System and method for improving support for information technology through collecting, diagnosing and reporting configuration, metric, and event information
First Claim
1. A system for diagnosing an information technology environment comprises, in combination:
- a collector server which stores configuration, metric and event information gathered from the information technology environment and formats the information into formatted data;
a data warehouse in communication with the collector server and housing formatted data imported from the collection server; and
a portal server in communication with the collector server and the data warehouse and having an interface from which the formatted data in the data warehouse can be viewed.
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Abstract
A system for diagnosing an information technology includes a collector server which stores configuration and event information gathered from the information technology environment and formats the information into formatted data. A data warehouse is in communication with the collector server and houses formatted data imported from the collection server. A portal server is in communication with the collector server and the data warehouse and has an interface from which the formatted data in the data warehouse can be viewed. In a service model, the collector server is located at a user site of the information technology while the data warehouse and portal server are located at a provider site remote from the user site. In a stand alone product model, the collector server, the data warehouse, and the portal server are all located at the user site.
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30 Claims
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1. A system for diagnosing an information technology environment comprises, in combination:
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a collector server which stores configuration, metric and event information gathered from the information technology environment and formats the information into formatted data;
a data warehouse in communication with the collector server and housing formatted data imported from the collection server; and
a portal server in communication with the collector server and the data warehouse and having an interface from which the formatted data in the data warehouse can be viewed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for diagnosing an information technology environment comprises, in combination:
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a collector server which stores information gathered from the information technology environment and formats the information into formatted data;
wherein the collector server is located at a user site;
a data warehouse in communication with the collector server and housing formatted data imported from the collection server;
wherein the data warehouse is located at a provider site remote from the user site;
a portal server in communication with the collector server and the data warehouse and having an interface from which the formatted data in the data warehouse can be viewed; and
wherein said portal server is located at the provider site. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for diagnosing an information technology environment comprises, in combination:
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a collector server which stores information gathered from the information technology environment and formats the information into formatted data;
wherein the collector server is located at a user site;
a data warehouse in communication with the collector server and housing formatted data imported from the collection server;
wherein the data warehouse is located at the user site;
a portal server in communication with the collector server and the data warehouse and having an interface from which the formatted data in the data warehouse can be viewed; and
wherein said portal server is located at the user site. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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