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Message clustering of system event logs

  • US 8,209,567 B2
  • Filed: 01/28/2010
  • Issued: 06/26/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An automated method, comprising:

  • receiving event messages associated with one or more computer system event logs, each event message including event text;

    determining a set of message clusters, each cluster in the set identifying a template text that represents one or more event messages across the one or more event logs;

    assigning each received event message to a message cluster of the set according to a measure of similarity between the respective event text of the event message and the template text of the message cluster; and

    periodically splitting message clusters on the basis of pre-determined splitting criteria,wherein the pre-determined splitting criteria includes greater than a minimum number of event messages being assigned to a message cluster.

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