1. An apparatus comprising: a tangible memory device storing a computer readable program; a processor executing the computer readable program, the computer readable program comprising a copy module copying application metadata for an application image to an application metadata copy, wherein the application metadata and application image are stored on a writable memory of a data processing device and the application metadata copy is stored remotely from the data processing device; a detection module detecting an operational anomaly; an erasure module erasing at least the application image on the writeable memory in response to detecting the operational anomaly; an identification module identifying the application image from the application metadata copy; and a reload module reloading the application image to the writable memory using the application metadata copy.