Processor operational status management system

• US 7,430,692 B2
• Filed: 05/21/2007
• Issued: 09/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA Incorporated (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Walker, Robert, White, Stanford E III, Calvarese, Dino
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, DIEU MINH T
• Application Number:
  US11/751,171
• Publication Number:
  US 20070300228A1
• Time in Patent Office: 498 Days
• Field of Search: 714/39, 714/47, 714/48, 714/51, 709/224, 370/201, 379/416, 379/417
• US Class Current: 714/48
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0213 Standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0681 Configuration of triggering conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring

Abstract

A system inhibits alert monitoring during a predefined time period such as system maintenance by suppressing automatic communication of false alert messages to systems, on call personnel and availability reports and enables future scheduling of planned maintenance events, as well as real-time suppression of alerting during a chosen period. A system supports maintenance of one or more processing devices. The system includes a display processor for initiating generation of data representing at least one display image enabling a user to, select a processing device from multiple different processing devices intermittently receiving maintenance and schedule a time period for suppression of communication of alert messages indicating a failure condition of the selected processing device.

Claims

1. A system supporting maintenance of one or more processing devices comprising:

a display processor for initiating generation of data representing at least one display image enabling a user to,

select a processing device from a plurality of different processing devices intermittently receiving maintenance and

schedule a time period for suppression of communication of alert messages indicating a failure condition of said selected processing device; and

a processor for inhibiting initiating re-start of said selected processing device during a scheduled period of alert message communication suppression.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said at least one display image enables a user to override a scheduled period of alert message communication suppression by terminating suppression.

3. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said suppression of communication of alert messages comprises inhibiting a monitoring application from initiating actions responsive to data indicating a failure condition.

4. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said failure condition includes at least one of, (a) a potential failure condition and (b) an operational degradation condition.

5. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said failure condition of said selected processing device comprises at least one of, (a) a hardware failure, (b) a CPU failure, (c) excessive CPU resource utilization, (d) excessive memory utilization, (e) excessive paging space utilization.

6. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said failure condition of said selected processing device comprises at least one of, (a) excessive disk space utilization (b) excessive disk space fragmentation, (c) a reduction in data throughput, (d) a detected error condition and (e) a network interface failure status.

7. A system according to claim 1,

a scheduled time period is designated by at least one of, (a) a time and (b) a date.

8. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said at least one display image includes a schedule indicating one or more processing devices and associated time periods of alert message communication suppression.

9. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said processing devices comprise at least one of, (a) a hardware device, (b) executable code and (c) a network communication device or executable software.

10. A system supporting maintenance of one or more processing devices, comprising:

a display processor for initiating generation of data representing at least one display image enabling a user to,

select a processing device from a plurality of different processing devices intermittently receiving maintenance and

schedule a time period for suppression of communication of alert messages indicating a failure condition of said selected processing device; and

a processor for automatically initiating re-start of a processing device in response to a detected failure condition and for inhibiting re-start of said selected processing device during a scheduled period of alert message communication suppression.

11. A system according to claim 10, including

a communication processor for initiating generation of a message including an attached executable procedure for initiating re-start of said processing device.

12. A system according to claim 11, wherein

said message including said attached executable procedure provides a user with an alert to a particular system condition.

13. A system according to claim 11, wherein

said message including said attached executable procedure provides a device with an alert to a particular system condition.

14. A system according to claim 10, including

a communication processor for initiating generation of a message including an attached executable procedure for initiating re-start of said processing device in response to a determination said processing device belongs to a predetermined group of processing devices amenable to restart.

15. A system according to claim 10, including

a communication processor for initiating generation of a message including an attached executable procedure for initiating re-start of a service provided by said processing device in response to a determination said service belongs to a predetermined group of services amenable to restart.

16. A system supporting maintenance of one or more services, comprising:

a display processor for initiating generation of data representing at least one display image enabling a user to,

select a service from a plurality of different services intermittently receiving maintenance and

schedule a time period for suppression of communication of alert messages indicating a failure condition of said selected service; and

a processor for automatically initiating re-start of a service in response to a detected failure condition and for inhibiting re-start of said selected service during a scheduled period of alert message communication suppression.

17. A system according to claim 16, including

a communication processor for initiating generation of a message including an attached executable procedure for initiating re-start of said service in response to a determination said service belongs to a predetermined group of services amenable to restart.