Patent ID: 11907087
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for more effectively utilizing computing resources in a data replication environment, the method comprising:
detecting, at a primary system, activity occurring on the primary system;
recording the activity in system logs located at the primary system;
using a data replication system with failover capability, automatically mirroring the system logs from the primary system to a secondary system to maintain two consistent copies of the system logs across the primary system and the secondary system;
analyzing the system logs at the secondary system;
in response to detecting abnormal activity in the system logs at the secondary system, sending, from the secondary system to the primary system, at least one command that is designed to trigger collection of additional data on the primary system that is needed to determine a cause of the abnormal activity; and
in response to collecting the additional data, using the data replication system to mirror the additional data from the primary system to the secondary system for analysis on the secondary system to determine the cause of the abnormal activity.