Parsing computer system logging information collected by common logging

• US 20070208784A1
• Filed: 03/03/2006
• Published: 09/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation, Maxan Company Limited
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Liu, Henry, Winarski, Daniel, Beeston, Ralph, Bish, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US11/367,666
• Publication Number:
  US 20070208784A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3476 Data logging G06F11/14, G06F11/2205 take precedence

Abstract

Computer systems, logging daemons, methods, and computer program products are provided for logging information from a plurality of logging applications regarding the computer system. A registry is configured to identify the logging applications, and the plurality of logging applications are configured to identify the logged information in accordance with a common protocol and in accordance with the registry. A logging control is configured to parse the logged information, and configured to save the logged information in accordance with the parsing.

Claims

1. A computer system comprising:

a registry configured to identify logging applications;

a plurality of logging applications, each configured to log information regarding said computer system, and configured to identify said logged information in accordance with a common protocol and in accordance with said registry; and

a logging control configured to parse said logged information, and configured to save said logged information in accordance with said parsing.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said registry is configured to be updated in accordance with logging applications.

3. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said logging control is configured to parse said logged information in accordance with a plurality of logging applications.

4. The computer system of claim 3, wherein said logging control is configured to share at least a portion of said saved logged information among at least a portion of said plurality of logging applications.

5. The computer system of claim 1, additionally comprising error resource allocation capability configured to, as the result of detection of a logging error, allocate new space for saving said logged information.

6. A logging daemon configured to log information from a plurality of logging applications, each configured to log information regarding a computer system, comprising:

a registry configured to identify logging applications, whereby said plurality of logging applications may identify said logged information in accordance with a common protocol and in accordance with said registry; and

a logging control configured to parse said logged information, and configured to save said logged information in accordance with said parsing.

7. The logging daemon of claim 6, wherein said registry is configured to be updated in accordance with logging applications.

8. The logging daemon of claim 6, wherein said logging control is configured to parse said logged information in accordance with a plurality of logging applications.

9. The logging daemon of claim 8, wherein said logging control is configured to share at least a portion of said saved logged information among at least a portion of said plurality of logging applications.

10. The logging daemon of claim 6, additionally comprising error resource allocation capability configured to, as the result of detection of a logging error, allocate new space for saving said logged information.

11. A method for logging information from a plurality of logging applications, each configured to log information regarding a computer system, comprising the steps of:

providing a registry configured to identify logging applications, whereby said plurality of logging applications may identify said logged information in accordance with a common protocol and in accordance with said registry;

parsing said logged information; and

saving said logged information in accordance with said parsing.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said step of providing said registry additionally comprises updating said registry in accordance with logging applications.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein said step of parsing said logged information is conducted in accordance with a plurality of logging applications.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said step of saving said logged information additionally comprises sharing at least a portion of said saved logged information among at least a portion of said plurality of logging applications.

15. The method of claim 11, additionally comprising the step of, as the result of detection of a logging error, allocating new space for saving said logged information.

16. A computer program product embodied on at least one computer readable medium, configured to be usable with at least one programmable computer processor to log information from a plurality of logging applications, each configured to log information regarding a computer system, comprising:

computer readable program code causing said at least one programmable computer to provide a registry configured to identify logging applications, whereby said plurality of logging applications may identify said logged information in accordance with a common protocol and in accordance with said registry;

computer readable program code causing said at least one programmable computer to parse said logged information; and

computer readable program code causing said at least one programmable computer to save said logged information in accordance with said parsing.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein said computer readable program code causes said at least one programmable computer to provide said registry additionally causes said at least one programmable computer to update said registry in accordance with logging applications.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein said computer readable program code causes said at least one programmable computer to parse said logged information in accordance with a plurality of logging applications.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein said computer readable program code causes said at least one programmable computer to share at least a portion of said saved logged information among at least a portion of said plurality of logging applications.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein said computer readable program code causes said at least one programmable computer to, as the result of detection of a logging error, allocate new space for saving said logged information.