| US 7,568,027 B2 | ||
| Event suppression tool for temporarily suppressing actions on received events | ||
| Kenneth M. Becker, Brandon, Fla. (US); Rhonda L. Childress, Austin, Tex. (US); Brent W. Lamm, Bailey, N.C. (US); Thomas L. Newton, Cumming, Ga. (US); Michael B. Oliver, Chapin, S.C. (US); Ravirajan Rajan, Apex, N.C. (US); and Sara H. Waggoner, Bradenton, Fla. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 13, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/890,797. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0015608 A1, Jan. 19, 2006 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—224 [719/318; 706/47] | 19 Claims |
| 1. An event suppression tool for use with an event management system for managing events received for given resources, wherein
during defined times, events related to said resources are generated and sent to the event management system, and the event
management system receives said events and issues actions in response to receiving said events, the event suppression tool
comprising:
a database having a resource table;
a batch loader interface for creating or updating said resource table;
a web based user interface to said database;
a batch interface to receive data about planned activities and affected resources; and
code for creating suppression activity windows based on said data and said resource table, and for sending to the event management
system a suppression event identifying a period of time and an associated one of the resources to prevent the event management
system from issuing actions in response to receiving, during said time period, events for said one of the resources; and wherein:
the event management system records on a log events for said one of the resources and received during said time period; and
the tool retrieves the events recorded on the log.
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