Patent ID: 6868367
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method to analyze events in a system, the method comprising the steps of: creating one or more configuration non-specific representations of types of managed components, creating one or more configuration non-specific representations of events of said types of managed components, and creating configuration non-specific representations of relations along which the events propagate amongst the types of managed components, said configuration non-specific representations of types of managed components, said configuration non-specific representations of events of said types of managed components, and said configuration non-specific representations of relations along which the events propagate amongst the types of managed components each being explicit and manipulatable by a first executable computer code, partitioning a system domain representative of the system into a plurality of subdomains, each subdomain including a subset of instances of managed components; for each subdomain, producing a data structure for determining cause and/or effect relationships between sets of events in the subdomain by combining a plurality of said configuration non-specific representations based on information of specific instances of managed components in the subdomain; for each subdomain, executing a second computer code using the said data structure to determine corresponding events caused by the one or more other events; and combining said corresponding events of each of said subdomains to determine cause and/or effect relationships between sets of events in the overall system.