Method and management agent for event notifications correlation
First Claim
1. A method at a first agent in a management network that is one among a plurality of peer agents that report event notifications up to a common manager in the management network, said method comprising:
- receiving Peer Agent (PA) notifications from one or more other ones of the peer agents in the plurality of peer agents;
receiving Network Resource (NR) notifications from one or more network resources managed by the first agent;
determining whether a correlation exists between a PA notification received at the first agent from a given second peer agent among the plurality of peer agents and a NR notification received at the first agent; and
if the correlation exists, creating a modified notification, said modified notification indicating the correlation, and sending the modified notification to the manager.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for correlating event notifications between agents in a management network are provided. An agent constructs a network notification in response to receiving an event notification. If the received event notification is associated with a prior notification already received and stored by the agent, a correlation attribute is added to the constructed network notification. If the received notification matches a peer agent notification category that another agent in the management network is interested in receiving, the constructed network notification is sent to the other agent.
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11 Claims
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1. A method at a first agent in a management network that is one among a plurality of peer agents that report event notifications up to a common manager in the management network, said method comprising:
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receiving Peer Agent (PA) notifications from one or more other ones of the peer agents in the plurality of peer agents; receiving Network Resource (NR) notifications from one or more network resources managed by the first agent; determining whether a correlation exists between a PA notification received at the first agent from a given second peer agent among the plurality of peer agents and a NR notification received at the first agent; and if the correlation exists, creating a modified notification, said modified notification indicating the correlation, and sending the modified notification to the manager. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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