Methods, systems and computer program products for selecting among alert conditions for resource management systems

• US 8,275,865 B2
• Filed: 02/05/2004
• Issued: 09/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Uthe, Robert Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Zele, Krista
• Assistant Examiner(s): NAJEE-ULLAH, TARIQ S
• Application Number:
  US10/772,881
• Publication Number:
  US 20050198640A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,155 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/217, 709/220, 709/248, 709/249
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0709 in a distributed system consisting of a plurality of standalone computer nodes, e.g. clusters, client-server systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0751 Error or fault detection not based on redundancy power supply failures G06F1/30; network fault management H04L41/06

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products for selecting among a plurality of alert conditions for processing by a resource management system. A priority indication is associated with at least some resources in a computer system. Resources that are associated with the alert conditions are identified. An alert condition is selected from among the alert conditions based on the priority indication that is associated with the identified resources.

Claims

1. A method of selecting among a plurality of alert conditions for processing with a resource management system, the method comprising:

associating a priority indication with at least some physical resources in a computer system;

identifying the physical resources associated with the plurality of alert conditions; and

selecting an alert condition from among the plurality of alert conditions based on the priority indication associated with the identified physical resources;

determining when a threshold metric associated with at least some of the plurality of alert conditions has been satisfied, wherein the selecting the alert condition from among the plurality of alert conditions based on the priority indication associated with the identified physical resources is carried out responsive to the determination that the threshold metric has been satisfied;

wherein said determining when a threshold metric associated with at least some of the plurality of alert conditions has been satisfied includes determining when a number of queued alert conditions for the resource management system satisfies a threshold number.

2. A method of selecting among a plurality of alert conditions for processing with a resource management system, the method comprising:

associating a priority indication with at least some physical resources in a computer system;

identifying the physical resources associated with the plurality of alert conditions; and

selecting an alert condition from among the plurality of alert conditions based on the priority indication associated with the identified physical resources;

determining when a threshold metric associated with at least some of the plurality of alert conditions has been satisfied, wherein the selecting the alert condition from among the plurality of alert conditions based on the priority indication associated with the identified physical resources is carried out responsive to the determination that the threshold metric has been satisfied;

wherein said determining when a threshold metric associated with at least some of the plurality of alert conditions has been satisfied includes determining when a waiting time for alert conditions to be handled by the resource management system satisfies a threshold time.

3. A method of selecting among a plurality of alert conditions for processing with a resource management system, the method comprising:

associating a priority indication with at least some physical resources in a computer system;

identifying the physical resources associated with the plurality of alert conditions; and

selecting an alert condition from among the plurality of alert conditions based on the priority indication associated with the identified physical resources;

determining when a threshold metric associated with at least some of the plurality of alert conditions has been satisfied, wherein the selecting the alert condition from among the plurality of alert conditions based on the priority indication associated with the identified physical resources is carried out responsive to the determination that the threshold metric has been satisfied;

wherein said determining when a threshold metric associated with at least some of the plurality of alert conditions has been satisfied includes determining when a threshold rate of alert conditions is received for the resource management system.