Method of and apparatus for notification of state changes in a monitored system
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a server computing system outside a firewall of a private network, monitoring data on performance characteristics of a plurality of hosts on the private network and inside the firewall from a network monitoring system of the private network, the monitoring data comprising one or more external parameters of the plurality of hosts available by accessing one or more ports of the plurality of hosts and one or more internal parameters of the plurality of hosts available by logging into the plurality of hosts;
detecting, by the server computing system, an occurrence of a predetermined event on a host of the plurality of hosts based on the monitoring data, the predetermined event including at least one of an internal event associated with the one or more internal parameters or an external event associated with the one or more external parameters, wherein the predetermined event is associated with a standard notification rule;
when an advanced notification rule associated with the standard notification rule is enabled, and upon occurrence of the predetermined event, performing the following;
preventing the generation of a first notification associated with the standard notification rule;
generating a second notification based on the advanced notification rule; and
sending the second notification.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is described for enabling an advanced notification rule. According to one embodiment, the advanced notification rule may be generated to suspend, redirect or automatically acknowlegde standard notifications, or transmit supplement notifications.
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by a server computing system outside a firewall of a private network, monitoring data on performance characteristics of a plurality of hosts on the private network and inside the firewall from a network monitoring system of the private network, the monitoring data comprising one or more external parameters of the plurality of hosts available by accessing one or more ports of the plurality of hosts and one or more internal parameters of the plurality of hosts available by logging into the plurality of hosts; detecting, by the server computing system, an occurrence of a predetermined event on a host of the plurality of hosts based on the monitoring data, the predetermined event including at least one of an internal event associated with the one or more internal parameters or an external event associated with the one or more external parameters, wherein the predetermined event is associated with a standard notification rule; when an advanced notification rule associated with the standard notification rule is enabled, and upon occurrence of the predetermined event, performing the following; preventing the generation of a first notification associated with the standard notification rule; generating a second notification based on the advanced notification rule; and sending the second notification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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4. A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which when executed by a processor of a server computing system outside a firewall of a private network, cause the processor to perform the following:
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receiving, by the processor, monitoring data on performance characteristics of a plurality of hosts on the private network and inside the firewall from a network monitoring system of the private network, the monitoring data comprising one or more external parameters of the plurality of hosts available by accessing one or more ports of the plurality of hosts and one or more internal parameters of the plurality of hosts available by logging into the plurality of hosts; detecting, by the processor, an occurrence of a predetermined event on a host of the plurality of hosts based on the monitoring data, the predetermined event including at least one of an internal event associated with the one or more internal parameters or an external event associated with the one or more external parameters, wherein the predetermined event is associated with a standard notification rule; when an advanced notification rule associated with the standard notification rule is enabled and upon occurrence of the predetermined event, performing the following; preventing the generation of a first notification associated with the standard notification rule; generating a second notification based on the advanced notification rule; and sending the second notification. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 13)
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7. A server computing system, comprising:
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means for receiving, by the server computing system, while outside a firewall of a private network, monitoring data on performance characteristics of a plurality of hosts on the private network and inside the firewall from a network monitoring system of the private network, the monitoring data comprising one or more external parameters available by accessing one or more ports of the plurality of hosts and one or more internal parameters of the plurality of hosts available by logging into the plurality of hosts; means for detecting an occurrence of a predetermined event on a host of the plurality of hosts based on the monitoring data, the predetermined event including at least one of an internal event associated with the one or more internal parameters or an external event associated with the one or more external parameters, wherein the predetermined event is associated with a standard notification rule; means for performing the following when an advanced notification rule associated with the standard notification rule is enabled, and upon occurrence of the predetermined event; preventing the generation of a first notification associated with the standard notification rule; generating a second notification based on the advanced notification rule; and
sending the second notification. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 14)
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10. A server computing device, comprising:
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a processor configured to; receive monitoring data on performance characteristics of a plurality of hosts on a private network and inside a firewall of the private network from a network monitoring system of the private network, wherein the server computing device is outside the firewall of the private network, the monitoring data comprising one or more external parameters available accessing one or more ports of the plurality of hosts and one or more internal parameters of the plurality of hosts available by logging into the plurality of hosts; detect an occurrence of a predetermined event on a host of the plurality of hosts based on the monitoring data, the predetermined event including at least one of an internal event associated with the one or more internal parameters or an external event associated with the one or more external parameters, wherein the predetermined event is associated with a standard notification rule; when an advanced notification rule associated with the standard notification rule is enabled and upon occurrence of the predetermined event, perform the following; prevent the generation of a first notification associated with the standard notification rule; generate a second notification based on the advanced notification rule; and send the second notification; and a communications device coupled to the processor to transmit the second notification. - View Dependent Claims (11, 15)
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