Failure source server and mail server administrator alert management programs, systems, and methods
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1. A computer-readable, non-transitory medium storing a mail server management program for notifying an administrator of a failure occurring in a system, the mail server management program causing a computer to perform as:
- a transmitter which sends an alert mail with a source address and with a system administrator'"'"'s mail address of the system as a destination address to a terminal device that the system administrator uses, the source address being a symbol identifying a failure cause found in the system, the symbol being one of a plurality of symbols representing source addresses which are respectively associated with a plurality of possible failure causes in a source table;
a receiver which receives a filter resetting request which is sent from the system administrator to request another administrator to perform resetting of a mail filter; and
a request manager which sends a filter resetting request mail promoting the resetting of the mail filter to the another administrator'"'"'s mail address and registers a setting request state of the filter resetting request when the receiver receives the filter resetting request, sends a transfer trial mail with the source address, which is the same source address as the alert mail, to the another administrator'"'"'s mail address when the receiver receives an acknowledgement mail indicating that a terminal device that the another administrator uses completed the resetting of the mail filter, and deletes the setting request state when the receiver receives a response mail to the transfer trial mail.
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Abstract
A server management system includes a management server and a mail server. The management server includes a source determination unit and an alert mail creator. The source determination unit determines as a source a symbol identifying a failure cause of a system according to the failure cause. The alert mail creator creates an alert mail with the source and with the system administrator of the system as a destination. The mail server sends the alert mail to a terminal device that the system administrator uses.
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1. A computer-readable, non-transitory medium storing a mail server management program for notifying an administrator of a failure occurring in a system, the mail server management program causing a computer to perform as:
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a transmitter which sends an alert mail with a source address and with a system administrator'"'"'s mail address of the system as a destination address to a terminal device that the system administrator uses, the source address being a symbol identifying a failure cause found in the system, the symbol being one of a plurality of symbols representing source addresses which are respectively associated with a plurality of possible failure causes in a source table; a receiver which receives a filter resetting request which is sent from the system administrator to request another administrator to perform resetting of a mail filter; and a request manager which sends a filter resetting request mail promoting the resetting of the mail filter to the another administrator'"'"'s mail address and registers a setting request state of the filter resetting request when the receiver receives the filter resetting request, sends a transfer trial mail with the source address, which is the same source address as the alert mail, to the another administrator'"'"'s mail address when the receiver receives an acknowledgement mail indicating that a terminal device that the another administrator uses completed the resetting of the mail filter, and deletes the setting request state when the receiver receives a response mail to the transfer trial mail.
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2. A server management system for notifying an administrator of a failure occurring in a system, the server management system comprising:
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a management server which includes; a source table which stores a plurality of symbols representing source addresses, respectively associated with a plurality of possible failure causes, a source determination unit which consults the source table to determine, as a source address to be used for alerting, one of the symbols that is associated with a failure cause found in the system, and an alert mail creator which creates an alert mail with the source address and with a system administrator'"'"'s mail address of the system as a destination address; and a mail server which sends the alert mail to a terminal device that the system administrator uses, the mail server further including a request manager which sends a filter resetting request mail promoting resetting of a mail filter to another administrator'"'"'s mail address and registers a setting request state of the filter resetting request when receiving a filter resetting request which is sent from the system administrator to request the another administrator to perform resetting of a mail filter, sends a transfer trial mail with the source address, which is the same source address as the alert mail, to the another administrator'"'"'s mail address when receiving an acknowledgement mail indicating that a terminal device that the another administrator uses completed the resetting of the mail filter, and deletes the setting request state when receiving a response mail to the transfer trial mail. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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