Patent ID: 7466651
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for preserving transient data of a telecommunications switch, the method comprising: increasing the size of a communications buffer that is associated with establishing a communications link with the switch to a predetermined buffer size, the communications buffer being a buffer associated with logic to establish a telnet session; establishing the communications link with the switch; without user intervention, executing in batch a plurality of data-request commands, including referencing a first file that includes the plurality of data-request commands, the data-request commands including commands to retrieve operational-measurement data from the switch; receiving a plurality of information sets in response to the plurality of the data-request commands; and automatically parsing the plurality of information sets to produce an output file, the output file including at least a portion of data from the plurality of information sets, the portion of data being arranged in a format that includes a plurality of rows that respectively correspond to the portions of data, wherein automatically parsing the data sets includes: