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Transaction tracing apparatus

  • US 5,740,355 A
  • Filed: 06/04/1996
  • Issued: 04/14/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/27/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A transaction tracing apparatus for a computer network having a plurality of units connected via a transfer path, wherein transactions are processed by exchange of transmission information using a conversational format of request and reply between at least two units, said transaction tracing apparatus comprising:

  • a trace control module which controls the transaction tracing apparatus based on a trace instruction file having a log file name, a filter file name, and analysis instructions having corresponding specification information;

    a filter creation module which creates an extraction filter and an analysis filter used in the extraction of a particular conversation sequence from a packet log;

    a line collection module which collects transmission information from said transfer path thereby creating a transmission log;

    an application log extraction module which extracts from the transmission log an application log of the particular conversation sequence specified by the extraction filter;

    a performance analysis module which extracts the particular conversation sequence, specified by the analysis filter, from said application log, and analyzes the transaction producing an analysis result;

    and a graph display module which displays graphs based on the analysis results of said performance analysis module.

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