216 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 16/903 (2019.01); G06F 16/901 (2019.01); G06F 16/9032 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/90335 (2019.01) [G06F 16/901 (2019.01); G06F 16/9032 (2019.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer implemented method comprising:
detecting a newly added component at a specific location in a data processing system and customization data indicating respective functional capabilities for the newly added component;
determining a last known type of component used in the specific location;
determining whether previous customization data exists in data storage, wherein the previous customization data indicates one or more functional capabilities corresponding to the last known type of component used in the specific location in the data processing system; and
responsive to determining that previous customization data exists in data storage:
erasing the previous customization data in data storage;
enabling the respective functional capabilities of the newly added component; and
replacing the previous customization data by storing the customization data of the newly added component together with data representing the specific location within the data processing system of the newly added component.