Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture to manage alarm configurations of servers

• US 9,100,301 B2
• Filed: 09/05/2012
• Issued: 08/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ServiceNow Incorporated
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kirby, Allen, Lappe, Wayne, Swisher, Karen, Gibson, Daniel, Rugeley, Curtis, Berger, John Martin, Leitson, David Kevin, Wicks, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Yohannes, Tesfay
• Application Number:
  US13/604,289
• Publication Number:
  US 20140068033A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,063 Days
• Field of Search: 709/221, 340/539.1, 340/539
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0681 Configuration of triggering conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/069 using logs of notifications; Post-processing of notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0813 characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0846 based on copy from other elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring

Abstract

Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture to manage alarm configurations of servers are disclosed. An example system includes a processor, an alarm linkage database to store information representative of alarm configurations for a plurality of servers, and a memory comprising machine readable instructions. When executed, the instructions cause the processor to perform operations comprising accessing alarm configurations in the alarm linkage database for a subset of the plurality of servers in response to a first request, initiating a change in respective alarm configurations of the subset of the plurality of the servers, and initiating propagation of the alarm configuration to the subset of the servers, the subset including more than one server.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory having stored thereon machine readable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving a request to access alarm configurations for a subset of a plurality of servers, the subset including more than one server; and

responsive to the request;

accessing the alarm configurations for the subset of the plurality of servers from an alarm linkage database configured to store information representative of alarm configurations for the plurality of servers;

initiating a change in respective alarm configurations of the subset of the plurality of the servers; and

initiating propagation of the alarm configuration to the subset of the servers including more than one server, wherein propagation of the alarm configuration is initiated to each of the servers of the subset of servers,

wherein the alarm linkage database is configured to store a plurality of profiles, and the instructions further cause the processor to retrieve a subset of the profiles.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the subset of the servers are monitored by respective monitors, the information representative of the alarm configurations for a first server of the subset of servers comprising an identification of a monitor associated with the first server.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to assign the subset of servers to a server group, and the alarm linkage database is configured to store the server group and an identification of the servers in the server group.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to initiate the change in the alarm configurations by requesting monitors to monitor the servers in the server group.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to retrieve the server group from the alarm linkage database in response to a selection of a profile.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein the alarm linkage database is configured to store a plurality of server groups, a first server in a first group of servers also being in a second group of servers.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to assign a plurality of monitors to a monitor group, and the alarm linkage database is configured to store the monitor group.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to initiate the change by requesting a plurality of monitors in the monitor group to monitor at least one of the plurality of servers.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to initiate the change by requesting the plurality of monitors in the monitor group to monitor a plurality of servers in a server group.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the monitor group is associated with a profile, and the instructions further cause the processor to retrieve the monitor group from the alarm linkage database in response to a request specifying the profile.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to modify a server group stored in the alarm linkage database.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to delete a server group stored in the alarm linkage database.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to modify a monitor group stored in the alarm linkage database.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to delete a monitor group stored in the alarm linkage database.

15. A method comprising:

receiving a request to access alarm configurations for a subset of a plurality of servers, the subset including more than one server; and

responsive to the request;

accessing the alarm configurations for the subset of the plurality of servers from an alarm linkage database configured to store information representative of alarm configurations for the plurality of servers;

initiating a change in respective alarm configurations of the subset of the plurality of the servers; and

initiating propagation of the alarm configuration to the subset of the servers including more than one server, wherein propagation of the alarm configuration is initiated to each of the servers of the subset of servers,

wherein the alarm linkage database is configured to store a plurality of profiles, and the method further comprises retrieving a subset of the profiles.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising assigning the subset of servers to a server group, wherein the alarm linkage database is configured to store the server group and an identification of the servers in the server group.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a request to access alarm configurations for a subset of a plurality of servers, the subset including more than one server; and

responsive to the request;

accessing the alarm configurations for the subset of the plurality of servers from an alarm linkage database configured to store information representative of alarm configurations for the plurality of servers;

initiating a change in respective alarm configurations of the subset of the plurality of the servers; and

initiating propagation of the alarm configuration to the subset of the servers including more than one server, wherein propagation of the alarm configuration is initiated to each of the servers of the subset of servers,

wherein the alarm linkage database is configured to store a plurality of profiles, and the instructions further cause the processor to retrieve a subset of the profiles.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to assign the subset of servers to a server group, and the alarm linkage database is configured to store the server group and an identification of the servers in the server group.