Preliminary Classification of Events to Facilitate Cause-Based Analysis
First Claim
1. A system for facilitating cause-based analysis relating to events in a networked computer system, the system comprising:
- one or more server computers;
one or more event message databases connected to the one or more server computers; and
one or more preliminary cause-based classification databases connected to the one or more server computers;
wherein the one or more event message databases are adapted to receive and store a plurality of event messages, each of the event messages relating to an event within the networked computer system, and the plurality of event messages comprising a first event message associated with a first event;
wherein at least one of the one or more server computers is adapted to, prior to cause-based analysis relating to the first event being performed, perform preliminary cause-based classification of the first event to determine a cause-based preliminary classification of the first event from among a plurality of possible cause-based preliminary classifications, wherein the preliminary cause-based classification is performed based on comparing the first event message with information contained in the one or more cause-based preliminary classification databases; and
wherein at least one of the one or more server computers is adapted to use the determined preliminary cause-based classification of the first event to facilitate cause-based analysis relating to the first event.
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods and systems for performing preliminary cause-based classification of events in a computer or networked computer system. Methods are provided in which, based on an event message, cause-based preliminary classification of an associated event is performed. The result of the preliminary classification is used to facilitate subsequent cause-based analysis, such as root cause analysis, relating to the event. Methods are provided in which preliminary classification is performed using a database including a catalog associating event messages with appropriate preliminary classifications of events associated with the event messages.
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1. A system for facilitating cause-based analysis relating to events in a networked computer system, the system comprising:
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one or more server computers; one or more event message databases connected to the one or more server computers; and
one or more preliminary cause-based classification databases connected to the one or more server computers;wherein the one or more event message databases are adapted to receive and store a plurality of event messages, each of the event messages relating to an event within the networked computer system, and the plurality of event messages comprising a first event message associated with a first event; wherein at least one of the one or more server computers is adapted to, prior to cause-based analysis relating to the first event being performed, perform preliminary cause-based classification of the first event to determine a cause-based preliminary classification of the first event from among a plurality of possible cause-based preliminary classifications, wherein the preliminary cause-based classification is performed based on comparing the first event message with information contained in the one or more cause-based preliminary classification databases; and wherein at least one of the one or more server computers is adapted to use the determined preliminary cause-based classification of the first event to facilitate cause-based analysis relating to the first event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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