Patent ID: 6792564
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method in a computer system for reporting error events which occur within said computer system, said computer system including a plurality of logical partitions, each of said plurality of logical partitions executing a different one of a plurality of operating systems, said method comprising the steps of:specifying a format for reporting error events; detecting, by one of said plurality of operating systems, an error event occurring within one of said plurality of logical partitions within which said one of said plurality of operating systems is executing; generating, by said one of said plurality of operating systems, an event log entry that includes information about said error event; and formatting said information within said event log entry using said format, said format being utilized by each of said plurality of different operating systems for arranging error information within event log entries to report error events, said format being utilized by each one of said plurality of logical partitions regardless of which one of said plurality, of operating systems is being executed by said one of said plurality of logical partitions.