System and method of generating trouble tickets to document computer failures
First Claim
1. An automated data processing system management service, comprising:
- enabling a data processing system to perform diagnostic processing responsive to detection of a system failure;
enabling the system to perform corrective action during the automated diagnostic processing to attempt to resolve the system failure; and
configuring the system to generate a trouble ticket containing information characterizing the system failure and any attempted corrective action regardless of whether the corrective action was successful in resolving the system failure.
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Abstract
A data processing system service includes enabling the system to perform diagnostic processing in response to a system failure and enabling the system to perform corrective action during the automated diagnostic processing to attempt to resolve the system failure. The service further includes configuring the system to generate a trouble ticket containing information characterizing the system failure and any attempted corrective action regardless of whether the corrective action was successful in resolving the system failure. The system may be further enabled to forward the trouble ticket to an external database for analysis and to access the external database to determine whether the detected failure has been encountered previously. The system may be partitioned into two partitions including a diagnostic partition. The system boots to the diagnostic partition following a failure or in response to a request from a user.
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20 Claims
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1. An automated data processing system management service, comprising:
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enabling a data processing system to perform diagnostic processing responsive to detection of a system failure;
enabling the system to perform corrective action during the automated diagnostic processing to attempt to resolve the system failure; and
configuring the system to generate a trouble ticket containing information characterizing the system failure and any attempted corrective action regardless of whether the corrective action was successful in resolving the system failure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions, stored on a computer readable medium, for diagnosing a data processing system, comprising:
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computer code means for performing diagnostic processing responsive to an event selected from a user suspecting a system failure requesting the diagnostic processing and the system detecting a failure;
computer code means for performing corrective action to attempt to resolve the failure; and
computer code means for generating a trouble ticket identifying the system, characterizing the failure, and identifying the correcting action taken and the success of the corrective action, the code means for generating the trouble ticket being executed regardless of the corrective action success. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A data processing system including processor, storage medium, and I/O means, the system including:
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computer code means for performing diagnostic processing responsive to an indication of a system failure;
computer code means for performing corrective action resolving the failure; and
computer code means for generating a trouble ticket identifying the system, characterizing the failure, and identifying the correcting action taken and the success of the corrective action. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A data processing system maintenance service, comprising:
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providing diagnostic processing code capable of taking corrective action;
enabling the system to execute the diagnostic code in response to an indication of a system failure;
wherein, responsive to the corrective action resolving the system failure, the diagnostic code generates a trouble ticket including information indicative of the system, the system failure, and the corrective action and forwards the trouble ticket to an external database to enable the database to monitor the frequency, characteristics, and corrective action associated with locally resolved system failures. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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