| US 7,523,357 B2 | ||
| Monitoring system and method | ||
| Annette Garland Irby, Clover, Va. (US); Richard Philip Lacks, Raleigh, N.C. (US); Lisa Hayes Magee, Cary, N.C. (US); Timothy Wayne Owings, Lake Worth, Fla. (US); and Tarn Martin Rosenbaum, Raleigh, N.C. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 24, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/338,510. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0174732 A1, Jul. 26, 2007 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 11/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 714—47 [714/25; 714/39; 714/48] | 52 Claims |
| 1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a monitoring system, specified rules related to at least one component within a computing system, said monitoring
system comprising a repository;
receiving, by said monitoring system, a first event, wherein said first event comprises first data and a first time stamp
associated with an arrival time for said first data, wherein said first data comprises monitoring information related to said
at least one component within said computing system;
storing said first event within said repository;
formatting said first event for transmission to a first computing terminal;
receiving, by said monitoring system, a second event, wherein said second event comprises additional data associated with
an arrival of additional events;
storing said second event within said repository;
formatting said second event for transmission to said first terminal;
retreiving, by said monitoring system from said repository, said first event and said second event;
analyzing, by said monitoring system, said first event and said second event within said repository using said specified rules
to determine a first health status of said at least one component; and
indicating, by said monitoring system, said first health status; and
transmitting, by said monitoring system, said first event, said second event, and said first health status to said first terminal.
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