Patent ID: 8990378
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of handling log files in a computer network having a plurality of servers, comprising: installing an agent application on each of the plurality of servers in the computer network; collecting log files generated at each of the plurality of servers by the agent application; defining a uniform format for sending the log files to a central server apparatus; transforming the log files to the defined uniform format; compressing transformed log files that emphasize events that require attention; transmitting the log files and compressed, transformed log files that emphasize the events that require attention to the central server apparatus; erasing the log files from each of the plurality of servers; storing the transformed log files in an archive by the central server apparatus; analyzing the transformed log files received by the central server apparatus; and producing reports responsive to analyzing the transformed log file, wherein the defined uniform format is one of a plurality of distinct formats that each correspond to distinct types of log files.