Patent ID: 7761564

Claim:
In a configuration of nodes wherein at least one server is located at each node, a method for monitoring events occurring at respective servers comprising the steps of: arranging for a first server located at a first node to receive information from a messaging system that pertains to events at servers located at other nodes; establishing a direct communication path between said first server and a second server located at a second node, when said first server receives a start event notification pertaining to said second server from said messaging system, wherein said first server has one or more associated services, and wherein: upon receiving said start event notification pertaining to said second server, said first server queries each of its services to identify which events of said second server, if any, affect one or more of said services of said first server; and said first server is registered to receive notification from said second server, through said direct communication path, when any of said identified events occurs; and sending messages directly from said second server to said first server through said direct communication path to notify said first server, when said identified events occur at said second server; wherein an object is sent from said second server to said first server through said direct communication path, for use by said first server in registering to receive notification of said identified events from said second server; and, wherein said identified events of said second server are selected from a group that includes server states wherein said second server is starting, has started, is stopping, and has stopped.