Patent ID: 7793151
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying event-correlated symptoms in a computer system, the method comprising: associating an original pattern of computer events with a symptom of a computer system; partitioning the original pattern of computer events into multiple sub-patterns; associating at least one of the multiple sub-patterns with a single consolidated event; receiving, at a secondary autonomic manager, multiple events from a resource; correlating, at the secondary autonomic manager, the multiple events received at the secondary autonomic manager with a particular sub-pattern that describes the single consolidated event; converting, at the secondary autonomic manager, the particular sub-pattern into the single consolidated event; transmitting the single consolidated event from the secondary autonomic manager to a primary autonomic manager, wherein the single consolidated event is transmitted on a bus that couples the secondary autonomic manager to the primary autonomic manager; replacing, at the primary autonomic manager, the particular sub-pattern in the original pattern with the single consolidated event to create a prepared pattern; and utilizing, at the primary autonomic manager, the prepared pattern to identify the symptom.