Patent ID: 8984337
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for selecting a candidate for a failure component causing errors from a plurality of components included in a network system, the apparatus comprising: a processor configured to execute a process, the process including: the determining the relation class includes determining the relation class of the relation between a pair of a source component and a target component, the source component and the target component being included in the plurality of components, and the relation classes include at least one of a depended class, an influenced class and a used class, the source component in the relation of the depended class causing an operation stop of the target component in the relation of the depended class, the source component in the relation of the influenced class causing a performance error of the target component in the relation of the influenced class, the target component in the relation of the used class using the source component in the relation of the used class.