Dynamically drilling-down through a health monitoring map to determine the health status and cause of health problems associated with network objects of a managed network environment
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1. A method for allowing a user to determine a health status of network objects in a managed network environment, comprising:
- displaying a plurality of group view containers each corresponding to a group of network objects sharing at least one user-definable group view attribute, and providing for each group view container an indicator representative of the overall health status of its corresponding group of network objects based on a health status of each of the group'"'"'s network objects;
for each network object in a group of network objects corresponding to a user-selected group view container, displaying a representation of the network object, and providing an indicator representative of a health status of the network object as determined by at least one user-definable health characteristic of the network object;
for each of the at least one health characteristic of a user-selected network object, displaying a representation of the health characteristic, and providing an indicator representative of a health status of the health characteristic;
receiving a user selection to modify one of the plurality of group view containers;
presenting to the user, in response to the user selection, a user interface listing the user-definable group view attributes for the selected group view container; and
receiving via the user interface a user modification of one or more of the listed group view attributes.
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Abstract
User-configurable group views allow an administrator of a managed network, upon noticing that an icon is indicative of a critical event having occurred, as reflected in the color, shape, or other such indicator of the icon, to “drill down” to the network device or service that is the subject of the critical event and to then view an event or trap message associated with the critical event that is stored as a field of the network device or service effected by the critical event.
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1. A method for allowing a user to determine a health status of network objects in a managed network environment, comprising:
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displaying a plurality of group view containers each corresponding to a group of network objects sharing at least one user-definable group view attribute, and providing for each group view container an indicator representative of the overall health status of its corresponding group of network objects based on a health status of each of the group'"'"'s network objects; for each network object in a group of network objects corresponding to a user-selected group view container, displaying a representation of the network object, and providing an indicator representative of a health status of the network object as determined by at least one user-definable health characteristic of the network object; for each of the at least one health characteristic of a user-selected network object, displaying a representation of the health characteristic, and providing an indicator representative of a health status of the health characteristic; receiving a user selection to modify one of the plurality of group view containers; presenting to the user, in response to the user selection, a user interface listing the user-definable group view attributes for the selected group view container; and receiving via the user interface a user modification of one or more of the listed group view attributes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for allowing a user to determine a health status of network objects in a managed network environment, comprising:
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means for displaying a plurality of group view containers each corresponding to a group of network objects sharing at least one user-definable group view attribute, and for providing for each group view container an indicator representative of the overall health status of its corresponding group of network objects based on a health status of each of the group'"'"'s network objects; means for displaying a representation of the network object, and for providing an indicator representative of a health status of the network object as determined by at least one user-definable health characteristic of the network object for each network object in a group of network objects corresponding to a user-selected group view container; means for displaying a representation of the at least one health characteristic, and for providing an indicator representative of a health status of the health characteristic, for each health characteristic of a user-selected network object; means for receiving a user selection to modify one of said plurality of group view containers; means for presenting to the user, in response to the user selection, a listing the user-definable group view attributes for the selected group view container; and means for receiving a user modification of one or more of the listed group view attributes. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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