Forwarding of diagnostic messages in a group
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method of forwarding diagnostic messages among members of groups in a data processing system while the members are executing protocols, comprising the steps of:
- attaching a header to the message, the header including the following header fields;
(1) a protocol handle identifying the originator protocol from which the request originated; and
(2) a forwarding handle of null value identifying, if present, an original protocol which is the current parent of the protocol;
sending the diagnostic message to the member of the group identified by the forwarding handle which originated the protocol.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A system and method in data processing networks with distributed processing or multiple nodes provide a capability to insure that the protocols implicated in a first or original protocol are identified so that diagnostic messages sent during execution of that protocol are traceable. Thus, each of the diagnostic messages are delivered to the requestor of the original protocol before the original request completes. A linkage is provided between the original protocol and all protocols nested within it.
28 Citations
12 Claims
-
1. A method of forwarding diagnostic messages among members of groups in a data processing system while the members are executing protocols, comprising the steps of:
-
attaching a header to the message, the header including the following header fields;
(1) a protocol handle identifying the originator protocol from which the request originated; and
(2) a forwarding handle of null value identifying, if present, an original protocol which is the current parent of the protocol;
sending the diagnostic message to the member of the group identified by the forwarding handle which originated the protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
-
-
4. A computer system including a plurality of groups, each group composed of one or more members, said computer system forwarding diagnostic messages among the members of the groups and including:
means for forming a message including in its header message the following header fields;
(1) a protocol handle identifying the originator protocol from which the request originated; and
(2) a forwarding handle of null value identifying, if present, an original protocol which is current parent of the protocol;
means for sending the diagnostic message to the member of the group identified by the forwarding handle which originated the protocol. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
-
7. A computer memory element containing stored in signal bearing media a diagnostic message to be forwarded among members of one or more groups in a computer system and utilized therein, the stored diagnostic message containing a header message including the following header fields:
-
(1) a protocol handle identifying the originator protocol from which the request originated;
(2) a forwarding handle of null value identifying, if present, an original protocol which is the current parent of the protocol; and
instructions for sending the diagnostic message to the member of the group identified by the forwarding handle which originated the protocol. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
-
-
10. A method of forwarding diagnostic messages among members of groups in a data processing system to those members executing protocols implicated by the message, comprising the steps of:
-
forwarding as part of the diagnostic message a header including the following header fields;
(1) a protocol handle identifying the originator protocol from which the request originated; and
(2) a forwarding handle identifying, if present, a protocol which is the current parent of the protocol;
examining the forwarding handle at each member of the groups of the system to ascertain if that member was a parent of the protocol identified in the forwarding handle field of the header of the diagnostic message;
forwarding another diagnostic message having a header including the following header fields;
(1) a protocol handle identifying the originator protocol from which the request originated; and
(2) a forwarding handle identifying, if present, a protocol which is the current parent of the protocol. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
-
Specification