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Methods and arrangements to collect data

  • US 9,760,468 B2
  • Filed: 09/29/2015
  • Issued: 09/12/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method to gather data from a computer system in response to an event of the system, the method comprising:

  • accessing, by a data collector via a data identifier, prior to collecting data corresponding to the event, a file to relate the event to data to collect in response to the event, the file comprising more than one event identifications, each event identification being associated with a different event;

    retrieving, by the data collector via the data identifier, prior to collecting data corresponding to the event, from the file, an identification of the data to collect and an associated sequence by which to collect the data based upon an association between the identification of data to collect and the event identification, wherein the identification of data to collect comprises at least one memory location related to the event, wherein the file stores a plurality of identifications of data to collect associated with corresponding events identified by event identifications, and wherein at least two of the identifications of data to collect associated with at least two different corresponding events are different from each other such that different data is collected depending upon which of the at least two events occurs; and

    collecting, by the data collector, based upon the identification of data to collect, the data to collect related to the event from the at least one memory location in accordance with the sequence associated with the retrieved identification of the data to collect, wherein the sequence specifies priorities associated with the collection of different types of data or data at different addresses in the data to collect, wherein the priorities of a sequence specifies different types of data or data at different addresses in the data to collect such that at least one of a first type of data is collected prior to a second type of data or data at a first address is collected prior to data at a second address based on the sequence, and wherein a first sequence associated with a first event in the plurality of events is different from a second sequence associated with a second event in the plurality of events.

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