System for uninterruptively displaying only relevant and non-redundant alert message of the highest severity for specific condition associated with group of computers being managed
First Claim
1. A method of automatically managing a group of at least one managed computer comprising the steps of:
- gathering data;
analyzing the data to identify a specific computer condition;
constructing an alert message identifying said specific computer condition;
performing a set of validation tests on said alert message, said set of validating tests comprising;
querying for a duplicate alert message existing in a database in which previously posted alert messages are stored;
querying said database for an existing alert message associated a computer condition related to, and having a higher severity than, said specific computer condition prompting said alert message;
querying said database for an existing alert message associated with said specific computer condition which is being ignored; and
querying said database for a previously cleared alert message associated with said specific computer condition within a predetermined time period;
rejecting said alert message if an existing alert was found during any one test from said set of validation tests; and
displaying said alert message, when said alert message was not rejected during said validation tests, at the managed computer without inhibiting the managed computer from continuing its application processes;
whereby a user is only presented with relevant alerts and no network traffic is used to retransmit irrelevant or redundant alerts.
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Abstract
The system and method of this invention automatically manages a group of computers by automatically gathering data, storing the data, analyzing the stored data to identify specified conditions, and initiating automated actions to respond to the detected conditions. The invention, hereafter "SYSTEMWatch AI-L", comprises a SYSTEMWatch AI-L client which turns a computer into a managed computer, a SYSTEMWatch AI-L console, which turns a computer into a monitoring computer, a SYSTEMWatch AI-L send facility, which allows a system administrator to send commands to various SYSTEMWatch AI-L clients through the SYSTEMWatch AI-L console, and a SYSTEMWatch AI-L report facility which allows a system administrator to query information collected and processed by the SYSTEMWatch AI-L clients and SYSTEMWatch AI-L consoles.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of automatically managing a group of at least one managed computer comprising the steps of:
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gathering data; analyzing the data to identify a specific computer condition; constructing an alert message identifying said specific computer condition; performing a set of validation tests on said alert message, said set of validating tests comprising; querying for a duplicate alert message existing in a database in which previously posted alert messages are stored; querying said database for an existing alert message associated a computer condition related to, and having a higher severity than, said specific computer condition prompting said alert message; querying said database for an existing alert message associated with said specific computer condition which is being ignored; and querying said database for a previously cleared alert message associated with said specific computer condition within a predetermined time period; rejecting said alert message if an existing alert was found during any one test from said set of validation tests; and displaying said alert message, when said alert message was not rejected during said validation tests, at the managed computer without inhibiting the managed computer from continuing its application processes; whereby a user is only presented with relevant alerts and no network traffic is used to retransmit irrelevant or redundant alerts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system of automatically managing a group of at least one managed computer comprising:
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means for gathering data; means for analyzing the data to identify a specific computer condition; means for constructing an alert message identifying said specific computer condition; means for performing a set of validation tests on said alert message, said set of validating tests comprising; querying for a duplicate alert message existing in a database in which previously posted alert messages are stored; querying said database for an existing alert message associated with a computer condition related to, and having a higher severity than, said specific computer condition prompting said alert message; querying said database for an existing alert message associated with said specific computer condition which is being ignored; and querying said database for a previously cleared alert message associated with said specific computer condition within a predetermined time period; means for rejecting said alert message if an existing alert was found during any one of said validation tests; and means for displaying said alert message, when said alert message was not rejected during said validation tests, at the managed computer without inhibiting the managed computer from continuing its application processes; whereby a user is only presented with relevant alerts and no network traffic is used to retransmit irrelevant or redundant alerts. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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