Patent ID: 7085782

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for grooming a plurality of logs on a computer system comprising: receiving a log list comprising log identifiers wherein said log list delineates a set of logs to be groomed; extracting a log sequence number and a time-stamp from the first log record of each log in said set of logs; extracting a system ID from a log record for each log in said set of logs; creating an appended log list wherein said system ID, said time-stamp and said log sequence number comprise appended information that is logically appended to each of respective ones of said log identifiers; sorting said appended log list utilizing at least a portion of said appended information, the results of said sorting comprising a sorted appended log list; extracting an actual log sequence number from the last log record of each log in said set of logs; comparing each of said actual log sequence numbers to a corresponding predicted log sequence number wherein said corresponding predicted log sequence number is computed utilizing said sorted appended log list; and generating a report wherein range information reflecting all discrepancies between said actual log sequence numbers and said corresponding predicted log sequence numbers are disclosed.