Patent ID: 9170866
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for providing in-service diagnostics in an information handling system having a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the method comprising: monitoring a plurality of parameters indicative of the health of the information handling system and its components; storing, on the non-transitory computer readable storage medium, data related to the plurality of parameters; detecting a health signature of the information handling system based on the data; determining if the health signature is associated with an event based on a rule set, wherein the rule set comprises correlations between the health signature and one or more possible events; matching, using the rule set, the health signature to one or more actions associated with the event; selecting, based on the one or more actions matched to the health signature of the information handling system, a diagnostic test to execute; scheduling the selected diagnostic test; executing the selected diagnostic test; and reporting the health signature and result of the selected diagnostic test to a system administrator upon detection of a failure or error.