Patent ID: 8271492
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer coupled to a plurality of node apparatuses, comprising: a storage resource storing event cause information representing event relationships between events and causes of the events, wherein each of the events indicates a status of an element in a node apparatus; and a processor which identifies the cause of the event on the basis of the event cause information when the event is detected, wherein the event cause information is created based on a plurality of event cause models stored in the storage resource and topology information stored in the storage resource, wherein the topology information represents element relations between elements in the node apparatuses, wherein each of the event cause models represents a combination of event types for identification of the cause of the combination of event types, and each of the event types represents a type of event can be occurred in the node apparatuses, and wherein the processor is configured to: