Patent ID: 7246160
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer monitoring system having a configuration comprising: a management console; a plurality of computers connected to each other via a communication path; and first, second and third computer groups, each computer group constituted by a plurality of said computers, wherein said first, second and third computer groups are logically associated by a tree structure having said console as a root, said second computer group constitutes a parent node of said first computer group and said first computer group constitutes a parent node of said third computer group, in which: each of said plurality of computers is provided with: an address list containing the computer addresses of the computers constituting said first computer group to which said each computer belongs, a parent address list containing the computer addresses of the computers constituting said second computer group, a child address list containing the computer addresses of the computers constituting said third computer group, a monitoring means for performing mutual monitoring by mutual communication with other computers in said first computer group via said communication path on the basis of computer addresses registered in said address list, a trouble detecting means for detecting any trouble, and a trouble notifying means for notifying the result of said trouble detection, if any trouble is detected by said trouble detecting means, to all the computers belonging to said second computer group wherein: said trouble notifying means stores the result of said trouble detection into a memory unit shared within said first computer group and, if an inquiry is received from any computer belonging to said second computer group, notifies the result of said trouble detection stored in said memory unit.