Patent ID: 7552447
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method in a data processing system, for determining system resource dependencies, comprising: receiving a first event notification from a first system resource; performing root cause analysis on the first event notification from the first system resource, wherein performing root cause analysis on the first event notification includes applying one or more correlation rules to information in the first event notification; identifying one or more dependency relationships between the first system resource and a plurality of other system resources based on the application of the one or more correlation rules to the information in the first event notification, wherein identifying one or more dependency relationships is recursively performed until a predetermined level of dependency corresponding to the plurality of other system resources is achieved, wherein a second system resource is one of the plurality of other system resources, the identifying step further comprising: generating an output based on the identified one or more dependency relationships between the first system resource and the plurality of other system resources, wherein the output is a graphical representation of the identified one or more dependency relationships between the first system resource and the plurality of other system resources; and adding the first system resource to at least one service description based on the identified one or more dependency relationships between the first system resource and the plurality of other system resources.