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Determining a recurrent problem of a computer resource using signatures

  • US 7,502,971 B2
  • Filed: 10/12/2005
  • Issued: 03/10/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of determining a recurrent problem of at least one computer resource, the method comprising:

  • determining signatures for at least one computer resource, each signature representing a state of the at least one computer resource;

    storing annotations with the signatures, the annotations including descriptions of a service level objective violation and a solution for fixing the violation;

    automatically determining similarities between the signatures;

    determining whether a recurrent problem of the at least one computer resource exists based on at least some of the similarities.

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