HIGH SPEED LOGGING SYSTEM

• US 20130179821A1
• Filed: 01/09/2013
• Published: 07/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Viavi Solutions, Inc. (Lumentum Holdings Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Samuel M. Bauer
• Inventors: BAUER, Samuel M.
• Granted Patent: US 9,570,124 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/772
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1448 Management of the data involved in backup or backup restore
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1458 Management of the backup or restore process
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/061 Improving I/O performance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0631 by allocating resources to storage systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0656 Data buffering arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0685 Hybrid storage combining heterogeneous device types, e.g. hierarchical storage, hybrid arrays
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 7/1072 for memories with random access ports synchronised on clock signal pulse trains, e.g. synchronous memories, self timed memories
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0686 Additional information in the notification, e.g. enhancement of specific meta-data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/069 using logs of notifications; Post-processing of notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]

Abstract

A method of storing log entries of events from a plurality of network elements in a communication network, comprising the steps of: a) receiving log entries at a control processor of events from a plurality of different elements positioned, the log entries grouped into threads based on a common purpose; b) converting each log entry into a compact log record in a logging module, and c) storing the compact log records in a first memory buffer in random access memory (RAM) forming a first log file.

Claims

1. A method of storing log entries of events from a plurality of network elements in a network, comprising the steps of:

a) receiving log entries at a control processor of events from the plurality of different elements, the log entries grouped by thread based on a common purpose;

b) converting each log entry into a compact log record in a logging module, each compact log record comprising in binary form;

record length of the compact log record;

time stamp of data collection at the network element;

thread ID of the thread that logged each event;

category of each event;

message ID code corresponding to a human readable log message; and

network element ID for identifying to which network element the event relates; and

c) storing a first plurality of the compact log records in a first memory buffer in random access memory (RAM) forming a first log file.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising storing in the RAM a mapping file of text message strings corresponding to a plurality of different message ID codes.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising converting the compact log records to full log entries utilizing the mapping file, including message ID codes and corresponding human readable log messages;

and

displaying the full log entries on a graphic user interface (GUI).

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the full log entries are displayed on the GUI by time vs elementID for each thread.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising providing a separate line on the GUI for errors.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising converting the compact log records to full log entries utilizing a remote computer processor and a mapping file, including message ID codes and corresponding human readable log messages, stored on a non-transitory memory associated with the remote computer processor;

and

displaying the full log entries on a graphic user interface (GUI).

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the full log entries are displayed on the GUI by time vs elementID for each thread.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising providing a separate line on the GUI for errors.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising d) storing the first log file on a hard disk, when the first memory buffer is full;

and e) storing a second plurality of the compact log records in a second memory buffer in the RAM forming a second log file.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein step e) is conducted only when spare cycles, not needed by step c), are available.

11. The method according to claim 9, further comprising f) storing the second log file on a hard disk, when the second memory buffer is full;

and g) storing a third plurality of the compact log records in the first or a third memory buffer in the RAM.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein each network element is comprised of a test probe disposed at a different location throughout a communications network.