Elective logging

• US 20060161600A1
• Filed: 01/17/2006
• Published: 07/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Renz, Marco
• Application Number:
  US11/333,609
• Publication Number:
  US 20060161600A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3476 Data logging G06F11/14, G06F11/2205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks

Abstract

In a system which comprises at least two log files L, data A,B,C,D is stored electively either in no log file, in a single log file or in both log files. By using parallel storage of selected data in a plurality of log files it is a simple matter to correlate the data in these log files with one another. It is possible to generate a plurality of different log files which fully satisfy different requirements on the contents of the log file in each case. In a system which comprises at least two log files L, data A, B, C, D is stored electively either in no log file, in a single log file or in both log files. By using parallel storage of selected data in a plurality of log files it is a simple matter to correlate the data in these log files with one another. It is possible to generate a plurality of different log files which fully satisfy different requirements on the contents of the log file in each case.

Claims

1-10. -10. (canceled)

11. A method for electronically logging data into a first file and a second file, comprising:

providing an option of where to store the data, the option selected from the group consisting of the first file, the first and second files, and no files.

storing a first part of the data in both log files; and

storing a second part of the data in only the second log files.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the data stored in the log files is correlated with aid of the data stored in both log files.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the second log file is operated in a wrap-around mode.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the data is selected from the group consisting of faults, user actions, and function calls.

15. The method according to claim 11, further comprising filtering the data via filters prior to storing the data parts, wherein the stored data parts have been filtered.

16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising preventing the data from being fed to the filters if the data is not to be stored in any of the log files.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the data is selected from the group consisting of faults, user actions, and function calls.

18. A computer program product for electronically logging data into a first file and second file, the product stored on a computer readable medium having instructions for executing a method, comprising:

providing an option of where to store the data, the option selected from the group consisting of the first file, the first and second files, and no files;

storing a first part of the data in both log files; and

storing a second part of the data in only the second log files.

19. The product according to claim 18, wherein the data stored in the log files is correlated with aid of the data stored in both log files.

20. The product according to claim 19, wherein the second log file is operated in a wrap-around mode.

21. The product according to claim 18, wherein the data is selected from the group consisting of faults, user actions, and function calls

22. The product according to claim 18, further comprising filtering the data via filters prior to storing the data parts, wherein the stored data parts have been filtered.

23. The product according to claim 22, further comprising preventing the data from being fed to the filters if the data is not to be stored in any of the log files.

24. A method for electronically logging data into a first file and second file, comprising:

receiving a sporadic data and a frequent data;

storing the sporadic data in the first and second files; and

storing the sporadic and frequent data in only the second file.

25. The method according to claim 24, further comprising filtering the data via filters prior to storing the data parts, wherein the stored data parts have been filtered.

26. The method according to claim 24, further comprising preventing the data from being fed to the filters if the data is not to be stored in any of the log files.