Event suppression tool-alert control tool

• US 20060015608A1
• Filed: 07/13/2004
• Published: 01/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Rajan, Ravirajan, Childress, Rhonda L., Waggoner, Sara H., Newton, Thomas L., Oliver, Michael B., Lamm, Brent W., Becker, Kenneth M.
• Granted Patent: US 7,568,027 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/069 using logs of notifications; Post-processing of notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/40 for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity, e.g. service redundancy protocols, protocol state redundancy or protocol service redirection management of faults, events, alarms or notifications in data switching networks H04L41/06

Abstract

Disclosed are a tool, a method, and a computer program for suppressing events. The tool comprises a database having a resource table, a batch loader interface for creating or updating said resource table, and a web based user interface to said database. The event suppression tool further comprises a batch interface to receive data about planned activities and affected resources; and code for creating suppression activity windows from said data and said resource table, and for suppressing from said user interface, new events that fall within said activity windows. The preferred embodiment of the invention allows temporarily suppressing various actions for events received for certain resources during specified times.

Claims

1. An event suppression tool, comprising:

a database having a resource table;

a batch loader interface for creating or updating said resource table;

a web based user interface to said database;

a batch interface to receive data about planned activities and affected resources; and

code for creating suppression activity windows from said data and said resource table, and for suppressing from said user interface, new events that fall within said activity windows.

2. An event suppression tool according to claim 1, wherein said code includes means to start and to stop each of the activity windows.

3. An event suppression tool according to claim 2, wherein the means to start and to stop includes means to start and to stop each of the activity windows at regular, repeated intervals.

4. An event suppression tool according to claim 1, wherein said code includes means for establishing a start time and a stop time for each of the activity windows.

5. An event suppression tool according to claim 1, wherein:

each of the activity windows is open for a defined period of time; and

said code includes means for suppressing from said user interface, new events that fall within each of the activity windows when each activity window is open.

6. An event suppression tool according to claim 1, wherein:

a multitude of resources are identified in said resource table; and

each of the activity windows is associated with a respective one of said multitude of resources.

7. A method for suppressing events, comprising the steps:

providing a database having a resource table;

using a batch loader interface for creating or updating said resource table;

providing a web based user interface to said database;

using a batch interface to receive data about planned activities and affected resources; and

creating suppression activity windows from said data and said resource table, and for suppressing from said user interface, new events that fall within said activity windows.

8. A method according to claim 7, wherein the creating step includes the step of starting and stopping each of the activity windows according to predetermined rules.

9. A method according to claim 8, wherein the step of starting and stopping includes the step of starting and stopping each of the activity windows at regular, repeated intervals.

10. A method according to claim 7, wherein the creating a step includes the step of establishing a start time and a stop time for each of the activity windows.

11. A method according to claim 7, wherein:

each of the activity windows is open for a defined period of time; and

the creating step includes the step of suppressing from said user interface, new events that fall within each of the activity windows when each activity window is open.

12. A method according to claim 7, wherein:

a multitude of resources are identified in said resource table; and

each of the activity windows is associated with a respective one of said multitude of resources.

13. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for suppressing events, said method steps comprising:

accessing a database having a resource table;

enabling a batch loader interface to create or update said resource table;

enabling a web based user interface to said database;

enabling a batch interface to receive data about planned activities and affected resources; and

creating suppression activity windows from said data and said resource table, and for suppressing from said user interface, new events that fall within said activity windows.

14. A program storage device according to claim 13, wherein the creating step includes the step of starting and stopping each of the activity windows according to predetermined rules.

15. A program storage device according to claim 14, wherein the step of starting and stopping includes the step of starting and stopping each of the activity windows at regular, repeated intervals.

16. A program storage device according to claim 13, wherein the creating step includes the step of establishing a start time and a stop time for each of the activity windows.

17. A program storage device according to claim 13, wherein:

each of the activity windows is open for a defined period of time; and

the creating step includes the step of suppressing from said user interface, new events that fall within each of the activity windows when each activity window is open.

18. A program storage device according to claim 13, wherein:

a multitude of resources are identified in said resource table; and

each of the activity windows is associated with a respective one of said multitude of resources.