Patent ID: 7823016
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer readable media tangibly embodying a program comprising a set instructions which when executed performs a message analyzing method that analyzes a plurality of messages related to a state of hardware that constitutes a computer, the messages being generated respectively by pieces of software managing the hardware, the message analyzing method executed by the set of instructions comprising: storing message-defining-dictionary information of an error message that indicates contents of the error message in association with a format of the error message; extracting error messages having the format of the error message from the plurality of messages; identifying error messages having identical instance information from among the extracted error messages, the instance information indicating a correspondence between the pieces of software generating the extracted error messages and the hardware; and selecting an error message having a highest priority based on a weighting included in the message-defining-dictionary information of the identified error messages.